Government intends to use its revenue and expenditure measures in the 2018 budget to continue to stabilise the economy, offer reliefs to make the private sector competitive and create more employment.
But without the needed revenues, these objectives will not be realised. Funding for most of government’s developmental projects is...
A lot has been said about unemployment among university graduates, but the real unemployment headache lies below the university level, the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), has said, expressing surprise that government’s main focus is on university graduates.
In its review of the 2018 budget, the institute...
Political campaigns are high intensity, exceedingly volatile and potentially combustible events. Every campaign expects to run a smooth operation with little or probably no drawbacks. However as a human institution that hardly happens.
Well managed campaigns must be prepared for both high and low points and prepare adequately. While some...
Government’s target of achieving a growth rate of 6.8 percent in the 2018 fiscal year is not ambitious enough given the strong economic performance recorded this year, a Partner at KPMG, Andy Akoto, has said.
According to Mr. Akoto, government has so far posted a strong macroeconomic performance with all...
Banks and their customers will need to transform to make the recapitalisation exercise worthwhile
“The wheel always turns” is a popular cliché that aptly describes the cyclical nature of the credit and business markets. It also describes one of life’s truths, in that many a time you find yourself in...
‘Scaling up Nutrition’ (SUN), a country-led effort to eliminate all forms of malnutrition, was organised by the Ghana Nutrition Summit last week to initiate a stocktaking analysis of progress made since Ghana joined SUN in 2011.
Malnutrition contributes significantly to maternal mortality worldwide, and is a leading risk factor for...
Beginning next year, individuals and corporate organisations who fail to submit their tax returns within a specified period cannot enjoy essential government services, the Head of Tax Policy at the Ministry of Finance, Daniel Nuer has said.
The 2018 Budget has introduced a Voluntary Disclosure Procedure (VDP) in the Revenue...
To mitigate against rising air pollution and degradation of the environment, government has been urged to place a legal maximum age limit on vehicles, and where possible set up a vehicle disposal fund.
This, according to Harrison Nyarko of H&M Premium Partners - a transport consultancy - could help reduce...
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has resigned, parliament speaker Jacob Mudenda has said.
A letter from Mr Mugabe said that the decision was voluntary and that he had made it to allow a smooth transfer of power, the Reuters news agency reports.
The surprise announcement halted an impeachment hearing that had begun...
The government is hopeful of earning some US$669.4 million from the petroleum sector in 2018, the 2018 Budget and Policy Statement to Parliament, has said.
Presenting the 2018 Budget and Policy Statement to Parliament, the Minister of Finance, Mr. Ken Ofori-Atta, said “the total petroleum revenue for 2018 is estimated...