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Gender – Smart Investing in Support of Inclusive Growth in North Africa
June 7, 2023 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
The ECA Office for North Africa and Oxford Economics Africa organize a joint webinar to present and discuss a study on “Gender- Smart Investing in Support of Inclusive Growth in North Africa”
This study investigates both the entrepreneurial and the small to medium-sized business (SME) landscapes across the North African region with a specific focus on the role being fulfilled by women. This analysis is complemented by an assessment of how policies and other initiatives such as gender-smart investing can be leveraged to address social gaps, particularly gender inequality, towards the ultimate goals of accelerated economic growth, development, and job creation.
The webinar aims to further inform and refine the findings highlighted in this study and provide valuable insights into gender issues within the context of the topic at hand.
Languages: Arabic, English and French
Provisional Concept Note & Agenda
Size: 180 Kb
Provisional Report – May 2023
Size: 1,09 Mb
Speakers
Zuzana B. Schwidrowski, Director of the UN ECA office for North Africa, which supports seven countries (Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Sudan and Tunisia) with a special focus on regional integration, trade and employment, especially through SMEs, and the economic inclusion of women and youths.
Moderator
Amal Nagah Elbeshbishi, is working as an Economist for the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa – Office for North Africa, Morocco. She is also a tenured Professor of Economics at Faculty of Commerce- Mansoura University, Egypt (on national assignment).
Cobus de Hart, is currently the Director of Consulting at Oxford Economics Africa, previously the company’s Chief Economist for North and West Africa. Cobus completed a D.Com in Economics at the University of South Africa. Cobus has been at Oxford Economics for nine years and has worked on a significant number of bespoke projects for both local and international clients, governments and multilateral institutions.
Amal Mowafy, is the Chief of Party of USAID Egyptian Pioneers (a nine-year USD86m grant) implemented by the American University in Cairo (AUC). She is also an Adjunct Faculty Member at AUC Economics Department teaching Labor Economics (a capstone course with a co-created community based learning component) and a research fellow of the AUC Access to Knowledge for Development (A2K4D).
