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Session 1: Tuesday March 5: Strategic Diagnostics of Poverty
03: 55 Welcome by National Partner:
Dr. Salim Nasr, General Director, Lebanese Center
for Policy Studies (LCPS)
04:00 Introduction and Overview:
Dr. Jamal AL-Kibbi from Cairo, Coordinator of Video
Conference (VC), World Bank Institute (WBI)
04:05 Video Presentation: Faces of Poverty
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
04:10 Regional Presentation via VC:
A Poverty Matrix for the Middle East
Dr. George Kossaifi, UN-ESCWA
04:25 Country Presentations via VC (15
min each)
a- Jordan: Sources and generational issues
- Mrs. Salwa Masri
b- Egypt: The new poor - Dr. Heba Al-Laithy
c- Morocco: Income disparities - Mr. Hachmi Bentahar
d- Lebanon: Social divide - Dr. Kamal Hamdan
05:25 Coffee Break
05:40 National Debates (no VC)
Moderator: Dr. Salim Nasr, LCPS
06:25 Regional Debate via VC
Coordinated by Dr. Jamal AL-Kibbi
07:25 Concluding Remarks
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