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Financial Sector Stakeholders Call For Fiscal Council
Stakeholders in the financial sector have pushed for the establishment of a Fiscal Council to put the government on its...
Ghana, IMF To Decide Next Month
Government’s decision on a possible extension of the IMF deal is likely to be concluded next month. This is the...
World Bank Confirms Discussions To Extend Ghana’s IMF Programme
World Bank Country Director Henry Kerali has confirmed the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is in discussions with...
IMF Approves $241million 3-Year Programme For Togo
Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a new three-year arrangement for Togo under the...
An Economy That Wobbles
BY: Ivor Agyeman-Duah If Ghana’s 60-year-old post-colonial economy had a human form, it could be on retirement with...
Will the 2017 ‘Asempa’ Budget Bear Fruits?
The Akufo-Addo government on March 2 presented its 2017 Budget and Economic Policy statement dubbed the Asempa Budget...
Female Genital Circumcision In Ghana
Female genital mutilation is truly a controversial subject and an abhorrent practice We continue from Part 1 (Note: In...
Egypt Parliament Passes Investment Law
Egypt's parliament on Sunday adopted a law whose aim is to attract foreign investors to the country as authorities seek...
Mozambique’s Gas Boom Dream Under Threat
The small, palm-fringed fishing town of Palma was meant to become a symbol of Mozambique's glittering future,...
World Bank Gives Ghana $1.2bn Over the Next 3 Years
The World Bank’s International Development Association (IDA) has committed US$1.2 billion to support Ghana’s...
Bond Saga ‘much Ado About Nothing’ – Godfred Dame
A Deputy Attorney General and Minister of Justice Godfred Yeboah Dame has described as “much ado about nothing” the...
South Korea To Draw Line Under Park Scandal With Vote
With their last president detained and awaiting trial for corruption, South Koreans go to the polls Tuesday to choose...
Government Likely To Extend IMF Programme
government is expected to extend programme with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) which should be ending in April...
Finance Minister Assures Diaspora of Their Role In Ghana’s Development
The Finance Minister, Mr. Ken Ofori-Atta, has told Ghanaian Diaspora that the President Akufo-Addo-led government is...
Opposition Condemns Maduro Move
Opponents of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro have set up roadblocks and staged demonstrations demanding elections...
Developing Countries Including Ghana Risk Losing Credibility – World Bank President
World Bank President, Jim Yong Kim has warned that developing countries including Ghana stand the risk of losing...
IMF Says Fiscal Reform Moving Gulf In ‘right Direction’
Oil-exporting Arab states of the Gulf are heading "in the right direction" to plug budgetary gaps thanks to fiscal...
IMF Spring Meetings 2017
A clear theme running through the meetings was the need to protect the growth momentum The world’s economic leaders...
We Count On You Mr. President, To Lead Us Out of Hopelessness – Organised Labour
Organised Labour on May May underscored its confidence in the administration of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to steer...