Maghreb Department, World Bank
invite you to a panel discussion
ALGERIA
Assessing the Present and Looking to the Future
Thursday, November 15
12:30pm
World Bank J Building, J1-050
701, 18th street, NW Washington D.C. 20433
For non bank staff, please RSVP to InfoShopevents@worldbank.org
Presented by
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.
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.
Comments by
Amor Nedjai
Minister Plenipotentiary, Economic Affairs
Chaired by
Nejib Ayachi
Founder and President of the Maghreb Center
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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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