Akufo-Addo congratulates Dr. Victoria Kwakwa

The 2016 NPP Presidential Candidate, Nana Akufo-Addo has congratulated Dr. Victoria Kwakwa on her appointment as the new Regional Vice President for East Asia and Pacific of the World Bank, with the responsibility of leading the Bank's advisory and lending operations in the region and overseeing strategic engagement with the region's 23 member countries. 

According to Nana Addo, “Having previously served as a senior World Bank economist in Nigeria, to becoming country manager for Rwanda and Vietnam, the portents are considerable that she will excel in this new position and bring her wealth of experience to bear in a region which is home to several countries that have experienced the most dramatic economic transformations of the modern era.”

This was contained in a statement signed by Nana Akufo-Addo, and copied to the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation, (GBC) in Accra today, April 18, 2016.

The statement said, for the country, seeking to emulate successes of the economies in East Asia and Pacific which have brought new wealth and prosperity to over 2 billion people, it is his hope that Ghana would be able to tap into Dr. Kwakwa’s knowledge and expertise as the country chart its own path towards the structural transformation of the economy from a raw material producing one to a competitive, industrialised economy. 

“She joins a long list of distinguished Ghanaians, like Peter Gyamfi, K.Y. Amoako, Albert Osei, the late Gobind Nankani, Yaw Ansu, Yvonne Tsikata, Leticia Obeng, and Paa T. Ofosu Amaah (recently, tragically deceased), all of whom rose to and distinguished themselves in high-ranking leadership positions in this famous international financial institution. I wish her God’s blessings and continued success in her new role.” The statement concluded.

Dr. Kwakwa joined the Bank as a Young Professional in 1989 and worked on the 2000-2001 World Development Report on poverty. 

She earned her doctorate and master’s degree in economics from Queen’s University in Canada. 

GBC