## Ghana: Technical Assistance Report-Governance Diagnostic Assessment

_Technical Assistance Reports, November 3, 2025_

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: November 3, 2025
- Series: Technical Assistance Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9798229029506.019

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### Overview
- The Ghana Governance Diagnostic (GD) Report has been prepared by IMF staff at the request of the Ghanian authorities.
- Informed by political economy analysis, the GD discusses the nature and severity of corruption and provides a comprehensive analysis of governance weaknesses and corruption vulnerabilities affecting key state functions.
- The GD report proposes a set of prioritized, time-bound reform measures aimed at strengthening economic governance, rule of law and reducing corruption vulnerabilities.
- The authorities have committed to strengthening governance and reducing corruption, providing a critical opportunity to address the long-standing vulnerabilities.

### Key state functions analyzed
- Fiscal governance (public financial management and revenue administration)
- Financial sector oversight
- Rule of law
- Anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT)

### Main findings (as described)
- The GD assesses the nature and severity of corruption in Ghana through political economy analysis.
- It provides a comprehensive analysis of governance weaknesses and corruption vulnerabilities across the listed key state functions.
- Long-standing vulnerabilities exist that the authorities have committed to address.

### Reform proposals and recommendations
- The GD proposes a set of prioritized, time-bound reform measures aimed at:
  - Strengthening economic governance
  - Strengthening rule of law
  - Reducing corruption vulnerabilities

### Publication and metadata (exact values preserved)
- Publication title: Ghana: Technical Assistance Report-Governance Diagnostic Assessment
- Publication date: November 3, 2025
- Pages: 112
- Volume: 2025
- Issue: 091
- Series: Technical Assistance Report No. 2025/091
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9798229029506.019
- Stock No: TAREA2025091
- ISBN: 9798229029506
- ISSN: 3005-4575
- Subject keywords: Administration in revenue administration, Anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT), Corruption, Crime, Revenue administration
- Additional keywords: Administration in revenue administration, anti-corruption, Anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT), corruption, Ghana, governance, governance arrangement, Governance Diagnostic, governance weakness, GRA governance, high court, mission team, Public Procurement Authority

*International Monetary Fund. Legal Dept., International Monetary Fund. Fiscal Affairs Dept., and International Monetary Fund. Monetary and Capital Markets Department "Ghana: Technical Assistance Report-Governance Diagnostic Assessment", Technical Assistance Reports 2025, 091 (2025).*

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