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Ensuring stable growth in the postcrisis world economy will require a rebalancing of economic activity in several countries. In Asia’s export-dependent economies, this entails relying more on private domestic demand as a driver of growth. While some countries need to raise consumption, several...
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Public investment supports the delivery of key public services, connects citizens and firms to economic opportunities, and can serve as an important catalyst for economic growth. After three decades of decline, public investment has begun to recover as a share of GDP in emerging markets (EMs)...
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This 2013 Article IV Consultation highlights that economic growth in Ghana continued at a robust pace of 8 percent in …
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has created significant challenges for Ghana. A swift return to macroeconomic stability in 2013 was thwarted by weaker …
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The 2007 Article IV Consultation reports on Ghana’s recent economic and policy development. Public Financial Management … donor assistance in the near future, Ghana has decided to access the international capital market to finance prudently …
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This Selected Issues paper on Ghana shows that as a small, open low-income economy, the country faces several major … challenges in its conduct of disinflation policy. Ghana has historically experienced volatile and often high inflation rates. The … paper also presents a model that recognizes difficulties being faced by Ghana, among them less-than-perfect credibility of …
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Ghana’s growth of 3–4 percent in 2009 was about twice the estimated average for sub-Saharan Africa. Fiscal performance … in 2009 was weaker than programmed, giving rise to substantial new domestic expenditure arrears. The Bank of Ghana (BoG …
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This Ex-Post Assessment of Longer-Term Program Engagement for Ghana explains its experience with particular attention … to the IMF's role. Progress in structural reform was slow, but Ghana also avoided mistakes made by some countries that … introduced reforms without enough public support. Ghana’s success in its reforms is embedded in the strengthening of democratic …
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This 2008 Article IV Consultation highlights that Ghana’s growth has remained strong, fuelled by both the private and … prices, have impacted Ghana negatively, although overall, Ghana’s terms of trade continued to improve …
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The Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Annual Progress Report (PRSPs) on Ghana explains macroeconomic, structural, and … of financing. The Annual Progress Report (APR) provides a framework for the systematic review of the Ghana Poverty …
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