Bilal Barakat
Guest Research Scholar
Multidimensional Demographic Modeling Research Group
Population and Just Societies Program
Biography
Bilal Barakat joined the World Population Program in February 2008 to support with the definition of scenarios for global education trends for the purpose of human capital projections. After having studied mathematics at Cambridge and Oxford Universities for undergraduate and graduate degrees, he obtained his doctorate from Oxford University's Department of Education.Dr. Barakat's current research interest focuses on educational modeling and planning, especially in developing countries. He has worked as a consultant on various aspects of international and UK educational development including higher education quality assurance, education in post-conflict settings, teacher training and recruitment, for UNDP, UNESCO, the World Bank, and for national agencies in the UK.
Last update: 04 MAR 2010
Publications
Goujon, A. , K.C., S., Speringer, M., Barakat, B., Potančoková, M. , Eder, J., Striessnig, E., Bauer, R., & Lutz, W. (2016). A Harmonized Dataset on Global Educational Attainment between 1970 and 2060 – An Analytical Window into Recent Trends and Future Prospects in Human Capital Development. Journal of Demographic Economics 82 (03) 315-363. 10.1017/dem.2016.10.
Abel, G. , Barakat, B., KC, S., & Lutz, W. (2016). Meeting the Sustainable Development Goals leads to lower world population growth. IIASA Working Paper. IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria: WP-16-007
Barakat, B. (2016). “Sorry I forgot your birthday!”: Adjusting apparent school participation for survey timing when age is measured in whole years. International Journal of Educational Development 49 300-313. 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2016.03.011.
Barakat, B. (2016). Education trends in India: recent census results in context. In: Contemporary Demographic Transformations in China, India and Indonesia. Eds. Guilmoto, G.Z. & Jones, G.W., pp. 177-193 Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. ISBN 978-3-319-24781-6 10.1007/978-3-319-24783-0_11.
Moser, E., Prskawetz, A., Feichtinger, G., & Barakat, B. (2016). Maximizing female labor force participation in a stationary population. In: Dynamic Perspectives on Managerial Decision Making. pp. 167-188 Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. ISBN 978-3-319-39120-5 10.1007/978-3-319-39120-5_10.