Adjustment in Africa: Lessons from Ghana
ODI Briefings 1996 (3)
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This paper attempts to identify and explain the weaknesses in Ghana's recovery effort, and the lessons they offer for other countries in Africa.
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The formal financial sector in Ghana after the reforms
Ernest AryeeteyThis paper looks at financial integration and development in Ghana.
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Accounts clerk looking at accounts
Accounts clerk looking at accounts, ECWA Evangel Hospital, Jos, Nigeria
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Source: FlickrFinancial integration and development in sub-Saharan Africa
The aim of the project is to examine the performance of financial systems for resource mobilisation and intermediation for economic development in the region. Field work was conducted in Ghana, Malawi, Nigeria and Tanzania based on questionnaires addressed to formal, semi-formal and informal institutions and borrowers. -
Financial integration and development in sub-Saharan Africa: A study of informal finance in Ghana
Ernest AryeeteyThis paper examines the performance of financial systems for resource mobilisation and intermediation for economic development in sub-Saharan Africa. Field work was conducted in Ghana, Malawi, Nigeria and Tanzania based on questionnaires addressed to formal, semi-formal and informal institutions and borrowers. -
Small enterprises and adjustment: the impact of Ghana's economic recovery programme on small-scale industrial enterprises
Nii K Sowa, A. Baah-Nuakoh, K. A. Tutu, B. OseiThe impact of Ghana's economic recovery programme on small-scale industrial enterprises. -
Structural Adjustment and the African Farmer
Alex Duncan and John Howell (eds)Traces the impact of structural adjustment policies upon the incomes and welfare of Africa's peasant farmers.
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Monetary control in Ghana: 1957-1988
Nil Kwaku SowaThis Working Paper is one of seven country studies prepared as part of a study of the role of monetary policy in primary product-dependent, low income countries. -
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Source: FlickrThe control of money supply in developing countries
This project covers six country studies prepared as part of a study of the role of monetary policy in primary-producing, low income countries. The objective of the general study is to examine what monetary policy can be expected to accomplish in low income countries, and what are the principal constraints on its effectiveness. The country studies examine the development of monetary institutions, the determination of money supply and demand, and the objectives and experience of governments in implementing monetary policy in individual countries. -
Recurrent Costs and Agricultural Development
edited by John HowellAuthors with experience of managing and investigating agricultural development projects and aid programmes examine the nature and extent of the problem of 'recurrent costs'.
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Policy Briefings on Drivers of Change in Ghana
These Policy Briefs took a fresh look at where Ghana is coming from, where it actually is, and where it may be headed.