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  "title": "Ghana: Adjustment and Growth, 1983-91",
  "publication": "Occasional Papers, March 15, 1991",
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  "summary": "The first sub-Saharan African country to pursue broad economic and structural reform - aided by external finance and technical aid - Ghana is an example of adjustment with growth.",
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      "heading": "Summary",
      "content": "- The first sub-Saharan African country to pursue broad economic and structural reform— aided by external finance and technical aid—Ghana is an example of adjustment with growth.\n- Ghana's experience, discussed in this paper, illustrates the need for complementary policy actions and the right sequencing and speed of reforms."
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      "content": "- By Ishan Kapur, Jerald A Schiff, Michael T. Hadjimichael, Philippe Szymczak, Paul Louis Ceriel Hilbers\n- March 15, 1991"
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      "heading": "Key findings and themes (as presented)",
      "content": "- Ghana's reform experience serves as an example of adjustment with growth.\n- The experience illustrates the need for:\n  - complementary policy actions\n  - the right sequencing and speed of reforms"
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      "heading": "Subjects and keywords",
      "content": "- Subject: Exchange rate arrangements, Exchange rates, Expenditure, Foreign exchange, Inflation, Prices, Revenue administration\n- Keywords: adjustment effort, bank assets, exchange rate, Exchange rate arrangements, Exchange rates, Inflation, lessons from Ghana's experience, Middle East, monetary policy reform, OP, policy lesson, reform effort, state enterprise, Sub-Saharan Africa, West Africa"
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    "Authors: Ishan Kapur, Jerald A Schiff, Michael T. Hadjimichael, Philippe Szymczak, Paul Louis Ceriel Hilbers",
    "Published: March 15, 1991",
    "Series: Occasional Papers",
    "Volume: 1991",
    "Pages: 76",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781557751829.084",
    "The first sub-Saharan African country to pursue broad economic and structural reform— aided by external finance and technical aid—Ghana is an example of adjustment with growth.",
    "Ghana's experience, discussed in this paper, illustrates the need for complementary policy actions and the right sequencing and speed of reforms.",
    "By Ishan Kapur, Jerald A Schiff, Michael T. Hadjimichael, Philippe Szymczak, Paul Louis Ceriel Hilbers",
    "March 15, 1991",
    "Ghana's reform experience serves as an example of adjustment with growth.",
    "The experience illustrates the need for:",
    "Subject: Exchange rate arrangements, Exchange rates, Expenditure, Foreign exchange, Inflation, Prices, Revenue administration",
    "Keywords: adjustment effort, bank assets, exchange rate, Exchange rate arrangements, Exchange rates, Inflation, lessons from Ghana's experience, Middle East, monetary policy reform, OP, policy lesson, reform effort, state enterprise, Sub-Saharan Africa, West Africa",
    "More Formats on IMF eLibrary",
    "Order a Print Copy",
    "Create Citation (Format: Chicago example provided)"
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