Skip to main content

WORLD BANK CHIEF ECONOMIST TO SPEAK AT EIF GHANA 2015


The maiden edition of the Economic Ideas Festival (EIF) is set to take place from 5 – 7 August, 2015 in Accra, the capital of Ghana.

Economic Ideas Festival is the annual global conference of the Young Professional Economists Network (YPEN) – www.ypenetwork.org

The Young Professional Economists Network (YPEN) is a non-profit and an independent organization established to coordinate and train young professional economists across the world while helping them to build a new economic paradigm which is relevant to the 21st century and beyond. The network has chapters in thirteen (13) countries across the world.

Economic Ideas Festival is to help build the next generation of innovative thinkers to fulfill the dream of a transformed Africa. The model of the EIF is structured to bring together new minds to interrogate economic growth, debate, as well as discuss how it could lead to economic transformation and reduction in poverty across Africa.

Among a list of distinguished speakers is the World Bank’s Chief Economist, Shantayanan Devarajan.Dr. Devarajan is the Chief Economist of the World Bank’s Middle East and North Africa Region. Since joining the World Bank in 1991, he has been: A Principal Economist and Research Manager for Public Economics in the Development Research Group; The Chief Economist of the Human Development Network; The Chief Economist of the South Asia Region; and The Chief Economist of the Africa Region.

He was the director of the World Development Report 2004, Making Services Work for Poor People. Before 1991, he was on the faculty of Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. Born in Sri Lanka, Mr. Devarajan received his B.A. in mathematics from Princeton University and his Ph.D. in economics from the University of California, Berkeley. Read bio here http://blogs.worldbank.org/team/shanta-devarajan

Dr. Devarajan is expected to share the platform with other distinguished leaders globally.

EIF is a three day conference to be held in Accra, Ghana from August 5 – 7, 2015. It carries the vision to become the largest forum organized to generate new ideas to transform a rising continent.

EIF 2015 is set to attract delegates between the ages of 18 – 35 years old from over 30 countries around the world, with majority of them coming from Africa.
It seeks to provide a home for anyone who embraces critical thinking, intellectualdiscourse and a sensitive understanding of the greater political economy, the philosophy of science, and a variety of perspectives and means of modelling economic phenomena.
Read more about Economic Ideas Festival (EIF 2015) at www.ypenetwork.org

Source: www.theafricanexpert.com

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

MTN Ghana & MTN MoMo CEOs win laurels at Ghana CEO Awards

  The Chief Executive Officer of MTN Ghana, Selorm Adadevoh ,   has been adjudged  CEO of the Year  –  Telecom  at the  2 nd  edition of the  Ghana CEO  Vision  and  Awards   held  in Accra. At the same event, the CEO of Mobile Money Limited (MTN MoMo), Shaibu Haruna was also adjudged CEO of the Year – FinTech Service Provider. Selorm  Adadevoh’s award  is in recognition  of  his   achievements   in the areas of   sustainability, leadership excellence, innovation and others  in the telecoms space  which  has contributed to  job creation to support the  growth of Ghana’s economy. Patrick Afari (r), General Manager, Supply Chain Management and General Services receiving CEO of the Year – Telecom Award on behalf of Selorm Adadevoh Receiving the award on behalf of Selorm, Patrick Afari, General Manager, Supply Chain Management and General Services ,  expressed appreciation to the organizers for the award. He  noted that  th e  award will go a long way to inspire MTN to do more for Ghanaian
Post a Comment
Read more

EB-ACCION DISBURSES US$15 MILLION

By Fred SARPONG Ecobank-Accion (EB-Accion), a partnership between Ecobank Ghana Limited and Accion International has disbursed amount to the tune of $15 million to over 36,000 borrowers in Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) sector in the country, since the institution was set up barely six months ago. Frances Adu-Mantey, the Managing Director of EB-Accion disclosed this to Business Week in Accra last week during the official opening of Accion Hub headquarters in Africa. The institution’s current portfolio stands at GH¢4 million. She stated that currently, EB-Accion have over 6100 customers who save with them throughout the four branches of the institution. According to her, in order to improve the services of the institution, Ecobank Share Services center will facilitate the technology aspect of the bank by networking all the branches of EB-Accion. Maria Otero, President and Chief Executive Officer of Accion International said that the center’s staff in Accra will provide supp
Post a Comment
Read more

Amantin & Kasei Community Bank posts impressive growth, with over GH¢1m profit

 Amantin and Kasei Community Bank, at Amantin in the Bono East Region has posted impressive growth in all the performance indicators during 2022 financial year under review. The bank recorded profit after tax of GH¢1,055,662, representing 35.66% more over the 2021 figure of GH¢778.151. This achievement stemmed out of 49.24% gross income growth from GH¢8,143,526 to GH¢12,153,537. Total deposits of the bank went up by 36.20%, changing from GH¢50,959,848 in 2021 to GH¢69,405,591 in 2022. The bank increased loans and advances by 22.15% from GH¢14,128,017 to GH¢17,257,614. Total assets showed an appreciation of 29.32%, amounting to GH¢77,918,288 as against GH¢60,250,693 in the previous year. On the other hand, the bank posted a marginal increase in short term investments portfolio from GH¢24,439,761 to GH¢26,585,698, indicating 8.78% change. The Chairman of Board of Directors, Amantin and Kasei Community Bank, Dr. John Oduro-Boateng, disclosed this during the 18th annual general meeting of
Post a Comment
Read more