Under the Auspices of H.E. Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassim Bin Jabor Al- Thani Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Union of Arab Banks in Collaboration with the Qatar Central Bank and the World Union of Arab Bankers present the Arab Banking Conference 2011 Arab Economic Reforms a New Vision.

The past few decades have witnessed successive Arab calls for economic reform, whereby the reform experiences in the Arab countries during these decades have been slow in most cases, reserved for the most part, and waning in others.

Nowadays, the matter of economic reform has gained large consensus and persistence for its launch, considering that reform has become the base for economic openness, an important element to enhance the investment Environment and the solid foundation that paves the way for sustainable economic and social development in the Arab region. In addition, enhancing the reform process has become a vital necessity to facilitate the process of the desired economic integration.

For this, the conference will present an ideal platform for Arab financial institution particularly amidst the recent fall which struck many of them, and shed light on its implications, in order to open the door for dialogue and discussions. In addition to the mentioned, it reveals providing the opportunity for coordination between joint Arab unions operating under the umbrellas of the League of Arab states and financial institutions operating in the private sector.

The conference aims to bring together an elite assembly of experts to contribute in creating an Arab outlook for economic reforms in order to face the economic and social challenges, benefiting from important panels of discussion steering all economic sectors particularly the banking reforms imposed by the implications of the crises that the Arab region is witnessing.


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