Background
FRIMPONG-ANSAH, Jonathan was born on October 22, 1930 in Mampong, Ashanti. Son of Hammond Owusu-Ansah and Elizabeth Achiaa.
FRIMPONG-ANSAH, Jonathan was born on October 22, 1930 in Mampong, Ashanti. Son of Hammond Owusu-Ansah and Elizabeth Achiaa.
He was educated at local Presbyterian schools and at Odumasi Krobo Secondary School. He continued at the University College of the Gold Coast in 1950 and London School of Economics in 1953, graduating with an economics BSc in 1954.
He returned to work in the Central Bureau of Statistics until 1959 when he joined Mobil Oil Ghana as a financial analyst. He also lectured, part time, at the University of Ghana.
He joined the Bank of Ghana (Central Bank) as a statistician in 1961 and rose fast to become Director of Research, Deputy Governor and finally Governor of the Bank in 1968. He took on other major responsibilities as Alternative Governor for Ghana on the Board of Governors of the IMF from 1968 to 1970 and chairman of developing countries pressure group inside the IMF. He travelled widely, doing a United States Leader grant study tour in 1967 and, at the same time, held responsible positions at home as chairman of the Agricultural Development Bank from 1965 to 1968, president of the Economic Society of Ghana and the directorship of numerous major government and private corporations. He is also a member of the University Council and of the Institute of Social Scientific and Economic Research. On the accession of the NRC his counsels were important on the question of Ghana s debt repudiation. He took on a permanent job with the Committee of 20 on International Monetary Reform in April 1973.
Trade and Development in Africa, 1991, Saving for Africa’s Economic Recovery 1991, The Vampire State in Africa—Political Economy of Decline in Ghana 1991. Articles in Economic Bulletin (Ghana), Bulletin of the Inter Credit Bank (Geneva), University of Ghana journals. Contributors in International Monetary ReformDocuments of the Committee of Twenty 1974.
He is also a member of the University Council and of the Institute of Social Scientific and Economic Research. On the accession of the NRC his counsels were important on the question of Ghana s debt repudiation.
Married Selina Agyemang in 1954.
