Africa & IMF Conditionality

This volume examines Ghana’s compliance to IMF reform programs, arguing that understanding the domestic political environment is essential to explain the adherence to, or violation of, IMF policies.

1. Introduction and Justification for Research 2. Ghana's Evolving Political Economy and the Conundrum of IMF Compliance: 1957-1983 3. The Political Logic of IMF Compliance and its Initial Distributional Impact on Social Groups 4. Compliance with IMF Conditionality and the Politics of Power: 1983-2000 5. Conclusion: Lessons on Compliance and Conditionality