
Commodity surge underpins IMF programme exit
…reform agenda enters new phase
Joshua Worlasi AMLANU
Ghana has completed its US$3billion International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout programme after the Fund’s Executive Board approved the sixth and final review of the Extended Credit Facility (ECF), bringing to a close a three-year stabilisation programme launched following the country’s 2022 economic crisis.
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