How Did After Gainin When Ghana Get Its Independence

Ghana once an African nation that struggled to make a name for itself found a way to survive its independence from Britain. The nation was able to thrive through the political help of a man named, Jerry Rawlings. After gaining control Rawlings tried to lead a socialist government, but was soon influenced by changes that were being made around him that using socialist ways were not going to work and started using more democratic policies and government structure. Not only was the demand for the country’s gold and cocoa driving their economic growth up, so was their discovery of oil. Through Rawlings’ policies and the demand of the countries resources the country was able to hold an economy that was exploding. Even though the country was making great strides in their economic growth it still had its problems with political and police corruption. They struggle with inflation and budget deficits like many other countries. Using their revenues from oil will help to counteract these problems and the revenues will also help to build the country’s infrastructure and help upgrade their water and electrical systems. Case Discussion Questions
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They were like a baby giraffe learning how to walk for the first time. They had to learn what would work best for them as a country. Changes like this are not always easily made and it takes time to work out all the problems that a country might face when changing leadership powers. Economic growth and political systems go hand in hand. The policies and regulations that the political system can put into place over the resources a country uses for economic purposes can greatly affect the growth of that country. Where it seemed like Ghana might have been struggling under Britain, they were able to change their leader, which lead to them making changes in their policies, so they started to see more economic