Economic growth

Business

Adherence To Prudent Fiscal Discipline Will Propel Economic Growth

Ghana’s economy has the potential to recover from its low growth level of 3.6 per cent of total domestic productivity...

Business

Macroeconomic Performance To Influence Policy Rate

Despite high expectation on the part of the private sector for the Bank of Ghana(BoG) to reduce the policy rate due to...

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Macroeconomic Performance To Influence Policy Rate- Prof. Quartey

Despite high expectation on the part of the private sector for the Bank of Ghana(BoG)  to reduce the policy rate due...

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Blame Weak Supervision – Baba Jamal

The low productivity of Ghana’s public and civil service can be traced to lack of proper monitoring and supervision,...

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Free SHS Will Build Human Capital For Growth

The Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has noted that the implementation of the Free Senior High School (SHS) Policy is...

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Declining Inflation, ‘stable’ Cedi To Signal Drop In Policy Rate

Economists are highly expectant of a reduction in the policy rate by the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Bank of...

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New Zealand’s ‘green’ Image Under Threat

New Zealand's strong economic growth is placing strains on the environment that threaten to undermine its "clean,...

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It’s Industry 4.0; Halt the 20th Century Approach [Article]

Before the turn of the 21st century, during the 2nd industrial revolution, (20th-century things) there was this common...

Business

Fitch Backs Government’s Growth Target

Ghana's economy is expected to grow by 6.3 per cent in 2017, compared to 3.8 per cent growth rate realised in 2016,...

International

China’s Economy Gets Off To Strong Start In 2017 As Investment Rebounds

China issued a raft of upbeat data on Tuesday showing the economy got off to a strong start to 2017, supported by...

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Government Urged To Increase Research Funding To 1% of GDP

The former Rector of Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) wants the government to increase...

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China 2017 Growth Target ‘around 6.5%’

China on Sunday trimmed its 2017 GDP growth target to "around 6.5 percent" as the world's second-largest economy,...

Headlines

India Needs More Inclusive Growth

India's rapid economic growth has lifted 140 million people out of poverty in the past decade but many of its people...

Business

African Cities Can Soar Economic Growth

The World Bank Group (WBG) say African governments have to prioritise strengthening of land management institutions,...

International

Global Growth Edges Up To 2.7 % Despite Weak Investment

Global economic growth is forecast to accelerate moderately to 2.7 percent in 2017 after a post-crisis low last year as...

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The High Expectations of the Change In Ghana

By Jelili Jerry Afolabi A change of government in any country comes with high expectations from the citizenry, the...

Business

Sub-Saharan Africa’s Growth To Pick At 2.9% In 2017

Sub-Saharan African growth is expected to pick up modestly to 2.9 percent in 2017 as the region continues to adjust to...

Opinion

The High Expectations Of The Change

INTRODUCTION A change of government in any country comes with high expectations from the citizenry, the public and...

Opinion

Heed The Lesson Jimmy Carter Never Learned

I recently observed how the 2016 race reflects American conditions in the late 1970s — also stagnant — and how the...