The Minister of Finance, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, is leading Ghana’s delegation to the 2026 Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group in Bangkok, Thailand, as the country prepares to turn economic stabilisation into sustained transformation.
Scheduled for October 12–18, 2026, the meetings will bring together finance ministers, central bank governors, including the Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr Johnson Pandit Asiama and senior officials from around the world to tackle the most pressing challenges facing the global economy.
For Ghana, it comes ahead of the 2027 Budget and Economic Statement to be presented to Parliament in November this year, in which Dr Forson is expected to unveil the New Economy programme, the government’s blueprint for the country’s next phase of economic development.
In Bangkok, Dr Forson is expected to reassure investors about Ghana's economic outlook and demonstrate its commitment to reforms following the end of its $3 billion bailout programme.
The minister will also engage world leaders, senior representatives of international financial institutions and fellow finance ministers in a series of bilateral meetings and multilateral discussions.
His programme includes talks with the IMF’s leadership, senior World Bank officials and other multilateral institutions, alongside engagements with development and financial partners.
This year’s gathering is the first to be held outside Washington, D.C., since Dr Forson assumed office as Finance Minister in 2025.
Ghana heads into the discussions amid positive assessments from the Bretton Woods institutions for its progress in restoring economic stability following the 2022 crisis.
That recovery provides the backdrop to the government’s next major policy undertaking: moving beyond stabilisation to build an economy capable of sustaining growth and delivering lasting development.
The forthcoming New Economy blueprint is expected to set out that direction, with the 2027 Budget providing details of how the government intends to translate its development ambitions into policy and action.
Stabilisation
Dr Forson signalled this shift during his presentation of the 2026 Mid-Year Fiscal Policy Review.
“Stabilisation was never the destination. It was the price of entry,” he stated.
The Bangkok engagements, therefore, come at a significant moment for Ghana, with international recognition of its recovery coinciding with preparations to set out what comes next.
Beneficial agreements
Dr Asiama, during the 132nd Monetary Policy Committee (MCP) press briefing in Accra, stated that Ghana would use the annual meetings in Thailand to court investors and development partners and secure beneficial agreements for the country.
Dr Asiama explained that the gathering was an important platform for bilateral engagements that would provide an opportunity for Ghana to directly engage economic investors and development partners about the country’s economic programme.
He said officials from the Ministry of Finance and the Bank of Ghana would hold joint and separate briefings with different investor groups to explain developments in the Ghanaian economy.
On Ghana’s broader international engagements, Dr Asiama said the Ministry of Finance team would intensify investor outreach in Thailand to reassure markets and attract investment into key sectors of the economy.
