Varun Gauri is Senior Economist with the Development Research Group of the World Bank and Co-director of the World Development Report 2015 on Mind and Culture. His current research examines how legal institutions and conceptions of justice and human rights affect human welfare. His publications include the books Courting Social Justice: The Judicial Enforcement of Social and Economics Rights in…
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Ali Ayadi is a Tunisian-American who currently works as a Program Officer at the Center for International Private Enterprise, overseeing Yemen and MENA knowledge management programs. Ali holds a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science and a Master’s degree in International Commerce and Policy from George Mason University, as well as an Associate degree in Law from his native country of Tunisia.
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Juan R. I. Cole is Richard P. Mitchell Collegiate Professor of History at the University of Michigan. For three and a half decades, he has sought to put the relationship of the West and the Muslim world in historical context. His most recent book is The New Arabs: How the Millennial Generation is Changing the Middle East (Simon & Schuster, July 2014). He also authored Engaging the Muslim…
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Sahar Hussain joined the World Bank in February 2013 as an Economist in MENA’s Poverty Reduction and Economic Management unit. Prior to that, she worked for the Egyptian Centre for Economic Studies in Cairo as an Economist on issues related to competition policy and economies in transition. She was also an Economic consultant for the Planning Commission of Pakistan.
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Ashraf Al-Saeed is a Palestinian-Jordanian Journalist currently leading the digital media team at the World Bank Middle East & North Africa region. Mr. Al-Saeed joined the World Bank in 2010 after working for 5 years with the Voice of America Arabic service (Radio Sawa) as a Web Editor.
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Stathis Anagnostou joined the World Bank Group (WBG) in 2013, as a Finance Professional through its Fast Track Development Program, currently working under Corporate Finance Vice-Presidency focusing on change management and modernization. Previously he was part of External & Corporate Relations Vice-Presidency, where one of his largest areas of focus was the Partnerships between the WBG and…
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Mr. Roberts is the John and Jean De Nault Research Fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution. He hosts the award-winning weekly podcast EconTalk and is the author of three economics novels, including The Price of Everything: A Parable of Possibility and Prosperity. He is also the co-creator of the Keynes-Hayek rap videos, which have been viewed over seven million times on YouTube.…
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John Gottman is known for his work on marital stability and relationship analysis through scientific direct observations, many of which were published in peer-reviewed literature. The lessons derived from this work represent a partial basis for the relationship counseling movement that aims to improve relationship functioning and the avoidance of those behaviors shown by Gottman and other…
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Sung-Mo “Steve” Kang was born and raised in Seoul, Korea. Kang is the first in his family to attend college. Kang’s grandfather, who have fought for Korean independence and experienced Japanese occupation, helped him to immigrate to the U.S. and study electrical engineering to become a college professor. As a distinguished scholar and a leader in engineering education, Kang has gone beyond this…
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