IERPP questions figures behind Ghana’s Mid-Year Review Budget; demands greater transparency

The Institute urged the government to publish the country's total debt stock in both cedis and dollars alongside debt-to-GDP ratios, disclose the terms of recently approved loan facilities, clarify whether Free SHS remains entirely domestically financed, explain the legal issues surrounding the frozen Contingency Fund and publish the total liabilities of SOEs and the Bank of Ghana.

The Institute for Economic Research and Public Policy (IERPP) has raised concerns over what it describes as significant gaps in the government's 2026 Mid-Year Budget Review, saying that while key economic indicators have improved, the figures presented do not tell the full story.

The Institute further questioned the omission of a recently approved financing facility worth about US$1 billion from the budget review.