Muhammad Meki
Associate Member Department of Economics, Associate Professor ODID, Oxford
Oxford Department of International Development
Muhammad Meki’s research lies at the intersection of development economics and finance, focusing on the challenges faced by small firms in developing countries. He is currently interested in the effect of equity-like financial contracts - involving, for example, shared ownership of assets or income sharing - on the investment and growth of small firms. He has conducted fieldwork in Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Kenya, and Pakistan.
Prior to academia, Muhammad worked for five years as a trader in financial markets for Bank of America in London and for Deutsche Bank in Singapore, where he traded European and Asian government bonds, foreign exchange derivatives, and other fixed-income products.
Muhammad completed his DPhil at the Department of Economics at the University of Oxford (St John’s College), followed by a Junior Research Fellowship at Pembroke College, Oxford. Muhammad has also previously completed postgraduate degrees in finance (MSc, LSE), economics (PGDip, Cambridge), and development economics (MSc, Oxford). He is an Associate Professor at the Oxford Department of International Development (ODID). In 2026, Muhammad is a visiting scholar at the University of California, Los Angeles (Anderson School of Management) and the University of California, Berkeley (Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics).
