{"id":6814,"date":"2018-08-21T12:51:01","date_gmt":"2018-08-21T12:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ul.edu.lr\/?p=6814"},"modified":"2018-08-21T12:51:01","modified_gmt":"2018-08-21T12:51:01","slug":"the-exchange-rate-crisis-background-and-policy-options","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ul.edu.lr\/new\/the-exchange-rate-crisis-background-and-policy-options\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cThe Exchange Rate Crisis: Background and Policy Options\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"m_258053323248250357ydp237a531ayiv2073954484MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Since 2017, the value of the Liberian Dollar drastically deteriorated, manifesting itself in rising prices for basic commodities. The impact is broadly felt, with particularly drastic effects on the poor, and is a major cause of public discontent. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_258053323248250357ydp237a531ayiv2073954484MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">In this KAICT Public Policy Forum, organized by th<\/span>e Kofi Annan Institute for Conflict Transformation (KAICT) at the University of Liberia, an attempt would be made to\u00a0 identify the causes of the crisis and explore policy options.<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_258053323248250357ydp237a531ayiv2073954484MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><u><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u201cThe Exchange Rate Crisis: Background and Policy Options\u201d<\/span><\/u><\/b><b><u><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_258053323248250357ydp237a531ayiv2073954484MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Panelists:<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_258053323248250357ydp237a531ayiv2073954484MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Mr. Nathaniel R. Patray\u00a0<\/b><br \/>\nExecutive Governor, Central Bank of Liberia (CBL)<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_258053323248250357ydp237a531ayiv2073954484MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Prof. Geegbae A. Geegbae<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_258053323248250357ydp237a531ayiv2073954484MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\">University of Liberia Vice President for Institutional Development, Director of Access Bank, and former Dean of College of Business and Public Administration<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_258053323248250357ydp237a531ayiv2073954484MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Prof. David Farhat<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_258053323248250357ydp237a531ayiv2073954484MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Director of Graduate Program Business and Public Administration, and former Minister of Finance<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_258053323248250357ydp237a531ayiv2073954484MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Dr. Paul Collins<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_258053323248250357ydp237a531ayiv2073954484MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Former Internal Audit Chief of CBL and Dual Currency Regime Expert<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_258053323248250357ydp237a531ayiv2073954484MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Mr. John B. S. Davies\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_258053323248250357ydp237a531ayiv2073954484MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\">President\/CEO of Liberian Bank for Development and Investment (LBDI)<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_258053323248250357ydp237a531ayiv2073954484MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Moderator:\u00a0<b>Prof. T. Debey Sayndee<\/b>, Director of KAICT<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_258053323248250357ydp237a531ayiv2073954484MsoNormal\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">Venue: University of Liberia Auditorium,\u00a0Capitol Hill Campus, Monrovia<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_258053323248250357ydp237a531ayiv2073954484MsoNormal\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">Date: Wednesday, 22 August 2018<\/span><\/b><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">Time: 4:30pm to 7pm<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since 2017, the value of the Liberian Dollar drastically deteriorated, manifesting itself in rising prices for basic commodities. The impact is broadly felt, with particularly drastic effects on the poor, and is a major cause of public discontent. In this KAICT Public Policy Forum, organized [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16905,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":0,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"iawp_total_views":9,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-announcements","category-events"],"aioseo_notices":[],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Sumo Charles D","author_link":"https:\/\/ul.edu.lr\/new\/author\/5c1969f41eff7aa5\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ul.edu.lr\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ul.edu.lr\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ul.edu.lr\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ul.edu.lr\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ul.edu.lr\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6814"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ul.edu.lr\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6814\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ul.edu.lr\/new\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ul.edu.lr\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ul.edu.lr\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ul.edu.lr\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}