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Anwar Aridi is an Economic and Technology Policy Analyst at SRI International in Washington DC, specializing in innovation policy, R&D strategy, economic development, and technology entrepreneurship. He previously worked at the World Bank on projects related to innovation, knowledge-based growth and highly skilled migration. Anwar is also a Ph.D. candidate in Public Policy and Administration at the George Washington University (GWU) specializing in science and technology policy. You can follow anwar on Twitter @sidianwar.
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