Finance

The government says it is putting together a comprehensive post COVID-19 economic programme which will form the basis for the IMF negotiations. In a statement issued by the Ministry of Finance to announce the commencement of negotiations with the IMF in Accra yesterday, it said “The Ministry of Finance and the Bank of Ghana have commenced discussions with the IMF for an IMF-supported programme.” It said a key prerequisite for a programme was confirmation that Ghana’s debt was on a sustainable path and would require a comprehensive Debt Sustainability Analysis (DSA), which was currently ongoing. “ The programme seeks to establish a…