K.Y. Amoako Dr K.Y. Amoako, a Ghanaian national, is the sixth Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). He has led the organisation, the regional arm of the United Nations in Africa, at the rank of Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations since 1995. Dr Amoako's priorities as Executive Secretary have been to initiate and manage a process of wide ranging reforms aimed at making the Commission a more rigorous centre of excellence that is better equipped to deliver high-quality services and products to meet the complex needs of Africa's governments and people. Prior to ECA, Dr Amoako worked in the World Bank in senior positions including Director of the Education and Social Policy Department with responsibility for providing strategic leadership for the Bank's programmes on poverty reduction, education, gender, labour markets and social protection. Dr Amoako is Chair of the Commission for HIV/AIDS and Governance in Africa (CHGA) and member of the Taskforce on Global Public Goods. He is also a member of the Global Information and Infrastructure Commission (GIIC) and serves on the World Bank Institute's (WBI) Advisory Council. He recently served as a member of the Commission on Capital Flows to Africa and on the World Health Organisation's high-level Commission on Macroeconomics and Health (CMH). Dr Amoako is also member of the Commission for Africa, where he was responsible (with Linah Moholo) for the governance theme. The Commission was established to take a fresh look at Africa's past and present and the international community's role in its development path. Its report was launched in March 2005 and can be downloaded at www.commissionforafrica.org. Dr Amoako was responsible for the governance theme together with Commissioner Linah Moholo.