Major Highlights As Presented To Parliament
We will broaden the tax base while reducing and abolishing some taxes. Arrears are about GH¢7bn. Deficit is 10.3% on ...
Tag: International Development
GHC16billion Will Be Allocated To Wages, Salaries – Ofori-Atta
GH¢16billion will be used for wages and salaries alone in 2017, Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has told parliament as he ...
Minister Woos Dev’t Partners, Private Sector To Invest In Ghana’s Agric
Minister for Food and Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, has made a strong case for development partners and the private ...
Government Open To Borrow More From IMF – EIU
With government scheduled to open discussions with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) about a possible extension of the 3-year bailout ...
Benin Set To Receive $150 Mn IMF Fund To Support Economic Development
Benin will receive 150 million U. S. dollars from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a three-year economic program designed ...
2017 Budget Must Make Job Creation Main Priority
Workers in the country have tasked the government to commit to a range of policy initiatives to improve upon employment ...
Bad Policies Cause of Aid Dependence – KB Asante
Ghana and Africa continue to rely on aid from donor agencies and developed countries because of the “bankrupt policies” of ...
NDC ‘wasted Everybody’s Time’ With IMF Programme
A member of the Economic Management Team of the governing New Patriotic Party, Dr. Mark Assibey-Yeboah has castigated the NDC ...
Tunisia Seeks To Stimulate Direct Foreign Investment
Tunisia is seeking to stimulate foreign investment in order to revive the country’s economy, which has been stagnant for almost ...
BUSAC Fund and Private Sector Advocacy In Ghana
FEATURE: Appiah Kusi Adomako, CUTS Ghana Every government since the start of the Fourth Republic has identified the private sector ...
IMF Agrees To 1-District, 1-Factory Project
The Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo-Marfo, has said that government and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have reached an agreement for ...
UK Reverses Decision To Cut Aid To Ghana
UK’S foreign secretary, Boris Johnson has assured that the United Kingdom will maintain its £130m annual aid package to Ghana ...
In Ghana, Post-Election Fiscal Crunch Is Politics As Normal
Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo has taken power with ambitious plans to revive once spectacular economic growth, only to discover a ...
Pan-African Banking Finding Its Stride
In the years since the global financial crisis, Africa has witnessed a rapid expansion of cross-border banking, led by banking ...
‘PRS Committee Outmoded’
MEMBER of Parliament for Hohoe Constituency in the Volta Region, Dr. Bernice Adiku Heloo, has said that the name Poverty ...
IMF Extension May Delay Disbursements – Dr. Assibey
Ghana risks a likely delay in the disbursement of funds from the International Monetary Fund from this year, following plans ...
Government Begins Negotiations To Extend IMF Deal
Citi Business News can confirm that Government is considering extending Ghana’s program with the International Monetary Fund(IMF). Minister of Monitoring ...
Melinda Gates Says Trump Abortion Order ‘could Affect Millions’
US President Donald Trump's block on US funds going to organisations involved in abortion care overseas could impact millions of ...
Govt Begins Negotiations To Extend IMF Deal
Citi Business News can confirm that Government is considering extending Ghana’s program with the International Monetary Fund(IMF). Minister of Monitoring and ...
IMF’s Lagarde ‘optimistic’ About US Economy
International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde on Sunday voiced optimism for US economic growth under President Donald Trump but warned ...