Audio: Entrepreneurship in Challenging Times, Panel 2

Private Sector Development in Conflict and Post-Conflict Zones – How Can We Improve the Instruments in the Tool Box?

Moderated by

Mark Quarterman
Senior Adviser and Director, CSIS Post-conflict Reconstruction Project

Mamadou Beye

Corporate Responsibility Manager, Chevron

Mildred Callear,
Executive Vice President & COO, SEAF

Connie Duckworth,
Founder of ARZU, Inc.

Michael Levett,
Senior Director and Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, CDC Development Solutions

To mark this year’s Global Entrepreneurship Week, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), in partnership with the Kauffman Foundation, will host a conference on improving approaches to entrepreneurship and private-sector development in conflict and natural disaster-affected regions. The conference will highlight the ways in which the U.S. Government, development organizations, and the private sector are addressing this issue.

Objective of the Conference:
Fostering economic growth through entrepreneurship and private-sector development must be an integral part of the United States’ post-conflict and post-disaster strategy.