The 5th Middle East and North Africa Development Forum will take place in Beirut from April 6-9. Led by Middle East and North Africa think tanks in partnership with the World Bank Group and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), the event will be dedicated to making reform work in the MENA region. EXECUTIVE talked to World Bank representative for MDF Chantal Dejou, MDF head of Secretariat, Hana Salah and Oussama Safa General Director of the Lebanese Center for Policy Studies (LCPS), the MDF’s local partner, about the aims and expectations of the conference. E Lebanon recently won the bid to host the 5th Middle East North Africa Development Forum (MDF). How intense was the competition? CD: As this is the 5th edition of MDF, we as organizers have past experience. The LCPS, as a leading partner, has taken part in the dialogue and in the organization of the MDF.
