The Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER) is cautioning cost of credit as well as inflation will shoot up in the coming months if there is a further delay in the release of...
An Economist with the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research, (ISSER), Professor Robert Darko Osei, is cautioning of a further increase in interest and inflation rates over a further...
The countries of the United Nations approved a remarkable commitment to 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in September 2015 to be achieved by 2030. On the one-year anniversary, it’s too early...
The acting Country Director of Technoserve, Mr Samuel Baba Adongo, has appealed to the government to establish a fund that would serve as a backbone to enhance the development of the small and...
Ghana has received a US$700-million guarantee from the World Bank for its Offshore Cape Three Points (OCTP)- Sankofa gas project ahead of anticipated oil and gas production in 2017 and 2018,...
The Secretary General of the Trades Union Congress, Dr. Yaw Baah says the Union will force government to leave IMF programs. Ghana and other African countries have been relying on the IMF for bail...
The Ministry of Finance is due to present data on the financial status and performance of some state-owned enterprises (SOEs) to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) later this month to pave the way...
Sweet Liberia, with a land area of 111,369sq km and populated by some 3.57million citizens inches closer to National Elections next year with one of the cleverest-heads-on-human shoulders,...
A Labour Economist, Dr. William Baah Boateng has shot down any significant impact on Ghana’s commitment with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), over an increase in public sector wages....
Government has disclosed it is working to present data on the country’s energy sector to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) which should lead to the release of the third tranche of the bailout...
Financial institutions in the West African sub-region have been urged to get conversant with activities of operators in the fertiliser value chain in order to provide them with the needed financial...
A number of happenings over the last few weeks have got me thinking about the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that more than 190 world leaders adopted at the United Nations general assembly...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has every right to walk out of the three-year Extended Credit Facility (ECF) programme with the country, following Parliament's refusal to legalise the zero...
A number of happenings over the last few weeks have got me thinking about the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that more than 190 world leaders adopted at the United Nations general assembly...
The Finance Minister, Seth Terkper today announced a prospective new Eurobond issue and all tender offer in respect of the outstanding Eurobonds due 2017. A release by the Finance Ministry said,...
Investors’ worries over government’s spending bill this year has heightened amid uncertainty over the International Monetary Fund (IMF) three-year budgetary support deal with the country, reports...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has pressed on government to strictly follow roadmaps designed to wean state owned power companies off debts. According to the IMF, its recent discussion with...
Economist, and member of the Finance Committee in Parliament, Dr. Anthony Akoto Osei has defended the legislature’s decision to cap the Bank of Ghana (BoG) financing of government budget at 5...
Ghana will later this month know whether the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will release the third tranche of its $918million Extended Credit Facility deal with the West African country. The...
President Uhuru Kenyatta has nominated and endorsed Jim Yong Kim to serve a second term as President of the World Bank Group. Uhuru's action was in response to an announcement from the World Bank...
