TY - BOOK AU - Krassowski,Andrzej ED - Overseas Development Institute (London, England) TI - Development and the debt trap: economic planning and external borrowing in Ghana SN - 0856640638 : AV - HC517.G6 K7 U1 - 338.9667 PY - 1974/// CY - London PB - C. Helm in association with the Overseas Development Institute KW - Debts, External KW - International economic relations KW - Economic history KW - Economic policy KW - Ghana N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - The book is concerned with the impact of advanced countries on development in African countries, through loans and aid flows. It describes events in Ghana during the twenty years between 1950 and 1970. Also it noted that at the beginning of the period Ghana had a strong balance of payments and considerable financial reserves but major weakness was her dependence on cocoa. The book illustrates the vulnerability of third world economies ER -