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DESCRIPTION:Despite how all-consuming the threat of COVID-19 has become for
  countries around the world\, the problems governments faced before the pa
 ndemic haven’t disappeared. In Ghana\, officials have been taking aggressi
 ve action to address risk that arises when there is lax oversight and poor
  governance of the country’s banking and financial sector\, particularly i
 n emerging economies.\n\nBy implementing policy and institutional reforms 
 such as the establishment of a new capital requirement for banks and the r
 evocation of licenses of insolvent financial institutions\, Ghana has acco
 mplished what arguably amounts to the most sweeping clean-up of financial 
 services in the nation’s history.\n\nThis webinar is presented by Dr. Erne
 st Addison\, Governor of the Bank of Ghana\, as part of a Max Bell School 
 MPP Complexity Seminar seminar with Nii Addy. It is hosted in collaboratio
 n with 91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ's African Studies program and the School for Continuing Stud
 ies. It will be moderated by Max Bell School Director Chris Ragan.\n\nRegi
 ster here.\n\nAbout the Speaker\n\nDr. Ernest Addison\n\nCo-Chair RCG for 
 Sub-Saharan Africa\n\nGovernor\, Bank of Ghana\n\nDr. Ernest Addison was a
 ppointed as the Governor of the Bank of Ghana and the Chairman of the Bank
  of Ghana Board in April of 2017. He has over 25 years of experience worki
 ng in the central bank as well as in numerous international organizations.
 \n\nDr. Addison joined the Bank of Ghana in 1996\, during which time he se
 rved on a number of committees\, including the Open Market Operations Comm
 ittee\, Money Market Auction Committee\, and Editorial Committee\; he also
  served as secretary to the Financial Programme Implementation Committee a
 nd the Financial Policies Committee. In 2000\, on secondment\, he was appo
 inted the chair of a Special Task Force set up by the Authority of Heads o
 f State of ECOWAS to lead studies that culminated in the setting up of the
  West African Monetary Institute (WAMI). He was subsequently appointed Chi
 ef Economist at the institute. Dr. Addison returned to the Bank of Ghana i
 n 2002\, serving for nearly a decade as the Bank’s Director of Research.\n
 \nAt the African Development Bank\, Dr. Addison worked as the lead regiona
 l economist for the Southern African region. In this capacity he led Dialo
 gue Missions to many countries -- including Mauritius\, Lesotho\, Swazilan
 d\, Angola\, and Zambia -- and led technical teams in preparation of New C
 ountry Strategy Papers (CSP’s) and mid-term reviews for Angola\, Lesotho\,
  Malawi\, Mauritius\, Mozambique\, Sao Tome\, and Zambia. He also directed
  the technical team for the study of the Indian Ocean Strategy\, leading m
 issions to Seychelles\, Mauritius\, and Madagascar.\n\nDr. Addison obtaine
 d his first degree in Economics from the University of Ghana\, followed by
  an M.Phil. Degree in Economics and Politics from St. Edmunds College\, Ca
 mbridge University\, U.K. He then matriculated at 91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ in Mon
 treal\, Canada\, where he obtained a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Econo
 mics degree with a specialization in Monetary Economics\, Economic Develop
 ment\, and International Economics.\n\nModerators\n\nDr. Nii Addy\n\nAssis
 tant Professor (Research)\, Institute for the Study of International Devel
 opment (ISID)\, 91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ\n\nDr. Nii Addy is Assistant Professor (
 Research) at the Institute for the Study of International Development (ISI
 D)\, 91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ. Prior to this\, he was at the 91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ Center for th
 e Convergence of Health and Economics (MCCHE) in the Desautels Faculty of 
 Management. Dr. Addy’s work focuses on developing\, implementing\, and ass
 essing strategies and policies for institutional change in multi-stakehold
 er partnerships spanning societal sectors (businesses\, public agencies\, 
 and civil society organizations) and industrial sectors (education\, agric
 ulture\, nutrition\, health\, etc.). His interdisciplinary work combines q
 ualitative and quantitative approaches\, with the goal of informing how di
 verse stakeholders can work together effectively for sustainable developme
 nt. He applies research in developing knowledge sharing tools\, and in tra
 ining leaders from various sectors as they engage in partnership processes
  for collective impact.\n\nChristopher Ragan\n\nDirector of the Max Bell S
 chool of Public Policy\n\nChristopher Ragan is a Canadian academic and eco
 nomist. He is best known for his research on monetary policy\, and for his
  popular introductory textbook\, Economics\, now in its fourteenth edition
  and co-authored by Richard Lipsey. He is chair of Canada's Ecofiscal Comm
 ission\, a group of Canadian economists seeking to broaden the discussion 
 of environmental pricing reform beyond the academic sphere and into the re
 alm of practical policy application. He is an Associate Professor at McGil
 l University\, where he has been on the faculty since 1989. Throughout his
  tenure\, he has taught a wide range of economics courses\, both at the un
 dergraduate and graduate levels. In 2007\, he became the first in the Facu
 lty of Economics to receive the H. Noel Fieldhouse teaching award for exce
 llence in teaching. His research and academic writing is largely focused o
 n Canadian public policy challenges\, and since 2007\, the policy response
 s to the financial crisis of 2007-2009.\n
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LOCATION:WEBINAR
SUMMARY:Implementing Financial Sector Policy Reforms in Africa
URL:/channels/channels/event/implementing-financial-se
 ctor-policy-reforms-africa-322120
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