What does the MENA region’s path to recovery look like?

What does the MENA region’s path to recovery look like? How will policy responses, underlying fragilities, and the race between the virus and vaccines impact the road forward? And how can policies in 2021 continue promoting recovery, while balancing the need for debt sustainability and financial resilience?

Speakers:

Jihad Azour, Director, Middle East and Central Asia Department, IMF

Fadi Ghandour, Executive Chairman, WAMDA Group, Jordan

Sarah Al Suhaimi, Chair of the Saudi Stock Exchange (TADAWUL)

Ibrahim Elbadawi, Managing Director, Economic Research Forum (ERF), Egypt

John Defterios, Emerging Markets Editor and Anchor, CNN Business

In this panel discussion moderated by CNN Business’ John Defterios, speakers will discuss these issues and more from the IMF’s April 2021 Regional Economic Outlook (REO) Update: Middle East and Central Asia. Join us to explore the main challenges facing the region and ways in which policymakers can build forward better and accelerate the creation of more inclusive, resilient, and green economies.

Watch the event live on IMF Live and REO page, and post your questions for panelists on the IMF’s social media platforms, where the event will also stream live (in English on YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn, and in Arabic on Twitter and Facebook MENA). This panel will be conducted in English with Arabic translation.

For any questions, please contact Cody Light (clight@imf.org).