{"id":57648,"date":"2023-04-13T19:42:30","date_gmt":"2023-04-13T19:42:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/04\/13\/ghana-gains-plaudits-from-imf-boss-for-sound-macroeconomic-mgt\/"},"modified":"2023-04-13T19:42:30","modified_gmt":"2023-04-13T19:42:30","slug":"ghana-gains-plaudits-from-imf-boss-for-sound-macroeconomic-mgt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/04\/13\/ghana-gains-plaudits-from-imf-boss-for-sound-macroeconomic-mgt\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana gains plaudits from IMF Boss for sound macroeconomic mgt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"414\"  alt=\"\" title=\"IMF Boss and Akufo-Addo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMF-Boss-and-Akufo-Addo-696x414.png\" data- class=\"entry-thumb lazyload\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"414\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMF-Boss-and-Akufo-Addo-696x414.png\"   alt=\"\" title=\"IMF Boss and Akufo-Addo\"\/><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p><strong>The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)\u00a0 Kristalina Georgieva has extolled Ghana for its strong macroeconomic management.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the ongoing IMF\/World Bank Spring Meetings in Washington, she said efforts are underway to ensure that Ghana gets the $3 billion programme with the Fund to enable it to deal with its economic challenges.<\/p>\n<p>Madam Geogereva also indicated that Ghanai is an innocent country that is suffering from the effects of the Covid outbreak and also the war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>She said \u201cwe have been in constant contact with authorities in Ghana, we have worked very hard and very swiftly to have the programme, $3bn support programme, for Ghana in place.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have been urging Ghana\u2019s creditors to act swiftly. My appreciation also for the proactive role of the Minister of Finance of Ghana in reaching out to the creditors. We are expecting that next week there will be discussions among creditors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She added \u201cI can tell you that I use every opportunity myself to urge them to act swiftly. Let us remember that Ghana for a long time has done really well to tap markets to finance its growth paths. It has been like all innocent by standers hit by Covid, hit by the war in Ukraine. it caused complicated domestically, the ability to Finance the budget. So a country that has a long track record of sound macroeconomic management.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/3news.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/facebook-minimal.jpg\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-service=\"facebook\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element cmplz-iframe cmplz-iframe-styles cmplz-no-video \" data-cmplz-target=\"src\" data-src-cmplz=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=314&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FTV3GH%2Fvideos%2F186521637090669%2F&amp;show_text=false&amp;width=560&amp;t=0\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/3news.com\/ghana-gains-plaudits-from-imf-boss-for-sound-macroeconomic-mgt\/about:blank\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta also assured foreign investors that the government had taken a number of steps to ensure the challenges with the nation\u2019s finances are tackled.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He said \u201cGhana has done a number of things, first of all with regards to the Paris Club, we did travel to China, we sort support from India and the Saudis and really maintained open relations with the Club.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe did get to the Club to let them know that we were worried about the track record of the common framework, we have had a good relationship, we really commend the Paris Club for the sense of urgency that they have and we are confident that they will be able to bring the assurances to the Bank in the coming week.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>By Laud Nartey|3news.com|Ghana<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)\u00a0 Kristalina Georgieva has extolled Ghana for its strong macroeconomic management. 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