Crunch time over privatisation: Ghana's economic turnaround is taking longer than expected, partly as a result of policy blocking by the opposition. Neil Ford reports.
African Business › Nbr. 2004, May 2004
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Crunch time over privatisation: Ghana's economic turnaround is taking longer than expected, partly as a result of policy blocking by the opposition. Neil Ford reports.
When the National Patriotic Party (NPP), led by John Kufuor, won Ghana's December 2000 elections, the result was not only a victory for democracy but for right of centre politics in the country.
Kufuor was widely expected to introduce a series of economic reforms, including reduced state subsidies and widespread privatisation. Yet the past three years has provided an excellent example of just how long it takes to get anything done in politics within a democratic system. S...See the full content of this document
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