remember how all of a sudden an afghan card protest group became world famous and in were completely forgotten by next month yeah i'm talking about the feminist punk rock group pussy riot that performed a vulgar anti prayer and one of moscow's most famous orthodox cathedrals one possible reason for their explosive popularity in the media's eyes was revealed recently by a german actress on a book the actress claims a german t.v. channels e.t.f. paid her a large undisclosed amount of money to come out on behalf of the activists band show said on a t.v. discussion that she doesn't even remember what she said except for wishing them well with dealing with their incarceration it would be very odd for an actress to just make up a bribery scandal especially one she was complicit in but it makes you wonder just how many other people's e.d.f. may have been given a little extra motivation to cry travesty overall i think that most important of what her public revelation is that she said that you know what it's

a bit dumb when actors talk about politics and i couldn't agree with her more but that's just my opinion.

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 a new modern offices for both local companies and banks and multinationals. expensive cars roaming the streets. shiny moles for filling the consumer dreams of the capital's affluent people. again as economy is thriving.

the country is among the world's fastest growing economies and is africa's number one in growth rates. for the i.m.f. ghana is a success story. successful. 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. current economic success could not have been accomplished without the

newly received loans the last loan agreement between ghana. 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 crisis so we used the reduction of the reserve of the central bank to increase the deficit there was a need to. provide some financing. to crises and had to authorities. to make balances. 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 and grandchildren will have to pay is that and i think it's almost like selling the

family silver. you do kind of good luck finance led economic management has been they. and their religion of african rulers and and m.f.'s on so forth 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 was going. on all the effects of that is that you so you wouldn't you would think that if a call is growing it has greater independence space. and resources to invest in the things that it needs to you know address from its economy and transform the conditions of its people i mean that's it was what any logical thinking would be however in our case that is what is happening.

all over. after finishing her chores in the morning comfortable cari prepares her grandchildren for school she is a primary school teacher at paga a small agricultural community in northeastern ghana. was was.

this is the primary school every tree is a classroom there are two hundred ninety one children studying here while. many of them have to walk at least five kilometers to get here. was. the second largest gold producer in africa cannot provide classrooms to thousands of children. in ghana four thousand schools have no facilities but lessons like here take place under the treats. would know how stuck. we are teaching under three. and because of that there is no

effective teaching and. especially when ever it is threatening to rain we have to run home when did that she's sharing the same problem it would in the snow. not being effective teaching and then in the course of the sun when it is hawt. that you reckon i'll feel comfortable 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 we're facing to school and i'm not a problem as what a problem. we don't have what. so anomalous about three kilometers or four kilometers for the top will drink the water and when it's isabeau to the

school there are no reasonable containers for us to sort it. because of what they did a government who always complained and promised but nothing has been. 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. me. i. won i. was i have decided to mobilize. to help me with some money to put up a classroom i've used my own money in addition to this current amount that was contributed by the community members to put up one classroom block who was who i was. and now some of the children. lemon and. and the other classes sit in under trees. yet. so whenever it

is raining even if it is threaten to rain we dismiss it. to drive his forms indeed. and then when it is more a much this nor should. we all got that one class of we can use in lots and plans with. 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. you're. here in northern ghana there is one

trains 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. they're like. that all right and we have monitress improvement on the bus and the. video wall and they can provide that chilling with me to show us what. we're number look on plane. and there is that ad. that's. a mini. end of fund. education and.

it's not enough to cover all just the. trees so that the good in some but redoing for me. and the owners promised to do it's definitely it. to help us. meet the ruling elite. who made. the interview.

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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. when i have a lot of chores and can't study during the day i usually study at night. that i 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 of 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 roll colony in africa again 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 brandon well i. would be appalled ruler about a country. the national liberation council government 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 our chum pong overthrew the government. that governmental general let's jump. unilaterally. decided not to be the debts that's gonna government to the m.f. it was a little over 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 doesn't back into economic decline and we ended up going back to the i am there for you know that was after the coup that threw a chump amount and it's an interesting paradigm bet seems to be. an almost on holy think too good a time as. an economic downturn 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 patient 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 of the deal this thing 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 you said it could clarify it. actually over the last decade what we have seen in africa and ships are in africa. is extremely encouraging in terms of microcosmic policy if we can say that over the last decade michael policies in most of the foreign

african has improved. substantially with an emphasis on my quest ability and on generating what we called buffers. i grew culture 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 we use the same old varieties our grandfathers did on.

them they don't really give a good just. women who brought you with only so many jewels come to help us. but no government official has ever come to visit us. yeah. only the ngos teach us how to improve our improve our methods. 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. but the. one that 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. 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 i could culture that all kinds of subsidies all research all extension services they all come and all those things but everything becomes a market price a small farmer kind of buy those things they cannot produce as well so most of the farm is actually really home paid tens of live in the farmers some of them not able to keep the food have to do it because they did not generate enough ribs in the shop or the feed into this truck to support and so they have waste and then to support their children in the kitchen. some of these traditional chili lines they've been bred into.

this is a total destruction of the culture. i mean this is. where . in the in the marrow. and so forth. why do you think this country is full of obese and sick people because we have a crappy. wealthy british. market why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy. or.

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