Deputy Minister for Finance Dr Stephen Amoah, has assured that government will continue to ensure a conducive economic environment to attract more investment and support for the mutual benefit of Ghana and Japan. "I can assure you that within the sub-region, Ghana is the best country to invest in terms of security, hospitality, entrenched democracy etc. and we have both natural and human resources. Ghana is the gateway to Africa; I encourage you to invest more in Ghana" He gave the assurance when he led the Ghanaian delegation to meet with the leadership of Japan International Corporation Agency (JICA) and Japan External Trade Organization in separate meetings on the sidelines of TICAD 9 Ministerial Conference held in Tokyo over the weekend. Issues discussed included on-going projects such as Volivo Bridge on the Volta River, the Tema Motorway Phase 2, support to Ghana's education sector, the performance of Japanese companies in Ghana, how to attract more investors from Japanese private sector, climate change/green energy, agriculture, as well as on-going bilateral and technical support programmes being undertaken by JICA and JETRO in Ghana. Dr Amoah briefed them on the progress made on the IMF ECF programme, the debt situation and negotiations with OCC and external bond holders.   He said most economic indicators, inflation, GDP, etc.  were trending in the right direction and was confident that Ghana will meet conditions necessary for the disbursement of the next tranche of the IMF funds.