Dr. Bilal Wahab, founding director of the AUIS Center for Development and Natural Resources (CDNR), opens the conference on economic reforms in Iraq and KRG on January 21, 2016, followed by a short welcoming speech by AUIS Interim President, Dr. Esther Mulnix.
The conference, entitled “Escaping the Rentier Model: Reforms in Iraq and Kurdistan Region”, convened representatives from Baghdad and Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), experts and policy makers and diplomats and business leaders. Comprised of three panels, the CDNR conference covered challenges facing the oil and gas sector, ways to diversify the economy, as well as public finance management.
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