Dr. Rabeh Morrar is research associate at the Palestine Economic Policy Research Institute-MAS. He was assistant professor of Economics, at An-Najah National University and a senior researcher at the Centre of International Development at Northumbria University, UK. He holds a Ph.D. in Innovation Economy from Lille 1 University for Science and Technology, Lille, France, and his research interests include Knowledge Economy, Innovation Economy, and International Development. He is a Fellow of the Economic Research Forum (ERF), Arab Council for the Social Sciences (ACSS), Turkish Economic Research Forum, American Economic Association (AEA), and Middle East Economic Association (MEEA).