Ghana: First Review Under the Extended Credit Facility Arrangement and Request for Waiver and Modifications of Performance Criteria - Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Ghana

September 4, 2015

Preview Citation

Format: Chicago

Ghana: First Review Under the Extended Credit Facility Arrangement and Request for Waiver and Modifications of Performance Criteria - Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Ghana, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2015) accessed November 21, 2024

Summary

This paper discusses Ghana’s First Review Under the Extended Credit Facility Arrangement and Request for Waiver and Modifications of Performance Criteria (PC). Program performance has been broadly satisfactory. All but one PC were met at end-April 2015 and structural benchmarks were largely completed, some with delays. However, there was nonobservance of the continuous PC on the ceiling on gross credit to government by Bank of Ghana in April by a small margin and the indicative targets on inflation and social protection spending were missed, the latter because of a very slight delay in some spending. The economic environment remains challenging and risks are tilted to the downside. The IMF staff recommends completion of the first review.

Subject: Arrears, External debt, Fiscal consolidation, Fiscal policy, Government debt management, Oil, gas and mining taxes, Public debt, Public financial management (PFM)

Keywords: Arrears, Clearance plan, CR, Debt management strategy, Fiscal consolidation, Fiscal consolidation effort, Global, Government debt management, ISCR, Overdue payment, Payment, Payment notice

Publication Details

Pages:

101
Volume:

---
DOI:

---
Issue:

---
Series:

Country Report No. 2015/245
Stock No:

1GHAEA2015002
ISBN:

9781513596365
ISSN:

1934-7685

FACTSHEETS

RESOURCES

TOPICS

Flagship Publications

Other Publications

IMF reports and publications by country

Regional Offices

All News

See Also

For Journalists

Press Center

RESOURCES

FLAGSHIPS

KEY SERIES

IMF NOTES

IMF Staff Country Reports