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FRANKLIN GIBSON

Antoinette Monsio Sayeh is Director of the IMF’s African Department. She was formerly Minister of Finance in Liberia and previously worked for the World Bank for 17 years.


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Created: 5th Mar 2010
Modified: 18th Apr 2010
Professional Information
Employer:
International Monetary Fund
Position:
Director, African Department

Description of Work:

Culled from Dr. Sayeh's bio on the IMF website.

Antoinette Monsio Sayeh assumed her current position as Director of the African Department of the International Monetary Fund in July 2008. As Minister of Finance in post-conflict Liberia (January 2006 through June 2008) she led the country through the clearance of its long-standing multilateral debt arrears, the HIPC Decision Point, the Paris Club, and its first Poverty Reduction Strategy, significantly strengthening its public finances and championing public financial management reform.

Before joining President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf’s Cabinet, Ms. Sayeh worked for the World Bank for seventeen years, including as Country Director for Benin, Niger, and Togo, Country Economist on Pakistan, and Afghanistan, as well as an Advisor in the Bank’s Operations Policy Vice Presidency and as Assistant to its principal Managing Director.

Before joining the Bank, Ms. Sayeh worked in economic advisory positions in Liberia’s Ministries of Finance and Planning.


Biographical Information
FRANKLIN GIBSON
(At a Glance)
Date of Birth: Oct/10/1982
Gender: female
Place of Origin: Liberia

Ms. Sayeh graduated with a bachelor's degree with honors in economics from Swarthmore College and a PhD in International Economic Relations from the Fletcher School at Tufts University.




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