Entrepreneurship and Self-Employment in Periods of Crisis: Challenges and Opportunities

LAU, Beirut campus, Adnan Kassar School of Business, AKSOB 904

The LAU Department of Economics, in collaboration with the Lebanese Institute for Market Studies (LMIS) and the Templeton World Charity Foundation invites you to a panel discussion titled: “Entrepreneurship and Self-Employment in Periods of Crisis: Challenges and Opportunities.”
 

About the event
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The discussion will explore the effects of crises, such as economic downturns, political instability, and global pandemics, on entrepreneurship and self-employment in Lebanon and the broader MENA region.  

About the people
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Project Director:
 
Dr. Charbel Bassil, Associate Professor of Economics, Qatar University

Speakers:

Dr. Mohamad Abou Haidar, General Director of the Ministry of Economy and Trade
Ms. Denise Dahrouj, Head of International Affairs Department, Ministry of Labor
Dr. Salim Araji, Economic Affairs Officer, UNESCWA
Dr. Ali Fakih, Chairperson of the Department of Economics at LAU
Dr. Nabil Fahed, Vice-President and Treasurer of the Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture in Beirut and Mount Lebanon
Mr. Ramy Boujawdeh, COO Berytech
Dr. Patrick Mardini, CEO of the Lebanese Institute for Market Studies
Ms. Souhad Abi Zaki, Grant and Research Consultant | Trainer at the NGO “Rural Entrepreneurs”

Moderator:

Mr. Khaled Abou Chacra, Journalist-Economist at Al-Jadeed TV and Research Fellow at LIMS

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