| Victoria Kwakwa | |
| Office: | Vice President of the World Bank for Eastern and Southern Africa |
| Term Start: | 01 July 2022 |
| President: | Ajay Banga David Malpass |
| Predecessor: | Hafez Ghanem |
| Office1: | Vice President of the World Bank for Corporate Strategic Initiatives |
| Term Start1: | 01 September 2021 |
| Term End1: | 01 July 2022 |
| President1: | David Malpass |
| Office2: | Vice President of the World Bank for East Asia and the Pacific |
| Term Start2: | 15 April 2016 |
| Term End2: | 01 September 2021 |
| President2: | David Malpass Kristalina Georgieva (Acting) Jim Yong Kim |
| Successor2: | Manuela Ferro (fr) |
| Nationality: |  Ghana |
| Alma Mater: | University of Ghana (BA) Queens University (MA,PhD) |
| Occupation: | Economist |
| Birth Place: | Ghana |
Victoria Kwakwa is a Ghanaian economist who currenttly serves as the Vice President of the World Bank for Eastern and Southern Africa. She previously served as the Vice President of the World Bank for Corporate Strategic Initiatives from September 2021 to 01 July 2022.[1] [2]
She also served as Vice President at the World Bank for East Asia and the Pacific between April 2016 and August 2021.[3] [4] Prior to that she was country director of the World Bank in Vietnam.[5]
She obtained her B.A. Degree in Economics and Statistics from the University of Ghana, Legon. She later attended Queens University in Kingston, Canada for her M.A. and PhD in Economics with a specialization in International Trade and Finance and Monetary Theory.[6]
She started her career as a young economist with the World Bank (WB) in 1989.[7] As President of the East Asia Pacific Region, Kwakwa was the direct manager of Rodrigo Chaves who was ultimately forced to resign from WB in late 2019 after multiple complaints of sexual harassment and assault. Internal investigations led to his recall to Washington and demotion. Chaves was WB Country Director for Indonesia 2013-19 from which multiple complaints arose. Kwakwa did not take action. Chaves later became the Finance Minister for Costa Rica.[8] [9]