Kwesi Botchwey

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Dr. Kwesi Botchwey, an academic, is a Professor of Practice in Development Economics at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy of Tufts University. Earlier he remained Ghana's Minister of Finance from 1982 to 1995. At that time he was hand picked by the progressive military ruler of Ghana Jerry Rawlings to help in stabilizing the collapsed economy of Ghana. Dr Botchwey is thus considered to be the architect behind Ghana’s IMF/World Bank growth during the Structural Adjustment period. He was one of the technocrats who persuaded ex-president Jerry Rawlings, then a die hard socialist, to adopt the policies that brought Ghana from the brink of collapse.

Dr. Botchwey holds a Bachelors of Law degree (LLB) from the University of Ghana, a Masters degree in Law (LLM) from Yale Law School, and a Doctorate degree from the University of Michigan Law School. He taught at the University of Zambia, the University of Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) and the University of Ghana.

Dr. Kwesi Botchwey

1 Other Notable Previous Assignments
2 Publications
3 Current and Past Projects
4 Papers and Speeches Given at Conferences

[edit] Other Notable Previous Assignments

Advisor to the World Bank on the 1997 World Development Report
Member and Chairman of IMF's Group of Independent Experts who conducted the first ever external evaluation of the Enhanced Structural Adjustment Facility
Advisor to the UNDP's UN Special Initiative on Africa
Advisor to the European Centre for Development Policy and Management (ECDPM)

[edit] Publications

"Transforming the Periphery: A study of the struggle of social forces in Ghana for democracy and national sovereignty", United Nations publication, 1981 (ISBN 92-808-0309-3; ISSN 0379-5772) DSDRSCA-83/UNUO-309

"Obstacles to Centralized Reform: An African Perspective" in Deepening Structural Reform in Africa, Lessons from East Asia, ed. Laura Wallace, International Monetary Fund, Washington, DC, 1996.

Implementing Debt Relief for the HIPCs,” (co-author), Center for International Development, Harvard (1999).

“Wither the Partnership Agenda in Development Cooperation: A Country perspective,” 4th Conference on Evaluation and Development, World Bank (2001)

“The New Partnership for Africa’s Economic Development: Internal and External Visions,” NEPAD: Internal and External Visions and Influences (2003);

[edit] Current and Past Projects

Member & Convener Team of academics from Yale, Oxford, and the Free University of Amsterdam that conducted and has just finished the first External evaluation at the request of the Executive Board of the IMF, of the Fund’s Enhanced Structural Adjustment Facility (ESAF).

Member Commonwealth Group of Eminent Persons for the Facilitation of the Signing of the Uruguay Round of Gatt Negotiations.

Member OECD group of high-level experts for the review of the OECD study on "Globalization and Linkages to 2020: Challenges and Opportunities for OECD countries (1996).

Member Commonwealth Expert Group on Good Governance and the Elimination of Corruption in Economic Management

Member Panel of High Level Personalities on African Development – an advisory group established to assist the UN Secretary-General in advocating greater support for African development and in coordinating the UN system’s activities in the region.

[edit] Papers and Speeches Given at Conferences

"HIV/AIDS and Economic Development in Africa" Theme Paper, African Development Forum, Economic Commission For Africa, December 2000

"Magnitude and Drivers of the Brain Drain in Africa" Keynote Address at the 1999 Africa Business Conference, Harvard University January 30, 1999.

"Growth and Poverty Alleviation in Africa", ODC Conference on African Economic Recovery, 1996.

"Deepening Structural Adjustment Reforms and Policies for Growth in Africa", May 1996.

"Growth and Poverty Alleviation", ODC Conference on African Economic Recovery, June 11-12, 1996.

"Globalization: What has it meant for Africa and what does the future portend?" Presented at the Seminar on International Solidarity and Globalization: In Search of New Strategies, Stockholm, 1997.

"The Role of the State, the Ministry of Finance and the Treasury Secretary in the context of Economic Liberalization and Globalization", Abidjan, June 1998.