Roundtable on Leveraging the Power of the Private Sector in the Middle East and North Africa

Staff: Elliot Schrage, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Business and Foreign Policy
March 8, 2004 - May 25, 2005

This roundtable series explored the influence of multinational corporations and business leaders in the Middle East and North Africa and discussed whether the private sector, as a byproduct of its operations, could influence development.

Meetings

Roundtable Meeting

Powering Development: The Role of Private Power Investment

Presider: Elliot Schrage
Speaker: Robert Hart, President & CEO, Globeleq
May 25, 2005
Roundtable Meeting

Aligning Private Sector Incentives to Advance Development: Lessons from the Transformation of OPIC

Presider: Elliot Schrage
Speaker: Peter S. Watson, President and CEO, The Dwight Group
April 8, 2005
Roundtable Meeting

Opportunities and Constraints for Private Sector-Led Reform in the Middle East

Discussants: Odeh F. Aburdene, Chairman, Capital International, Inc.
Ahmed Alfi, Alfigen, Netcubator
Presider: Elliot Schrage
March 4, 2005

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