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IFS Advocates Comprehensive Hedging Plan For Ghana’s Oil

The Institute of Fiscal Studies (IFS) has urged government to consider a comprehensive hedging programme that would...

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Gov’t Misses Out On Revenue Targets For First 4 Months of 2017

Government ended the first four months of the year missing out on its revenue target, latest fiscal data covering...

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Too Much Imports Cause of Ghana’s High Cost of Living – Economist

Economist and Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Fiscal Studies, Dr. Said Boakye, has blamed the high cost of...

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Declining Oil Prices Will Least Affect Ghana – Economist

Some Economists have ruled out any significant impact on Ghana’s economy following the declining global oil prices....

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Declining Oil Prices Will Least Affect Economy – Economist

Some Economists have ruled out any significant impact on Ghana’s economy following the declining global oil prices....

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Government Interference In BoG ‘unhealthy’ – IFS

The Executive Director of the Institute of Fiscal Studies (IFS), Prof. Newman Kusi, has called for an immediate end to...

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Free SHS Will Be Poorly Funded and Fail

Government's ambitious program to fund the free SHS policy in September 2017 will impose an unnecessary burden on...

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Ghana Is Broke

The Director of Operations, Dalex Finance, Mr. Joe Jackson has said that Ghana's continuing borrowing at high interest...

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Government To Review Petroleum Act

Government will soon review the Petroleum Act to make it possible for it to use the Heritage Fund for key developmental...

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Ghana Will Re-Negotiate IMF Deal

Senior Minister Designate Yaw Osafo- Maafo has stated that the new government will re- negotiate  Ghana’s deal with...

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Renegotiate Aspects of Ghana’s IMF Deal – Kusi

The Executive Director of the Institute of Fiscal Studies (IFS), Professor Newman Kusi, has called for the...

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Reducing Ghana’s Debt Levels; MMDAs Must Generate Their Own Funds – IFS

Government has been impressed upon to adopt fiscal decentralization policies and reduce the stress on the national...

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Reducing Ghana’s Debt Levels; MMDAs Must Generate Their Own Funds – IFS

Government has been impressed upon to adopt fiscal decentralization policies and reduce the stress on the national...

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IFS Renews Pressure To Hedge Ghana’s Oil

The Institute of Fiscal Studies (IFS), has made fresh calls for Ghana to hedge its oil to protect the country from...

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IFS Renews Pressure To Hedge Ghana’s Oil

The Institute of Fiscal Studies (IFS), has made fresh calls for Ghana to hedge its oil to protect the country from...

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Change of Gov’t In Ghana Won’t Affect Bailout Deal – IMF

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has watered down arguments that conditionalities under its Extended Credit...

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PIAC Counsels Gov’t Into New Hedging Deal

The Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) has joined a long list of advocates that have urged government...