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Under the patronage of

His Excellency Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan

UAE Minister of Higher Education & Scientific Research

and President of Zayed University

MEEA 6th International Conference

Thank you to all who participated in the MEEA 6th International Conference 14-16 March 2007. 

- Speaker Biographies -

- Updated Program -
- Paper Abstracts (MS Word .doc) -

- Event Photos -

7th International Conference to be held in Northern Cyprus, 2008.  More information will be posted as soon as it is available.

 

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Keynote Address by HE Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair, Speaker of the UAE Federal National Council and CEO of Mashreqbank

 

The Middle East Economic Association (MEEA), in association with Zayed University, will hold its 6th International Conference on 14 - 16 March 2007 at Zayed University in Dubai, UAE.


About MEEA
The MEEA (http://meeaweb.org/) is a private, non-profit, non-political organization of international scholars interested in the study of the economies and economics of the Middle East.  The MEEA has a membership of approximately 1,000 and has headquarters in the United States. The Executive and Board of Directors comprise leading scholars from US, UK, European and Middle Eastern universities and research institutions. 

The objectives of MEEA are:

  • promotion of high standard scholarship,

  • facilitation of communication among scholars through meetings and publications, and

  • promotion of cooperation among persons and organizations committed to the objectives of MEEA


Conference Goals

The main goals of the conference were:

  • to bring together distinguished economists from all over the world

  • to exchange ideas, data, research findings and policy solutions to common problems on a number of interrelated issues such as Trade, Investment, Macroeconomic management, Labour, Growth, Stabilization policies, and the political economy of policy reforms of relevance to the analysis of the economies of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region in general, and the GCC in particular

  • to provide an opportunity for established scholars from different intellectual viewpoints and countries to interact both with each other and with young researchers both inside and outside the region. 

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Dr. Mine Cinar, Professor and Chair, Department of Economics, Loyola University of Chicago, USA
Dr. Hassan Hakimian, Associate Dean, Cass Business School, UK
Dr. David McGlennon, Director, Office of Research and Outreach, Zayed University, UAE
Ms. Danielle Perigoe, Research Communications Specialist, Zayed University, UAE

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Dr. Hassan Aly, Treasurer - MEEA, Ohio State University, USA
Dr. Hadi Salehi Esfahani, President - MEEA, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
Dr. Jeffrey Nugent, Past President - MEEA, University of Southern California, USA
Dr. Jay Squalli, Assistant Professor and Researcher, Economic & Policy Research Unit (EPRU), Zayed University, UAE
Dr. Kenneth Wilson, Professor and Director, Economic & Policy Research Unit (EPRU), Zayed University, UAE

For general inquiries, please contact:

meea2007@zu.ac.ae

 

Last Updated: 05-Apr-2007 3:56 PM

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