Ghana is currently facing serious economic crisis. The country is experiencing a rapidly declining economic growth, double digit deficits for two years running, current account deficits also in double digits, and a public debt stock which is almost above the sustainable threshold. The domestic currency witnessed a rapid depreciation in the first three-quarters of 2014 amid dwindling foreign reserves and inflation which has crawled back to double digits since January 2013. To address the economic crisis requires a strong fiscal adjustment in the short term and structural transformation over the medium to long term. Fiscal consolidation has to aim at […]