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The International Monetary Fund returns to have discussions with the government of Ghana, here’s why

A mission from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has visited the government of Ghana to some discussions following Ghana’s exit from the programme.

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This was captured in a press statement issued by the Ministry of Finance.

The meeting will be the first since Ghana successfully exited the IMF.

“An international monetary fund (IMF) mission is visiting Ghana from Monday 30th September to Friday, 11th October 2019 to engage in Article IV Consultations as part of the Fund’s mandatory multilateral surveillance for all IMF member countries.

“This will be the first Article consultations since Ghana Successfully concluded the 4-year IMF-supported extended credit facility (ECF) programme in April 2019. The last Article Consultations was held in 2017,” the statement said.

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Adding that “A typical IMF Article IV consultation would, therefore have an IMF team of economist visits a country to assess economic and financial developments and discuss the country’s economic and financial policies with government and Central officials.

“IMF Staff missions also often meet with some Parliamentarians and representatives of business, labour and civil society. This is currently the stage we are engaged in with the IMF since Monday 30th September 2019.”

“After these consultations, the IMF team reports its findings to IMF management and then present them to the Executive Board for discussion, which represents all of the IMF’s member countries. A summary of the Board’s view is subsequently transmitted to the country’s Government. In this, the views of the global community and the lessons of international experience are brought to bear on national policies.”

“The Government of Ghana looks forward to having fruitful Article IV Consultations with IMF staff in line their mandatory multilateral surveillance conducted for all of its member countries,” it said.

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