{"id":757132,"date":"2019-12-03T12:39:13","date_gmt":"2019-12-03T12:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/12\/03\/thumps-up-for-govt-economic-management\/"},"modified":"2019-12-03T12:39:13","modified_gmt":"2019-12-03T12:39:13","slug":"thumps-up-for-govt-economic-management","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/12\/03\/thumps-up-for-govt-economic-management\/","title":{"rendered":"Thumps Up For Gov\u2019t Economic Management"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>MORE THAN half (51 per cent) of some<br \/>\nrespondents interviewed in a recent Afrobarometer survey held in the country<br \/>\nhave expressed optimism in the ability of the incumbent New Patriotic Party<br \/>\n(NPP) administration to improve the living conditions of citizens. <\/p>\n<p>According to the respondents, they<br \/>\nbelieve that things will be \u201cbetter\u201d or \u201cmuch better\u201d in 12 months\u2019 time.<\/p>\n<p>The Afrobarometer survey, conducted between 16 September and 3rd<br \/>\nOctober, this year, was led by the Ghana Center for Democratic Development<br \/>\n(CDD-Ghana).<\/p>\n<p>It had 2,400 adult Ghanaians as its sample size, which is believed<br \/>\nto yield country-level results with a margin of error of +\/-2 percentage points<br \/>\nat a 95% confidence level.<\/p>\n<p>Respondents also recognised government\u2019s economic successes though<br \/>\nbut said these were yet to translate into concrete gains. <\/p>\n<p>Such gains include the positive reviews from the International<br \/>\nMonetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank, the critical economic strides made by government<br \/>\nincluding the successful completion of the IMF bailout programme and also the<br \/>\nfinancial sector clean-up. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Opposing views<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cFew citizens are content with the country\u2019s economic situation and<br \/>\ntheir personal living conditions, and a majority says the country is headed in<br \/>\nthe wrong direction,\u201d it pointed out.<\/p>\n<p>The report said Ghanaians\u2019 approval ratings on indicators of their<br \/>\ngovernment\u2019s economic performance had declined sharply compared to 2017.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Expectations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The report said six in 10 Ghanaians, representing 59 per cent of the<br \/>\nrespondents, expected government to construct good roads across the country<br \/>\nwhile 39 per cent respondents, mainly comprising the youth, wanted government<br \/>\nto provide jobs.<\/p>\n<p>Thirty-eight per cent of respondents also said citizens needed<br \/>\nquality education while 27 per cent spoke on the need for government to<br \/>\nprioritise health needs of the people.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Impressions of<br \/>\neconomy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Only three in 10 Ghanaians (30%) described the country\u2019s economic<br \/>\nconditions as \u201cfairly good\u201d or \u201cvery good,\u201d a modest decline from 35% recorded<br \/>\nin 2017. <\/p>\n<p>Fewer than four in 10 (37%) said their personal living conditions were<br \/>\n\u201cfairly good\u201d or \u201cvery good.\u201d And only 31% said the country\u2019s economic<br \/>\ncondition had improved over the past 12 months.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, six in 10 Ghanaians (59%) said the country was \u201cgoing<br \/>\nin the wrong direction while the share of citizens who saw the country as<br \/>\n\u201cgoing in the right direction\u201d declined by 15 percentage points from 2017, to<br \/>\n35%.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMajorities of citizens say government is performing \u201cfairly bad\u201d or<br \/>\n\u201cvery badly\u201d in narrowing income gaps (66%), improving the living standards of<br \/>\nthe poor (56%), and creating jobs (54%).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cApproval ratings on indicators of the government\u2019s economic<br \/>\nperformance have declined sharply compared to 2017, with approval on management<br \/>\nof the economy recording the steepest drop, by 20 percentage points.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Afrobarometer conducts face-to-face interviews in the language of the respondent\u2019s choice with nationally representative samples.<\/p>\n<p> <strong>BY Samuel Boadi <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia MORE THAN half (51 per cent) of some respondents interviewed in a recent Afrobarometer survey held in the country have expressed optimism in the ability of the incumbent New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration to improve the living conditions of citizens. 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