Government-business relations in Ghana : the experience with consultative mechanisms

49060 Private Sector Development Department Occasional Paper No. 36 Government-Business Relations in Ghana: The Experience With Consultative Mechanisms Joseph Ayee, University of Ghana Michael Lofchie, UCLA Carolina Wieland, UCLA October 1999 The views expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of their institutional affiliation. Do not use for purposes of citation, quotation, or attribute without the permission of authors and the World Bank. The World Bank Private Sector Development Department  ii  Contents 1. Introduction................................................................................................ 1 A. Ghana's Political Traditions ................................................................. 2 B. The Need for Consultative Mechanisms............................................... 4 C. Hypotheses and Summary of Findings.................................................. 5 2. Ghana in African Political Economy.................................................... 7 A. Economic Policy in Ghana ............................................................................. 11 B. The Origins of Economic Reform.................................................................. 23 3. Consultative Mechanisms in Ghana.................................................... 29 A. The Private Sector Advisory Group (PSAG) 1991-92.......................... 31 B. The Private Sector Roundtable (PSR)................................................... 32 C. The Private Enterprise Foundation, 1995