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Africa's Development Challenges in Horizon 2030

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3:40 pm October 2024
Add to Calendar 2024-10-03 15:40:00 2024-12-21 17:49:39 Africa's Development Challenges in Horizon 2030 Description Location Policy Center Policy Center Africa/Casablanca public

2030: Africa on the World Chessboard Webinar Conference

Karim El Aynaoui, Executive President of the Policy Center for the New South, will be speaking at the panel discussion on "Africa's Development Challenges in Horizon 2030" during the 2030: Africa on the World Chessboard webinar conference.

The panel will address Africa's dynamic demographic trends, the critical impacts of climate change, and the continent's economic dependence on natural resources. It will also explore how Africa can initiate a continuous process of value creation to overcome challenges related to external indebtedness, while pursuing decentralized yet coordinated development strategies.

This event is organized by the Portuguese Institute of International Relations (IPRI) in partnership with the National Defence Institute.

Speakers
Karim El Aynaoui
Executive President
Karim El Aynaoui is Executive President of the Policy Center for the New South. He is also Executive Vice-President of Mohammed VI Polytechnic University and Dean of its Humanities, Economics and Social Sciences Cluster.   Karim El Aynaoui is an economist. From 2005 to 2012, he worked at the Central Bank of Morocco where he held the position of Director of Economics, Statistics, and International Relations. At the Central Bank of Morocco, he was in charge of the Research Department and equally a member of the Governor’s Cabinet. Previously, he worked for eight years at the World Bank as an Economist for its regional units of the Middle East and North Africa and Africa.   Karim El Aynaoui has published books and journal articles on macroeconomic issues in developing countr ...