Chris Atim (born 1953)
was one of the seven original members of the
PNDC
The Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC) was the name of the Ghanaian government after the People's National Party's elected government was overthrown by Jerry Rawlings, the former head of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council, in a coup ...
that took power in Ghana on 31 December 1981. It remained in power until 7 January 1993.
[http://www.nationalacademies.org/asadi/2009_Conference/ASADI5-GhanaBios.html African Science Academy Development Initiative (ASADI)]
Since leaving his government post he has gained a PhD from the
University of Sussex and worked extensively in health financing in many African countries with a variety of organizations, including the
HLSP Institute (UK),
Abt Associates Inc. (USA), and the
International Labour Organization. Over the period 1999 to 2004, he worked as a Regional Advisor for West and Central Africa and Senior Economist for
USAID’s Partnerships for Health Reform project.
He is now an executive director of the
African Health Economics and Policy Association (AfHEA) and a senior health economist at the World Bank office in Senegal.
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Ghanaian politicians
Living people
Ghanaian economists
1953 births
Alumni of the University of Sussex
Health economists