Dr. Badrawi participates in the activities of the twenty-ninth annual conference of the Economic Research Forum

Share dr. Hossam Badrawi at the activities of the twenty-ninth annual conference of the Economic Research Forum (ERF), which was titled “The Future of the Development Path in the Middle East and North Africa Region: Risks and Opportunities in an Emerging Global Order,” which was held at Nile University on Thursday, May 4 and continues until This evening, May 6, 2023, with the participation of a group of senior economists in Egypt, the Arab world, and the Middle East and North Africa region.
Dr. Rania Al-Mashat, Minister of International Cooperation, Dr. Mahmoud Mohieldin, climate pioneer for the Egyptian presidency of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention on Climate Change (COP27) and the United Nations Special Envoy for Financing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and Jeffrey Sachs, the American economist, participated in the opening of the conference activities in the main theater of the university. , Klaus Schmidt Hebel, Professor at the University of Development in Chile, Saba Mobslat, Regional Director of the Ford Foundation for the Middle East and North Africa, Hassan Hakimian, Professor of Economics at Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Omar Al-Razzaz, former Prime Minister of Jordan, Mustafa Nabli, Governor of the Central Bank and former Minister of Economy, and Samir Al-Maqdisi, Minister of Finance. The former Lebanese financier and a large number of participants, including former ministers or current directors of international organizations from various countries of the region.
The conference discussed a number of topics in its public and private sessions, the most important of which are “challenges and opportunities – the knowledge economy and digital transformation: focusing on the knowledge economy is a useful vision to inspire future research in the region”, and the topic “digital transformation and the economies of the Middle East and North Africa”, and the conference discussed the topic “cryptocurrencies and currencies Central Bank Digital (CBDCs): Between Myth and Reality”, “The Green Economy and the Energy Transition – Focusing on Growth and Development”, and the topic “Development Policies in the Arab World”.