20 full-length reports on macroeconomic policy, public finance, financial markets and enterprise decisions. Original IDER publications by Dr. Felix Larry Essilfie.
Browse research reports and download their original English PDFs. Each report page identifies its author, evidence cut-off, reference period and limits of interpretation.
20 results
Examines Ghana’s gold economy through national statistics, GoldBod and Bank of Ghana accounts, financing records, operational disclosures and conditional gold-batch calculations. It separates recorded production, export value, foreign-exchange receipts, entity surplus and public financial exposure, while setting out reconciliation and monitoring requirements.
Read publicationExamines when additional shifts can create additional production and employment in Ghana, linking capacity, demand, energy, payroll, working capital and market displacement. It combines historical evidence, conditional enterprise scenarios and a proposed monitoring framework to distinguish additional output and workers from longer hours or redistributed activity.
Read publicationExamines how foreign-currency mismatches affect Ghanaian businesses’ balance sheets, debt service, capital spending and payment capacity. Five issuer cases connect published financial disclosures with annual scenarios and dated cash tests, helping readers distinguish reported exposure from the timing of funding needs.
Read publicationExplores how remittances reach Ghanaian households, support housing and enterprise, and enter foreign-exchange markets. The report combines dated flow records, household studies and transfer-cost comparisons with conditional funding scenarios, separating amounts received, spending decisions and settlement timing from claims about national economic effects.
Read publicationExamines Ghana’s VAT design through input-tax recovery, refund timing, business liquidity, consumer prices and household burdens. Using the January 2026 framework, historical evidence and conditional scenarios, it separates invoice rules from cash-flow effects and explains what is needed to measure price pass-through and distributional outcomes.
Read publicationLooks beyond statutory rates to distinguish taxes borne by Ghanaian firms from collected taxes, employer contributions, fees and private compliance costs. Selected company accounts and standardised enterprise cases show how measurement choices, margins, tax bases and payment timing change the interpretation of effective burdens.
Read publicationExplains changes in Ghana’s debt-to-GDP ratio by separating borrowing, repayment, restructuring, exchange-rate valuation and GDP growth. The report connects exact accounting decompositions with instrument-level evidence, debt-service requirements and financing scenarios, helping readers assess what a lower ratio does—and does not—say about payment capacity.
Read publicationMaps Ghana’s published post-restructuring principal and interest obligations by currency and payment date. International notes, domestic debt exchanges and historical Treasury-bill cohorts are assessed alongside revenue, financing-access and cash-timing scenarios, showing why settlement status and usable funding matter when evaluating liquidity and refinancing exposure.
Read publicationExamines how Ghana’s cash and commitment fiscal balances relate to unpaid claims, audit status and supplier liquidity. The report reconciles official fiscal records with conditional contractor cash-flow, employment and banking scenarios, clarifying the difference between recognised obligations, validated claims, arrears clearance and money received by businesses.
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