Ghana is in sight of an ambitious milestone—becoming a middle-income country by 2020. If used strategically, the 2007 discovery of sizable offshore oil reserves would be the catalyst to propel Ghana's economy toward that major achievement. Experts agree that achieving middle-income status within ten years is technically feasible, but a great deal of discipline and determination will be required by both Ghana's government and its people.

The film discusses how Ghana has been managing its economy, why it needed a loan from the IMF, and what it will take to make the most of the oil discovery.

"We look at oil as a second opportunity being given to this country." -Fiifi Kwetey, Finance Minister of Ghana.

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Accelerated Growth Predicted for Ghanaian Economy

• Economy to Grow Faster Than Rest
• Govt to Commits Oil Money to Agriculture

Ghana Starts Commercial Oil Production

• Atta Mills Rejoices As Oil Flows
• Mills Complained to U.S. About Oil Company
• Ghana Will Not Squander Oil Revenue - Mills
• Making Use of Oil Revenue
• Nation's Oil Begins to Flow
• Oil Revenue is Nobody's Booty
• 'Ghana's Oil Discovery No Threat to NNPC Gas Project'

Ghana's Currency Weakens

• Currency Drops to Record Low
• Cedi Will Bounce Back Soon - Mahama
• Business Executives Call On Govt to Stablise the Cedi
• Roman Father Slams' Cedi Prayers'
• The Mahama Cabinet and Cedi Stabilisation
• Blame Cedi Fall On Incompetent Leaders - Andrew Awuni
• Mahama Can't Fix Economy ... These Are Signs of the End Times, Says Colins Dauda
• Country's Economy Heating Up
• Policing the Ghana Cedi
• Falling Cedi Wakes BOG From Slumber

Ghana: 'Cash-Strapped, Not Broke'

• 'Cash-Strapped, Not Broke'
• Private Sector is Bleeding - Minority MPs
• Economy Is Not Working
• Monetisation of the Electoral Process
• Parliament Approves $1.2 Billion for Cocoa Purchases
• We Must Stop Mahama's Taxes On Farmers and Fisher Folks
• Use of Collective Funds for Parochial Interest
• Ghana Wobbles Under Mahama - Massive Corruption and Voodoo Economics Threaten State Stability

Ghana's Economic Boom Not Creating Jobs

• 'Booming Economy Without Jobs'

Flourishing Middle Class Brings Hope to Africa

• Burgeoning Middle Class Brings Hope
• Country Suffers From Decimated Middle Income
• Country Invests in Farmers to Achieve Middle-Income Ambitions