As part of the World Bank MENA Chief Economist Rabah Arezki's webinar series, join a live discussion with the World Bank Vice President Ferid Belhaj and Professor of Public Policy from Harvard Kennedy School Tarek Masoud, and other notable speakers on how new and social media can be used to support economic reforms in the Gulf region, especially as the region lacks data resources.
Opening Remarks
Ferid Belhaj, MENA Regional Vice President, The World Bank
Tarek Masoud, Professor of Public Policy and Sultan Qaboos bin Said of Oman Professor of International Relations, Harvard Kennedy School
Big Data and Reform Analysis
Ha Nguyen, Office of the Chief Economist, Middle East and North Africa, The World Bank
Stock-Taking of Economic Reforms in MENA and the GCC
Samira Kalla, Université Evry Val Essonne, Paris-Saclay
Ha Nguyen, Office of the Chief Economist, Middle East and North Africa, The World Bank
Ownership of Economic Reforms in the GCC: Insights from News and Social Media
Ivan Yotzov, University of Warwick
Abdulla Saif, Harvard Kennedy School
Oussama Belmejdoub, Quant-cube Technology
The Way Forward
Issam Abousleiman, Country Director for the GCC, The World Bank
Rabah Arezki, Chief Economist, Middle East and North Africa, The World Bank
