Mahamudu Bawumia

Mahamudu Bawumia is vice president of the Republic of Ghana and head of Ghana’s economic management team. He is an economist and banker by training. He has been resident representative for the African Development Bank in Zimbabwe, a visiting scholar at the Center for the Study of African Economies, Oxford University, and served as deputy governor of the Central Bank of Ghana between 2006 and 2009. Bawumia has published several articles in refereed journals and has also published two books on monetary policy and economic development.

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Opinion: African youth deserve better learning opportunities

over 3 years ago // Education

Today the World Bank launches its central and western Africa education strategy. "We will not be able to deliver change without building and sustaining political momentum in the region," write Ousmane Diagana and Mahamudu Bawumia in this opinion.

Opinion: Data's big moment? Here's what you need to know

over 8 years ago // Sponsored by The Global Partnership on Sustainable Development Data

If you're not in the data, you're not in the picture — and too many people are still uncounted. Claire Melamed, executive director at the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data, discusses the importance of locking in commitments at this week's U.N. General Assembly to ensure that data tell the truth about people's lives, for a better future for humanity.

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