{"id":312056,"date":"2017-04-19T05:00:07","date_gmt":"2017-04-19T05:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=312056"},"modified":"2017-04-19T05:00:07","modified_gmt":"2017-04-19T05:00:07","slug":"bawumiaofori-atta-head-ghanas-team-at-imfworld-bank-spring-meetings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/04\/bawumiaofori-atta-head-ghanas-team-at-imfworld-bank-spring-meetings\/","title":{"rendered":"Bawumia, Ofori-Atta head Ghana\u2019s team at IMF\/World Bank Spring Meetings"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Chairman of the Economic Management Team, Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, and the Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta are leading a Government delegation to the IMF\/World Bank Spring Meetings to be held in Washington DC, from\u00a0April 18 \u2013 28, 2017.<\/p>\n

The delegation is made up of officials from the Bank of Ghana, led by the Governor,\u00a0Dr. Ernest Kwamina Yedu Addison; the Chairman of the Finance Committee in Parliament,\u00a0Dr. Mark Assibey Yeboah (MP);\u00a0and officials from the Finance Ministry.<\/p>\n

A statement from the Ministry of Finance copied to Citi Business News <\/strong>explained that \u00a0the delegation will meet with\u00a0 the World Bank President, Jim Yong Kim, as well as the IMF Managing Director, Christian Lagarde.<\/p>\n

They would also attend the\u00a0African Consultative Group Meetings with Christian Lagarde\u00a0andPresident Jim Yong Kim.<\/p>\n

A major highlight for the delegation is the\u00a0Center for Strategic and International Studies, \u201cSpotlight on Ghana\u201d event, a spotlight event being organized for Ghana to examine the major political and economic trends in Ghana as the new Government charts its course.<\/p>\n

The Ghana event will bring together policy makers, business leaders, country analysts, opinion leaders from Ghana, the United States and beyond, to discuss Ghana’s prospects for economic recovery, explore issues of governance and regional leadership and examine the multiple strands on US policy engagement.<\/p>\n

Other meetings the delegation would attend, include the G24 Deputies Meetings and the African Caucus Bureau. The G24 Ministerial Meeting provides an opportunity for the G24 member countries to consider key areas in which international Financial Institutions and multilateral actions can effectively complement and support their policy efforts.<\/p>\n

The delegation will also hold investor related meetings\u00a0with holders of Ghana\u2019s Bonds as well as institutional investors. These meetings provide an opportunity for the delegation to highlight Government\u2019s economic policies and strategies as well as investment opportunities in Ghana.<\/p>\n

Also on the agenda are meetings with Senior Executives of ratings agencies: Standard and Poors, Fitch, and Moodys.<\/p>\n

These meetings present a window of opportunity to re-emphasize government’s policies and strategies in solving macroeconomic imbalances as well as strategies to ensuring debt sustainability.<\/p>\n

Aside the obligatory meetings with the IMF and the World Bank, the delegation will hold bilateral discussions with other partner countries, financial institutions and private sector investors.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>About the Spring Meetings<\/strong><\/p>\n

Each spring, thousands of government officials, journalists, civil society organizations, and participants from the academia and private sectors, gather in Washington DC for the Spring Meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund.\u00a0Seminars, regional briefings, press conferences, and many other events focused on the global economy, international development, and the world’s financial markets are held.<\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

By: citibusinessnews.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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