Outlook. of the Man Fifii Kwetey described as ignorant WORK EXPERIENCE Jan. 2011- Mar.2012 Resident Representative, African Development Bank Group (Zimbabwe). Responsible for AfDB relations with Zimbabwe, Research-Based Technical Advice to Government, Coordination with Donor Community, Oversight Responsibility for Administration of the Zimbabwe Multi-Donor Trust Fund. Oct.2009-Oct. 2010 Visiting Senior Research Associate, Centre for the Study of African Economies, Department of Economics, University of Oxford. Undertook research on Monetary Policy and Financial Sector Reform in Africa Fellow International Growth Centre (IGC). Served as IGC Country Team Member for Sierra Leone. Also served as Advisor to Central Bank of Sierra Leone on redesigning the organizational structure of the bank and its monetary policy framework. April-October 2009 Visiting Scholar, University of British Columbia, Liu Centre for Global Studies and Fisheries Centre. Feb-March 2009 Consultant Economic Commission for Africa. Prepared a paper on Africa’s Position for the G20 London Summit. June 2006- Jan 2009 Deputy Governor, Bank of Ghana, Responsible for Monetary Policy, Financial Stabilty, and Payments System Reform June 2006-Jan 2008 Member of the Board of Directors, Bank of Ghana, Ghana International Bank (UK), Ghana Telecom, Revenue Agencies Governing Board, Social Security and National Insurance Trust. Jan. 2005- Jan, 2009 Chairman, Capital Markets Committee (Ghana). Had oversight responsibility for putting together the strategy for Ghana accessing the international capital markets with a debut $750 million sovereign bond. Aug-Dec 2008 Vice Presidential candidate, New Patriotic Party in the December 2008 Ghanaian Presidential Elections. 2001-2006 Head, Monetary Policy and Financial Stability Department, Bank of Ghana. Responsible to the analytical work leading to the setting up of the Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) and oversight for technical work presented to the MPC. Leader of Bank of Ghana technical team and part of Government Team that has negotiated with the World Bank and International Monetary Fund since 2001 through HIPC and PRGF. Member of the Government of Ghana technical negotiating team on HIPC Paris Club and Completion Point Negotiations. Member of Government team to negotiate the Millenium Challlege Account (MCA) compact with the U.S. Government. Was responsible for drafting the financial sector component of the compact. Member of Government technical team on the deregulation of the petroleum sector in Ghana. 2000-2001 Senior Economist, and Head of Economic Analysis, Bank of Ghana Research Department 1996.-2000 Assistant Professor of Economics, Hankamer School of Business, Baylor University, Texas, USA 1994. Summer intern, International Monetary Fund. Washington. D.C. Research Department. 1988-1990 Lecturer in Monetary Economics, International Finance. Emile Woolf College of Accountancy, London, England. EDUCATION 1991 – 1995 Ph.D. in Economics Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia., Canada Specialization: Macroeconomics, International Economics, and Monetary Economics 1987- 1988 M.Sc. Development Economics University of Oxford , UK (Lincoln College) 1984-1986 B.Sc. Economics (First Class Hons.) University of Buckingham, UK 1982-1984 Chartered Institute of Bankers Diploma (A.C.I. –U.K With distinction in Monetary Economics, Accountancy, Law and Banking Principles. Emile Woolf College of Accountancy, London, England 1975-1982 Tamale Secondary School – GCE O and A-Levels PUBLICATIONS “A Future Currency Regime for Zimbabwe”. African Development Bank Policy Brief. Forthcoming. Towards a Green Economy. Lead Author, UN Green Economy Report 2011. Monetary Policy and Financial Sector Reform in Africa: Ghana’s Experience. Booklocker. 2010 “Africa and the Global Financial Crisis”.
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