Challenges and opportunities in Somalia: Insights from the Minister of Finance

In this talk, Abdirahman Dualeh Beileh, Minister of Finance of the Federal Republic of Somalia, will discuss the opportunities and challenges at this juncture of international financial institutions re-engagement after over two decades of civil war.

The Minister will focus his discussion on Somalia’s fiscal reforms, the opportunities for economic growth and the pathway to clearing the national debt of Somalia under the IMF Staff Monitored Program.

The discussion will be chaired by Rafat Ali Al-Akhali, Fellow of Practice – Strategic Projects, Blavatnik School of Government. 

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Dr Abdirahman Dualeh Beileh is the current Minister of Finance of the Federal Republic of Somalia. He was successfully elected as a Member of the Somalia Federal Parliament in February 2017 and appointed to his Ministerial post in March by H.E. Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire. During the 2017 elections, Dr Beileh served as the Chair of the Parliamentary Committee that elected the Speaker of the National Assembly and his two Deputies. Following this, he was duly elected to lead the Parliamentary Committee that oversaw the historic Presidential election.


Blavatnik School of Government,
University of Oxford
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