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World Bank commends Ghana’s ‘positive’ economic growth
Add a CommentThe World Bank has hailed Ghana’s economic growth for 2017, describing it as “positive”. The World Bank Country Director for Ghana, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, Mr Henry Kerali, has said the country’s impressive growth was due to good microeconomic policy … Read more →
Dr. Bawumia’s academic paper on Ghana’s oil published by World Bank
Add a CommentThe World Bank and the United Nations University World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WiDER) have published an academic paper co-authored by Ghana’s Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia centered on Ghana’s oil find. The paper is on the topic – … Read more →
World Bank, Saudi Arabia to help Ghana’s free SHS
Add a CommentThe government has revealed, the World Bank and the Saudi government will be funding efforts to provide comprehensive free Senior High School education. Education Minister, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh said this at a news conference in Accra Thursday, that the … Read more →
World Bank approves $85.7m for education, water and sanitation
Add a CommentTHE World Bank has approved two International Development Association credits of $85.7 million for the Secondary Education Improvement Project (SEIP) and the Sustainable Rural Water and Sanitation Project (SRWSP). A statement issued by the World Bank said the SEIP received … Read more →
World Bank supports free SHS and sanitation projects
Add a CommentThe World Bank has approved two International Development Association credits of $85.7 million for the Secondary Education Improvement Project (SEIP) and the Sustainable Rural Water and Sanitation Project (SRWSP). Specifically, the Secondary Education Improvement Project (SEIP) received additional financing of … Read more →
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 →
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