Morocco to host world forum on MENA region

The three-day event (26-28 October) will be attended by international partners, policymakers and business leaders, as well as civil society representatives and leaders of opinion with influence at regional and international levels.

Under the theme 'sense, resilience and prosperity', the forum will also discuss the post-crisis situation and means of making the right decisions at national and regional level, the source added.

Other issues on the agenda include 'regional responses to global risks', 'encouraging sustainable growth', and 'North Africa: new regions and trade partnership'.

According to a World Bank report, the MENA region will record economic recovery in 2010, thanks to the rapid settlement of the financial crisis in high income countries.

It said moderate recovery of growth in OECD countries would lead to a 5.2 per cent rise in the region's GDP and 5.7 per cent growth in the region's diversified economies.

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