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( EN ) Plenary II: The Education Quandary

December 12, 2019
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Society
Education

Moderator Claude Grunitzky, Founder, TRACE and True Africa Speakers Didier Acouetey, President and Founder, AfricSearch Group Obiageli Katryn Ezekwesili, Former Minister of Education, Nigeria Gregory Nguyen Tien Hung, Former Minister of Economic Development and Planning, Vietnam Najat Vallaud Belkacem, Former Minister for Education, Higher Education and Research, France

Speakers
Nguyen Manh Hung
Director General of the Institute for Africa and Middle East Studies
Associate Professor Nguyen Manh Hung is Director General of the Institute for Africa and Middle East Studies. He received the Ph.D from the University of Delaware, USA. His research interest is political economy of development, with the focus on institutional quality and governance. He has been working as consultant for a number of international organizations such as the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, Asian Development Bank, the World Bank among other institutions. ...

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