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Corruption, mismanagement denting cocoa industry – World Bank
Add a CommentCORRUPTION and regulatory mismanagement of Ghana’s cocoa industry are denting production and harming farmers, underlining the need for reform, the World Bank said in a draft report seen by Reuters. Ghana produced a record 1 million tonnes of cocoa in … Read more →
World Bank supports 53 Communities in Ghana with $5.5m
Add a CommentThe World Bank has signed a grant agreement with Solidaridad West Africa for Natural Resources Management in 53 selected local communities of the Brong-Ahafo and Western Regions of Ghana. The US$5.5 million grant of the Ghana Dedicated Grant Mechanism for … Read more →
World Bank backs Prez. Akufo-Addo’s plans for economic revival
Add a CommentThe World Bank’s Vice President for Africa, Makhtar Diop, on Tuesday, April 4, 2017, paid a courtesy call on the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, to extend the support of the Bank towards helping to address the … Read more →
World Bank to withdraw grant support for water and sanitation projects
Add a CommentTHE World Bank will soon withdraw its grant support on water and sanitation to Ghana, Mr Charles Dzradosi, a Social Policy Specialist of UNICEF, has said. This is because, for some years now, Ghana had not demonstrated any true political … Read more →
World Bank calls on Ghana to tighten consumer protection standards
Add a CommentThe World Bank Group has called on the government of Ghana to, as a matter of urgency, tighten its consumer protection standards to promote the health, safety and security of consumers. According to the World Bank Group’s Senior Director of … Read more →
World Bank rates Ghana high in logistics
Add a CommentGhana has made progress in the Global Logistics Performance Index (LPI) 2016, according to the 2016 World Bank Report on trade logistics in the global economy. The report indicated that the country moved 12 places up from 100th in 2014 … Read more →
REVEALED: World Bank funding some of the “200 community SHS” project
Add a CommentConsultant to the National Health Insurance Authority, last Friday, presented the list of 123 Community Senior High Schools under various stages of completion to host Kwami Sefa Kayi in the studios of Peace FM. Ametor Quarmyne who had initially promised … Read more →
World Bank approves $15m for Ghana
Add a CommentThe World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved a $15 million Ghana Economic Management Strengthening (GEMS) Technical Assistance Project for Ghana. This is billed to strengthen the country’s institutional capacity in domestic revenue mobilization, public investment management, debt management … Read more →
World Bank report discounts gov’t job claims
Add a CommentClaims by the current Mahama administration that it has created over 6,000 jobs in the last four years have been discounted by a new World Bank report, which indicates that almost half (48 percent) of Ghana’s youth aged between 15 and … Read more →
World Bank, IMF blamed for Ghana’s debt crisis
Add a CommentAn Economist and Senior Lecturer with the University of Cape Coast (UCC), Dr John Gatsi has accused the Bretton Woods Institutions of luring Ghana into a debt trap. According to him, both the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank … Read more →
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