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Ghana’s economy demonstrating resilience amid global economic downturn – S&P Global
” The agency also noted a significant improvement in Ghana’s external position because of its success in capitalising on high gold prices and formalising small-scale mining production.
The rating agency noted that Ghana had historically struggled to maintain fiscal prudence through political and economic cycles, saying: “It has participated in 18 IMF programmes and, in the mid-2000s, benefited from debt relief of nearly $7.
However, it noted that Ghana’s susceptibility to terms-of-trade shocks was rising because gold exports now accounted for more than 60 per cent of export receipts.
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