in the beginning of two thousand and thirteen the capital of ghana was named africa's fastest growing city. proof of this where the dozens of cranes dotting the horizon satisfying the demand for new modern offices for both local companies and banks and multinationals. expensive cars roaming the streets. and people. economy is thriving.

the country is among the world's fastest growing economies and is africa's number one and growth rates. for the i.m.f. ghana is a success story. the police have been successful. the rule of yeah is really to advise a micro police she's so we we do not we do not construct bridges and develop infrastructure but in term of my quest ability clearly over the last. few years have done quite well in terms of generating an environment of macroeconomic stability which is necessary to have investment and growth and job

creation. gammas current economic success could not have been accomplished without the newly received loans the last loan agreement between ghana and the i.m.f. was in two thousand and nine for the sum of six hundred two million dollars at that time the country experienced some fiscal slippage is and depletion of its international reserves which was a combination of increased public spending but also. the side effect of the global financial crises so we had the reduction of reserve of the central bank the increase of the deficit there was a need to. provide some financing. to crises and had to authorities. to make a balance of. ghana's dept exploded to a new record high reaching fourteen point six billion dollars we talk about credit

facilities as if it doesn't have to be paid back but our children our grandchildren will have to pay it and i think it's almost like selling the family silver. you can get it back. finance lead economic management has been they. and their religion of african listened. and every so-called group is seen as a success which therefore should feed that process even. one of the fastest growing economies not just in africa but in the world last year. one of the effects of that is that you would think that they have economies growing. independent space. and resources to invest in the things that it needs to you know transform its economy and transform the conditions of his people that i mean that's it was what any logical thinking would be however in our case that is not what is

happening. around the room. after finishing her chores in the morning comfortable cutty prepares her grandchildren for school she is a primary school teacher at paga a small agricultural community in northeastern ghana.

was. this is the primary school every tree. he is a classroom there are two hundred ninety one children studying here while. i am. many of them have to walk at least five kilometers to get here i was a little was there. was. the second largest gold producer in africa cannot provide classrooms to sauza as of children. in ghana four thousand schools have no facilities the lessons like here take place under the trees.

we do house structure. we are teaching under three s. and because of that there is no in effect if teaching and leno on especially when ever it is said to intervene we have to run home and wended the trees sharing the same problem there wouldn't be snow or dad not being effective teaching and then in the course of the sun when it is hot that you reckon i'll feel confortable to listen and to check on will also feel comfortable to teach. me. no toilets no play materials. and other infrastructure. to decide the problems for f.e.c. into school and i'm not a problem as what a problem we don't have what. so anomaly about three kilometers

off oakland as for what up will drink the water and when it's it is bolted to school there are no reasonable continuous for us to store the. because of what they did a government will always complain and promise but nothing has been there. one of the i.m.f. conditions to sign the loan agreement of two thousand and nine was a cut in public sector spending ghana's education system has been affected dramatically. well. in order for the government to reach its goals for deficit reduction it decided to cut almost thirty one million euro from the education sector. the building of new classrooms and facilities would have to wait.

the government's absence is covered by the community members who raise money in order to build classrooms in any way they can. miss comfort was a leader of this afeard and invested all her savings. really. i. want my oh my god i have decided to mobilize. to help me with some money to put up a classroom i have used my own money in addition to discount amount that was contributed by the community members to put up one classroom block who was who i was. and now some of the. lemon in that one classroom and the other classes sit in under trees.

yet. so whenever it is raining even if it is threaten to rain would dismiss that you. do have these forms indeed. and then when it is more i'm much this nor should. we or god but in one classroom we can use in lots and thanks we foresee. the recruitment freeze in the public sector another one of the i.m.f. stipulations for signing the loan agreement had an instant impact on the quality of ghana's education system. according to the country's education department in order to cover the teacher shortage alone in primary schools thirty three thousand one hundred eighty five teachers are needed this is something that will never be approved but pick.

your. battles here in northern ghana there is one trained teacher like comfort for every one hundred seventy. five students. i know you look at you you. know and again the inhabitants try to do whatever they can on their own they can teaching positions are covered by parents or volunteers. that are. here. the only way. we have my own interest in problem because i'm doing. the. video wall and they come provide that cheating with me to shows for them. when the look on plane. and there is that ad.

that's discussed a many. and if that obvious saul's for education in. it's not enough to cover all this they did to disclose that on the trees so that the good in some but redoing for me it was gotten out and the owner has promised to do it but definitely it come up to help us. please. clinician in liquid intake three limbs court judges free clinics three clear cut privilege the old free blog cancer clinic videos for your media projects a free media dog party dot com. play

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headlines stated if in your ranks. when i return home from school i read a little and then go to the river to get water then i go to the forest to gather wood and then i cook. or have a lot of chores and can't study during the day i usually study at night. study

with a flashlight because the community has no electricity. it's difficult studying that way. sometimes someone needs a flashlight and i have to wait until they finish. and that makes it difficult for me to study. and so i wish we had electricity's so i could study comfortably. in the future i want to become a useful person. i want to become a nurse. so

. citizens of the new state of god gather all the celebration marking their day of freedom from colonialism what was once the gold coast a british colony now becomes an independent commonwealth vice president and mrs nixon represent the united states at the three day festivities and native dances and games mark an event of historic importance since gonna becomes the first big role colony in africa to gain its freedom. in one thousand nine hundred fifty seven ghana gained its independence from the english ever since there has been a love hate relationship with the i.m.f. . from one thousand nine hundred sixty six five

governments have received loans power has changed hands many times after so many coups. the first to approach the i.m.f. in one thousand nine hundred sixty five was ghana's first president and independence leader. as a marxist he was quick to reject the funds conditions he was overthrown a year later. but in many countries the red primate battle plan has prayer. and drama rama and brand on. a big old ruler about a country. the national liberation council governments that came to power signed the loan agreement with the i.m.f.

and accepted the conditions. the economy made a spectacular rebound and at the same time product prices increased. but kick our exports did not yield the expected revenue in one thousand nine hundred eighty one after the fun's recommendation the currency was devalued by forty six point eight percent there was a wage freeze and taxes were increased. a year later general a chum pong overthrew the government. that governmental general election. unilaterally. decided not to be the debts that's gonna government to the m.f. it was a little of the ninety million dollars and. the general at the point

took the position that it was something we couldn't see and we pushed for self-reliance. that was the message that he was giving to ghana and i think he made an impact unfortunately the price of oil hikes soon after that pushed doesnt back into economic decline and we ended up going back to the i'm there for a loan that was after the coup that threw a chump amount and it's an interesting paradigm that seems to be. an almost unholy think too good a time as. an economic downturns and then a falling back on the i.m.f. as almost as a c.v.s. .

drop africa in the one nine hundred ninety eight if you want you we had what you call i.m.f. rats which is the price of food going up as well as before and that kind of is the ability yes it has to be the backdrop to a lot of the. fact that many more reasons of course by the critical reason has been that the how to secure a growth model which you know if unifies the my joy section of the ruling class number one. which which reduces deflates the political expectation of the population number two. is also to tell people that your political expectations about what you can get on a realistic you can get free education you can get public housing you can get a good pension from the public sector you have to go out in the market and fight for yourself.

and if you look at our history. that the stratagems have been the scene it's about. devaluing the cd it's about. fiscal. restrictions it's about restricting the government's wage bill it's about privatization or divest investing in government factories these are the same things that they do time and again and i do wonder. whether if you keep doing the same thing over and over again and the country doesn't move out of poverty if there isn't a need to rethink what you do well let me maybe quantify what we said in clarify. actually over the last decade what we have seen in africa and ships are in

africa. is extremely encouraging in terms of microcosmic policies we can say that over the last decade michael policies in most of us are in africa has improved. substantially with an emphasis on my quest ability and on generating what we could buy for us. but. agriculture is one of ghana's most productive sectors. here in the

north however it is the only way to survive. glenn doesn't give much. and he has the same old varieties our grandfathers did. and they don't really give a good just. women who brought to him only so many jewels come to help us. number but no government official has ever come to visit us. to yeah yeah. yeah. only the n.g.o.s teach us how to improve improve our methods. one doesn't come to teach us.

the ministry of agriculture used to provide us with fertilizers but now they have stopped. moving well now they never visit us like they used to. people really i don't understand why the government isn't helping us. with the. that's when the food sufficiency has its ups and downs there are times of abundance and times when there isn't enough food for the community. to have the periods of hunger along that is when the food prices hit the roof

twentieth well. that is one mil it costs ten cd for euro this is a time of great hunger that. the government cutbacks would mean for example in the case of agriculture that all kinds of subsidies are research all extension services they all come back and all those things affect everything becomes the market price the small farmer kind of buy those things they can't produce as well so for most of the farm is actually i really hope it turns out live in the farmers some of the numbers i'm not able to keep up with after the new school because they do look generic in the ribs in the shop or the feed in sales and to have extra to support and so they have ways and then to support their children in that occasion.

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