CUTS 30th Anniversary Lectures on
Better Governance for Inclusive Growth

 

Regional Integration as a Tool for Poverty Reduction in West Africa
August 26, 2013, Accra, Ghana

Hon. Hanna S Tetteh, Minister, Regional Integration and Foreign Affairs, Ghana spoke on the topic "Regional Integration as a Tool for Poverty Reduction in West Africa" at ISSER Conference Hall, University of Ghana in Accra, Ghana on August 26, 2013. This lecture also marked the inauguration of the CUTS Centre in Accra (CUTS Accra), the third office of CUTS in Africa after Lusaka (Zambia) and Nairobi (Kenya).

The event was chaired by Prof. Ernest Aryeetey, Vice Chancellor, University of Ghana. The panellists included Dr. Toga Gayewea McIntosh, Vice President, ECOWAS and Mr. Ishmael Yamson, Board Chair of Standard Chartered Bank (Ghana).

The short term pain that we have to bear in our bid to overcome the challenges of regional integration would lead to long term gain for everyone...We welcome the opening of the CUTS Centre in Accra and look forward to its active participation in providing research support to Ghana and the West African region on critical economic policy issues' - Hanna S. Tetteh, the Ghanaian Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration

     
        In Media


            CUTS International opens Ghana centre, to aid regional integration
          
   IANS, August 30, 2013

             Ghana should be a bi-lingual country - Foreign Affairs Minister
          
    Ghana News Agency, August 28, 2013

             Regional integration to engender competition - Hanna Tetteh
          
    Ghana Business News, August 27, 2013

              'Short Term Pain Leads To Long Term Gain': Hanna Tetteh As 'CUTS Centre' Opens
                Its Third Office In Sub Saharan Africa

          
     Modern Ghana, August 27, 2013

              "Short Term Pain Leads to Long Term Gain": TETTEH
          
     Accra (Ghana), August 27, 2013

                        
         Speech by Hanna S Tetteh

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