In 2014, the African Union’s “Cost of Hunger” study alerted African ministers of finance and planning to an underappreciated economic headwind that was gaining strength and threatening to stall their development plans. Yet even as the silent hunger pandemic and the current COVID-19 pandemic erode Africa’s human capital, policymakers...
COVID-19 gave rise to a considerable increase in production of disposable plastics
Discarded plastic accounts for an estimated 80% of global marine debris
ASEAN has launched an action plan aimed at reducing plastic marine pollution
Clearing waterways of plastics offers economic benefits to emerging markets
COVID-19 led to a...
The coronavirus has had and continues to have significant impact on the Ghana Economy since it was first detected in March 2020. The government has since implemented several measures to mitigate the adverse effect, reduce the spread and provide relief for businesses and households.
Following the increase in recorded cases...
The statistician Nassim Nicholas Taleb coined the term “black swan” to describe improbable, hard-to-predict events that can have a massive impact on the economy. The authors of a recent report have now introduced into the taxonomy of finance the phrase “green swans”: events caused by climate change and biodiversity...
The importance of access to timely, quality and affordable healthcare services cannot be overemphasized; it can literally be the difference between life and death.
Despite this well-known and overly-rehashed fact, it, unfortunately, is not a reality for many persons across the world; Ghana being no exception. From outright unavailability of...
Some banks across the globe have responded to the pandemic by focusing on employee and customer health, payment relief and immediate business stabilisation (capital preservation, in particular).
For the majority of organisations, sustainability became less of a priority, or was, at the very least, relegated to the bottom of the...
Greenhouse farming is a thriving sector in Italy thanks to companies with decades of experience in providing cutting-edge greenhouse technologies and systems for the cultivation of horticultural products, including fruits and vegetables as well as flower crops.
Aside its greenhouse expertise, Italy is also a global powerhouse in seed innovation...
In his classic book The Logic of Collective Action, the late great Mancur Olson explained that the hardest policies to implement are those with diffuse benefits and concentrated costs. Olson’s argument was straightforward: individuals bearing the costs will vigorously oppose the policy, while the beneficiaries will free ride -...