Ghana’s economy has struggled over the past four years.
- Associate Lecturer, University of Aberdeen
Ghana has spent over 60 years trying to build an aluminium industry.
Critics have described Ghana’s emissions tax as premature.
Ghana’s deal with the IMF is the 17th in its history.
Ghana’s finance ministry is struggling to build consensus on the country’s debt burden.
Through articles written by academic experts in the course of the year, The Conversation Africa takes a look back at Ghana in 2022.
Various scholars weigh in on the state of Ghana’s economy, how it got into this situation and on the IMF’s involvement.
Ghana’s sovereign risk has been downgraded to near junk status by ratings agencies in recent times.
Ghana hasn’t been able to withstand economic shocks or manage its debt because it hasn’t dealt with structural economic problems.
The price of fuel in Ghana has been pushed up by a depreciating currency and poor refining capacity.
A prolonged Russian-Ukraine conflict will cause further economic troubles for Ghana.
Addressing inefficiencies in Ghana’s electricity sector will reduce the need to price in distribution losses
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