Hadi Fathallah is a policy adviser at the Middle East Prospects Forum, a think tank based in Beirut. He previously served as an economist and policy consultant at the UN Food and Agricultural Organization in its Near East and North Africa regional office in Cairo and has consulted for various international organizations, including the World Bank, World Food Program and the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Hadi is a fellow at the Cornell Institute for Public Affairs at Cornell University.