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CFR Senior Fellow Isobel Coleman leads a discussion on creating greater economic opportunities for women business owners and entrepreneurs.
Introductory Speaker: Mayra Buvinic, Senior Fellow, United Nations Foundation
Speakers: Markus Goldstein, Africa Region Gender Practice Leader, World Bank
Agnes Quisumbing, Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute
Presider: Isobel Coleman, Senior Fellow and Director, Women and Foreign Policy Program, Council on Foreign Relations
October 11, 2012
Markus Goldstein from the World Bank and Agnes Quisumbing from the International Food Policy Research Institute reference years of research and field work in an exploration of what we know, and more importantly, what we don't know about what works for women's economic empowerment.
This meeting is part of the ExxonMobil Women and Technology Roundtable series.
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