Rising energy sector costs if not properly and decisively addressed, would add to and ultimately drive the country’s already unsustainable debt stock. This is according to the IMF’s May 2021 Article IV Consultation paper on Ghana’s economy. “Despite progress in rationalizing power generation, the financial viability of the energy sector affects people’s daily life and

The IMF Executive Board met today to conclude its review of the matter raised by WilmerHale’s investigation of the World Bank’s Doing Business 2018 report. This was the eighth such Board meeting on this matter, as part of the Executive Board’s commitment to a thorough, objective, and timely review. In particular, the Executive Board had two extensive

President of the World Bank Group (WBG), David Malpass, has described as problematic Ghana’s fast rising fiscal deficit. According to him, should Ghana’s fiscal deficit continue on an elevated path, the country would face access problems to market-based finance (capital market) as witnessed in other middle-income countries. “Many of them (middle-income countries) face access problems

Government is expecting to realize roughly US$886 million as petroleum revenue for 2021. This was announced by the caretaker Finance Minister and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Mr. Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bosnu during the 2021 budget presentation in Parliament on Friday, March 12, 2021. The amount is made up of royalties of US$201.0 million, Carried and Participating Interest

Why is the Indian Ocean nation of Mauritius far wealthier than its fellow, former British possession, and sugar based economy, Fiji? Both countries developed similar economies and grew in much the same way for more than 100 years. In the late 1970s and early 1980s Fiji had the stronger economy, but not now. Last year

Ghana’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate according to analyst and founder for the Institute for Security Studies (ISS), Dr Jackie Cilliers will fall by 2 percent if the country’s external debt composition crosses 60 percent of its GDP. Ghana’s total debt stock as at March 2021 was Ghs 304.66 billion, but the debts tock then increased by Ghs

Inflation is rising around the world. In sub-Saharan Africa, one item is driving the trend more than others: food prices. Food accounts for roughly 40 percent of the region’s consumption basket—a measure of goods and services used to measure consumer price index (CPI) inflation. Food inflation increased throughout 2019, on average, across 20 countries in

Minister for Food and Agriculture, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, has said the quality of Ghana’s cocoa is unmatched making China no competition in terms of cocoa exports to the international market. “Ghana’s cocoa in terms of quality is matchless to none globally, hence, the international market’s decision to pay up to 25 percent premium on

Cross-border regulation of market competition under AfCFTA critical – UNCTAD says The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has said the regulation of cross-border market competition among businesses under the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) is critical and extremely necessary. According to UNCTAD, it experts the Competition Protocol policy currently being developed by member countries in the AfCFTA

While most economic indicators deteriorated last year, house prices largely shrugged off the effects of the pandemic. Of the over 60 countries that enter into the IMF’s Global House Price Index, three-quarters saw increases in house prices during 2020, and this trend has largely continued in countries with more recent data. IMF research indicates that low interest rates contributed