Those who know me well know that one of my favourite sayings is: ‘You may not be where you want to be right now, but you are not where you could be’. This basically means that we should take a bit more time to appreciate what we have now....
… One child at a time Millions of people go to bed hungry every night around the world. The need seems insurmountable but if we start small – by feeding our children – we can break the cycle of poverty and inequality. There’s enough food for everyone in the world and...
Building and sustaining a customer-centric culture to align with market needs The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic’s effects on tourism have been very significant, leading to a fall in the number of visitors over the past year or so. It is reported that in 2020 over 39,000 people visited the country...
Certainly, it can be described as an irreversible historical landmark as United States President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and his administration are set to renew their commitments and hold discussions relating to the global economy, democracy and governance, climate change, health and security, women, youth, and education during the...
Under the chairmanship of U.S. President Joe Biden, the second edition of the U.S.-Africa Leaders’ Summit held mid-December has practically registered significant successes. The first summit was in 2014 during the presidency of Barack Obama; the administration officials in reports have, however, acknowledged regret for the long gap. The landmark...
Many in the global development community are pushing for rich countries to transfer large sums of money to developing countries to help them shift to cleaner energy without impeding economic growth. This advocacy raises important economic questions that do not receive enough attention in the mainstream press. Consider Africa. The...
There is absolutely no need going about praising people for restoration when they are the perpetrators of the deterioration at hand in the first place. So admittedly, World War I isn’t necessarily a good place to start from when discussing the instances that nations have proven themselves the phoenix—the...
Whether it occurs in governmental organizations, (e.g., a minister who was pivotal in the election of her/his President or is a close relative of the President), non-governmental organizations (a politically-connected local hire whose relative is the supervising minister of the NGO), for-profit organizations (a relative of the CEO/owner), employees...
1.0 Introduction This study is an attempt to analyze the extent to which Ghana’s domestic debt restructuring options such as debt reduction, debt rescheduling and debt reprofiling will impact on the financial sector as well as on the overall economy. For the purpose of this paper, domestic debt restructuring (DDR) refers...
On 17 November 2022, 15 central government bodies, including the National Development and Reform Commission and Ministry of Ecology and Environment issued a joint action plan that endeavours to eliminate heavy air pollution in 70 percent of China’s major cities by 2025. Ultimately, the plan will reduce the country’s annual proportion...