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Vera Songwe

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Vera Songwe
human
Ein sex anaa genderfemale Edit
Ein country of citizenshipCameroon Edit
Name wey dem give amVera Edit
Ein date of birth1968 Edit
Place dem born amNairobi Edit
Languages edey speak, rep anaa signEnglish Edit
Ein occupationeconomist, businessperson Edit
Ein field of workeconomics Edit
EmployerWorld Bank, International Finance Corporation Edit
Educate forUniversity of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, UCLouvain Edit
Affiliation stringUnited Nations Economic Commission for Africa Edit
Participant insydIMF 2018 Annual Meetings, IMF 2022 Annual Meetings Edit
Award e receiveOkayAfrica 100 Women Edit

Vera Songwe be economist den banking executive wey come from Cameroon wey she work for World Bank from 1998 go 2015, den from 2015 go 2017 she serve as regional director for Western den Central Africa ein regional director for de International Finance Corporation. She be de first woman wey head de UN ein Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) at de level of Under-Secretary-General.[1] Songwe currently dey serve as a non-resident Senior Fellow at de Brookings Institution's Africa Growth Initiative.[2]

Early life den education

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Songwe dey hold a PhD insyd Mathematical Economics from de Center for Operations Research den Econometrics den a Master of Arts insyd Law den Economics den a Diplôme d’études approfondies insyd Economic Science den Politics from de Université Catholique de Louvain insyd Belgium. She get a Bachelor of Arts degree insyd Economics den Political Science from de University of Michigan.[3]

Career

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Songwe work for de Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, wey she simultaneously get a visiting professor ein appointment at de University of Southern California.

Insyd 1998, Songwe join de World Bank, wer she work insyd de Poverty Reduction and Economic Management (PREM) unit, wey dey cover Morocco den Tunisia.[4][5] Over de subsequent years, she fill several roles insyd de PREM unit for East Asia den de Pacific region.[5] Insyd 2010, Songwe be part of de World Bank Group team wey raise a historic US$49.3 billion dollars insyd concessional financing for de low income countries of de world as part of de International Development Association (IDA) 16th replenishment.[6]

From 2011 to 2015, Songwe be Regional Director Africa wey dey cover West den Central Africa for de International Finance Corporation (IFC), den Country Director for Senegal, Cape Verde, The Gambia, Guinea Bissau, den Mauritania.[7] Ein main areas of interest be fiscal policy, innovative financing mechanisms for development, agriculture, energy den economic governance.[6]

Oda activities

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She sanso be a member of de African Union Institutional reform team under de direction of de President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame, den a board member of de African Leadership Network, de Mo Ibrahim Foundation,[3] den ID4Africa.[8]

Insyd early 2021, dem appoint Songwe by de G20 to de High Level Independent Panel (HLIP) on financing de global commons for pandemic preparedness den response, co-chair by Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Tharman Shanmugaratnam den Lawrence Summers.[9]

Speeches

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  1. Statement by the Executive Secretary at the Fourth Conference of Ministers Responsible for Civil Registration, Lusaka, Zambia, 07 December 2017[10]
  2. Statement by the Executive Secretary at the opening of the African Economic Conference, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 04 December 2017[10]
  3. Statement by the Executive Secretary at the opening of the Conference on Land Policy in Africa (CLPA-2017), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 14 November 2017[10]
  4. Statement by Dr. Vera Songwe, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the UNECA at the Opening Session of the 18th Executive Council Meeting of the Extraordinary Summit on the African Continental Free Trade Area[11]
  5. Closing the Tech Gender Gap[1]

References

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  1. 1 2 "Vera Songwe: Closing the Tech Gender Gap". IMF (in English). Retrieved 2019-04-17.
  2. ↑ "Africa Growth Initiative".
  3. 1 2 "Biography | United Nations Economic Commission for Africa". www.uneca.org. Archived from the original on 17 April 2019. Retrieved 2019-04-17.
  4. ↑ Oury Diallo, Amadou; Omer Mbadi (11 January 2016). "À IFC, Vera Songwe passe au chevet du secteur privé" (in French). JeuneAfrique.com. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  5. 1 2 "IFC Appoints Vera Songwe Regional Director for West and Central Africa". AfricaStar. 1 July 2015. Archived from the original on 26 January 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  6. 1 2 "Vera Songwe". Brookings (in American English). 2015-09-04. Retrieved 2019-04-17.
  7. ↑ Mark Landler (July 31, 2014), African Leaders Coming to Talk Business May Also Be Pressed on Rights New York Times.
  8. ↑ Advisory Board ID4Africa.
  9. ↑ Ministry of Economy and FinanceThe G20 establishes a High Level Independent Panel on financing the Global Commons for Pandemic Preparedness and Response Archived 1 February 2021 at the Wayback Machine Ministry of Economy and Finance, press release of January 27, 2021.
  10. 1 2 3 "Speeches | United Nations Economic Commission for Africa". www.uneca.org. Archived from the original on 17 April 2019. Retrieved 2019-04-17.
  11. ↑ "Statement by Dr. Vera Songwe, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the UNECA at the Opening Session of the 18th Executive Council Meeting of the Extraordinary Summit on the African Continental Free Trade Area | African Union". au.int. Archived from the original on 17 April 2019. Retrieved 2019-04-17.
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