Ghana In Debt Research Paper

Debt is one of the largest problems facing poor countries. The poorest countries in the world are in debt to the world's richest countries. The huge debt repayments are making it hard for these countries to develop. Ghana is one of these poor countries.

Ghana is in debt because the British used to be in charge. They came to mine gold but eventually Ghana just turned into a place for slave trade. In 1957 Ghana broke free of the British and became a free country. But because it had no factories, few services and few people with skills it went quickly down hill.

Ghana wanted to develop and it wanted to do it fast. It got money from richer countries, but this was often tied to promises. This was not enough so over the next few years it had to