Public finance
Ghana’s Economy In Tatters – ISSER
Professor Felix Asante, Director of the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER) has indicated...
How Magufuli’s No-Nonsense Leadership Is Changing Tanzania
President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Tanzanian counterpart John Pombe Magufuli at State House, Nairobi Tanzanian President...
Ghana Will Lose GHS1bn If We Scrap New Taxes
Finance Minister Seth Terkper has revealed that government will lose about GHS1billion if some new taxes introduced are...
Election Blues Trouble Investors As Fiscal Deficit Increases By 89%
Disappointing revenue performance and increased capital expenditure have pushed up the country’s fiscal deficit to...
Fiscal Strategy, the Informal Sector & the Jobs Agenda
Policy arguments about what drives economic growth have traditionally focused on capital, infrastructure and...
Taxes, the Informal Sector & the Jobs Agenda
Policy arguments about what drives economic growth have traditionally focused on capital, infrastructure and...
Keep Proper Records For Accurate Taxes
Mrs. Sally Molley of the Small Tax Payer Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority has advised Small and Medium...
UK Government Borrowing Rises To £10.6bn In September
Government borrowing rose by more than expected, to £10.6bn in September, according to figures from the Office for...
Tunisian Lawyers Go On Strike Over New, Austerity-Driven Taxes
Thousands of Tunisian lawyers went on strike on Friday to protest at new taxes and tighter fiscal controls on their...
Agric Has Big Role In Curbing Greenhouse Gas Emissions
The pledge to eradicate hunger and poverty must go hand in hand with rapid transformations of farming and food systems...
Government Must Declare Unplanned Expenditure In 2017 Budget
As the Finance Minister prepares to present a first quarter 2017 budget to parliament on Thursday, Economist Dr. Ebo...
The Best Hope For Restoring The American Dream Now Lives In The US Senate
Who will conjure the American Dream back for us? Politics is part prestidigitation, part reality. A great magician...
Ghana Makes Progress In Management of Economy
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has stated that Ghana is making progress in its economic management but cautioned...
Ghana Riding On Bumpy Path To Economic Recovery
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has stated that Ghana was making progress in its economic management but...
Generate Revenue Without Borrowing
The Chief Executive Officer of Comet Properties Limited, Nana Odeneho Kweku Kyeremateng, has asked political parties...
United Nations Convention Justifies Mahamas Corruption Tag
As a matter of fact, a fantastically corrupt public servant is no less a human rights violator than the enigmatic Adolf...
Debt, Spending Spree Worsening
With two months to the December general elections in Ghana, analysts and development partners have expressed concerns...
Moody’s Changes Ghana’s Creditworthiness From Negative To Stable
Moody’s Investors Service (“Moody’s”) has affirmed the Government of Ghana’s issuer and senior unsecured...
BoG Worried Over High Lending Rates
The governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG) Dr. Abdul Nashir Issahaku has described as worrying the country’s current...