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 for through the government. that governmental general election. unilaterally. decided not to pay 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 us and 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 that seems to be. an alm