By Yu YONGDING
On March 5, at the opening of the annual meeting of China’s legislature, the National People’s Congress (NPC), Chinese Premier Li Qiang announced that the government’s target for GDP growth this year is around 5%. It is an encouraging target, but if China is to reach it,...
By Samuel LARTEY (Prof) ([email protected])
Ghana's US$3 billion support package from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is seen as a lifeline for the nation’s economy, especially during these challenging times. This substantial financial aid aims to stabilize the economy, ensure fiscal sustainability, and promote growth.
Workers, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs),...
“Quitters never win, and winners never quit”
****This article was first published in February 2020***
Whenever I watch how some local entrepreneurs’ businesses collapse, causing loss of jobs and reputational damage, I find myself filled with mixed emotions. However the interesting thing about famous successful personalities who “fail” is, THEY LEARN...
Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them." - John Maxwell
Hello dear Readers, how did you feel about the “Utterances from the grapevine”? Perhaps for some of you, it is no big deal, while to some others, it was insightful. Whatever...
…strategies for businesses, owners and consumers
As Ghana's economy continues to face significant challenges, the government recently introduced three new taxes - the Excise duty amendment bill 2022, growth and sustainability levy bill, and income tax amendment bill 2022 - to raise revenue and meet the criteria for a US$3...
…rethinking value creation, reimagining Critical Thinking as an impactful tool
Business people make countless decisions every day. Some are good decisions that move the business forward towards value creation. Others are poor decisions that hurt the business and reduce its value. To rethink value creation is to develop the leadership...
…eyes tourism as its best foot forward for rapid accelerated socio-economic transformation
GHANA, since 1988 initiated, embarked on and implemented sustained comprehensive national decentralisation and local governance policy and programme to promote accelerated, holistic and balanced, as well as active indigenous community involvement in national developmental process.
Progress
The national decentralisation governance...
By Barry EICHENGREEN
For precisely three years, the economics profession has been collectively fixated on inflation. February 2021, exactly 36 months ago, was the last time consumer-price-index inflation in the United States (all items, 12-month percentage change) was at or below the Federal Reserve’s 2% target.
This recent episode of above-target...