Source: Middle East Institute
Author(s): Ahmed Farouk Ghoneim
Original Link: http://www.mei.edu/content/at/egypt-economic-development-conference-success-or-failure
Saudi Arabia’s late King Abdullah first conceived of the Egypt Economic Development Conference (EEDC) as a means of supporting Egypt and its new government after the toppling of President Mohamed Morsi in June 2013. The plan was to provide a forum through which donors could coordinate their economic assistance, and lengthy preparations finally culminated in a well-organized event on March 13-15. Though skeptics had suggested that only Gulf leaders would show up, the EEDC was in fact attended by representatives of more than 112 countries.[1] …
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