Occasional Papers

Ghana: Adjustment and Growth, 1983-91

By Ishan Kapur, Jerald A Schiff, Michael T. Hadjimichael, Philippe Szymczak, Paul Louis Ceriel Hilbers

March 15, 1991

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Ishan Kapur, Jerald A Schiff, Michael T. Hadjimichael, Philippe Szymczak, and Paul Louis Ceriel Hilbers. Ghana: Adjustment and Growth, 1983-91, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 1991) accessed November 21, 2024

Summary

The first sub-Saharan African country to pursue broad economic and structural reform - aided by external finance and technical aid - Ghana is an example of adjustment with growth. Ghana's experience, discussed in this paper, illustrates the need for complementary policy actions and the right sequencing and speed of reforms.

Subject: Exchange rate arrangements, Exchange rates, Expenditure, Foreign exchange, Inflation, Prices, Revenue administration

Keywords: Adjustment effort, Bank assets, Exchange rate, Exchange rate arrangements, Exchange rates, Inflation, Lessons from Ghana's experience, Middle East, Monetary policy reform, OP, Policy lesson, Reform effort, State enterprise, Sub-Saharan Africa, West Africa

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    76

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Occasional Paper No. 1991/001

  • Stock No:

    S086EA0000000

  • ISBN:

    9781557751829

  • ISSN:

    0251-6365

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