This assessment examines the President’s Five Pillars as a strategic framework for Ghana’s economic and social transformation as reported by the Daily Graphic, with the aim of evaluating their feasibility, coherence, and potential impact. It seeks to move beyond broad policy statements by grounding the pillars in empirical evidence, current economic realities, and institutional capacity....Read More

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has completed the fifth review of Ghana’s 39-month Extended Credit Facility (ECF) arrangement, approving the immediate disbursement of about US$385 million (SDR 267.5 million). This brings total IMF disbursements to Ghana to approximately US$2.8 billion under the US$3 billion programme approved in May 2023. According to...Read More

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Bank of Ghana has concluded its 127th meeting with a significant decision — a reduction in the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) by 350 basis points, from 21.5% to 18%. This is the largest single cut in the current easing cycle and marks a turning point in Ghana’s macroeconomic...Read More

Fitch Solutions has projected that Ghana’s Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) could decline to 16.5% by 2026, signalling expectations of easing inflation pressures and a gradually stabilising macroeconomic environment. This projection comes at a critical moment, as the Bank of Ghana’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meets this week to set the next policy rate. A potential...Read More

EGP Participates in CSO Budget Forum Review of the 2026 National Budget EGP recently joined fellow members of the Civil Society Budget Forum in a collaborative review of the 2026 National Budget, presented to Parliament by the Minister for Finance on behalf of the President on November 13, 2025. The engagement brought together diverse civic...Read More

By Economic Governance Platform (EGP) Ghana’s 2026 Budget, themed “𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡, 𝐉𝐨𝐛𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧” signals a confident shift from stabilization toward rebuilding momentum in the real economy. The fiscal numbers presented by the Minister of Finance show improving fundamentals: GDP projected at 4.8%, inflation expected to fall to 8% on average, public debt...Read More

Every morning, Fuseini Mohammed straps his daughter, Hikimatu, onto the back of his motorbike for a short ride to school. But the journey along the Bolgatanga-Bawku-Pulmakom highway in Ghana’s Upper East Region fills him with dread.“There was a big pothole in front of us,” he recalls of one morning in July 2025. “A dog ran...Read More

Civil society leaders held a farewell lunch honouring the outgoing International Monetary Fund (IMF) Resident Representative to Ghana, Dr. Leandro Medina, in Accra. Organised by the Economic Governance Platform (EGP), the event recognised Dr. Medina’s vital role in fostering transparent engagement between the IMF and Ghana’s civil society throughout the process of Ghana’s current IMF-supported...Read More