The Forestry Commission has organised a stakeholders' validation workshop on the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) for the Ghana Shea Landscape Emission Reductions Project (GSLERP) to identify risks and impacts during implementation of the project. The event, held in Tamale, was in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme…
In 1957, five months after Ghana gained its independence, Malaysia too had its after over a century of British rule. According to data from the World Bank, per capita income of Ghana and Malaysia in 2021 was USD 2,445 and USD 11,371 respectively. Malaysia’s per capita income is well over…
Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta says the government is resolute to implementing Ghana’s social protection programmes despite the current economic difficulties. Delivering the 2023 Budget Statement and Economic Policy of the Government in Parliament, on Thursday, the Minister indicated that the government was expanding the various social protection programmes to buffer…
Dr John Ampontuah Kumah, a Deputy Finance Minister, said the 2023 Budget Statement and Economic Policy is anchored on four key programmes to achieve debt sustainability. These programmes are the International Monetary Fund (IMF); Debt Exchange Programme through aggressive revenue mobilisation; building local capacity for exports; and Social Protection Programme…