Political Economy • 13 Jul 2022 Why Ghana Dashed to the IMF After emphatically rejecting the IMF as a source of relief from Ghana’s escalating economic woes, the Ghanaian government stunned observers with its abrupt announcement of a U-turn. It is not just that the Ghanaian authorities were disinterested in an IMF solution, they invested significant amounts of political capital undermining its... read more
Macroeconomic Governance • 2 Jul 2022 17 Notes in Ghana’s 17th IMF Tune News on Republic day (1st July 1960 was when Ghana ditched Queen Elizabeth II as Head of State) that Ghana is to return to the IMF for the 17th time in its history hit some nationalists and pan-Africanists very hard. Members of the country’s ruling party who have bought wholesale... read more
