BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 14.4//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20230301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Moynihan Middle Eastern Studies Program \;presents: Carolin e Freund - Activating the Private Sector in the Middle East and North Afri caCaroline Freund\, Senior Fellow\, Peterson Institute for International E conomics\n\nThe\nprivate sector has failed to stimulate growth in the Midd le East and North\nAfrica.  \;Instead\, the population has relied on g overnment employment\ncoupled with food and fuel subsidies for survival\, but this is not sustainable.\nCaroline Freund will explore the impediments to starting and growing a company\,\nhow cronyism has discredited big bus iness\, and the policies needed to create a\nmore vibrant private sector i n the countries of the region.\n\n \n\nCaroline\nFreund\,\ncurrently senio r fellow at the PIIE\, was chief economist for the Middle East\nand North Africa at the World Bank. Freund works primarily on economic growth\,\nint ernational trade and economic issues in the Middle East and North Africa.\ nShe has published numerous articles in top economics journals\, including the American\nEconomic Review\, and the Quarterly\nJournal of Economics. She holds a PhD in economics from\nColumbia University.\n\nSponsored by th e Middle \;Eastern Studies \;Program at the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs DTEND:20161107T180000Z DTSTAMP:20240328T233729Z DTSTART:20161107T170000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Middle Eastern Studies: Activating the Private Sector in the Middle East and North Africa UID:RFCALITEM638472514494325995 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Moynihan Middle Eastern Studies Program& nbsp\;presents: Caroline Freund - Activating the Private Sector in the Mid dle East and North Africa
Caroline Freund\, Senior Fellow\, Peterson Institute for International Economics
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The\nprivate sector has failed to stimulate growth in t he Middle East and North\nAfrica.  \;Instead\, the population has reli ed on government employment\ncoupled with food and fuel subsidies for surv ival\, but this is not sustainable.\nCaroline Freund will explore the impe diments to starting and growing a company\,\nhow cronyism has discredited big business\, and the policies needed to create a\nmore vibrant private s ector in the countries of the region.\n\n \n\n
Caroline\nFreund\, \ncurrently senior fellow at the PIIE\, was chief economist for the Middle East\nand North Africa at the World Bank. Freund works primarily on econo mic growth\,\ninternational trade and economic issues in the Middle East a nd North Africa.\nShe has published numerous articles in top economics jou rnals\, including the American\nEconomic Review\, and the Quarterly\nJourn al of Economics. She holds a PhD in economics from\nColumbia University. p>
\n\nSponsored by the Middle \;Eastern Studies&nb sp\;Program at the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs
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