Background
Fergany was born on August 20, 1944, in Giza.
Fergany was born on August 20, 1944, in Giza.
He continued his study at the University of North Carolina and received his Doctor of Philosophy there in 1970.
He is director of the Egyptian research center First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Mishkat. He obtained his bachelors degree in 1963 at the faculty of Economics and Political science of Cairo University. Fergany published in the field of demography, migration, labor market, education and development, in Egypt and other Arab countries.
He effectuated research for a great number of Egyptian and international institutes.
He is advisor for many Arab and international organizations, like the National Planning Institute, the National Population Council, the Central Agency for Mobilization and Statistics and the American University, all in Cairo. Furthermore, he did research for the Arab Institute for Training and Research in Statistics in Baghdad, the Arab Planning Institute in Kuwait and Street Antony"s College in Oxford in the United Kingdom.