Antoinette Monsio Sayeh is Deputy Managing Director of the IMF and has been a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Center for Global Development (CGD) since November 2016. She previously oversaw and significantly enhanced the IMF’s engagement with its sub-Saharan African members as Director of the African Department between 2008 and 2016. From 2006-2008, she was Minister of Finance in Liberia. Before that, she worked for the World Bank for 17 years. Prior to joining the Bank, she worked in economic advisory positions in Liberia’s Ministries of Finance and Planning. 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.
Latest Posts:
- Strengthening Economic Institutions for a Resilient Recovery
- Tackling Inequality in sub-Saharan Africa Could Yield Mileage on Growth
- The African Century
- Infrastructure Investment: Part of Africa’s Solution
- Africa’s Success: More Than A Resource Story
- Africa: Second Fastest-Growing Region in the World
- Time for Change—Shifting Energy Spending in Africa
- Africa and the Great Recession: Changing Times
- Africa’s New Janus-Like Trade Posture
- Shared Frustrations: How to Make Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa More Inclusive
- Beyond Growth: the Importance of Inclusion
- Beyond Growth: the Importance of Inclusion
- Capital Flows to the Final Frontier
- Help in the Neighborhood: ‘Just a Phone Call Away’
- IMF Opens Up: Partnerships with Donors a Win-Win
- Sharing in the Global Upturn—Better Prospects for Africa
- Practicing Safe Borrowing in Low-income Countries
- IMF Helping Africa Through the Crisis
- Supporting an Upswing in Africa Through Good Economic Policies
- Africa and the Global Economic Crisis: Weathering the Storm