Prof. Savaş Alpay, Director General of SESRIC, presented a Public Lecture on 'Critical Perspectives on Socio-Economic Development and Transformation in the Islamic World'
Date: 02 December 2012
Venue: Doha - Qatar

Upon a cordial invitation, the Director General of SESRIC, Prof. Savas Alpay, presented a Public Lecture titled “Critical Perspectives on Socio-Economic Development and Transformation in the Islamic World” at Qatar Faculty of Islamic Studies (QFIS), Centre for Islamic Economics and Finance, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, on 2nd December 2012.

In the light of the recent major global and regional economic developments, Prof. Alpay delivered the trends in the major socio-economic indicators of the OIC member countries in a comparative manner with their counterparts in the groups of the developed and other developing countries as well as with the world economy as a whole. After highlighting the major socio-economic developments in OIC countries, Prof. Alpay drew attention to a number of constraints and challenges confronting the OIC member countries in their efforts to further their economic development and progress. He also provided major strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of the Muslim world.

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