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Mohammad ABU-ZAINEH

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ERF's 22nd Annual Conference: Towards a New Development Agenda

Towards a New Development Agenda for the Middle East
March 19,2016. Cairo, Egypt
http://erf.org.eg/events/towards-a-new- … ddle-east/

Latest blog posts on the upcoming ERF 22nd Annual Conference on "Towards A New Development Agenda for the Middle East" 

Plenary Session 1: Navigating the Transition in the Short Run
•    Lessons from the Arab Spring: Towards a New Development Agenda for the Middle East. By ERF Research Fellow, Hafez Ghanem, Vice President of the World Bank for the Middle East and North Africa.
•    The Economic Fallout from the Arab Spring. By Mohsin Khan, nonresident Senior Fellow, Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East, Atlantic Council.

Plenary Session 2:  Navigating the Transition in the Medium to Long Run
•    Structural Transformation is Key for Poverty Reduction in Arab Countries. By Khalid Abu-Ismail, Chief of the Economic Development and Poverty Section at UN-ESCWA.

Plenary Session 3:  Development under Fire
•    How Can We Limit the Damage? By Joost Hiltermann is Program Director, Middle East and  North Africa, at the International Crisis Group.

Special Event:  Labor Markets
•    What You Gonna Do When the Robot Does the Job Better Than You? By Richard Freeman, Herbert Ascherman Chair in Economics at Harvard University.

Special Event:  Natural Resources and Diversification
•    Converting Oil Rents to Inclusive Growth – Missing Ingredients. By ERF Research Fellow, Hassan Hakimian, Director of the London Middle East Institute and a Reader in Economics at SOAS, University of London.