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Ayele Gelan

Created: 1/28/2004
Updated: 7/16/2025
Visits: 4,726
Dr. Ayele Gelan
Senior Research Economist or Research Professor

Kuwait Institute of Scientific Research or KISR
Economic Studies Division
PO Box 24885
Kuwait City 13109
Kuwait

http://www.kisr.edu.kw
agelan@kisr.edu.kw
+965 2498 9495/ +965 6067 7415 (ph)
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Biography
Ayele Gelan


Professional experience
• July 2012 – present. Senior Research Economist (Research Professor), Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Kuwait
• Mar 2008 – July 2012. Agricultural Economist, International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya
• Oct. 2000 – Present. Research Fellow, The Macaulay Institute, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
• May 1998 – Oct. 2000. Director, Tayside Economic Research Centre University of Abertay Dundee, Dundee, Scotland, UK
• Oct. 1997 – May 1998. Research Fellow, Tayside Economic Research Centre, University of Abertay Dundee, Dundee, Scotland, UK
• Mar. 1997 – Oct. 1997. Economist, Cogent Strategies International, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
• Oct. 1993 – Mar. 1997. Research/Teaching Assistant, Fraser of Allander Institute, Department of Economics, Strathclyde University, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
• Aug. 1986 – Sept. 1991. Regional Development Policy Analyst, Ministry of Planning and Economic Development, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Education
• Oct 1993 – Nov 2000. PhD Economics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, UK. Thesis title: “Impacts of devaluation on urban-rural interactions: a computable general equilibrium model for Ethiopia”
• Sept 1991 – Nov 1992. MSc in Science and Technology Policy, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, UK. Thesis: “Analysis of total factor productivity changes in the Ethiopian manufacturing industry (1961-1990)”
• Sept 1982 – Jul 1986. BA Economics, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Thesis title: “Significance of local conditions on performance of rural service co-operatives”

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
1. Gelan, Ayele U.; Salih, Siddig A. (2025). Beyond black gold: Rethinking fiscal policy for a diversified future in Kuwait's oil-dependent economy, Resources Policy, Volume 108,2025, 105679, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resourpol.2025.105679.

2. Burney, N.; Alawadhi, A.; Gelan, A.; Al-Fulaij, S.; Al-Musallam, M.; Al-Khayat, A. (2024). Electricity conservation behaviors: Evidence from Kuwaiti households, Journal of the Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Studies - 50 (195). https://doi.org/10.34120/jgaps.v50i195.3025

3. Gelan, A (2023) An oligopoly model for analysing oil extraction in the presence of renewable substitutes, International Journal of Environmental Studies, DOI: 10.1080/00207233.2023.2296760

4. Gelan, Ayele; Al-Shamali, Shaima; Awadh, Wafa (2023). Economic and welfare effects of immigration policy: lessons from the experience of Kuwait. Journal of Policy Modelling, 45(5):1015-1035. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpolmod.2023.06.006.

5. Gelan, A.U., Al-Qudsi, S., AlAwadhi, A. (2023). Simulating policy responses to multiple economic shocks: An experiment with combined impacts of COVID-19 and oil price crash on Kuwait. OPEC Energy Review. DOI: 10.1111/opec.12279

6. Gelan A. and G. Atkinson (2022). Climate change and food security: Assessing the prospect for Kuwait using an economy-wide model. Kuwait Journal of Sciences, 49(4): 1-13. DOI:10.48129/kjs.15943.

7. Gelan A. (2022). A spotlight on Ethiopia’s economic idiosyncrasies. Journal of Oromo Studies, 27 (1&2): 159-193.

8. Gelan, A., Hewings, G.J.D., Alawadhi, A. (2021). Diversifying a resource-dependent economy: private–public relationships in the Kuwaiti economy. Journal of Economic Structures, 10 (1), art. no. 15. DOI: 10.1186/s40008-021-00246-4

9. Gelan, A.U. (2018). Kuwait's energy subsidy reduction: Examining economic and CO2 emission effects with or without compensation. Energy Economics, 71, pp. 186-200. DOI:10.1016/j.eneco.2018.02.014

10. Gelan, A. U (2018). Economic and environmental impacts of electricity subsidy reform in Kuwait: A general equilibrium analysis. Energy Policy, 112, pp. 381-398. DOI:10.1016/j.enpol.2017.10.032


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