Ghana Resident Representative Site

Resident Representative Office in Ghana

This web page provides information in on the activities of the Office, views of the IMF staff, and the relations between Ghana and the IMF. Additional information can be found on Ghana and IMF country page, including official IMF reports and Executive Board documents in English that deal with Ghana.

News and Highlights

IMF Activates New Package to Support World's Poorest

In the biggest revamp of its support for low-income countries in two decades, the IMF activated a new package of lending facilities to the world’s poorest nations. 

Pledging Conference Mobilizes US$130 Million for Four IMF African Regional Technical Assistance Centers

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded today a successful pledging session, co-hosted by the African Development Bank (AfDB), with donors pledging to four of the IMF’s five African Regional Technical Assistance Centers (AFRITACs). 

IMF and Switzerland Sign Agreement on Switzerland’s Support of Capacity Building for Sub-Saharan Africa Through the IMF African Regional Technical Assistance Centers

Mr. Murilo Portugal, Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and Ambassador Beatrice Maser Mallor, Head of Economic Cooperation and Development of the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), signed today an agreement for a contribution of US$10 million by Switzerland to the IMF’s Africa Regional Technical Assistance Centers (AFRITACs). 

IMF African Department Director Antoinette Sayeh Visit to Ghana

From the Resident Representative Office in Ghana; November 2, 2009 

Poor Countries Need Extra Help to Get Through Global Crisis

A new IMF study finds that at least $25 billion in urgent concessional financing will be needed this year to help low-income countries affected by the deepening global economic crisis and prevent millions from falling back into poverty. 

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Ghana and The IMF

Press Release: Special Data Dissemination Standard Workshop in Gaborone, Botswana

May 8, 2013

Press Release: Ghana and IMF Sign Memorandum of Understanding to Create New Africa Regional Technical Assistance Center (AFRITAC) in Accra

April 18, 2013

Press Release: IMF Concludes Article IV Consultation Mission to Ghana

April 12, 2013

"Energy Subsidy Reform: The Way Forward" Presentation by David Lipton, First Deputy Managing Director, International Monetary Fund

March 27, 2013

Mid-Term Evaluation Report on the Enhanced Data Dissemination Initiative Project

March 20, 2013
Subject: Statistics | Africa | National accounts | Monetary statistics | Government finance statistics | Balance of payments statistics | Data quality assessment framework | General Data Dissemination System | Special Data Dissemination Standard | Technical assistance 

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Regional Economic Outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa

Economic conditions in sub-Saharan Africa have remained generally robust despite a sluggish global economy. The near-term outlook for the region remains broadly positive, and growth is projected at 5¼ percent a year in 2012–13. Most low-income countries are projected to continue to grow strongly, supported by domestic demand, including from investment. The outlook is less favorable for many of the middle-income countries, especially South Africa, that are more closely linked to European markets and thus experience a more noticeable drag from the external environment. The main risks to the outlook are an intensification of financial stresses in the euro zone and a sharp fiscal adjustment in the US–the so called fiscal cliff.