Training on sovereign borrowing from global capital markets underway
By Pa Modou Cham The West African Institute for Financial and Economic Management (WAIFEM), has organized a four day course on sovereign borrowing from global markets: International capital markets. The training is undergoing at the paradise hotel in Senegambia and financial dealers within West Africa are in attendance. Mr. Momodou Lamin Jarju, program manager, debt management department, WAIFEM who represented the director general of WAIFEM explained that the institution was established on July 22, 1996 by the central bank of The Gambia, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone with core mandate to develop, on a sustainable basis, critical skills for macroeconomic, debt and financial management among the officials of the central banks, ministry of Finance, core economic and planning ministries and other public sector agencies core responsible for economic management and promotion of some practices. "From January 1997 ...