Finance Minister Seth Terkper is scheduled to lead a government delegation to the IMF/World Bank Spring Meetings in Washington DC, a statement from the Ministry of Finance has stated.
The statement, which was released on Tuesday April 12th, explained that the delegation was made up of officials from the Bank of Ghana, the chairman of the Finance Committee of parliament, and officers from the Finance Ministry, who will participate in the annual event in the United States of America.
The team will attend the World Bank Group Africa Conference on ‘Unlocking the Potential of Agri-Business in Africa through Trade Facilitation, Minimum Infrastructure Platform (Power Supply and E-Commerce’) and also meet with the US State Department’s Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Finance and Development.
The delegation will also participate in seminars and forums such as the Fiscal Forum on Strengthening the International Tax System, High Level Dialogue on Fiscal Transparency, International Development Association Forum, Infrastructure Forum 2016, Forum on Girl-Child Education, Seminar on the Africa Climate Business Plan and a seminar on State of the Africa Region.
Thousands of government officials, journalists, civil society organisations, and invited participants from academia and private sectors are expected to gather and discuss economic issues.
