Anwar Aridi

VPCA Board Advisor

Senior Economist, Investment Climate Unit, World Bank

Viet Nam is on a fast-track developmental path with ambitions to become a high-income economy. It is endowed with tremendous potential and driven by aspiring, skilled and entrepreneurial youth. The most exciting and uplifting journey ahead.

Anwar Aridi is a Senior Economist at the Finance, Competitiveness, and Investment (FCI) Global Practice with more than 15 years of research and policy experience in the areas of innovation, entrepreneurship, and private sector productivity growth. He held positions in Seoul, South Korea, Sofia, Bulgaria, and before that in Washington DC. Anwar specializes in science, technology, and innovation policy, technology entrepreneurship, and technology transfer. He authored numerous reports and provided policy and technical advice to governments across the global. His latest books are Innovative Korea: Leveraging Innovation and Technology for Development and Europe 4.0: Addressing the Digital Dilemma (World Bank). Anwar holds a Ph.D. from the Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Administration at the George Washington University (GWU) in Science and Technology Policy.

Anwar Aridi

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