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Africa’s continental free trade area: a stepping-stone to integration?
By Jaime de Melo In a week that marks the anniversary of the treaty for an African continental free trade area, signed in Kigali on 18 March 2018, this column asks whether it is a turning point on the road towards... Read More
The political economy of job creation in MENA
By Aalaa Halaka Dr. Ishac Diwan is a visiting professor at SIPA Columbia University, and the chair d’excellence monde Arabe at Paris Sciences et Lettres. He was a discussant on the 3rd plenary session of our 25th annual conference... Read More
Jobs, unskilled labour and perverse incentives for technological innovation
By Romesh Day 3 of ERF’s 25th annual conference began with a plenary discussion of job-creating growth in the emerging global economy. Keynote speaker Lant Pritchett of the Blavatnik School of Government at the University of Oxford began by... Read More
The new global order: Harnessing the potential of knowledge economies
By Aalaa Halaka Dr. Shireen Alazzawi is a lecturer at the economics department of the Leavey Business School, Santa Clara University. She chaired the 2nd plenary session of our 25th annual conference in Kuwait. Following the theme of the... Read More
Leave no man behind: The impact of disruptive technologies on developing countries
By Aalaa Halaka Dr. Shahrokh Fardoust is a research professor at the Global Research Institute, College of William and Mary. He chaired the 2nd plenary session of our 25th annual conference in Kuwait. Following the theme of the plenary session... Read More
A moonshot on Africa’s digital economy
By Aalaa Halaka Dr. Albert G. Zeufack is chief economist for Africa at the World Bank. He was a panelist on the 1st plenary session of our 25th annual conference in Kuwait, filling in for the Vice President of... Read More
From master plans to knowledge-imbedded development problem solving
By Aalaa Halaka Dr. Xavier Briggs is the Vice President of the Ford Foundation. He was a panelist on the 1st plenary session of our 25th annual conference in Kuwait. Following the theme of the plenary session “Knowledge, Economic... Read More
Rediscovering industrial policy for the twenty-first century
By Romesh Vaitilingam Day 2 of ERF’s 25 th annual conference began with a plenary discussion of the role of knowledge in the process of innovation in the new global economy. Keynote speaker Rohinton Medhora, president of the Centre... Read More
The role of communities of practice in facing developmental challenges
By Aalaa Halaka Barbara Shenstone is the regional director of IDRC in MENA. She was a panelist on the 1st plenary session of our 25th annual conference in Kuwait. Following the theme of the plenary session “Knowledge, Economic Networks,... Read More