Mitch Mokhtari

Professor Mitch Mokhtari brings extensive interdisciplinary expertise in financial management, health systems, financial literacy, and public financial management (PFM). His work integrates cost-benefit analysis (CBA), health system strengthening (HSS), and strategies for poverty reduction through inclusive economic growth. He also specialises in econometrics, micro- and macroeconomic modelling, policy analysis, and evidence-based governance.

Professor Mokhtari has held academic appointments as Visiting Associate Professor of Economics at Princeton University, Research Professor at the New Economic School (NES), Visiting Professor at the Eurasia University, Assistan Professor of Economics at University of Houston, and Senior Research Associate at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University (GSU). Beyond academia, he has served in senior leadership and advisory roles, such as, Chief of Party (COP), Team Leader (TL), and Senior Adviser on internationally funded projects focused on fiscal and financial reforms, health system reforms and healthcare financing, large investment projects, and institutional capacity development.

Dr. Mokhtari has also presented his research findings at renowned forums and organizations such as the World Forum, Harvard, Cambridge, the American Economic Association (AEA), the American Public Health Association (APHA), the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank (WB), the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC),  the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW), and the East-West Center.

Dr. Mokhtari has contributed to a wide range of top scholarly peer-reviewed academic journals, including the Review of Economics and Statistics, International Economic Review, Economic Inquiry, Explorations in Economic History, International Economic Journal, Empirical Economics, Journal of Consumer Affairs, Journal of Policy Modeling, Journal of Global Drug Policy & Practice, Economic Journal-HSE, Economic Policy and Poverty, Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning, Journal of Economics and Family Issues, Women's Health, and Economic Systems.

He has served as the Editor for journals such as "Affordable Health Care" (JFEI), "Health and Consumer Finance" (JFCP), and "Health, Economics, and Family Role" (JFEI). He is an Associate Editor for Health & Finance: Journal of Family and Economic Issues. Currently, Dr. Mokhtari's research interests encompass international development, public financial management and taxation, and the application of blockchain technology in healthcare and personal finance. He sits on the Editorial Board of several scientific journals.

Dr. Mokhtari's international honors reflect his impactful contributions and leadership in both academic and advisory capacities across the globe:

·       Appointment by the President as a Commissioner on the New Tax Code

·       Member of the Commission for the Reorganization of the State Tax Service of Armenia

·       Recipient of official appreciations as a Senior Advisor to the governments of several countries receiving USAID-funded technical assistance over the past decades

·       Offers of academic and research positions at Princeton, Harvard, Cambridge, and the New Economic School (NES)

·       Served as the Chief of Party and Team Leader on several donor-funded, multimillion-dollar international projects.

·       Invited as a keynote speaker at prestigious events and institutions, including the World Forum, the Parliamentary Network on the World Bank and IMF, the World Bank Group, Harvard University, Cambridge University, and the East-West Center.

·       Recipient of the George F. Kramer Outstanding Practitioner Award from the University of Maryland