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SUMMARY:"The Lebanese Diaspora Remittances\, and Economic Development"
DESCRIPTION:\nThe Lebanese American University’s New York Academic Center
 \n&amp\;\nThe Consulate General of Lebanon in NY\nIn collaboration with th
 e World Bank are organizing a workshop on\n“THE LEBANESE DIASPORA\, REMI
 TTANCES\, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: ENGAGEMENT AND POLICY REFORM”\nEight
  experts will engage in a discussion on how Lebanese abroad could contribu
 te to the economic growth and prosperity of their home country. They will 
 conclude with their recommendations for investment projects – ranging fr
 om business linkages\, banking\, industry\, real estate\, women and youth 
 initiatives\, education\, and scientific and technological development.\n\
 nTo present the conclusions of the workshop\nWe would like to invite you t
 o a\nReception and Interactive Panel Discussion\nWednesday\, March 25\, 20
 15\, 6:00-8:00 p.m.\nLAU NY Academic Center\n211 E. 46th Street\, New York
 \, NY 10017\n\nPanelists\n\nDr. Edgar Choueiri\, Director of Program in E
 ngineering Physics\, and of the Electric Propulsion and Plasma Dynamics La
 boratory at Princeton University.\n\nDr. Philippe Fargues\, Director of th
 e Migration Policy Centre in the Robert Schuman Centre of Advanced Studies
  at the European University Institute.\n\nDr. Rand Ghayad\, Associate at T
 he Brattle Group and a Research Advisor in the Sloan School of Management 
 at MIT.\n\nMr. Habib Kairouz\, Managing Partner of Rho Capital Partners &a
 mp\; Rho Ventures and active member of Social and Economic Action for Leba
 non (SEAL) &amp\; Lebanese\nInternational Finance Executives (LIFE).\n\nMs
 . Mariem Malouche\, Senior Economist focusing on trade and competitiveness
  in the Middle East and North Africa Region at The World Bank.\n\nDr. Samu
 el Rizk\, Senior Programme Advisor with the Regional Bureau for Arab State
 s at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).\n\nDr. Nadim Shehadi
 \, Director of the Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies in The F
 letcher School at Tufts University and Associate Fellow of Chatham House.\
 n\nDr. Paul Tabar\, Director of the Institute for Migration Studies\, Chai
 r of the Department of Social Sciences\, and Associate Professor of Sociol
 ogy at LAU.
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LOCATION:LAU NY Academic Center\, 211 E. 46th Street\, New York\, NY\, 1001
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