Moderator
Said El-Naggar
Professor Emeritus, Cairo University
Cairo, Egypt
Authors
Hassan Abouyoub
Minister of External Trade
Rabat, Morocco
Ahmed El-Dersh
Under Secretary of State
Ministry of International Cooperation
Cairo, Egypt
Bernhard Fritz-Krockow
Economist, International Monetary Fund
Washington, D.C.
Oli Havrylyshyn
World Bank
Washington, D.C.
Margaret R. Kelly
Deputy Director, External Relations Department
International Monetary Fund
Washington, D.C.
Hanaa Kheir El-Din
Professor of Economics
Cairo University
Cairo, Egypt
Abdel Hamid Mamdouh
Assistant to the Deputy Director General
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
Geneva, Switzerland
Wilfried P. Thalwitz
Vice President, Europe and Central Asia Regional Office
World Bank
Washington, D.C.
Jamal Eddine Zarrouk
Senior Economist
Arab Monetary Fund
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Discussants
Tayseer Abdel Jaber
Executive Secretary
Economic and Social Commission for West Asia
Amman, Jordan
Nasser Al-Kaoud
Economic Adviser
Gulf Cooperation Council
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Rasheed O. Khalid
Director, Economics and Technical Department
Arab Monetary Fund
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Mohamed Mamoun Kurdi
Under Secretary of State
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Abadalla Al-Kuwaiz
Assistant Secretary General
Gulf Cooperation Council
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Mahmoud Sakbani
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
Geneva, Switzerland
Lyn Squire
Chief Economist
Middle East and North Africa Regional Office
World Bank, Washington, D.C.
Abdel Hamid Al-Zigallaie
Senior Economist
Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development
Kuwait
Participants
Abdel Rahman Abdalla
Resident Representative
United Nations Development Program
United Arab Emirates
George Al-Abed
Cooperation Foundation
Geneva, Switzerland
Farid Al-Arfawi
Moroccan Bank for External Trade
Casablanca, Morocco
Ghassan Al-Ayash
Central Bank of Lebanon
Beirut, Lebanon
Erfan El-Azma
Director, Institute of Economic Policies
Arab Monetary Fund
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Mohamed Al-Said Bahrian
Ministry of Foreign Trade
Rabat, Morocco
Abdalla Taher Al-Dabbagh
Saudi Chamber of Commerce
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Abdalla Sadek Dahlan
Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Burhan Al-Dajani
Secretary General
Union of Arab Chambers of Commerce and Industry
Amman, Jordan
Emhamed Deif
Bank of Algeria
Algiers, Algeria
Murad Demreji
Agricultural and Rural Development Bank
Algiers, Algeria
Richard Eglin
Economic Adviser
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
Geneva, Switzerland
Mohamed Ali Emaya
National Bank of Yemen
Aden, Yemen
Abdel-Aziz Al-Eraier
Ministry of Finance and National Economy
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Salah El-Din Fahmy
Export Development Bank of Egypt
Cairo, Egypt
Osama J. Faquih
Director General and Chairman of the Board
Arab Monetary Fund
Abu Dhabi
Derar Yousef Al-Ghanem
Al-Ghanem and Co.
Kuwait
Ahmed El-Ghandour
Dean, Faculty of Economics
Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
Said Ghobash
Minister of Economy and Trade
Abu Dhahi
Mamdouh Habsa
Central Bank of Egypt
Cairo, Egypt
Mohamed Al-Haj
Economist
Arab Monetary Fund
Abu Dhabi
Abdlatif Al-Hamad
Director General and Chairman of the Board
Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development
Kuwait
Abdel Malek Al-Hamar
Adviser
Presidential Council
Abu Dhabi
Said Abdalla Al Hamez
Central Bank
Abu Dhabi
Mamoun Ibrahim Hasan
Director General
Inter-Arab Investment Guarantee Corporation
Cairo, Egypt
Selim Al-Hoss
Former Prime Minister
Beirut, Lebanon
Hassan Ibrahim
Secretary-General
Council of Arab Economic Unity
Amman, Jordan
Fares Ben Jradi
Assistant to Executive President
Arab Trade Financing Program
Abu Dhabi
Abdel Rahman Jraidi
External Bank of Algeria
Algiers, Algeria
Taher Kanaan
Director General
Bank for Industrial Development
Amman, Jordan
Mustafa Kara
Senior Economist
Arab Monetary Fund
Abu Dhabi
Ahmed Al-Karam
Central Bank of Tunisia
Tunis, Tunisia
Abdala Salem Al-Khadr
Chambers of Commerce and Industry
Aden, Yemen
Faisal Al-Khaled
Former Minister of Trade
Kuwait
Salah El-Din Al-Khansy
Senior Economist
Middle East and North Africa Regional Office
World Bank, Washington, D.C.
Naeem Al-Khashashy
Manager
The Arab Bank Ltd.
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Hisham Metwalli
Central Bank of Syria
Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic
Mohamed Abdel Baki Mohamed
Director General
Industrial Bank of United Arab Emirates
Abu Dhabi
Majed Al-Muneef
Faculty of Economics
King Saud University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Fahed Al-Musained
Economic Adviser
Ministry of Finance and National Economy
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Omar Al-Noss
Legal Adviser
Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development
Kuwait
Abdel-Aziz Al-Ohali
Saudi Bank for Investment
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Salem Ben Said Al-Oraimy
Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Muscat, Oman
Ali Abu El-Ragheb
Minister of Industry and Trade
Amman, Jordan
Ali Sadek
Arab Monetary Fund
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Jomaa Kahlifa Said
Arab Bank Corporation
Manama, Bahrain
Ihsan Hani Samara
Economic Adviser, Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry
Abu Dhabi
Ahmed Abdel Rahman Al Samawy
Presidential Council
Sanaa, Yemen
Seif Khalfan Ben Sebet
Ministry of Economy and Trade
Abu Dhabi
Abd Rabbo Seif
Central Bank
Abu Dhabi
Ezzedin Shamsedin
Advisor
Office of the Executive Director
World Bank, Washington, D.C.
Bakri Saleh Shata
Islamic Development Bank
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Ali Saleh Al-Sokair
Ministry of Finance and National Economy
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Hamdan Marzouk Al-Suraihi
Chamber of Commerce and Industry: Eastern Province
Demam, Saudi Arabia
Sultan Ben Nasser Al-Suwaidi
Governor, United Arab Emirates Central Bank
Abu Dhabi
Abdel Rahman Al-Tayeb Taha
Consultant
London, United Kingdom
Ahmed Humaid Al-Tayer
Minister of State for Finance and Industry
Abu Dhabi
Ismael Al-Zabri
Director, Technical Department
Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development
Kuwait
Sayed Ali Ahmed Zaki
Former Minister of Finance
Khartoum, Sudan
Nawaf Al-Zawaida
Abu Dhabi Fund
Abu Dhabi
The titles and affiliations listed are those held at the time of the seminar (January 1992).