Frontiers in Big Data Analyses on Economic Reforms: The Case of Gulf Cooperation Council Countries

Workshop Schedule

Please join us for this virtual workshop, co-hosted by the Office of the Chief Economist - Middle East & North Africa, the World Bank.

Program Schedule

8:00am - 8:30am EDT: Opening Remarks 

• Ferid Belhaj, Vice President, Middle East and North Africa, World Bank       
• Tarek Masoud, MEI Faculty Director and Sultan Qaboos bin Said of Oman Professor of International Relations, Harvard Kennedy School

8:30am - 8:45am EDT: Big Data and Reform Analysis 

• Ha Nguyen, Senior Economist, MENA Chief Economist’s Office, World Bank

8:45am - 9:30am EDT: Stock-Taking of Economic Reforms in MENA and the GCC

History of Reforms in MENA and Zooming in Reforms in the GCC using a new Legislation Database
Discussion, Q&A

• Ha Nguyen, Senior Economist, MENA Chief Economist’s Office, World Bank
• Samira Kalla, Université Evry Val Essonne, Paris-Saclay. 

9:30am - 10:30am EDT: Ownership of Economic Reforms in the GCC

Insights from Newspaper Articles
Insights from Social Media 
Discussion, Q&A

•  Ivan Yotzov, University of Warwick
• Abdulla Saif, Harvard University
• Oussama Belmejdoub, Quantcube Technology

10:30am - 11:00am EDT: Way Forward

• Issam Abousleiman, Country Director for the GCC, Middle East and North Africa, World Bank
• Rabah Arezki, Chief Economist, Middle East and North Africa, World Bank

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