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  • Why Ghana’s IMF Bailout May Soon Repeat Itself

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    Recently, in one of my economics classes, a heated discussion erupted on Ghana’s International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout programme. The discussion comes at a time when the country is grappling with high inflation, continuous depreciation of the cedi against major international currencies and high fiscal deficits which have seen the economy go through an […]

  • European Austerity Measures: a PIIGS-Eye View

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    In the beginning, the EU’s main reactions to the economic and financial crises were aimed at salvaging European prosperity from the effects of the American financial crisis [1]. However as time passed and the crises deepened, the EU’s response to the economic problems of its Member States was to slid […]