The Ghana Climate Innovation Centre (GCIC), a pioneering green business incubator, last week held an economy and ecology strategic dialogue themed: ‘The Green Recovery’ as a response to the COVID-induced economic downturn currently assailing the Ghanaian economy.
Agata E. Pawolowska, the World Bank Operations Manager, Ghana, Liberia and Sierra Leone...
Debt accumulation and sustainability relative to gross domestic product (GDP) in Ghana’s economy have been a major concern to a cross-section of citizens, economic, and financial analysts in recent years.
The debt-to-GDP ratios recorded by Ghana in recent years are as follows: 2012 = 35.58%; 2013 = 43.22%; 2014 =...
Industry, services contract
Economist calls for inclusive policies to sustain growth
It is the sector given the least support; it is the sector with the highest number of aging workforce; it is the one that is least attractive to the youth.
But it is this same sector – agriculture –...
The Senior Minister Yaw Osafo-Maafo has charged Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to strive to implement some internal reforms and ensure that their organisations are able to render efficient and accountable public service and not rely on donors to fund these reforms.
“All our reforms have been supported externally, and...
Civil society organisations (CSOs) have called on the Forestry Commission, the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources (MLNR), and the Parliament to expedite work on the conversion of extant leases and permits to valid timber utilisation contracts, which would allow for the successful issuance of the Forest Law Enforcement,...
The World Bank has released the Next Generation Africa Climate Business Plan (NG-ACBP), which sets out a blueprint to help sub-Saharan African economies achieve low carbon and climate-resilient outcomes.
The Plan calls for countries to seize the opportunity to scale-up climate resilience to grow their economies and reduce poverty, redouble...
The COVID-19 pandemic threatens hard-won gains in health and education over the past decade, especially in the poorest countries, a new World Bank Group analysis finds.
Investments in human capital—the knowledge, skills, and health that people accumulate over their lives—are key to unlocking a child’s potential and to improving economic...
Recently, climate change has come to the forefront of contemporary and social issues.
Due to expedite in global environmental issues, the low-carbon concentration and content of natural gas have made natural gas a major energy source of most economies.
First, natural gas is much more environmental friendly than the combustion of...
