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The Middle East and Central Asia: A Regional Economic Outlook

Thu. July 16th, 2020
YouTube @CarnegieMENA

As the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia continue to cope with the dual shocks of the COVID-19 pandemic and the volatility in oil prices, the Dubai International Financial Centre, Carnegie Middle East Center, and International Monetary Fund are organizing a live virtual panel to discuss the key challenges, policy priorities, and opportunities for recovery based on the IMF’s recent MENA Regional Economic Outlook update.

The event will be held in English on Thursday, July 16 on the Carnegie Middle East Center’s YouTube channel here. Live interpretation to Arabic will also be available here. Viewers may submit their questions using the live chat feature on YouTube during the livestream. For more information, please contact Alex Müller at alexander.muller@carnegie-mec.org. 

SPEAKERS

Jihad Azour is the director of the IMF’s Middle East and Central Asia Department.

Dame Minouche Shafik is the director of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE); former deputy governor of the Bank of England; former deputy managing director at the IMF; and former vice president at the World Bank.

Marwan Muasher is the vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and a former deputy prime minister and foreign minister of Jordan.

Monica Malik is the chief economist at Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank; former chief economist at EFG Hermes; former senior economist for the MENA region at Standard Chartered, Dubai; and former senior economist at Dun & Bradstreet, London.

MODERATOR

Mina Al-Oraibi is the editor-in-chief of The National newspaper with over 18 years of experience in covering the Middle East, Europe, and the United States.

EVENT TIMINGS

Washington (EDT): 7:00-8:30 a.m.

London (BST): 12:00-1:30 p.m.

Brussels (CEST): 1:00-2:30 p.m.

Beirut (EEST): 2:00-3:30 p.m.

Abu Dhabi (GST): 3:00-4:30 p.m.

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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.

Dame Minouche Shafik

Marwan Muasher

Vice President for Studies

Marwan Muasher is vice president for studies at Carnegie, where he oversees research in Washington and Beirut on the Middle East. Muasher served as foreign minister (2002–2004) and deputy prime minister (2004–2005) of Jordan, and his career has spanned the areas of diplomacy, development, civil society, and communications.

Monica Malik