1965, BSc in Business Administration, Drexel Institute of Technology, Philadelphia; 1967, MA and 1972, PhD in Economics, University of Pennsylvania. 1968-73, Economist, International Monetary Fund (IMF); 1973-75, Chargé de Mission, Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO), Paris. 1975-83, Special Adviser to the Governor and Director of Research. 1984, Director, African Department, IMF; 1987, simultaneously, Counsellor to the Managing Director. 1988, Governor, BCEAO. 1990, Chairman, Interministerial Committee for Coordination of the Stabilization and Economic Recovery Programme, Côte d'Ivoire, Abidjan. 1990-93, Prime Minister, Côte d'Ivoire. Since 1994, current position. Recipient of honours. Author of numerous publications dealing with political, economic and social issues.
Côte d’Ivoire hosted the COP15 desertification conference where frameworks were launched to restore forests and land, boost food production, create jobs and lift people out of poverty.
The global community has an opportunity to make good on the 20th replenishment of a 60-year-old World Bank programme known as the International Development Association.
