Strong GDP growth masked decades-long productivity decline – Maxwel Opoku-Afari
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Strong GDP growth masked decades-long productivity decline – Maxwel Opoku-Afari

Published August 24, 20264 min read

Ghana's celebrated economic growth in the decade preceding its debt crisis concealed a more troubling reality:

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