-2018 Global Food Policy Report:
The rise of isolationism and protectionism, visible in the US withdrawal from multilateral trade and climate agreements, the UK’s “Brexit” from the EU, and growing anti-immigration rhetoric in developed countries, threatens to slow progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals and improved food security and nutrition,...
… Assume that a collateral not perfected is an equitable mortgage; and instead of assigning zero collateral value, consider extending collateral realisation period or apply a haircut
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IFRS 9 application guidance B5.5.55 specifies that for the purposes of measuring expected credit losses (which is the calculation of impairment loss),...
For many young professionals, the world of work came by chance and not necessarily by preparation. Unfortunately, many of them did not get career advice or counselling before starting their career journey and were not adequately equipped with the skills to be outstanding in their chosen career path. It...
The early days of this year has been very rough for cryptocurrencies and anyone managing or holding these assets. Without selling of your assets, they have gone down by almost 70% and the weekend was another bloody time for cryptocurrencies as it dipped further to almost $290billion in market...
The interwar period shows how a complex network of sovereign debt can aggravate financial crises
In the early 1930s, as the Great Depression took hold, the international capital flows that were critical to the functioning of the world economy dried up. The reasons are still debated: reckless behavior of speculators...
Curious observation is the first step in the decision making process. These two words, the curiosity and observation are very important for a decision making process. Curiosity means the desire to know or learn about something. A person who is curious does not accept anything easily. He always has skepticism...
It appears government’s decision to impose a 17.5 percent VAT on mobile phones is causing consternation among traders and some economic thinkers.
The Ghana Union of Trader Associations (GUTA) has fired the first salvo and is asking government not to contemplate any such imposition. GUTA’s point is that while they...
Though some doubts were entertained as to the feasibility of government’s proposed ‘One District, One Factory’ industrialisation programme, news by our Northern regional correspondent filtering in from Tamale suggests strongly that the programme is gearing up to take-off in the northern ecological zone as preparations are finalised.
Implementation teams, we...
Since 2000, at least half of the world’s fastest-growing economies have been in Africa. And by 2030, Africa will be home to 1.7 billion people, whose combined consumer and business spending will total $6.7 trillion.
Seven years ago, the Harvard Business Review pointed out that Africa is also home to many of the...
Ghana saw the birth of an independent Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NRA) when the Nuclear Regulatory Authority Act, 2015 Act 895 was passed in August 2015.
This was followed by the transfer of some Staff of the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission to the Authority to form its nucleus on January 11,...