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Seham Farouk

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Seham Farouk is a public finance and sustainable finance expert at the Egyptian Ministry of Finance. She works on public financial management, green fiscal policy, innovative taxation, sovereign risk, and sustainable finance. She holds a Doctor of Business Administration in Finance from Ain Shams University and an MBA from Paris ESLSCA Business School.

Sourajit Aiyer

May 29 2026

Beyond buffers: How to engineer sovereign resilience to energy shocks

Illuminem Voices

Energy Management & Efficiency · Sustainable Investment

Energy shocks from Middle East tensions are global financial risks, requiring sovereigns to move beyond buffers and design fiscal systems that can absorb volatility before it becomes a crisis

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