Curriculum Ghana's Economy
Ghana's Economy
How Ghana became a West African success story and then fell into crisis: cocoa, gold, oil since 2010, the 1983 reforms, mobile money, the 2022 debt default and IMF bailout, galamsey illegal mining, the Year of Return, and a recap.
- Ghana at a Glance An overview of Ghana, a West African country of about 34 million people known for stable democracy, cocoa, gold and oil, and its recent debt crisis. 📄 Read-aloud
- Cocoa and the Cocoa Board How Ghana became the world's second largest cocoa producer, how COCOBOD sets farmer prices and markets the crop, and challenges from disease and smuggling. 📄 Read-aloud
- Gold: From the Gold Coast to Today How Ghana, once called the Gold Coast, became Africa's largest gold producer, and the role of big mines and small-scale miners. 📄 Read-aloud
- Oil Since 2010 How Ghana began pumping oil from the Jubilee field in 2010, the Petroleum Revenue Management Act designed to avoid the resource curse, and results so far. 📄 Read-aloud
- The 1983 Economic Recovery Programme How Ghana's economy collapsed in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and how Jerry Rawlings' government adopted IMF and World Bank reforms in 1983. 📄 Read-aloud
- Mobile Money and the E-Levy How mobile money spread rapidly in Ghana, the 2022 e-levy tax on electronic transfers, and why it was unpopular and later scrapped. 📄 Read-aloud
- Ghana's Economy: Checkpoint 1 Quick checkpoint - five questions on Ghana's history, cocoa, gold, oil and the 1983 reforms. 5 questions
- The 2022 Debt Default How rising borrowing, COVID and high interest rates pushed Ghana into default in December 2022, the domestic debt exchange, and the $3 billion IMF programme. 📄 Read-aloud
- Galamsey: Illegal Gold Mining How illegal small-scale gold mining, called galamsey, pollutes rivers, destroys cocoa farms and involves foreign miners, and the struggle to stop it. 📄 Read-aloud
- The Year of Return and Diaspora Tourism How Ghana's 2019 Year of Return invited the African diaspora to visit 400 years after the first enslaved Africans reached America, boosting tourism and investment. 📄 Read-aloud
- Accra and the AfCFTA How Accra hosts the secretariat of the African Continental Free Trade Area, launched in 2021, and Ghana's hopes to become a trade hub. 📄 Read-aloud
- The Cedi and Inflation Why Ghana's currency, the cedi, has repeatedly lost value, the 2007 redenomination, and the effects of currency weakness on prices and savings. 📄 Read-aloud
- Ghana's Economy: Recap A recap of Ghana's economy, from cocoa and gold to debt crisis and recovery. 📄 Read-aloud