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. 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 and growth rates. for the i.m.f. ghana is

a success story. the rule of the i.m.f. is really to advise and micro party she's a we we do not we do not construct bridges and and different up infrastructure but in term of micro stability 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 and the i.m.f. was in two thousand and nine for the sum of six hundred two million dollars. 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 used the reduction of 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. 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 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 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 so you wouldn't you would think that if a commie is growing it has greater independence it has great space. and resources to invest in the things that it needs to know about 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 not what is happening.

in 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 is a classroom there are two hundred ninety one children studying here while. i. was there.

many of them have to walk at least five kilometers to get here was little was. 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 under three s. and because of that there is no in the effective teaching and leno. especially when ever it is threatening to rain we have to run home and wended the trees sharing the same problem there wouldn't be the dead snow or dad not being effective

teaching and then in the course of the sun when it is hawt. that you reckon i'll feel comfortable to learn 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 the problem. we don't have what. so anomalous about three kilometers or four kilometers for what up will drink the water and when it's it is bolted to school there are no reasonable quentin is for us to saudi. because of poverty they did a government who always complained and promised but nothing has been the. 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 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 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. linen and that one plus one and the other classes sit in under trees. yet. so whenever it is raining even if it is threaten to rain we dismiss the children to. drive his forms indeed. and then when it is said more i'm much this nor should. we all got that one classroom

we can use in lots and i thank you for. 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 trained teacher like comfort for every one hundred seventy. five students. i know you look at you. 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 that. we have my own interest in problem because of the. war and they can't provide that chilling with nutritious food. when the mullah complain. and there is that ad. that's. discourse a many. and to fund the to abuse souls for education in. it's not enough to cover all does the disclose that on the trees so dust that the good in some but you do inflicting it once off my you ought to know and the owners promise to do it but definitely it come to help us.

i wonder if we can add democracy at least be expansionist democracy of the kindest dollars by george w. bush to that at least a few tolkien ideologies on par with communism on par with nazis long par with militant relaid gentz you know the ideologies that can ultimately lead to an increase in violence i think the problem is the idea that by military force the property of the government create a state of anarchy and hope that democracy would spontaneously also.

please. please . please please. mourn. consumer sees and i see it with me and the country is the federal government simply saves property of the united states government. does the united states suffered damage and it was done public has to realize it can't just by. just throw it away. for instance belongs to the united states environmental protection agency and i found this on

a dump site here. it's not waste. it produces of these literally i have to should be able to collect these i believe the vision responsible for the products from cradle to grave. fatal to mexico comment of mental health property will sell to merge trying to cooperate are also belongs to the washington metro area transit authority to the properties of a dentist aids page and trademark office. the media leave us so we leave the people. of the same motions to. play your part of

the physical. issues that no one is asking with the guests that you deserve answers from. politics only to. 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 sit down you 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 got of it comes the first big roll call of me in africa the game 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 kwame nichkhun. as a marxist he was quick to reject the funds conditions he was overthrown a year later. but in many countries the red dry made battle plan have prayer. and drama rama and brandon. today are 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 at chum pong for through the government. that governmental general that young people. unilaterally. decided not to be addicts 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.m.f. for a loan that was after the coup that through a chump amount and it's an interesting paradigm that seems to be. an almost unholy think too good a time as. an economic downturn and then a falling back on the i.m.f. as almost as a savior. 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 reform and that kind of is the ability yes it has to be the backdrop to a lot of the. 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 you said and clarified. actually over the last decade what we've seen in africa and ships are in

africa. is extremely encouraging in terms of microcosmic policies. we can see 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 but for us. 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 harvest. 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 how to 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 about. people really i don't understand why the government isn't helping us. with the. well the food sufficiency has its ups and downs there are times of abundance and times when there isn't enough food for the community. so have the periods of hunger along that is when the food prices hit the roof 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 reset extension services they all come and all those things affect everything becomes a market price a small farmer can i buy those things because i produce as well so most of the farm is actually i really hope it turns out. some of them not. because in the big reveal shop or the feed in cells into a structure to support and so they have waste and then. it's.

easy street to steal strategic. islander covert team of journalists trying to release wiki leaks documents about zero united states it's right. there. media more. they encounter fear ignorance and pressure. the country blocks the way to information freedom. media stuff on r t why is the price of gold so high. demand global demand do you think oldest money . know the value of the only place we have to live of the water that we need to survive it's not compared to gold i mean gold

we're not going to eat gold we're not going to bait with gold. we're not going to drink up what clearly what amal is and is in a desperate economic situation absolutely right what we're running to do is say they're for any kind of economic development from the outside is going to be a benefit their only purpose is to extract as much money as possible to feed into the global financial system. with part of the geo political economic system that's extremely are split to do. first of all is a question where the mining should even be carried out altogether can it be done in a way which doesn't destroy people's lives resources environment and so on well you know those are pretty serious questions mining is not a what a moment problem it's happening in asia in africa and south america in central

america in mexico and it's even happening in canada and the united states. if you. start to construct your own. kid an olympian bit his don't want to be gangstas you don't want to. deal with they don't want to blow with all the time that the kid came to be we can see. you just made some progress i was like oh probably going to hook up with a thirty round clip. but i said. i don't want to die i just really do not want to die young young a. deliberate

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