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Despite the voluminous literature on fiscal policy, very few papers focus on low-income countries (LICs). This paper develops a new-Keynesian small open economy model to show, analytically and through simulations, that some of the prevalent features of LICs-different types of financing including...
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This paper assesses the preparation of Ghana’s Poverty Reduction Strategy paper (GPRS), paying particular attention to … government and very weak arrangements for monitoring and implementation. – PRSP ; poverty ; Ghana ; policy …
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This paper compares reform ownership in Ghana and Tanzania over the past two decades. It finds that on several … dimensions, Ghana’s early economic reforms enjoyed a high degree of ownership. That ownership was not embedded, however, in a …-generation reforms, the move to multi-party democracy and the exponential increase in aid contributed to a decline in ownership in Ghana …
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Partnership with Africa (SPA) that considers early experiences with PRSPs in eight African countries: Benin, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi …
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One of the most challenging problems in developing countries such as Ghana is exchange rate management, that is … Autoregressive (VAR) techniques are used to model the long-run equilibrium real exchange rate in Ghana, and based on a multivariate …
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One of the most challenging problems in developing countries such as Ghana is exchange rate management, that is … Autoregressive (VAR) techniques are used to model the long-run equilibrium real exchange rate in Ghana, and based on a multivariate … ineffectiveness or inflexibility. -- Capital Inflows ; Aid ; Real Exchange Rate ; Ghana …
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case of Ghana and applying to Uganda as a prospective exporter. The paper proceeds in two steps. First, we construct a … Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium (DSGE) model of a primary commodity exporting developing country calibrated to Ghana … over 2001 to 2019 to estimate the response to oil shocks as an importer for both countries and as an exporter for Ghana …
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At independence in 1975, the Frelimo government took over public administration from the colonial system and started to transform it. The public financial management (PFM) system was adapted to the central planning and management of the economy in line with nationalist and Marxist-Leninist...
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This study provides an analysis of the aid-private capital flows-growth nexus for Ghana. It is premised on the argument … that Ghana's new status as a middle income country plus the start of oil production is bound to result in a reduction in … curse'. The study makes two key observations about the economy of Ghana. First, it notes that although the structure of the …
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Substantial amounts of debt relief have been granted to a set of low-income countries, as an alternative aid modality. Although the theoretical case for debt relief is firmly established, only empirical analysis can show whether debt relief is indeed a (more) effective mode of aid delivery. We...
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