LAU Economic Policy Talk Series-Kawthar Dara
LAU Beirut campus-AKSOB 16th Floor, Conference Room 1617
The LAU economics graduates often work in leadership positions in government, the private sector, and international organizations. To prepare them for the tasks they will carry out and the challenges they are likely to encounter after their studies, the LAU Department of Economics organizes the LAU Economic Policy Talk Series.This series focuses on how economic reasoning and tools are applied in policy-making and implementation. In each session, invited speakers involved in economic policy-making share their experiences and offer the LAU Economics members insights drawn from real-world cases, highlighting both the use and potential misuse of economics.
The contact person for the LAU Economic Policy Talk Series is Dr. Jamal Haidar.
- Title: Development Policy and Economic Governance: Lessons from Lebanon
- Speaker: Kawthar Dara
- Job Title: Senior Economist, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
- Date: October 21, 2026
- Time: 2:00–3:30 p.m.
- Location: AKSOB 16th Floor, Conference Room 1617, LAU Beirut campus and via Webex.
About the Speaker:
Kawthar Dara is a senior economist at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). She will bring an economic development perspective to the discussion, examining the relationship between development policy and economic governance and drawing lessons from Lebanon’s experience.
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