George Ayittey | |
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Rayuwa | |
Haihuwa | Tarkwa, 13 Oktoba 1945 |
ƙasa | Ghana |
Mutuwa | Tarayyar Amurka, 28 ga Janairu, 2022 |
Makwanci | Mount Comfort Cemetery (en) |
Ƴan uwa | |
Ahali | Sherry Ayitey |
Karatu | |
Makaranta |
University of Manitoba (en) University of Ghana Western University (en) Adisadel College (en) |
Harsuna | Turanci |
Sana'a | |
Sana'a | Mai tattala arziki da marubuci |
Employers |
American University (en) Wayne State College (en) Bloomsburg University (en) |
George BN Ayittey (13 Oktoba 1945 - 28 Janairu 2022) masanin tattalin arzikin Ghana ne, marubuci, kuma shugaban Gidauniyar Free Africa Foundation a Washington, DC Shi malami ne a Jami'ar Amurka, [1] kuma ƙwararren masani a Cibiyar Binciken Manufofin Harkokin ƙasashen Waje.[2]
Ya ba da hujjar cewa "Afrika matalauciya ce saboda ba ta da 'yanci," cewa babban dalilin talaucin Afirka ba shi da yawa sakamakon zalunci da zalunci da turawan mulkin mallaka suke yi, a maimakon haka sakamakon zalunci na zamani na 'yan asali na zamani da manufofin tsarin tsarin gurguzu na tsakiya (socialist central planning policies).[3] Ya kuma wuce sukan halin da ake ciki inda ya bayar da shawarwari na musamman don magance cin zarafi da aka yi a baya da na yanzu; musamman ya yi kira ga gwamnatin dimokuraɗiyya, ta sake duba basussuka, sabunta ababen more rayuwa, tattalin arzikin kasuwa mai 'yanci, da ciniki cikin 'yanci don bunƙasa na ci gaba.
Ayittey ya halarci Kwalejin Adisadel don karatun sakandare kuma ya sami digiri na B.Sc. a fannin tattalin arziki daga Jami'ar Ghana, Legon, MA daga Jami'ar Western Ontario a Kanada, da kuma Ph.D. daga Jami'ar Manitoba. Ya koyar a Kwalejin Jihar Wayne da Jami'ar Bloomsburg ta Pennsylvania. Ya gudanar da Fellowship na ƙasa a Cibiyar Hoover a cikin shekarun 1988–89, sannan ya shiga Gidauniyar Heritage a matsayin Masanin mazaunin Bradley. Ayittey yayi aiki a kwamitin shawarwari na Students For Liberty kuma ya yi aiki kafada da kafada da Cibiyar sadarwa ta Atlas.
Ya kafa gidauniyar ‘Free Africa Foundation’ a shekarar 1993 don zama mai kawo gyara a Afirka.[4] A cikin shekarar 2008, Manufofin Harkokin ƙasashen Waje sun sanya Ayittey a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin "Masu hankali na Jama'a 100" waɗanda "suna siffanta tenor na zamaninmu." [5]
Ayittey ya yi imanin cewa akwai maɓallai guda uku don samun nasarar kubutar da Afirka daga zalunci:
'Yar'uwar George Ayittey ita ce 'yar siyasa Sherry Ayittey.[7] [8] Ayittey ya mutu a ranar 28 ga watan Janairu 2022[9] kuma an binne shi a ranar 8 ga watan Afrilu 2022.[10]