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     Paris 3 and the Post-War Landscape: Lebanon’s Economic Policy Imperatives
      
     In collaboration with the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs (IFI)
     and the AUB Department of Economics
 
     Date: Monday January 15, 2007
     Time: 5:00 to 7:30 pm.
     Location: B1 Auditorium, College Hall, AUB

     Press Release
 

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Program
5:00 - 5:10


Brief introductory remarks by:

Mr. Rami Khouri (Director, IFI)
Dr. Simon Neaime (Chairman, Department of Economics)
Ms. Sherine Shallah (LEA representative)

'Fiscal reform alongside political turbulence: the many policy challenges we face'
5:00 - 6:15


Session 1: Fiscal Policy and Debt Challenges

Moderator: Dr. Simon Neaime (Chairman, Department of Economics)
                 Presentation

Speakers:

- Dr. Mazen Soueid (Chief Economist, BankMed and LEA founding
  member), 'From Paris 2 to Paris 3'

- Dr. Mounir Rached (Senior Economist, IMF and LEA founding member),
  'Debt sustainability, medium term outlook'

- Discussion
6:15 - 6:30

Coffee break
6:30 - 7:30


Session 2: Privatization and Liberalization

Moderator: Dr. Nisrine Salti
                (Department of Economics and LEA founding member)
                 Presentation

Speakers:
- Dr. Faisal Nsouli (LEA founding member) 'Privatization reforms: the case of MEA'

- Dr. Kamal Shehadi (Connexus Consulting) 'The case for liberalizing telecommunications in Lebanon'

- Discussion

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