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Reimagining the Public Sector in the Middle East and Central Asia

Tue. January 9th, 2018
Washington, DC

Although governments in the Middle East and Central Asia spend a great deal on the public sector by international standards, they are failing to secure inclusive growth. How can the public sector be modernized in order to trim costs and improve services? What would the implications be for social justice and sociopolitical stability?

The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace hosted the launch of a new paper by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on public wage bills in the Middle East and Central Asia. Following opening remarks by Tao Zhang Jihad Azour presented the report’s main findings. Amy Ekdawi and Teresa Ter-Minassian offered comments, and Carnegie’s Michele Dunne moderated.

This event was co-sponsored by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). 

SPEAKERS

Jihad Azour

Jihad Azour is the director of the Middle East and Central Asia Department at the International Monetary Fund. 

Michele Dunne

Michele Dunne is the director and senior fellow in Carnegie’s Middle East Program. 

Amy Ekdawi

Amy Ekdawi is an independent consultant who specializes in civil society and civic engagement. 

Teresa Ter-Minassian

Teresa Ter-Minassian is a consultant and former director of the Fiscal Affairs Department at the International Monetary Fund. 

Tao Zhang

Tao Zhang is the deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund.

Political ReformEconomyMiddle EastNorth AfricaCaucasus
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event speakers

Jihad Azour

IMF

Mr. Jihad Azour is the Director of the Middle East and Central Asia Department at the International Monetary Fund where he oversees the Fund’s work in the Middle East, North Africa, Central Asia and Caucasus.

Michele Dunne

Nonresident Scholar, Middle East Program

Michele Dunne was a nonresident scholar in Carnegie’s Middle East Program, where her research focuses on political and economic change in Arab countries, particularly Egypt, as well as U.S. policy in the Middle East.

Amy Ekdawi

Amy Ekdawi codirects the Arab Watch Coalition, and has worked for more than 15 years in civil society monitoring of international financial institutions.

Teresa Ter-Minassian

Tao Zhang