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By Aalaa Halaka   Dr. Shireen Alazzawi is a lecturer at the economics department of the Leavey Business School, Santa Clara University. She chaired the 2nd plenary session of our 25th annual conference in Kuwait. Following the theme of the... Read More

By Aalaa Halaka Dr. Shahrokh Fardoust is a research professor at the Global Research Institute, College of William and Mary. He chaired the 2nd plenary session of our 25th annual conference in Kuwait. Following the theme of the plenary session... Read More

By Aalaa Halaka   Dr. Albert G. Zeufack is chief economist for Africa at the World Bank. He was a panelist on the 1st plenary session of our 25th annual conference in Kuwait, filling in for the Vice President of... Read More

By Aalaa Halaka   Dr. Xavier Briggs is the Vice President of the Ford Foundation. He was a panelist on the 1st plenary session of our 25th annual conference in Kuwait. Following the theme of the plenary session “Knowledge, Economic... Read More

By Romesh Vaitilingam   Day 2 of ERF’s 25 th annual conference began with a plenary discussion of the role of knowledge in the process of innovation in the new global economy. Keynote speaker Rohinton Medhora, president of the Centre... Read More

By Aalaa Halaka   Barbara Shenstone is the regional director of IDRC in MENA. She was a panelist on the 1st plenary session of our 25th annual conference in Kuwait. Following the theme of the plenary session “Knowledge, Economic Networks,... Read More

By Aalaa Halaka   Sir Paul Collier, professor of economics and public policy at the Blavantik School of Government, University of Oxford, was our keynote speaker on the 1st plenary session of our 25th annual conference in Kuwait. The theme... Read More

By Aalaa Halaka   Khalid Abu Ismail heads the economic development and poverty section at the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UNESCWA). He is also an ERF Policy Affiliate. Dr. Abu Ismail has collaborated with ERF on... Read More

By Ibrahim Elbadawi and Sherine F. Ghoneim ERF’s annual conference has become the premier regional event for economists of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). This column previews the 2019 conference..more