An increase in capital expenditure across the region over the past few years means that the general widening in budget deficits may not be as worrying as the headline figures suggest. But there are some exceptions, most notably Ghana, where widening budget deficits have been due to a rise in current expenditure that may ultimately prove unsustainable.
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