The Director of Research at the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), Dr.

John Kwakye has advised President-elect John Dramani Mahama to avoid further plunging Ghana into a deep debt crisis by borrowing.

Instead, he suggested that Mahama should focus on leveraging Ghana's natural resources to generate internal revenue for development. "The President Mahama government must focus on Ghana's natural resources as the main source of development financing.

It must eschew the habit of borrowing to stem Ghana's recurrent debt crises," Dr.