{"id":141184,"date":"2025-11-19T06:14:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T06:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/141184\/"},"modified":"2025-11-19T06:14:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T06:14:13","slug":"2026-budget-success-hinges-on-execution-not-just-spending-economist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/141184\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Budget success hinges on execution, not just spending \u2013 Economist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/business\/2026-Budget-success-hinges-on-execution-not-just-spending-Economist-2009962?gallery=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/17027673.295.jpg\" alt=\"Dr Frank Bannor is a Senior Research Fellow at IERPP\" title=\"Dr Frank Bannor is a Senior Research Fellow at IERPP\" width=\"295\" height=\"186\" \/> <\/a>Dr Frank Bannor is a Senior Research Fellow at IERPP<\/p>\n<p id=\"article-123\">Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Economic Research and Public Policy (IERPP), Dr Frank Bannor, has warned that while the 2026 Budget outlines significant government spending, its success will ultimately depend on effective execution.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Bannor\u2019s remarks followed the presentation of the 2026 Budget by Finance Minister Casseil Ato Forson on Thursday, November 13, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister of Finance highlighted a lot of reforms including the abolition of the covid-levy and projected decline in inflation next year.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Morning Starr on Monday, November 17, he said, \u201cNow, what is important here is about the efficiency of the spending because this is not the first time we have seen any government showing the intent of investing in agriculture.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/business\/Dr-Frank-Bannor-warns-of-rising-domestic-debt-pressure-2009848\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dr Frank Bannor warns of rising domestic debt pressure<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The economist cautioned that previous ambitious plans often failed to achieve their goals due to fund diversion, citing government oil palm initiatives as an example.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe most important here is how this is going to be executed. That is where the questions lie,\u201d he said, stressing the need for clear implementation guidelines.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Bannor further highlighted the role of transparency in government projects, noting that strict adherence to delivery plans would be essential to ensuring that the intended economic benefits are realized.<\/p>\n<p>All you need to know about Ghana&#8217;s new vehicle number plates | BizTech:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dr Frank Bannor is a Senior Research Fellow at IERPP Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Economic&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":141185,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[114,184,85,46],"class_list":["post-141184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-business","tag-economy","tag-il","tag-israel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141184"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141184\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/141185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}