Mr. Stephen Karingi

Director of Regional Integration and Trade, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) · International Organizations and Civil Society

Sessions

Financing the Just Energy Transition Partnerships: Perspectives from Vietnam, Indonesia, South Africa

Speaking

16 October 2023

15:45–17:15 · Asia/Dubai

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The Role of Trade and Investment Policies in Boosting NDCs Implementation

Speaking

19 October 2023

10:30–12:00 · Asia/Dubai

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Financing an Equitable Nature Economy

Speaking

19 October 2023

18:00–19:30 · Asia/Dubai

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Biography

Dr. Stephen Karingi is currently the Director, Regional Integration and Trade Division of the Economic Commission for Africa. Before joining the United Nations, Dr. Karingi was a Senior Analyst and the Head of Macroeconomics Division in the Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA). Before KIPPRA he served as a Lecturer of Economics at Egerton University.

Dr. Karingi was a recipient of the then Zolt-Gilburne Visiting Fellowship of the International Tax Programme of the Harvard Law School in 2001 and the winner of the 2013 Alan A. Powell Award in recognition of his contribution to Global Economic Analysis issues from an African perspective. Dr. Karingi served as a member of the High-Level Board of Experts on the Future of Global Trade Governance. He is presently serving in the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Trade and Industrial Development Advisory Council; and also, a member of the High-Level Group on Trade in the context of EU-Africa relations. He is in the Editorial Board of the Journal of African Trade.