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SUMMARY:Can South Africa's Government of National Unity Deliver?
DESCRIPTION:The Growth Lab’s “Development Talks” is a series of conversations with policymakers and academics working on economic growth and development in countries\, regions\, states and cities in the US and around the world. The seminar provides a platform for practitioners and researchers to discuss both economic growth and development and analytical work centered on policy. 	Speaker: Ann Bernstein\, Executive Director\, Centre for Development and Enterprise (CDE) 	About the Talk: For the past year\, the Centre for Development and Enterprise (CDE) has been working on a major initiative\, AGENDA 2024: Priorities for South Africa’s new government. It sets out to answer what is by far the most important question facing the country: What can the new government do to get the country back on track after 15 years of stagnation and decline? This initiative builds on the Growth Lab’s Growth through Inclusion in South Africa project that was supported by CDE between 2021 and 2023. In this talk\, Ann Bernstein will discuss South Africa and the government of national unity (GNU) that was formed following the May 2024 general election. 	Whether attending in person or online\, please register in advance. Room attendance is limited to the Harvard community. Buffet lunch will be served. Seating availability is based on a first-come\, first-served basis. The Zoom webinar is open to the public. \nAbout the Speaker: Ann Bernstein heads the Centre for Development and Enterprise\, South Africa. An independent think tank CDE is South Africa’s leading development policy centre\, with a special focus on growth\, jobs\, education\, cities and the role of business. Member of the Transition Team\, then the Board of the Development Bank of Southern Africa (1994 – 2001). Fellow\, National Endowment for Democracy\, Washington DC (2005). Public Policy Scholar\, Woodrow Wilson Center\, Washington DC\, 2013. Board member Brenthurst Foundation 2007-2017. In 2008 and 2009 invited African faculty member\, World Economic Forum\, Davos. Invited Fellow Bellagio Center\, Rockefeller Foundation 2016. Her book\, The Case for Business in Developing Economies (Penguin 2010) received favourable reviews in South African media\, the Economist\, Financial Times\, Forbes and elsewhere. The book won the Sir Anthony Fisher Award 2012\, Atlas Research Foundation\, Washington DC.
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/can-south-africas-government-of-national-unity-deliver/
LOCATION:HYBRID – Zoom / Wexner W-434AB
CATEGORIES:Development Talks,Growth Lab
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SUMMARY:Diversifying from Oil: Aspirations and Results of Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030
DESCRIPTION:The Growth Lab’s “Development Talks” is a series of conversations with policymakers and academics working on economic growth and development in countries\, regions\, states and cities in the US and around the world. The seminar provides a platform for practitioners and researchers to discuss both economic growth and development and analytical work centered on policy. 	Speaker: Ziad Daoud\, Chief Emerging Markets Economist at Bloomberg LP\, Senior Fellow with the Middle East Initiative at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs 	Moderator: Tim Cheston\, Senior Manager\, Applied Research\, Growth Lab 	About the Talk: One of the goals of the Saudi Vision 2030 is to diversify the Saudi economy away from oil. In this event\, Ziad Daoud\, Chief Emerging Markets Economist at Bloomberg LP\, will analyze the results of Saudi diversification efforts and whether Saudi Vision 2030 is succeeding in decreasing the economy’s reliance on oil revenue. Tim Cheston\, Senior Manager at the Growth Lab\, will follow with a discussion on the challenges to economic diversification in an oil economy. 	Whether attending in person or online\, please register in advance. Room attendance is limited to the Harvard community. Buffet lunch will be served. Seating availability is based on a first-come\, first-served basis. The Zoom webinar is open to the public. \nAbout the Speaker: Ziad Daoud is a Senior Fellow with the Middle East Initiative at Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. He is the Chief Emerging Markets Economist at Bloomberg. Prior to that\, he was the Chief Middle East Economist at Bloomberg\, Head of Economics at QNB Group\, and an economist at Fulcrum Asset Management. He holds a PhD in economics from the London School of Economics and a BSc in economics and statistics from University College London. 	  	 
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/diversifying-from-oil-aspirations-and-results-of-saudi-arabias-vision-2030/
LOCATION:HYBRID WEXNER L-230\, HKS / Zoom
CATEGORIES:Development Talks
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