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