COVID-19 has confronted the world with a horrific crisis. Because developing a vaccine will likely take at least a year, governments need to buy time to keep health-care facilities from being overwhelmed and to minimise the number of people who fall ill and die - not least by reducing...
Interacting with people who have had varying experiences with COVID-19, the issue of stigma tends to be present in virtually all dimensions. Right from contact tracing through sample taking at one’s home/environment to testing positive and being moved from home to a treatment center.
The novel corona virus is a...
If there is one good effect that COVID-19 could have on Ghanaian society, it is the possible disruption in supply of imported poultry products like chicken. This is as a result of the travel restrictions by different countries as containment measures for the virus. But could this be an...
Crude oil prices have slumped in 2020, with global benchmark hitting a 21-year low below US$16 per barrel in April. On Monday April 20, West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude price fell by more than US$50 per barrel to close the day’s trading at negative US$30-plus; first time oil price...
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While there are many economic costs involved with targeting, there are also other, more difficult to grasp, non-economic costs. When discussing social interventions, one of the most important issues is the sustainability of social programs. It is widely recognized that there are no quick solutions...
“If you compare banks to companies like Google, it`s evident that banks are still at the nascent stage of the digital and data revolution.”
----Vik Atal, Independent Board Director at Goldman Sachs
The COVID-19 pandemic has almost ravaged every fabric of society worldwide and the banking industry has had its first...
Welcome to another week of financial learning, we started a journey toward financial independence by tackling ways of managing financial excesses.
In the past two weeks we have looked at a lack of planning and impulse buying as causes of financial excesses. In the same vein, I discussed a few...
After passing unanimously in the US Senate on May 20, 2020, the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act is heading for the House of Representatives, and US President Donald Trump is expected to sign it into law. The law requires that all companies listed on US stock exchanges submit to...