International Network for Economics and Conflict

Jomana Amara, Ph.D., P.E., is associate professor of economics at the Defense Resources Management Institute at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California and a Fulbright Scholar.  She has researched and published extensively on international economics, defense economics, health economics, and the economics of the public sector. Dr. Amara is the author of the forthcoming book Economic Development and Post Conflict Reconstruction and co-editor of Military Medicine: From Pre-Deployment to Post-Separation She has addressed various national, international and academic organizations, institutions and conferences.  As an economist, she has provided technical assistance on topics related to public budgeting and defense resource management to various Ministries of Defense and Interior in the area of public finance, budget systems development for long range defense plans, accountable financial planning, and defense reform issues.