The Honorable Amara M. Konneh, Minister of Planning & Economic Affairs, Republic of Liberia, speaks at Heinz College Convocation “Leadership for Development.”

by CMU Center for International Policy & Innovation (

Amara Konneh is Liberia’s sixteenth Minister of Planning & Economic Affairs, the voice of economic growth in the Liberian Government. A former analyst at the Vanguard Group of Investment Companies, Minister Konneh is a core member of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf’s economic management team. He is primarily responsible for overseeing the implementation of Liberia’s three-year development agenda, the Poverty Reduction Strategy. Minister Konneh spoke on Monday, November 16, 2009.

For more information:
*Read the related Carnegie Mellon news story.
*Read the related Liberian government’s press release about Konneh’s talk..

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