Working Out of Poverty:
A Decent Work Approach to Development and Growth in Africa
Version 2 September
Rose Karikari Anang
Executive Director
Employers Association of Ghana
Accra
Chris Anderson
Director Corporate & External Affairs in Africa
Newmont Mining
Accra
Folasade Ayonrinde
Senior Program Officer
ILO Office for Ghana, Nigeria, Liberia and Sierra Leone
Abuja
Anders Ostman
Representative
Swedish International Development Agency
Monrovia
J. Cole Bangalu
Assistant Minister for Statistics
Ministry of Labor
Monrovia
Mannis Barclay
Chairman
GCAP
Monrovia
Irina Bazarya
Program Officer
Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative
New York
Guebray Berhane
Communications Specialist
ILO
Addis Ababa
Victor Bernardo
Vice Minister
Ministry of Planning
Maputo
Michelle Bologna
Associate Director
Women Leaders Intercultural Forum
Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative
New York
Simon Kapilima
Assistant Deputy Commissioner, and Coordinator of the Zambia Decent Work Country
Programme
Lusaka
Rozanne Chorlton
Representative
UNICEF
Monrovia
Sina Chuma-Mkandawire
Director
ILO Office for Ghana, Nigeria, Liberia and Sierra Leone
Abuja
Claudia Coenjarts
Employment Sector Specialist
ILO
Geneva
Barsee Cooper
Country Director
Mercy Corps
Monrovia
Gillian Dare
Political Counselor
Embassy of the United Kingdom
Monrovia
Natty B. Davis
National Coordinator
Liberia Reconstruction and Development Committee
Monrovia
Ishac Diwan
Regional Director
The World Bank Office for Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Cote d’Ivoire
Accra
Loseni Donzo
Minister
Ministry of Education
Monrovia
Ezzat Eid
Executive Director
International Aluminum & Paint Industries
Monrovia
Vabah Gayflor
Minister
Ministry of Gender and Development
Monrovia
Kehleboe Gongloe
Assistant Minister for Statistics
Ministry of Labor
Monrovia
Heather Grady
Director of Policy and Strategy and the Trade and Decent Work Program
Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative
New York
Errol G. Graham
Senior Economist for Liberia
The World Bank
Washington, D. C.
Linda Greenfield
Ambassador
Embassy of the United States of America
Monrovia
Hakon A. Gulbrandsen
Vice Minister
Ministry of International Development
Oslo
Peter Hall
Chief Technical Advisor
ILO
Monrovia
Dr. Winfred N. O. Hammond
Director
FAO
Monrovia
Sam Hare
Deputy Minister
Ministry of Youth and Sports
Monrovia
James Heintz
Professor
Political Economy Research Institute
University of Massaschusetts
Amherst
Pat Horn
Country Representative
WEIGO South Africa
Johannesburg
Hamish Jenkins
Program Officer
UN-NGLS
Geneva
John F. Josiah
Deputy Minister
Ministry of Labor
Monrovia
Laurence Jourdan
Independent Filmmaker working with
Article Z Films
Paris
Mpenga Kabundi
Deputy Regional Director
ILO
Addis Ababa
Lwopu Kandakai
Deputy Minister
Ministry of Agriculture
Monrovia
Annette Kiawu
Deputy Minister
Ministry of Gender and Development
Monrovia
Olubanke King-Akerele
Minister
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Monrovia
Sekou W. Konneh
Project Manager
Sirleaf Market Women’s Fund
Monrovia
Arnold Kanyangarara
Workplace Accountability Manager
Coca-Cola
Accra
Stuart Kyle
Director of Workplace Accountability
Coca-Cola
Accra
Kamil Kamaluddeen
Country Economist
UNDP
Monrovia
Joseph Katende
Regional Secretary of the International Transport Federation for Africa
Nairobi
Ladis C. Komba
Permanent Secretary
Ministry of Labour, Employment and Youth Development
Dar es Salaam
Moazam Mahmood
Policy Integration and Statistics Department
ILO
Geneva
Lancedell Matthews
Country Representative
NARDA
Monrovia
Tarhue Mawolo
Acting Minister
Ministry of Finance
Monrovia
Vida Mensah
Arcelor Mittal
Monrovia
Frances Johnson Morris
Minister
Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Monrovia
Felix Mulenga
Director
Zambia Federation of Employers Board
Lusaka
Rosetta C. Nagbe-Jackollie
Assistant Minister
Ministry of Labor
Monrovia
Eugene Nindorera
Human Rights Section
UNMIL/OHCHR
Monrovia
John Odah
General Secretary of the Nigeria Labour Congress and
Vice President of ITUC-Africa Trade Unions
Abuja
Esther Ofei-Aboagye
Director
Institute of Local Government Studies
Accra
Kyle O’Sullivan
Ambassador
Embassy of the Republic of Ireland
Abuja
Ohene Owusu Nyanin
Country Director
The World Bank
Monrovia
Gerald Padmore
Regional Vice President
Newmont Mining
Accra
Aurelio Parisotto
Policy Integration and Statistics Department
ILO
Geneva
Amorim Remigio Manuel Pery
Economist
Ministry of Planning
Maputo
Peter Rademaker
Chief, Programme Development and Regional Cooperation Services
ILO International Training Centre
Turin
James Roberts
Deputy Minister
Ministry of Education
Monrovia
Moses Roberts
Assistant Minister for SMEs
Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Monrovia
Mary Robinson
Founder and President
Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative
New York
Jordan Ryan
UNDP Resident Representative and Deputy SRSG for Recovery and Governance
UNMIL & UNDP
Monrovia
George Saah
Acting National Coordinator for the National Bureau for Employment
Ministry of Labor
Monrovia
Dominic Sam
Country Director
UNDP
Monrovia
Alfred Sayon
Special Assistant to the Minister
Ministry of Labor
Monrovia
Jan Sithole
General Secretary
Swaziland Federation of Trade Unions
Mbabane
Eugene Shannon
Minister
Ministry of Land, Mines and Energy
Monrovia
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
President
Republic of Liberia
Monrovia
Katja Swensson
International Colloquium on Women’s Leadership, Empowerment, Peace and Development
Monrovia
Andrea Tamagnini
Director, Reintegration, Rehabilitation and Recovery
UNMIL
Monrovia
Etmonia Tarpeh
Minister
Ministry of Youth and Sports
Monrovia
Michael Tharkur
Resident Representative
IMF
Monrovia
Chris Toe
Minister
Ministry of Agriculture
Monrovia
D. K. Twerefou
Department of Economics
University of Ghana
Accra
Kene Umeasiegbu
Cadbury Schweppes
Accra
Cardinal Uwishaka
Acting Programme Manager
UNIFEM
Monrovia
Faustina Vanaperen
Specialist on Workers’ Activities
ILO
Dakar
Jackson Wonde
Deputy Minister
Ministry of Labor
Monrovia
Samuel Kofi Woods
Minister
Ministry of Labor
Monrovia
Zhou Yuxiao
Ambassador
Embassy of the People’s Republic of China
Monrovia
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