Risk and Reform: An Outlook for Oil and Gas Exporting Countries

Featuring:
Benedict Clements
Division Chief for the Fiscal Policy and Surveillance Division
International Monetary Fund

Aaron Sayne
Senior Governance Officer
Natural Resource Governance Institute

Jared Levy
Director of Custom Research
Iraq Oil Report

Haim Malka
Senior Fellow and Deputy Director
CSIS Middle East Program

Moderated by:
Sarah Ladislaw
Director and Senior Fellow
CSIS Energy and National Security Program

As energy prices seem set to remain low in the medium term, countries dependent on oil and gas export revenue face the challenge of reforming their economies and repairing their finances, while facing political and security risks. This event reviews the menu of reform options available to countries facing fiscal difficulties resulting from low hydrocarbon prices, as well as the particular challenges faced by Nigeria, Iraq, and Algeria, and the reform pathways those countries’ governments are undertaking.