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IMF-Ghana bailout: What to like and what needs improvement

Mr. Joseph Winful is the Executive Chairman of the Financial Accountability & Transparency-Africa and the Chairman of the CSO Platform on IMF. He is a Chartered Management Accountant by profession and recently retired as Senior Partner/CEO of the Ghana Office and an Exco Member and also Board Member of KPMG Africa. Joe was elected Senior Partner of the Ghana firm in 2000 and has oversight responsibilities for Sierra Leone and Liberia. Photo: Kwami Ahiabenu II/International Institute for ICT Journalism. 61 Tweet   23 Like   0 +1 Will the final agreement address civil society demands for accountability to Ghana's poorest citizens? Omar Ortez  is Oxfam America's senior policy advisor on active citizenship. Negotiating teams of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Government of Ghana reached an agreement for a loan program  during the last week of February in Accra . The agreement is still subject to approval by IMF Management and the Executive Board, which is likely t