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Keynote Address and Closing Session

October 12, 2023
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Economy

Keynote Address: The Role of Morocco in Africa’s Development

- Ryad Mezzour, Minister of Industry and Trade, Morocco

 

Closing Session

- Ryad Mezzour, Minister of Industry and Trade, Morocco

 

- Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Former Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission of India

- Suma Chakrabarti, Chair of ODI Board

- Karim El Aynaoui, Executive President, Policy Center for the New South (PCNS)

- Enrique Garcia, Former President and CEO, CAF - Development Bank of Latin America

- Indermit Gill, Chief Economist and Senior Vice President for Development Economics, World Bank Group

- Nobumitsu Hayashi, Governor, Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC)

- Donald Kaberuka, Former President, African Development Bank (AfDB)

- Harinder Kohli, Founding Director and Chief Executive, Emerging Markets Forum (EMF

- Hiroshi Watanabe, President of Institute for International Monetary Affairs

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