About this report
- Author
- Dr. Felix Larry Essilfie
- Publisher
- Institute of Development and Economic Research (IDER)
- Publication date
- Evidence cut-off
- Reference period
- Sector evidence: 2019–2025, status-specific. Original 2026 allocations; IMF projections: 2026–2031. Further validation preserves the source-data vintage. Cover: fiscal evidence 2019–2031, by status; execution 2020–2024; budget plans 2026.
- Series
- IDER’s Ghana Macroeconomic Policy and Business Intelligence Briefings
What the report covers
- Debt service, interest and financing pressures compared with health, education and social-protection financing.
- Matched health budget and actual spending, price and population adjustments, and programme release and payment evidence.
- Original 2026 sector allocations, real-resource protection, financing stress and provider-liquidity scenarios.
Read the evidence in context
No original Ghana-wide causal effect or complete functional spending total is claimed. The detailed health execution series covers three categories; original 2026 allocations are not verified current outturns, and the report records that the official 2026 mid-year PDF could not be retrieved.
The report’s original source definitions, assumptions and limitations govern its interpretation. References to other institutions do not imply their endorsement.
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