{"id":55815,"date":"2014-10-13T07:19:29","date_gmt":"2014-10-13T07:19:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=55815"},"modified":"2014-10-13T07:40:11","modified_gmt":"2014-10-13T07:40:11","slug":"ghanas-economy-needs-extra-work-imf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/10\/ghanas-economy-needs-extra-work-imf\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana’s economy needs extra work – IMF"},"content":{"rendered":"
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said Ghana\u2019s current economic challenges will require extra measures from government to put it back on track.<\/p>\n
The Director of African Department of the IMF, Antoinette Sayeh speaking at a press conference at and IMF and World Bank meeting said, Ghana\u2019s government is working hard to meet the terms for the program.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe situation in Ghana is indeed difficult, as the government recognizes. The government put forward a demand to the IMF for a fund program back in August. We\u2019ve been working since then to of course be responsive to that request. And we\u2019ve just heard a mission come back\u00a0 from Accra in the first set of discussions toward a possible fund supported program,\u201d Antoinette Sayeh said.<\/p>\n
Ghana just completed the first round of negotiations for the terms of a possible bailout<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong> with IMF last month.<\/p>\n