Dr. Yossef Ben-Meir has talked about the essential factors that create sustainable development and vital opportunities for its implementation in Morocco, particularly in rural places. He also reflected on Morocco’s key national initiatives to promote the people’s development, and what fulfilling them could mean for the country, Africa, and the Middle East. Dr. Yossef Ben-Meir is co-founder and president of the High Atlas Foundation, a Moroccan-U.S. not-for-profit organization dedicated to sustainable development. In Morocco, he was also a Peace Corps Volunteer (1993-95), Associate Peace Corps Director (1998-99), Assistant Professor at Al Akhawayn University at the School of Social Sciences and Humanities (1998-1999), and Research Fellow at the American Institute of Maghreb Studies (2003-4). Dr. Ben-Meir holds a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of New Mexico (2009) where he also taught, an MA in international development from Clark University (1997), and a BA in economics from New York University (1991). He is the author of more than 100 articles about development in the North Africa and the Middle East. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at [ Ссылка ]

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