Political will to apply this tool, and i think its a very valid and useful tool for toolkit in the United States, and so we have examples for tunisia and egypt that well talk about, so well talk a little bit about the history of what are these things, how they come about, what can we learn from the past, how are some more recent ones operating, and finally, the most important thing is about the future because i think in some ways this was certainly ahead of its time and theres a lot of learning from the past, but i think there are plenty of countries where we ought to be applying this in new additional countries, but also may be in different ways given the fact that the world is changed from 25 years ago. The instrument needs to adapt the time. We have a very experienced group of panelists. Im excited to have all the smart folks on the panel. I wont go into detailed bios for each of them but i will ask my friend whos the executive director of European Cooperative for Rural Development
Not we need to revisit the concept of u. S. Enterprise funds. U. S. Enterprise funds were launched in early 1990s by george h. W. Bush. U. S. Government dollars funded investments in developing countries. It was an idea that was ahead of its time. And there were several dozen of these Enterprise Funds that were launched. Many of them were very successful. Some that had some hiccups. But most were broadly very successful, but you would ask yourself, why hasnt there is any number of Different Countries where you would say we ought to be applying this. Thankfully, in the Obama Administration, there were a number of countries where there was political will to apply this tool, and i think its a very valid and useful tool for our tool kit in the United States. And so we have examples from tunisia and egypt that were going to talk about, as well. So were going to talk a little bit about the history of what are these things, how they come about, what can we learn from the past. How are some of
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