Prof. George Gyan-Baffuor, Minister for Planning of The Republic of Ghana
Professor George Gyan-Baffour
is 65 years old, and is currently a Member of Parliament (MP) for Wenchi.
From July 2002 to December 2004
he was the Director General of The National Development Planning Commission
(NDPC) where he oversaw the preparation of the first Ghana Poverty Reduction
Strategy (2003-2005) Paper.
He introduced the first
Monitoring and Evaluation mechanism for assessing the progress of national
development called the Annual Progress Report, which is still the monitoring
and evaluation tool of the national development Agenda of Ghana. He supervised
the preparation of the Coordinated Program for the Economic and Social
Development of Ghana (2002-2012), which is a constitutional requirement of the
President of the Republic of Ghana.
He led the team that prepared
the first compact of the Millennium Challenge Account. Before he left for the
USA for academic pursuit he worked at the Ministry of Industrial Science and
Technology from 1974 to 1984 and rose to the rank of Senior Industrial
Promotions Officer.
In December 2004, he contested
and won the parliamentary election to become the Member of Parliament (MP) for
Wenchi. He later became the Deputy Minister for Finance and Economic Planning
from March 2005 to December 2008.
Since January 2009 he is the
Member of Parliament (MP) for the Wenchi Constituency. As an MP he has served
on several committees. He has been a ranking member for the Trade Industry and
Tourism Committee; a member of the Education Committee; a member of the Poverty
Reduction Committee; and the acting Chairman of the Special Budget Committee.
He is a fellow of the Institute
of Chartered Economists of Ghana. He was a member of various boards including
the Bank of Ghana (2005-2008), the Council for Scientific and Industrial
Research of Ghana (CSIR) from 2003 to 2005, and the Ghana Institute of Management
and Public Administration (GIMPA) from 2003 to 2005.
He holds a PhD from the
University of Wisconsin, Madison in Industrial Relations; a Post Doctorate
diploma from Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government; an MA in
economic policy from University of Wisconsin, Madison; a BSc. (Hons) degree in
Economics from the University of Ghana.
source: www.ghana.gov.gh
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