加纳将从国际货币基金组织提出10亿美元以支持经济 / We'll Withdraw All $1Billion From IMF

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加纳财政部长 Ken Ofori-Atta 透露，政府将从国际货币基金组织 (IMF) 直接提出 10 亿美元以支持加纳经济。这有助于加纳持续的经济复苏。

Ofori-Atta 先生补充说，加纳政府将瞄准有助于经济快速复苏的关键领域，正在考虑将资金用于有助于创造就业机会的部门以及加纳关怀计划下的一些领域。

与此同时，诸如改善收入动员和经济数字化等领域正在被列为优先事项。

加纳和特别提款权

国际货币基金组织董事会本月早些时候批准了 6500 亿美元，用于支持成员国抗击新冠疫情。预计成员国已在 2021 年 8 月底起将加纳在 6500 亿美元中的份额记入其账户。

据国际货币基金组织称，此举将确保其成员（包括加纳）拥有强大的外部地位，可通过国际货币基金组织的减贫和增长信托基金（PRGT）自愿将部分特别提款权用于扩大对低收入国家的贷款。

初步报告称，由于对国际货币基金组织 (IMF)的一些债务义务，加纳可能无法提取资金。但政府解释说，问题已解决，没有必要担心。

有分析师认为，流入加纳银行账户的资金将有助于改善加纳的储备，此举将有助于稳定加纳流通货币：加纳塞地。

成立加纳开发银行

财政部长还向本刊透露，他对加纳开发银行将于今年10月全面开始运营持乐观态度。

“我们已发送所有董事会成员的最终名单，正在等待加纳银行的批准，”部长透露道，他们已任命该银行首席执行官，一旦获得加纳银行的必要批准，政府预计他们将全面起飞。

收入总动员

部长对未来几个月加纳收入状况的改善感到乐观。这是基于正在进行的改革和加纳税务局正在进行的一些项目。

部长也寄希望于用加纳卡取代税号的决定。他说，“这将使税务局能够更好地识别个人与其纳税义务活动相关的活动，此举将有助于更好地评估这些人的纳税义务。”

部长补充说，“我们期待加纳政府门户网站也能帮助改善加纳未来的收入动员。到目前为止，自去年以来，已经有超过 200 亿美元通过这个平台，我们相信事情会变得更好。”

Ofori-Atta 先生补充说，随着技术在收入动员中的应用，预期的转变应该很快就会发生。

“加纳目前的税收占 GDP 的比率约为 13%，远低于 19% 的地区平均水平。但我们对未来情况会好转感到乐观，”他说。

银行业清理和对经济的影响

在最近的银行业清理中，财政部长指出，这项工作对稳定银行业和整个经济大有帮助。

“你可以亲眼目睹对加纳塞地、通货膨胀和该国银行实力的影响。我们相信加纳拥有一个更清洁的系统，我们都可以为之感到高兴，”Ken Ofori-Atta 补充道。

We’ll Withdraw All $1Billion From IMF to Support Economy – Ken Ofori-Atta

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta has revealed that government will withdraw the almost $1billion from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to support the economy.

According to the Minister, this is needed to aid the ongoing economic recovery.

Mr. Ofori-Atta added that, government will target some critical areas that will help in fast-tracking the recovery of the economy.

According to him, government is considering directing the funds to sectors that will aid in job creation as well some areas under the Ghana Cares Programme.

At the same time, areas such as improving revenue mobilization and digitalization of the economy is being prioritised.

Ghana and the Special Drawing Rights

The IMF Board earlier this month, approved $650billion to support member-countries in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. Member-countries are expected to have their accounts credited with their share of the $650billion from August 23, 2021.

According to the IMF, this move would ensure that its members, including Ghana, have a strong external position to voluntarily channel part of their SDRs to scale up lending for low-income countries through the IMF’s Poverty Reduction and Growth Trust (PRGT).

There were initial reports that Ghana may not be able to withdraw the funds because of some debt obligations to the IMF. But Government explained that the challenge has been dealt with. Hence, there is no need for the concerns.

Some analysts have argued that the funds hitting Bank of Ghana’s accounts, may also help in improving Ghana’s reserves a move that will help stabilize the Ghana cedis.

Establishment of the Ghana Development Bank

The Finance Minister has also disclosed to JOYBUSINESS that he is optimistic that the Development Bank of Ghana will fully start operations from October this year.

“We have sent the final list of all the Board Members and waiting for Bank of Ghana’s approval” he added.

The Minister also revealed that they have appointed the Chief Executive of the Bank and government is expecting them to fully takeoff once the necessary approvals from Bank of Ghana are secured.

Ken Ofori-Atta on Revenue mobilization

The Minister has also disclosed that he is optimistic about Ghana’s Revenue situation improving in the coming months. This is based on ongoing reforms and some projects being undertaken by the Ghana Revenue Authority.

Ken Ofori-Atta is also banking his hopes on the decision to replace the Tax Identification Numbers with the Ghana Card. This, he said, “will allow the Revenue Authorities to better identify activities of individuals in relation to their tax obligations activities, a move that will help better assess the tax obligations of these persons.”

He added that, “we are looking forward to the Ghana.gov portal also helping improve Ghana’s revenue mobilization going forward. So far, more than $20billion has passed through this platform since last year, and we believe that things will get better.”

Mr. Ofori-Atta added that with the application of technology in revenue mobilization, the expected turn around should happen soon.

“Ghana is currently doing about a tax to GDP ratio of 13 percent that is far lower than the regional average of 19 percent. But we are optimistic of things getting better going forward,” he said.

Banking Sector clean up and impact on economy

On the recent Banking Sector clean up, the Finance Minister noted that, the exercise has gone a long way to help stabilize the banking sector and the economy as a whole.

“You can see it yourself, the impact on the Ghana cedi, inflation and the strengthening of banks in the country. We believe that Ghana has a more sanitized system that we all can be happy about,” Ken Ofori-Atta added.

来源：Joy Business Online （Ghana）

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