Panel Discussion and Reception Does the Maghreb Matter? Building Peace Through Economic Development

April 10, 2013

Panel Discussion and Reception
Does the Maghreb Matter? Building Peace Through Economic Development

Dr. Timothy Docking
Lead
Emerging Markets Funding Group
IBM Corporation

Dr. J. Peter Pham
Director
Michael S. Ansari Africa Center
Atlantic Council

Dr. Louis A. Picard
Director
Ford Institute for Human Security
University of Pittsburgh—GSPIA

Despite the efforts of international organizations and national governments to help rebuild civil society across North Africa, there are many challenges. What role can economic development play in creating the foundation for stability – or even prosperity – in the region? Join the Council and the University of Pittsburgh’s Ford Institute for Human Security as three Africa-experts explore what peace-building through economic development means for North Africa's future.