&
The Maghreb Center
a think-tank of North African affairs
&
The Maghreb Department, World Bank
invite you to a panel discussion on
Algeria
Assessing the Present and Looking to the Future
Thursday, November 15
12:30pm
World Bank MC Building, PRESTON Auditorium
1818 H street, NW Washington d.c. 22043
For non bank staff, please RSVP to InfoShopevents@worldbank.org
Chaired by
Nejib Ayachi
Founder and President of the Maghreb Center
Presented by
Miria Pigato
Sector Manager, MNSED, the World Bank
Miria Pigato will introduce Algeria?s current economic situation,
highlighting the performance of the various economic sectors.
Hugh Roberts
Director of the North Africa Project (ICG); former Senior Research
Fellow of the Development Studies Institute
at the London School of Economics and Political Science
Hugh Roberts' presentation will focus on the role and effectiveness
of the Governance structure in tackling Algeria?s social and
economic challenges, in its transition to a global market economy.
Azzedine Layachi
Associate Professor, St John?s University, New York
The third presentation will focus on Algeria?s achievements since
the beginning of its transition (in the 1990s) from a command
economy to a free-market system. Aggregate economic indices and
their social impact, as well as the changes that have occurred in
state-society relations, will be examined.
Comments by
Amor Nedjai
Minister Plenipotentiary, Economic Affairs
Mohamed Midou
First Secretary, Embassy of Algeria, Washington DC
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About the Maghreb Center
The Maghreb Center is an independent, Washington DC based non-profit
organization formed to increase understanding of the Maghreb in the
United States. In accomplishing its educational mission, the Maghreb
Center organizes Maghreb-related conferences, seminars, lectures,
round-tables, and offers a series of publicly available
publications. The Maghreb Center sponsors numerous programs open to
the public featuring U.S. and regional experts, development
practitioners, foreign policy specialists, and representatives of
Maghrebi governments, and civil society. The Mission of the Maghreb
Center is to increase understanding by US policy makers, academia,
the media, the business community and the public at large of the
five countries of North Africa, also known as the Maghreb:
Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya. Correspondingly,
the Center aims to improve knowledge of the United States by the
people and governments of the Maghreb. Additionally, the Center
aims to provide development related research in the areas of social,
educational and human development, trade and investment, good
governance, the rule of law, decentralization, and the development
of various forms of associational life.
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