These documents are available in PDF format.Â
                                                                                                                                                                                      2009
The Global Financial Crisis: Possible Transmission to the Real Economy in the Arab World, January 2009 Presentation: English                                                                                                                                                                                       2008 Impact of the International Financial Crisis on MENA Capital Markets: "Forum on the Current International Financial Crisis: Implications and Lessons for Arab Region" Beirut, Lebanon, December 2-3, 2008 by Auguste T. Kouame, Acting Chief Economist. Presentation: English                                                                                                                                                                                       2007
Emirates, Dubai Council for Economic Affairs, United Arab Emirates, June 5, 2007 Presentation:Â English Present Challenges and Opportunities for Middle East Economic Development", Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, May 31, 2007 Presentation:Â English
MENA 2007 Economic Developments and Prospects: Press Conference, Washington, DC, Saturday, April 14, 2007 Remarks:Â Â English
Seminar organized by Center for Democracy and Civil Society, Georgetown  University in cooperation with Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Cairo, on Labor Market Reform, Trade Unions, and the Future of Social Policy in MENA, Cairo, Egypt, April 4-5-2007 Remarks: English Panel Discussion at the United Nations Commission for Social Development: Macroeconomic Policies for Full Employment and Decent Work, February 7,2007, New York, United States of America Remarks: English JMorgan Investor Seminar, April 12, 14, 2007, Washington, DC Presentation: English                                                                                                                                                                                      2006
IMF/AMF Seminar "Institutional Reform for Economic Growth in the Arab Countries", December 19-20, 2006, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Remarks: English  Opening Session at the GERPA Inaugural Session at the Economic Research Forum, December 15, 2006, Kuwait Remarks: English  Presentation for Cairo Investment Forum, December 9-10, 2006 Presentation: English  Arab Strategy Forum, December 4-6, 2006, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Remarks: English "Les Journées de l'Entreprise", Sousse, Tunisia, November 30, 2006 Presentation: French Launch of the Gender Economic Research and Policy Analysis (GERPA), Alexandria, Egypt, June 18, 2006 Remarks: English International Seminar organized by Institut Europeo de la Mediterránia and Centro Internacional de Toledo Parla La Paz, Madrid, Spain, May 25-26, 2006 Presentation: English The Employment Challenge in the Middle East and North Africa and the Role of Women's Entrepreneurship Roundtable on the Role of Women in the Development of the Private Sector in MENA, World Bank, Washington, February 2006 Presentation: English Remarks: English                                                                                                                                                                                            2005 The Employment Challenge in the Middle East and North Africa MENA Regional Conference on Job Creation and Skills Development, Cairo, Egypt, December 2005 Presentation: English Institutionalizing Reform 12th Annual Conference, Economic Research Forum, Cairo, Egypt, December 2005 Remarks: English European Union/World Bank Migration and Skills Workshop Brussels, Belgium, July 2005 Remarks: English Jobs, Growth and Governance in the Maghreb Maghreb Roundtable, Tunis, Tunisia, May 2005 Presentation: French Jobs, Growth and Governance in the Arab World Yemen Roundtable on Growth, Employment and Social Progress, Sana'a, Yemen, April 2005 Presentation: Arabic -    English The Political Economy of Reform: Mobilizing Alliances for Change "From Barcelona to the European Neighborhood Policy," Euro-Mediterranean Transition Conference, April 2005 Remarks: English                                                                                                                                                                                         2004 Trade, Investment and Competitiveness in the Arab Region Annual Meeting of the Arab Business Council, Marrakech, Morocco, November 2004 Presentation: English Import Liberalization, Productivity, and Exports World Bank Development Economics Group, November 2004 Presentation: English Gender and Development in the Middle East and North Africa: Women in the Public Sphere MENA Gender Consultative Group, Washington, April 2004 Presentation:  English Trade, Foreign Direct Investment and Development in the Middle East and North Africa The Middle East and North Africa: The Challenges of Growth and Globalization, International Monetary Fund, April 2004 Presentation:    English The International Competitiveness of the MENA Region "Trade, Competitiveness, and the Knowledge Economy," Second Knowledge Forum for MENA, World Bank, Marseilles, March 2004 Presentation: English Jobs, Growth, and Governance in the Middle East and North Africa European Institute for Research on Mediterranean and Euro-Arab Cooperation (MEDEA), Brussels, February 2004 Presentation: English Long-Term Economic Development Challenges and Prospects for the Arab Countries  Institut de Monde Arabe, Paris, February 2004 Presentation: English - French Knowledge Services: Lessons from MENA ECA Knowledge Fair, World Bank, Washington, January 2004 Presentation: English                                                                                                                                                                                          2003 Challenges to Private Investment in the Middle East and North Africa Region "Enabling an Environment for Private Sector Development," Economic Research Forum, Cairo, February 2003 Presentation: English The Employment Challenge in the Middle East and North Africa "The Marshall Legacy," Johns Hopkins SAIS Conference, Washington, November 2003 Presentation: English Engaging with the World: Trade, Investment, and Development in the Middle East and North Africa Trade Report Press Launch, Cairo and Dubai, June 2003 Presentation: English - French Exchange Rate Regime Management Within the Middle East and North Africa: The Cost of Manufacturing Competitiveness American University, Beirut, December 2003 Presentation: English Long-Term Economic Development Challenges and Prospects for the Arab Countries Arab Thought Foundation Conference, Beirut, December 2003 Presentation: English                                                                                                                                                                                        2002 The Cost of a "Non-Maghreb"  "The Maghreb Unbound," North Africa Business and Development Forum Conference, Barcelona, March 2002 Presentation: English The Macroeconomics of Labor Market Outcomes in MENA over the 1990s: How Growth Has Failed to Keep Pace with a Burgeoning Labor Market  Egyptian Center for Economic Studies Conference, Cairo, January 2002 - Mediterranean Development Forum Four Conference, June 2002 - Luxembourg Group Conference, July 2002 Presentation: English Making Trade Work for Jobs Mediterranean Development Forum Conference, Amman, October 2002 Presentation: English Reforms and Growth in MENA Countries: New Empirical Evidence May 2002 Remarks:  English                                                                                                                                                                                            2001 Dimensions of Poverty in MNA Economic Research Forum Workshop, Sana'a, Yemen, July 2001 Presentation: English Exchange Rate Regime and Competitiveness of Manufactured Exports: The Case of MENA Countries School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) Conference, London, July 2001 Presentation: English EU-Med and the Investment Climate Euro-Med Seminar, Barcelona, November 2001 Presentation: English The EU-Med Partnership: Stocktaking and Long-Term Challenges Ahead Aspen Institute Conference, Porto Cervo, Italy, June 2001 Presentation: English The Recent Euro-Mediterranean Agreements and Knowledge for Trade Policy International Development Research Center Trade Workshop, Ottawa, March 2001 Remarks: English The Case for World Bank Involvement in MIC Regional Management Team Retreat, Washington, June 2001 Presentation: English
 |