Ghana’s incoming president John Mahama said a financing program with the International Monetary Fund will limit his government’s ability to undertake immediate radical reforms, a week after voters handed him a hefty mandate to fix the nation’s crippling debt burden and high cost of living.
The West African nation last year sought IMF help after it defaulted on debt that had ballooned to almost 100% of gross domestic product by the end of 2022. Under the IMF program, the government must achieve a primary budget surplus of 0.5% of gross domestic product by the end of this year.
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