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Economic Governance Platform (EGP) Assesses Ghana’s Economy (2012- 2020)
The Economic Governance Platform (EGP) has held a roundtable discussion on Ghana’s Economy for an eight-year period (2012-2020) at Coconut Grove Regency Hotel, Accra. Programme Coordinator for EGP, Felix Ankrah, noted that the Platform as part of activities on its project – ‘Citizen Action for Public Accountability’ – initiated this research to undertake an assessment […]
Economic Governance Platform participates in IMF Webinar on ‘Promoting Effective Use of COVID-19 Finances in Africa’
On Tuesday, 14th July 2020, the Economic Governance Platform participated in an International Monetary Fund (IMF) Webinar titled “Promoting Effective Use of COVID-19 Finances in Africa: An IMF Discussion with African CSOs”. The expectations of this conference were to critically examine the IMFs support to help countries cope with the COVID-19 pandemic; to ignite the […]
Work to avoid another bailout – IMF tells government during CSOs’ Workshop on Tackling Ghana’s Political Budget Cycle: Lessons for Ghana Beyond the IMF
The Resident Representative of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Ghana, Dr Albert Touna Mama, has advised the government to pay critical attention to issues that can send the country back to a bailout programme with the fund. He mentioned the high risk of debt distress, weak domestic revenue mobilisation, off-budget transactions and a high […]
CSOs’ Communiqué: Tackling Ghana’s Political Budget Cycle: Lessons for Ghana Beyond the IMF
The Economic Governance Platform in partnership with the IMF and Oxfam organized a roundtable workshop on July 11, 2019 on the theme; Tackling Ghana’s Political Budget Cycle: Lessons for Ghana Beyond at the World Bank office, Accra. The workshop brought together over 83 participants from Civil Society, Academia, Ministry of Finance, Bank of Ghana, IMF, […]
Linking Participation and Economic Advancement. Ghana Civil Society Platform on the IMF Programme: Case Study
Eleven Accra-based civil society organisations (CSOs) working on social accountability, anti-corruption and governance joined forces in November 2014 to influence the design, implementation and monitoring of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)-backed extended credit arrangement for Ghana (2015–18). Prior to the formation of the Civil Society Platform on the IMF Programme, there had been no citizen […]
Independent Fiscal Council can serve as Ghana’s IMF, Group proposes as Ghana exit IMF in April
The Economic Governance Platform, comprising 15 civil society organisations, has called on the government to put in place the needed measures and resources to help the Fiscal Responsibility Advisory Council, as well as, making it independent in its operation to replace the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in ensuring fiscal discipline and other checks in the […]
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