Upcoming Lecture at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government

Friday, March 25, 2011

New Realities in an Old World: The Inevitable Road to Democracy... What Now?

Speaker: Wissam Yafi, TidWiT Inc.A technologist by trade, Wissam Yafi obtained an MPA/ID degree from the Kennedy School in 2001 having studied in its first cohort under Jeffrey Sachs, Dany Rodrik, and Lant Pritchett, among others. Since graduation, Wissam has been leading TidWiT Inc, an e-learning organization that helps governments, non-profits, and large businesses disseminate their knowledge. Wissam writes frequently on economic development, geopolitics, and technology policy in the Middle East and is in the midst of publishing New Realities in an Old World, which looks at the dynamics forcing change in the Middle East.

• Location: Perkins Room, 4th Floor, Rubenstein Building, Harvard Kennedy School
• Date: Friday, March 25, 2011
• Time: 11:45 AM

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