01885cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF015483 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781513596365 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. African Dept. Ghana : First Review Under the Extended Credit Facility Arrangement and Request for Waiver and Modifications of Performance Criteria. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2015. 1 online resource (101 pages) IMF Staff Country Reports <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This paper discusses Ghana's First Review Under the Extended Credit Facility Arrangement and Request for Waiver and Modifications of Performance Criteria (PC). Program performance has been broadly satisfactory. All but one PC were met at end-April 2015 and structural benchmarks were largely completed, some with delays. However, there was nonobservance of the continuous PC on the ceiling on gross credit to government by Bank of Ghana in April by a small margin and the indicative targets on inflation and social protection spending were missed, the latter because of a very slight delay in some spending. The economic environment remains challenging and risks are tilted to the downside. The IMF staff recommends completion of the first review. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2015/245 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/2015/245/002.2015.issue-245-en.xml IMF e-Library