The World Bank has approved a $60 million International Development Association (IDA) credit for the Ghana Productive Safety Net project to strengthen and improve social safety nets and productive...
A UN Human Rights and Poverty expert, Philip Alston, has tasked the government of Ghana to address issues pertaining to growing inequality in order to eradicate poverty. According to Mr Alston, Ghana...
Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) is a government institution that is mandated to collect, collate, assess and disseminate official statistics in Ghana. It is also required to coordinate and...
Malaria prevalence among children under age five has decreased from 27 per cent to 21 per cent. This is according to the 2016 Ghana Malaria Indicator Survey which was conducted by the Ghana...
Flowers are not just beautiful. They are useful for both humans and animals, providing natural medicines and nutrition – even generating raw material for universally consumed foods such as honey....
In 2016, the issue about debt stock and debt to GDP ratio were important part of public financial and economic management discourse in Ghana. Discussions about the economy is still focused on these...
Member of Parliament for Bolgatanga Central Constituency Isaac Adongo has punched holes in the recent assertion by Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia that the economy is growing. Mr Adongo said Dr...
Agric industry players are optimistic of a rebound in the growth of the sector for the rest of 2017. Their optimism is premised on the massive growth in agric subsector between the first quarter of...
The first quarter Gross Domestic Product (GDP) figures for 2017 have shown that the services subsector recorded the least growth. The services subsector recorded a GDP growth of 3.7 percent, down...
Economist, Dr. Ebo Turkson has predicted of dire implications on interest and exchange rates should inflation rise in May. According to him, this will have a negative impact on businesses and the...
Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) is expected to announce the consumer price inflation for the month of May 2017 in the coming days. The year-on year inflation rate measured by the CPI with 2012 as the...
An economist at the University of Ghana (UG) has proposed that tax reforms should be based on evident-based models, which are able to predict how much the country will benefit from them. Professor...
Gold exports hit an all-time high at 3.84 million ounces last year although a moderation in prices ensured that earnings from the precious metal still dwarfed the historic US$5.6 billion recorded in...
With poverty appearing to be as permanent as her tribal marks, it would be okay for the 20-year old to roll over and remain a yearly statistic for Ghana Statistical Service’s poverty survey. But...
They lie in open spaces. They have no shelter to hide from the rain and sun and in worst cases; they are exposed to thieves and all forms of social vices. This is the predicament of thousands of...
Following the rise in inflation from 12.8% in March to 13% in April 2017, some economists have advised government to put in measures to control it as they warn it will affect the rate of treasury...
The 15 percent increment in transport fares by the GPRTU in April has pushed inflation up slightly to 13 percent from 12.8 percent in March, the Ghana Statistical Service has announced. “The rise...
The figure went up by 1.6 percent from the 12.8 percent recorded in March this year. According to the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS), inflation for food items was 6.7 percent. Meanwhile inflation...
Erratic power supply, high inflation, high taxes, exchange rate volatility, and the high cost of credit, among a host of other business crippling factors, led the industrial sector down a negative...
Erratic power supply, high inflation, high taxes, exchange rate volatility, and the high cost of credit, among a host of other business crippling factors, led the industrial sector down a negative...
