Tuesday, October 10, 10:00 AM EDT

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Middle East Institute (MEI) are proud to co-host an exclusive panel on the sidelines of this year’s Annual IMF/World Bank Meetings in Marrakech on the topic of economic structural reforms in the Middle East and North Africa region (MENA).

"Structural Reforms to Reinvigorate Growth in MENA" will discuss the recent succession of economic shocks to the MENA region and the actions taken to mitigate their impact. It will also explore how the impact of these actions have left MENA countries with a tight macroeconomic policy space amid a continued uncertain external environment.

The discussion will be based on an analytical chapter on structural reforms in the IMF’s forthcoming October 2023 Middle East and Central Asia Regional Economic Outlook and will foster dialogue on the pivotal role of structural reforms at a time of tight macroeconomic policies. In particular, the panel will seek to provide insights on what reforms can be most impactful in the current context and how best such reforms can be sequenced to bolster growth prospects and build resilience ahead.

The panel will be conducted in English, with simultaneous interpretation available in Arabic and French.

Panelists: Jihad Azour, Director, Middle East and Central Asia, International Monetary Fund / H.E. Mohamed Benchaaboun, Director General, Mohammed VI Investment Fund / Mehdi Jomaa, Former Prime Minister, Tunisia / Alia Moubayed, Managing Director, Jefferies / Karen E. Young, moderator, Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Middle East Institute

For speaker bios and to register: IMF-MEI | Structural Reforms to Reinvigorate Growth in MENA | Middle East Institute