Privatisation in Ghana
Overview
The goal of this Discussion Paper is to empirically analyse the case of privatisation in Ghana to determine what factors led to successes and what policies led to failures. It outlines the establishment of state-owned firms in Ghana, motivation and process of privatisation with a particular emphasis on initiation of the policy in late 1980s. The paper looks at the performance record of privatisation in Ghana in terms of its effect on firm performance, workers, broader economy and general public.