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Ghana
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This study replaces Ghana: A Country Study, which was
completed in 1971 during the second effort to establish republican
government in Ghana under Kofi A. Busia. Since then, Ghana has
experienced four military governments and a third attempt at
representative democracy before the inauguration of the Fourth
Republic in January 1993. Since the early 1980s, the dominant
developments in Ghana have been the adoption of an economic
structural adjustment program backed by international lending
agencies and a prolonged transition to a new form of elective
government, both presided over by a military government headed by
Flight Lieutenant Jerry John Rawlings. Rawlings continues to
dominate political life, having been elected president in national
elections in November 1992, one of the crucial steps in the latest
attempt at representative government. This edition of Ghana: A
Country Study examines the record of the military government
after 1981 and of the first two years of the Fourth Republic, 1992-
94. Subsequent events are discussed in the Introduction.
This study is an attempt to treat in a concise and objective
manner the dominant historical, social, economic, political, and
national security aspects of contemporary Ghana. Sources of
information used in preparing this volume include scholarly books,
journals, and monographs; official reports of governments and
international organizations; Ghanaian newspapers; the authors'
previous research and observations; and numerous periodicals.
Chapter bibliographies appear at the end of the book; brief
comments on some of the more valuable sources recommended for
further reading appear at the end of each chapter.
All measurements in this book are given in the metric system.
A conversion table is provided to assist those readers who are
unfamiliar with metric measurements (see
table 1, Appendix). A Glossary is also included to explain terms with which the reader
may not be familiar.
Place-names follow the system adopted by the United States
Board on Geographic Names (BGN). The authors have followed current
and more accurate usage by using the term Asante rather than
Ashanti in referring to one of the most prominent of Ghana's
peoples and indigenous states. The term Ashanti, which was
generally employed during the pre-independence period, does,
however, still appear in some geographic and commercial contexts.
The reader should refer to the Glossary for further explanation.
The body of the text reflects information available as of
November 1994. Certain other portions of the text, however, have
been updated. The Introduction discusses significant events that
have occurred since the completion of research; the Country Profile
and Chronology include updated information as available; and the
Bibliography lists recently published sources thought to be
particularly helpful to the reader
Data as of November 1994
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