Covid, Conflict, and Climate Change: Navigating South Sudan's Perfect Storm

Schedule

Wed Sep 29 2021 at 04:00 pm to 05:00 pm

Location

Intercultural Center (ICC) 700 | Washington, DC

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Covid, Conflict, and Climate Change: Navigating South Sudan's Perfect Storm - an interactive conversation with Dr Lual Deng
About this Event

Declaring independence in July 2011, South Sudan remains the world’s newest internationally recognized country. The country is endowed with Sub-Saharan Africa’s 3rd largest oil reserves but decades of inter-ethnic conflict, worsening effects of climate change, and oil-price volatility, compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic, have plunged the country into a perfect storm of multifaceted crises. In this interactive conversation Dr Lual Deng, the founder of the Ebony Center for Strategic Studies, a former Minister in the Government of National Unity of Sudan, World Bank and African Development Bank economist, and professor at the University of Wisconsin, will discuss the various strategies he and his colleagues are using to help South Sudan emerge from the current crisis and achieve inclusive and sustainable economic growth.

The event will be moderated by Prof. Shanta Devarajan, MSFS International Development Chair

Please note: seats to this event are limited, so please sign up as soon as possible to guarantee a spot. Due to COVID regulation, this event is only open to Georgetown faculty, students, and staff.

About the Speaker - Dr Lual A Deng was Educated in Sudan, Egypt and the United States of America, where he obtained respectively Bsc degree in economic statistics from University of Khartoum (1973), master’s degree in Biostatistics, University of Alexandria, Egypt (1976), master’s degree in economics, Iowa State University (1982) and doctorate in development economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (1984). His career has covered teaching, international development, research and politics. Was assistant professor of economics (tenure-track) with the University of Wisconsin Center System (1985 – 1986); country economist, African Development Bank (1986- 1989); senior economist, World Bank (1989 – 1991); Division Chief, environment and social policy, AfDB; economic adviser to Dr. John Garang (2003 – 2005); state minister of finance (2005 – 2010) and minister of petroleum (2010 – 2011) in the Government of National Unity of Sudan. Member (2015 - 2017) of Advisory Group for Sub-Saharan Africa (AGSA) of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), member of South Sudan Transitional National Legislative Assembly (TNLA) and managing director of Ebony Center for Strategic Studies, a non-profit research institution, Juba, South Sudan. Author of: 1) The National Dialogue: A Framework for Sustainable Peace, Economic Growth, and Poverty Eradication in South Sudan, published by Africa World Books (2020) ;2) The Power of Creative Reasoning – The Ideas and Vision of John Garang, published by iUniverse (2013); and 3) Rethinking African Development: Toward A Framework for Social Integration and Ecological Harmony, published by Africa World Press (1998).


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Intercultural Center (ICC) 700, 1501 Tondorf Road, Washington, United States

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