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DESCRIPTION:Moynihan Middle Eastern Studies Program&nbsp\;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. &nbsp\;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&nbsp\;Eastern Studies&nbsp\;Program at the Moynihan Institute of 
 Global Affairs
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SUMMARY:Middle Eastern Studies: Activating the Private Sector in the Middle
  East and North Africa
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><b>Moynihan Middle Eastern Studies Program&
 nbsp\;presents: Caroline Freund - Activating the Private Sector in the Mid
 dle East and North Africa</b></p><p><br></p><p><b>Caroline Freund</b>\, <i
 >Senior Fellow\, Peterson Institute for International Economics</i></p><p>
 <br></p><p>\n\n</p>The\nprivate sector has failed to stimulate growth in t
 he Middle East and North\nAfrica. &nbsp\;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.<p>\n\n \n\n</p><p>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><p><br></p><p>\n\n<b><i>Sponsored by the Middle&nbsp\;Eastern Studies&nb
 sp\;Program at the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs</i></b></p>
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