{"id":1549,"date":"2024-04-09T11:02:19","date_gmt":"2024-04-09T11:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=1549"},"modified":"2024-04-09T13:51:46","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T13:51:46","slug":"imf-deal-lets-be-vigilant-to-ensure-it-works-ben-boakye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=1549","title":{"rendered":"IMF deal: Let\u2019s be vigilant to ensure it works \u2013 Ben Boakye"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Executive Director of the Africa Center for Energy Policy (ACEP) Ben Boakye has asked civil society organisations (CSOs) and Ghanaians, in general, to be vigilant and ensure that the ongoing programme with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) works for the people.<\/strong><\/p>\n

To him, playing an effective watchdog role by CSOs will ensure that the programme achieves its objective.<\/p>\n

He said these while speaking at a national dialogue forum on the theme \u201cBuilding an economy beyond IMF bailouts, organized by Media General Incolboration with ACEP.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe must be vigilant and play the watchdog well,\u201d he stressed.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are reaching out to everybody for us to have a conversation from the defects that keep us going back to the IMF and to ensure we can build on the economy that thrives on our efrost,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

1st Dep Governor assures IMF team of commitment to stay within targets to sustain gains<\/a><\/p>\n\n

Regarding the IMF deal, the Minister of Finance Dr Mohammed Amin Adam earlier assured that the Ministry, the Bank of Ghana (BoG) and the IMF team had a fruitful opening meeting on Tuesday, April 2 to commence the 2nd Review mission.<\/p>\n

Over the weekend, the mission staff from the IMF arrived in the country to commence the assessment of Ghana\u2019s performance against the program\u2019s objectives. This evaluation will span the next two weeks.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Ministry of Finance, the BoG and the IMF team had a fruitful opening meeting to commence the 2nd Review Mission,\u201d the Ministry wrote on its X platform on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Dr Mohammed Amin Adam earlier said said that a Preliminary assessment undertaken by the Ministry and the central bank showed that they were on course to meet most of the targets under the Programme with the\u00a0 Fund.<\/p>\n

In his first monthly press briefing on the economy in 2024, held last week, Dr Amin Adam said \u201cThe Ministry of Finance is working with the BoG in preparation for the IMF 2nd Review Mission. Preliminary assessment undertaken by MoF and BoG shows that we are on course to meet most of the targets under the Programme.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDuring the 2nd Review, the IMF mission will engage the authorities in technical and policy discussions to enable them to assess Ghana\u2019s performance on programme objectives, the 6 Quantitative Performance Criteria (QPCs), the 3 Indicative Targets (ITs), 1 Monetary Policy Consultation Clause (MPCC), and the Structural Benchmarks (SBs) with respect to end Dec 2023 targets. They will also review performance towards upcoming QPCs, ITs, and SBs,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The finance minister emphasised that the approval of the 2nd Review by the IMF Executive Board, potentially in June 2024, will trigger the release of the 3rd tranche of US$360 million, increasing the total disbursements under the programme to US$1.56 billion.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe 2nd Review will be the first of the two semi-annual reviews programmed for 2024. The 3rd Review has been programmed for Nov 2024,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr Ernest Addison also\u00a0expressed confidence that Ghana will get a second positive review of the deal with the IMF which will result in the release of the third tranche.<\/p>\n

He revealed that the team from the Fund will be arriving in Ghana in April for the second review of the $ 3 billion deal.<\/p>\n

The country had already received two tranches, $600million each. The release of the third tranche would increase the total disbursements so far to US$1.56 billion.<\/p>\n

Asked when Ghanaians should expect the third tranche while speaking at the 117th Monetary Policy Committee (IMF) press conference in Accra on Monday, March 25, Dr Addison said \u201cOn the third tranche of the IMF facility, we are expecting the Fund to come for a second review in April. I think they are going to be here for two weeks, during which they will broadly look at everything, fiscal performance, monetary policy performance, inflation, reserved accumulation as well as some of the structural benchmarks. This would be based on data at the end of December [Last year.]<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom our assessment, we are fairly confident of the performance at the end of December and are not expecting any surprises. If the review is successful, hopefully, the board of the IMF will meet by May or June and we should expect disbursements soon thereafter. This time we are not expecting $600 million, this time we $360 million.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

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