Ghana Office Critical Overview of the(Urban) Informal Economy in Ghana by Julian Haug Table of Content 1. Introduction 2 2. Informality in Ghana – Where From and Where To? 3 3. Economic State of Ghana 5 4. The Informal Economy in Ghana 7 5. Policy Recommendation to Address the Informal Economy 10 6. Critical Outlook scenarios 11 6.1. Positive Scenario 11 6.2. Stagnating Development 12 6.3. Critical Negative Development 12 7. Concluding Remarks 12 Bibliography 14 August 2014 The views expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of FES Ghana or of the organization for which the author works.