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GoldBod's 30% gold deal: Strategic opportunity or costly gamble?

GoldBod's 30% gold deal: Strategic opportunity or costly gamble?

The Government of Ghana's (GoG’s) decision to require large-scale mining companies to sell 30 percent of their gold output to the Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod) represents one of the most consequential policy shifts in Ghana's mineral resource governance in decades.

Francis Buetey·
Paper Tiger: Why West Africa's Duty-Free Pledge Keeps Failing Its Traders

Paper Tiger: Why West Africa's Duty-Free Pledge Keeps Failing Its Traders

Forty-five years after its creation, the ECOWAS Trade Liberalisation Scheme has registered 50,000 products for duty-free access, yet intra-regional trade barely clears 12 per cent. A hard look at the levies, legal obligations and political will standing between aspiration and market reality.

Benson Arthur·

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