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 A
state-of-the-art program, through which images of original manuscripts are
digitized so that the user can virtually browse between the pages of any
manuscript by simply touching the screen as though he were holding it in his
hands.
The
program includes a bilingual-translation of the browsed text with facts and
commentaries. Thereby, when the user touches the translation option a
corresponding text in English or French will appear.
Ismail
Serageldin
 Education
1964 B.Sc. (First Class Honors) Cairo University
1968 M.R.P. (With Distinction) Harvard University
1972 Ph.D. Harvard University
Honorary degrees
1996 Doctor of Sociology, University of Bucharest, Romania
1996 Doctor of Agricultural Science, University of Melbourne, Australia
1997 Doctor of Science, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, India
1998 Doctor of International Affairs, American University, Washington, DC,
USA
1998 Doctor of Science, Punjab Agricultural University, India
1998 Doctor of Science, Tamil Nadu Veterinary & Animal Sciences Univ.,
India
1998 Doctor of Natural Resources Management, Ohio State Univ., USA
1999 Doctor of Science, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore,
India
1999 Doctor of Science, ANGRAU, Hyderabad, India
1999 Doctor of Economics and Management, CNAM, Paris, France
1999 Doctor of Science, Egerton University, Kenya
1999 Doctor of Agricultural Science, University of Tuscia, Italy
2000 Doctor of Humane Letters, American University in Cairo, Egypt
2002 Doctor of Science, SNHU, Manchester NH, USA
Currently
Director, Library of Alexandria.
Distinguished University Professor, Wageningen University, the Netherlands
(2001 till Present)
Also serves as chair and member of a number of advisory committees for
academic, research, scientific and international institutions and civil
society efforts.
Previous appointments
- Special
Advisor, The World Bank
- Distinguished
Visiting Professor, American University in Cairo (AUC) (2000/2001)
- Advisor
to the Egyptian Government on the New Library of Alexandria
- Vice
President of the World Bank till July 2000, (for Environmentally and
Socially Sustainable Development, from October 1992 to March 1998, and
for Special Programs from March 1998 to July 2000)
- Chairman,
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR,
1994-2000)
- Chairman,
Consultative Group to Assist the Poorest (CGAP), a microfinance program
(1995-2000)
- Chairman
of the Global Water Partnership (GWP, 1996-2000)
- Chairman,
World Commission for Water in the 21st Century (August 1998-March 2000)
Worked in a number of capacities at the World Bank since joining in 1972.
Economist in education and human resources (1972-76); Division Chief for
Technical Assistance and Special Studies (1977-80), and for Urban Projects
in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa (1980-83); Director for Programs
in West Africa (1984-87), Country Director for Central and Occidental Africa
(1987-89), Technical Director for all Sub-Saharan Africa (1990-92), and
Vice-President for Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development
(1993-98). In addition, he was active in promoting NGO-Bank relations, and
served as Co-Chairman of the NGO-Bank Committee (1997-99). Prior to joining
the World Bank, worked as a consultant in city and regional planning, and
taught at Cairo University and Harvard University.
Professional Memberships
- Member,
National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, India
- Member,
European Academy of Sciences and Arts, Austria
- Member,
Bangladesh Academy of Science, Dhaka
- American
Institute of Certified Planners (AICP)
Publications
& Speeches
Over 40 books and monographs (edited or authored) and 200 articles, book
chapters, and technical papers on various topics, including: Nurturing
Development (1995), Sustainability and the Wealth of Nations (1996),
Architecture of Empowerment (1997), Rural Well-Being: From Vision to Action
(1997, with David Steeds), The Modernity of Shakespeare (1998),
Biotechnology and Biosafety (1999, with Wanda Collins), Very Special Places
(1999) and Promethean Science (2000, with G. Persley).
Personal
Ismail Serageldin is an Egyptian national, born in Guiza in 1944. He is
married with one son. He is tri-lingual: Arabic, French and English.
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