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3/11/24, 12:14 PM Investopia 2024 holds 11 panel discussions exploring investment - WTRGFM
Urgent need for investment in human capital, education, and infrastructure to address challenges
for economic growth highlighted
DUBAI, UAE, March 01, 2024 /24-7PressRelease/ -- The opening day of Investopia
2024, held at St. Regis Sadiyaat in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE),
witnessed 11 panel discussions featuring 37 experts, who offered their insights into
investment opportunities in the new economy sectors, technology, the circular
economy, creative economy, hospitality, sports and aviation. Attendees who witnessed
these sessions included investors, economists, leading government officials, policy
makers, and entrepreneurs from around the world.
One of the morning panel sessions considered macroeconomics in the context of
where the global economy is moving post COVID-19, how a successful COP28 is
setting all countries on a sound footing to tackle climate change, what the impact of
the outcome of the U.S. Presidential election will be; and why the global economy
remains resilient to geopolitical shocks.
Under the theme New Economic Frontiers Unveiled: Navigating the Unknown, the
panel discussed factors driving the new economy sectors, markets and the role of
governments and the private sector in optimising economic growth.
Participants in this session were Dr. Mahmoud Mohieldin, Executive Director of the
International Monetary Fund; Dr. François Bourguignon, Honorary President of the
Paris School of Economics; and Dr. Nathan Sheets, Chief Economist at Citi; and John
Defterios, Professor of Business Administration at NYU Abu Dhabi.
Dr. Mohieldin highlighted the necessity of paying attention to low and middle-income
countries in a changing global economic trend and cited Africa, where the continent
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