Although some health professionals and lay persons have expressed their disappointment at President Akufo-Addo’s lifting of the 3-week partial lockdown on Sunday, April 19; Secretary-General of the TUC, Dr. Yaw Baah - an ardent advocate for a total lockdown at the onset of the novel virus - has come...
The issue of inequality at the workplace have been discussed extensively by many authors. But one sector in which women’s participation is below that of the broader economy, is the energy sector. Despite making up 48 percent of the global labour force, women only account for 22 percent of...
I will try as much as possible not to make this a research paper. This article is focused on how leaders can capitalize on emotional intelligence in dealing with the current nCov disease and post-recovery strategies.
Possessing emotional intelligence has been described by experts as a soft skill that can...
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has announced that Europe will need about €1 trillion ($1.1 trillion) to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. This money could be used to establish a European Recovery Fund. But where will the money come from?
I propose that the European Union should raise the...
“We must blame the thief first before we say that where the owner put her property was improper.” – Yoruba proverb
It is not appalling that fear grips us when we are faced with the unknown. Science says that “fear is an emotion hard-wired into all creatures”. Like all emotions,...
The name Michael Eugene Porter does not need introduction when it comes to the subject of organisational strategy. He is credited for creating the Porter's Five Forces Analysis, which is instrumental in business strategy analysis. Professionally, Michael Porter is an American academic known for his theories on economics and...
We cannot know how society protects its weakest and vulnerable, those at the bottom of society, from deprivation until a catastrophe such as COVID-19 - the “unseeable, undead, unliving blob”, to use the words of Arundhati Roy - is unleashed on us.
Ghana has a sub-optimal social protection system, its...
What happens when you give industries that are frequently ostracized for their role in environmental degradation an 'open license to pollute?' They take it with open arms.
"This is an open license to pollute. Plain and simple. The administration should be giving its all toward making our country healthier right now. Instead,...
The African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) Senior Policy Seminar has placed a spotlight on fragility of growth in African economies, seeking to stimulate an informed policy dialogue and related policy-making aimed at reducing identified fragile contexts and building a more resilient African economic sector. However, social and economic issues...