For the people in Ghana, the electoral promises to pull the country out of a serious economic crisis will tip the balance in the presidential election on December 7. "We are begging the new government that is coming, they should work out with the economy for us," says Richard Norte, a boutique owner. President Akufo-Addo's second term was marked by an acute economic crisis, inflation and weak currency that forced a $3 billion deal with the International Monetary Fund to manage Ghana's debt load. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES