Rawlings Legacy: Economic Reforms and Impact on ordinary Ghanaian LISTEN
JAN 26, 2021
Flight Lieutenant Jerry John Rawlings, a former Airforce Officer, who presided over the Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC) as Chairman and Head of State for 11 years, implemented many life-changing economic policies that defined Ghana s economic structures and aided its socio-economic development. It must be noted that most of those economic reforms were proposed and supervised by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank from 1982 to 1992 under the PNDC regime and during the constitutional rule under the Fourth Republic from 1993 to January 7, 2001.
Following his passing on November 12, 2020, it is imperative to go down the memory lane on some of those economic policies and programmes that laid the foundation for the country s economic growth.