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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 McGill'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\n\nAbout the Speaker\n\nDr. Ernest Addison\n\nCo-Chair RCG fo
 r Sub-Saharan Africa\n\nGovernor\, Bank of Ghana\n\nDr. Ernest Addison was
  appointed as the Governor of the Bank of Ghana and the Chairman of the Ba
 nk of Ghana Board in April of 2017. He has over 25 years of experience wor
 king in the central bank as well as in numerous international organization
 s.\n\nDr. Addison joined the Bank of Ghana in 1996\, during which time he 
 served on a number of committees\, including the Open Market Operations Co
 mmittee\, Money Market Auction Committee\, and Editorial Committee\; he al
 so served as secretary to the Financial Programme Implementation Committee
  and the Financial Policies Committee. In 2000\, on secondment\, he was ap
 pointed the chair of a Special Task Force set up by the Authority of Heads
  of State of ECOWAS to lead studies that culminated in the setting up of t
 he West African Monetary Institute (WAMI). He was subsequently appointed C
 hief Economist at the institute. Dr. Addison returned to the Bank of Ghana
  in 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 regio
 nal economist for the Southern African region. In this capacity he led Dia
 logue Missions to many countries -- including Mauritius\, Lesotho\, Swazil
 and\, Angola\, and Zambia -- and led technical teams in preparation of New
  Country Strategy Papers (CSP’s) and mid-term reviews for Angola\, Lesotho
 \, Malawi\, Mauritius\, Mozambique\, Sao Tome\, and Zambia. He also direct
 ed the technical team for the study of the Indian Ocean Strategy\, leading
  missions to Seychelles\, Mauritius\, and Madagascar.\n\nDr. Addison obtai
 ned his first degree in Economics from the University of Ghana\, followed 
 by an M.Phil. Degree in Economics and Politics from St. Edmunds College\, 
 Cambridge University\, U.K. He then matriculated at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø in M
 ontreal\, Canada\, where he obtained a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Eco
 nomics degree with a specialization in Monetary Economics\, Economic Devel
 opment\, and International Economics.\n\n\nModerators\n\nDr. Nii Addy\n\nA
 ssistant Professor (Research)\, Institute for the Study of International D
 evelopment (ISID)\, 51³Ô¹ÏÍø\n\nDr. Nii Addy is Assistant Profess
 or (Research) at the Institute for the Study of International Development 
 (ISID)\, 51³Ô¹ÏÍø. Prior to this\, he was at the 51³Ô¹ÏÍøCenter fo
 r the Convergence of Health and Economics (MCCHE) in the Desautels Faculty
  of Management. Dr. Addy’s work focuses on developing\, implementing\, and
  assessing strategies and policies for institutional change in multi-stake
 holder partnerships spanning societal sectors (businesses\, public agencie
 s\, and civil society organizations) and industrial sectors (education\, a
 griculture\, nutrition\, health\, etc.). His interdisciplinary work combin
 es qualitative and quantitative approaches\, with the goal of informing ho
 w diverse stakeholders can work together effectively for sustainable devel
 opment. He applies research in developing knowledge sharing tools\, and in
  training leaders from various sectors as they engage in partnership proce
 sses for collective impact.\n\nChristopher Ragan\n\nDirector of the Max Be
 ll School of Public Policy\n\nChristopher Ragan is a Canadian academic and
  economist. He is best known for his research on monetary policy\, and for
  his popular introductory textbook\, Economics\, now in its fourteenth edi
 tion and co-authored by Richard Lipsey. He is chair of Canada's Ecofiscal 
 Commission\, a group of Canadian economists seeking to broaden the discuss
 ion of environmental pricing reform beyond the academic sphere and into th
 e realm of practical policy application. He is an Associate Professor at M
 cGill University\, where he has been on the faculty since 1989. Throughout
  his tenure\, he has taught a wide range of economics courses\, both at th
 e undergraduate and graduate levels. In 2007\, he became the first in the 
 Faculty of Economics to receive the H. Noel Fieldhouse teaching award for 
 excellence in teaching. His research and academic writing is largely focus
 ed on Canadian public policy challenges\, and since 2007\, the policy resp
 onses to the financial crisis of 2007-2009.\n
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LOCATION:WEBINAR
SUMMARY:Implementing Financial Sector Policy Reforms in Africa
URL:/maxbellschool/channels/event/implementing-financi
 al-sector-policy-reforms-africa-322120
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