The conference was closed with a panel discussion moderated by Ahmed Galal, Managing Director of the Economic Research Forum. The Panel included Abdullatif Al-Hamad, Director General and Chairman of the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development; Ibrahim Elbadawi, Economic Policy and Research Center - EPRC, Dubai Economic Council & Economic Research Forum - ERF); and Alan Gelb, Center for Global Development, who provided a wrap-up of the discussions and highlighted the following steps.
Watch video interviews with Ahmed Galal, Abdullatif Al-Hamad and Ibrahim Elbadawi about the importance of the topic to the region and the role of ERF in producing knowledge about the important issues of natural resources and long-term development.
Ahmed Galal, Economic Research Forum (ERF)
http://youtu.be/tmMlrVyHQm0
Abdullatif Al-Hamad, Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD)
http://youtu.be/45Gjw7cuBWg
Ibrahim Elbadawi, Economic Policy and Research Center (EPRC) & Economic Research Forum (ERF)
http://youtu.be/YWEZZZU1pbw
