Professor Hussein Jawad Kadhum was born in Basrah / Iraq. He holds a BA in Translation (English-Arabic), MSc and PhD in Economics (Fiscal Policy) from the University of Basrah. Currently he is a lecturer in the Financial and Banking Department, College of Administration and Economics at the University of Basrah. Moreover, Prof. Hussein supervised and examined many MSc & PhD theses (Finance and Banking) and published many research in different topics centered on Finance and Banking