Nelly El-Mallakh is a Teaching and Research Fellow at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and an Assistant Lecturer of Economics at the Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University. Her research interests include development, migration, labor economics and political economy. She received a Ph.D. degree in Economics and a Master’s degree in Development Economics, both from the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.