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Created: 9/20/2000 Updated: 4/1/2024 Visits: 7,476	Dr. Sebnem Sahin Economic Advisor/CGE modeler UNDP 1775 K Street, NW Washington , DC 20006 United States https://www.undp.org/arab-states Ssahin2009@gmail.com +12026319240 (ph)

Biography
Curriculum Vitae - Sebnem Sahin

EDUCATION
PhD thesis in economics University of Paris I Panthéon – Sorbonne
(2004, with honors)
funded by a fellowship of the French Environmental Agency (ADEME)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

07.2019-Present: UNDP - Lead Modelling expert
01.2018 - SERAP LLC, Founder & President
Professor, BAU Global - Washington DC
03.2006-12.2017: The World Bank, Sr. Economist
09.2004-02.2006: The OECD, Economist

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

Ph.D. thesis: “An Economic Policy Discussion of the GHG Emission Problem in Turkey From a Sustainable Development Perspective within a Regional General Equilibrium Model: TURCO”

PUBLICATIONS/ CONTRIBUTIONS TO PUBLICATIONS
-UNDP (2023), Expected Socio-Economic Impacts of the Gaza War on Neighboring Countries in the Arab Region.
-UNDP (2023), Afghanistan: Socio-Economic Outlook 2023-2022.
-UNDP (2022), Afghanistan: Socio-Economic Outlook 2021-2022.
-UNDP (2021), Economic Instability and Uncertainty in Afghanistan after August 15: A rapid Appraisal.
Asia Foundation and Biruni Institute (2021). Cost of Non-Cooperation between South and Central Asia.
-UNDP (2020), Potential Impact of the Corona-virus Pandemic on SDG Attainment in Afghanistan.
-UNDP (2020), Afghanistan Socio-Economic Impact Assessment: Note II.
-UNDP (2020), Afghanistan Corona-virus Impact Assessment: Note I.
-How Much Would Bangladesh Gain from the Removal of Subsidies on Electricity and Natural Gas? With M. Tsigas, G. Tmilsina, and S. Pargal. World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No 8677. 2018.
-Bulgaria Ministry Environment and Water: Macroeconomic Implication of Climate Change Analysis. 2018.
-Handbook of Sustainable Development in Asia. Chapter 6. 2018. Routledge. New York.
-Economic Contribution of the Fisheries Sector: Short- and Long-Term Perspectives for Sri Lanka. With W. Lane, T. Cebeci, B. Narayanan, and I. Hewawasam. Journal of Indian Ocean Rim Studies, 2018.
-Clement, V., Rigaud, K. K., de Sherbinin, A., Jones, B., Adamo, S., Schewe, J., Sadiq, N., and E. Shabahat, 2021. Groundswell Part 2: Acting on Internal Climate Migration. World Bank, Washington, DC.
-Blueprint for Recovery and Reconstruction in Yemen. The World Bank. 2017.
-Low Water High Growth in the South Asian Economies. The World Bank. 2017.
-A Firm-Level Decomposition of Energy Consumption in Turkish Manufacturing Industry. World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No 8211. 2017.
-Managing Natural Coastal Natural Wealth in Sri Lanka for Resilient and Sustainable Livelihoods. The World Bank. 2017.
-“Economic and Land Use Impacts of Improving Water Use Efficiency in Irrigation in South Asia”. 2016. With F. Taheripour, T. Hertel, B. Narayanan, A. Markandya and B. Mitra, Journal of Environmental Protection. No, 7. pp 1571-1591. 2016.
-Georgia Country Environmental Analysis: Institutional, Economic, and Poverty Aspects of Georgia’s Road to Environmental Sustainability. The World Bank. 2015.
-“How to Go Green: A General Equilibrium Investigation of Environmental Policies for Sustained Growth with an Application to Turkey's Economy”. With E. Yeldan and A. Bouzaher. Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences, March 2015, Volume 8, Issue 1, pp 49–76.
-Agricultural Policies and Trade Paths in Turkey. With D. F. Larson, W. Martin, and M. Tsigas, World Economy. 2016.
-Reforming Electricity Subsidies in Pakistan: Measures to Protect the Poor. With T. Walker, M. Saqib, and K. Mayer. World Bank Policy Paper Series on Pakistan. No: PK 24/12. 2014.
Evaluation of the EU-Turkey Customs Union. The World Bank. 2014.
-Turkey - Green Growth Policy Paper. The World Bank. 2012.
-Greening India’s Growth. With A. Markandya, M. Muthukumara, and A. Sagar, The World Bank. 2012.
-Natural Hazards, Un-natural Disasters. UN-World Bank Joint Publication on the Economics of Effective Prevention. The World Bank. 2010.
-OECD Environmental Outlook to 2030. 2008, OECD, Paris.
-An Application to the World Bank Linkage Model.2007. With D. van der Mensbrugghe. GTAP Resource# 235

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- Chapter 8A: Afghanistan by Aguiar, Angel and Sebnem Sahin Publication: Center for Global Trade Analysis Resource Type: GTAP 11 Data Base Documentation Keywords: GTAP Data Base and extensions - Potential Long-Term Impact of the War in Ukraine: A Polycrisis in Cyprus by Sahin, Sebnem and Mertkan Hamit Publication: Presented during the 26th Annual Conference on Global Economic Analysis (Bordeaux, France) Resource Type: 2023 Conference Paper Keywords: Economic crisis, Economic geography, Europe (Eastern) - Private Sector Alignment with the European Green Deal in the Western Balkans by Sahin, Sebnem Publication: Presented during the 25th Annual Conference on Global Economic Analysis (Virtual Conference) Resource Type: 2022 Conference Paper Keywords: Dynamic modeling, Climate change policy, Foreign direct investment, Europe (Southern) - Potential Impact of the Coronavirus Pandemic in Afghanistan and its SDG Attainment by Sahin, Sebnem Publication: Presented during the 24th Annual Conference on Global Economic Analysis (Virtual Conference); UNDP A... Resource Type: 2021 Conference Paper Keywords: Climate change policy, Economic development, Health, Asia (South-Central) - Top Down and Bottom-up Approaches to Climate Change Adaptation in Bulgaria by Sahin, Sebnem, Badri Narayanan and Svetlana Aleksandrova Publication: Ministry of Environment and Water (on their website); Presented at the 22nd Annual Conference on Glo... Resource Type: 2019 Conference Paper Keywords: Climate change policy, Water availability, Europe (Eastern) - WATER RESOURCES IN SOUTH ASIA: AN ASSESSMENT OF CLIMATE RELATED VULNERABILITIES by Sahin, Sebnem, Alexander Golub, Elena Golub, Bijon Kumer Mitra, Anil Markandya, Badri Narayanan and Farzad Taheripour Publication: Presented at the 20th Annual Conference on Global Economic Analysis, West Lafayette, IN, USA Resource Type: 2017 Conference Paper Keywords: Water availability, Economic growth, Asia (South-Central) - Turkeys NDC Targets: A Quantitative Assessment by Sahin, Sebnem and Badri Narayanan Resource Type: Other CGE Application Keywords: Climate change policy, Economic growth, The GTAP Data Base and extensions - Land use and economy-wide impacts of improving water use efficiency in South Asia by Taheripour, Farzad, Thomas Hertel and Sebnem Sahin Publication: Presented at the 19th Annual Conference on Global Economic Analysis, Washington DC, USA Resource Type: 2016 Conference Paper Keywords: Land use, Water availability, Asia (South-Central) - Water Scarcity in South Asia: A Dynamic Computable General Equilibrium Analysis by Narayanan, Badri, Farzad Taheripour, Thomas Hertel, Sebnem Sahin and Jorge Escurra Publication: Presented at the 18th Annual Conference on Global Economic Analysis, Melbourne, Australia Resource Type: 2015 Conference Paper Keywords: Dynamic modeling, Water availability, Economic growth, Food prices and food security, Asia (South-Ce... - Agricultural production, irrigation, climate change, and water scarcity in India by Taheripour, Farzad, Thomas Hertel, Badri Narayanan, Sebnem Sahin and Jorge J. Escurra Publication: Presented at the 18th Annual Conference on Global Economic Analysis, Melbourne, Australia Resource Type: 2015 Conference Paper Keywords: Climate change policy, Climate impacts, Water availability, Asia (South-Central) - Estimating economy-environment linkages of urban pollution mitigation in an economy-wide model for Indian by Sahin, Sebnem, Anil Markandya, Aarsi Sagar and Muthukumara Mani Publication: Presented at the 15th Annual Conference on Global Economic Analysis, Geneva, Switzerland Resource Type: 2012 Conference Paper Keywords: Preferential trading arrangements, Asia (East), Asia (Southeast) - Estimating Economy-Environment Linkages and the Co-benefits of PM10 Mitigation within an Economy-wide Model for India by Markandya, Anil, Sebnem Sahin, Aarsi Sagar and Muthukumar Mani Publication: Presented at the 14th Annual Conference on Global Economic Analysis, Venice, Italy Resource Type: 2011 Conference Paper Keywords: Economic development, Climate change policy, Calibration and parameter estimation, Asia (South-Centr... - The effects of consumer demand parameters on trade policy analysis: An application to the World Bank Linkage model. by Sahin, Sebnem and Dominique van der Mensbrugghe Publication: Presented at the 10th Annual Conference on Global Economic Analysis, Purdue University, USA Resource Type: 2007 Conference Paper Keywords: Calibration and parameter estimation, The GTAP Data Base and extensions - A MACROECONOMIC BASELINE WITH STRUCTURAL CHANGE by Chateau, Jean, Philip Bagnoli and Sebnem Sahin Publication: Presented at the 8th Annual Conference on Global Economic Analysis, Lübeck, Germany Resource Type: GTAP Application, 2005 Conference Paper Keywords: Baseline development - An Economic Policy Discussion of the GHG Emission Problem in Turkey From a Sustainable Development Perspective within a Regional General Equilibrium Model : TURCO by Sahin, Sebnem Publication: Presented at the 7th Annual Conference on Global Economic Analysis, Washington DC, USA Resource Type: 2004 Conference Paper - Green Accounting and Climate Change Problem: A New Evidence from the Turkish Economy by Sahin, Sebnem and Olfa Jaballi Publication: Presented at the 7th Annual Conference on Global Economic Analysis, Washington DC, USA Resource Type: 2004 Conference Paper

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