As the finance minister engages stakeholders in preparing the 2022 national budget, civil society organisation ‘Economic Governance Platform’ (EGP) has advised government to make debt sustainability a key factor in its economic policy going forward.
The group made the call after releasing a report that assessed the country’s growing debt...
For the economy to have a speedy and steady recovery from the pandemic’s impact, there is a need for government to use innovative means to generate more domestic revenue in order to close the gaping fiscal gap that has stemmed from rising expenditure, a report by the research department...
-A step in fighting money laundering and terrorist financing.
“Not guilty on until proven guilty in a court of competent jurisdiction”. This is a common statement in various spheres of the legal fraternity and also in any community where justice takes centre stage of events. However, that statement brings...
An open letter to the Minister for Finance and Economic Planning
Can we afford a Ghana with: no bad roads; decent homes for the working class; free quality tertiary education; an efficient, free national health care system; clean cities; decentralised infrastructure; full employment; a social safety net for the vulnerable...
The Union of Industry Commerce and Finance Workers (UNICOF), one of the youngest and well managed labour unions, is making great impact in the formal and informal sectors of the economy.
An offshoot of Industrial and Commercial Workers Union (ICU), UNICOF has well strategized mission and vision which have made...
The country’s total revenue for July 2020 has showed significant improvement, even surpassing the target, amid lingering pressures from the coronavirus pandemic which have led to deceased economic activity.
Data from the Bank of Ghana’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) report show that total revenue and grants for July exceeded the...
Why are stock-market valuations soaring when the real economy remains so fragile? One factor has become increasingly clear: The crisis has disproportionately affected small businesses and low-income service workers.
They are essential for the real economy, but not so much for equity markets. True, there are other explanations for today’s...
Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) is currently recruiting prospective trainers to participate in a Pre-Certification Training Programme of Trainers for Censuses. The pre-certification programme is being offered for both National Trainers (trainers of Regional trainers) and Regional Trainers (trainers of Field Officers). This training programme will combine virtual with in-person...
The Ghana Stock Exchange saw a decline of trading activities in the first quarter of the year, mainly induced by the global impact of the coronavirus pandemic - pushing investors to flee to safer havens like gold, the Japanese Yen and US dollar, a Bank of Ghana report has...
A microfinance company based in the Western Region, Boin Microfinance Limited, has cited the Receiver, Eric Nana Nipah, for abuse of power and disregard for the law as the company’s assets are being confiscated despite court order stopping it from doing so.
According to management of the company, the Accra...
