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Ghana: IMF Loan 'Not Enough to Curb Currency Freefall'
CAJ News, 20 April 2015
Renowned Ghana economist, Dr Raziel Obeng-Okon, said the $114 million the International Monetary Fund (IMF) advanced to Ghana to shore up Bank of Ghana’s reserves cannot stop… Read more »
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Africa: Massive Loan to Back Growth, Jobs Plan
IMF, 3 April 2015
The IMF Executive Board approved a $918 million loan to Ghana to support a reform program aimed at faster growth and job creation while protecting social spending. Read more »
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Ghana: IMF Mission Reaches Staff-Level Agreement With Ghana On an Extended Credit Facility Arrangement
IMF, 6 February 2015
End-of-Mission press releases include statements of IMF staff teams that convey preliminary findings after a visit to a country. The views expressed in this statement are those of… Read more »
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Ghana: Can the IMF Save Ghana's Currency?
Daily Maverick, 14 April 2015
A cool $114 million has just found its way into Ghana's struggling bank balance, courtesy of a new loan package with the International Monetary Fund. It's not huge money in the… Read more »
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Ghana: Economy Nosedives
Ghanaian Chronicle, 11 May 2015
The bleak economic story of Ghana, since 2013, is set to continue, as gross domestic product (GDP) growth is at its lowest in 14 years, and the dollar value of the economy has… Read more »
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Ghana: Govt Set to Receive IMF Bailout
CAJ News, 14 April 2015
GHANA is on Tuesday scheduled to receive the first tranche of cash from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to shore up the Bank of Ghana (BoG)'s declining reserves. Read more »
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Ghana: Don't Abandon Hydro Power, Please
Ghanaian Chronicle, 9 April 2015
The government of President John Dramani Mahama is shifting "more to thermal instead of hydro" power generation in his avowed desire to permanently solve the current energy crisis… Read more »
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Ghana: Don't Abandon Hydro Power, Please
Ghanaian Chronicle, 14 April 2015
We Reproduce This Editorial In Memory Of The Author, Mr. Cofie Ammuako- Annan, A Senior Member Of The Chronicle Editorial Team , Who Passed Away Last Saturday, 11 April 2015 . It… Read more »
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Ghana: 'Ghanaians Must Prepare for Harsher Economic Conditions'
Ghanaian Chronicle, 4 March 2015
THE FORMER Minister of Finance and Economic Planning in the erstwhile New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration, Dr. Anthony Akoto Osei has warned Ghanaians to ready themselves for… Read more »
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West Africa: IMF Readies Loan for Ghana to Support Reform Plan
IMF, 26 February 2015
IMF Readies Loan for Ghana to Support Reform Plan Read more »
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Ghana: Ghana Is Doing 'Smart Borrowing'
Ghanaian Chronicle, 23 February 2015
THE MINISTER of Finance, Seth Terkper, has responded to the recent statement released by the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) where it warned the government to put an end to the… Read more »
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Ghana: Cedi Seen Succumbing to Pressure of Ghana Wage Increase
CAJ News, 23 January 2015
ANALYSTS are wary of the negative impact of the government's significant adjustment to public sector wages might have on the country's currency. Read more »