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SUMMARY:The long road to the Bank of Ghana\, 1825-1966. - Kofi Adjepong-Bo
 ateng CBE (University of Cambridge)
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CONTACT:Dr Duncan Needham
DESCRIPTION:The talk is based on the research work that formed part of a P
 hD thesis on the origins of the central bank in Ghana. The broader work an
 alyses the events from 1825\, the year when the ‘Trade Ounce\,” a trad
 e unit associated with the Atlantic slave trade\, ceased to be widely used
  in the Gold Coast and other parts of West Africa\, to 1966\, by which tim
 e a central bank had been established and was operating in Ghana. The talk
  will cover the concept of central banking promoted in the British colonie
 s by the Bank of England\, against external advice from the likes of John 
 Maynard Keynes on India\, Thomas Balogh on Ghana\, and Richard S. Sayers m
 ore widely. The talk will also highlight the internal guidance at the Bank
  of England given by Otto Niemeyer who had been involved in the establishm
 ent of central banks in several countries including Australia\, New Zealan
 d\, and Egypt.\nThe presentation draws on a wide range of primary sources\
 , including internal Bank of England and Bank of Ghana documents and mater
 ial held at the Balme Library (University of Ghana) and the national archi
 ves in Britain and Ghana. It also draws on several collections of private 
 papers including those of Balogh\, Andrew Brimmer\, Arthur Lewis\, Oliver 
 Sprague\, and Paul Warburg. \n
LOCATION:One Newnham Terrace\, Darwin College and Zoom
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