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February 15, 2017

Revenue Earmarking in Ghana

At the recently held IFS Pre-Budget Forum, IFS Economist, Leslie Mensah, delivered a presentation on: “Revenue Earmarking in Ghana: Management and Performance Issues.” The presentation delved into six earmarked funds in Ghana namely: the Social Security Fund, District Assemblies Common Fund, Road Fund, GET Fund, National Health Insurance Fund, and Ghana Petroleum Funds. Click here to view the full statement

March 17, 2017

Africa’s Growth Story

Africa’s Growth Story A Lecture Delivered By Professor Newman Kwadwo Kusi, Executive Director, Institute for Fiscal Studies, Ghana At the Economic Policy Management Seminar, University of Ghana March 17, 2017 Click here to read the full speech

March 24, 2017

Fiscal Rigidities and their Effects in Ghana: What Should the Government do? [Occasional Paper 09]

Occasional Paper 9. Fiscal Rigidities and their Effects in Ghana: What Should the Government Do? In spite of the fact that many reasons are usually used to justify the presence of fiscal rigidities, they have been found to pose serious fiscal and macroeconomic difficulties to some countries, particularly those in Latin America, since they make governments lose the discretion and flexibility to use fiscal policy to address emerging fiscal and macroeconomic challenges. Yet, fiscal rigidities have not received the needed attention in Africa in terms of research. This paper sheds light on fiscal rigidities and their fiscal and macroeconomic effects […]

March 28, 2017

No. 4: A Review of Ghana’s 2017 Budget

Policy Brief 4: A Review of Ghana’s 2017 Budget Not too long ago, the Ghanaian economy was one of Africa’s strongest. However the economy has witnessed a sharp decline in growth in the last three years. In this Policy Brief, the IFS brings to the attention of the new Government some critical economic challenges along with proposals to address them. IFS’ proposals are informed by the Institute’s conviction that Ghana needs new, bold and systematic policies capable of bringing about fundamental changes to the economy to enable it to deliver tangible socio-economic benefits to Ghanaians. Click here to read full report

March 28, 2017

A Review of Ghana’s 2017 Budget

The IFS has published a review of the 2017 Budget Statement in its Policy Brief No 4. In the brief, the IFS highlighted the need for the government to seek more conducive fiscal and macroeconomic environment in 2017 before the government rolls out its ambitious growth policies in later years. Click here to view the full statement

April 6, 2017

IFS Pre-Budget Forum 2017

1.0 Introduction The Institute for Fiscal Studies, IFS, held its annual Pre-Budget Forum for 2017 at the Kempinski Hotel in Accra on Monday, 13th February 2017 under the theme: “Towards a Healthy National Budget”. The forum was attended by about 100 participants from diverse stakeholder organizations. These included: Members of the Finance Committee of Parliament; representatives of Ministries, Departments and Agencies; World Bank, IMF, USAID and other development partner organizations; Bank of Ghana; High Commissions and Embassies; Civil Society Organizations; the business community; and other stakeholder groups. Seated at the high table were Hon. Dr. Kwabena Duffuor, the Founder and […]