K.Y. Amoako
Dr. K.Y. Amoako is the founder and president of the African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET), an Accra-based policy research and advisory institution focused on supporting African governments to deliver sustained economic growth and transformation of African economies. Amoako began his career in 1974 at the World Bank where he served as the World Bank’s Division Chief for Country Programs in the Africa Region and also Division Chief for Sector Programs in the Latin America and Caribbean Region, as well as Director of the Education and Social Policy Department. From 1995-2005, Amoako served as Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) at the rank of Under Secretary General of the UN. In 2006, he was a Distinguished African Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
K.Y. Amoako
Dr. K.Y. Amoako is the founder and president of the African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET), an Accra-based policy research and advisory institution focused on supporting African governments to deliver sustained economic growth and transformation of African economies. Amoako began his career in 1974 at the World Bank where he served as the World Bank’s Division Chief for Country Programs in the Africa Region and also Division Chief for Sector Programs in the Latin America and Caribbean Region, as well as Director of the Education and Social Policy Department. From 1995-2005, Amoako served as Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) at the rank of Under Secretary General of the UN. In 2006, he was a Distinguished African Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.