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DESCRIPTION:The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) economies are not catch
 ing up with the rest of the world. The region’s average per capita incom
 e has increased by just 62 percent over the last 50 years. In comparison\,
  over the same period\, the increase was fourfold in emerging market and d
 eveloping economies (EMDEs) and twofold in advanced ones. Only a few devel
 oping MENA economies have avoided diverging further from the richest count
 ries’ living standards (what economists call the frontier)\, and those w
 here conflicts erupted have accelerated in the wrong direction. In this pr
 esentation\, Roberta Gatti will discuss the factors that shape MENA’s lo
 ng-term growth potential\, with special attention to the role of the state
  in the economy\, the persistent effects of conflict\, and the boost that 
 closing the gender gap in the labor force can deliver in terms of growth.\
 n\nThis event is co-sponsored by the Program on Arab Reform and Developmen
 t and the Program on Capitalism and Democracy.\n\nABOUT THE SPEAKER\n\nRob
 erta Gatti is the Chief Economist for the Middle East and North Africa (ME
 NA) region at the World Bank\, where she oversees the analytical agenda of
  the region and the publication of the semi-annual MENA Economic Updates. 
 She is the founder of the MENA Central Banks Regional Research Network. In
  her prior capacity as Chief Economist for the Human Development Practice 
 Group\, Roberta co-led the conceptualization and launch of the World Bank 
 Human Capital Index and the scale up of the Service Delivery Indicators da
 ta initiative.\n\nRoberta joined the World Bank as a Young Professional in
  the Macro unit of the Development Research Group\, and she has since led 
 and overseen both operational and analytical work in her roles of Manager 
 and of Global Lead for Labor Policies.\n\nRoberta’s research\, spanning 
 a broad set of topics such as growth\, firm productivity\, the economics o
 f corruption\, gender equity\, and labor markets\, has been published in l
 ead field journals such as the Journal of Public Economics\, the Journal o
 f Economic Growth\, and the Journal of Development Economics. She is also 
 the lead author of a number of flagship reports\, including Jobs for Share
 d Prosperity: Time for Action in the Middle East and North Africa\; Strivi
 ng for Better Jobs: The Challenge of Informality in Middle East and North 
 Africa\; The Human Capital Index 2020 Update: Human Capital in the Time of
  COVID-19\; and Service Delivery in Education and Health across Africa.\n\
 nRoberta has taught courses at the undergraduate\, masters\, and Ph.D. Lev
 el at Georgetown and Johns Hopkins Universities. She is a frequent lecture
 r on development economics\, most recently at Dartmouth College\, Princeto
 n University\, and Cornell University. Roberta holds a B.A. from Universit
 à Bocconi and a Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University.
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SUMMARY:Economic Growth in MENA: Challenges and Potential
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