Ghana: Selected Issues

Author: International Monetary Fund

Volume/Issue: Volume 2003 Issue 134

Publication date: May 2003

ISBN: 9781451814866

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Banks and Banking , Economics- Macroeconomics , Public Finance , Public Policy - Social Services and Welfare , ISCR , CR , Ghana , bank , debt , debt burden , merchant bank , debt stock , capital requirement , assets-to-GDP ratio , bank number , Domestic debt , Commercial banks , Poverty reduction strategy , Poverty reduction , Africa , Sub-Saharan Africa

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Summary

This Selected Issues paper reviews trends in GDP and their impact on poverty reduction in Ghana. It highlights structural constraints that are believed to have affected output growth, along with potential sources of increases in output in future years. The paper analyzes trends in the main production sectors, and presents an assessment of the underlying determinants of growth and poverty reduction. It also explores the key elements of the authorities’ strategy to raise GDP per capita growth as set out in the Ghana Poverty Reduction Strategy.