Director of the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), Dr. John Kwakye, has called out the Bank of Ghana for deploying monetary policy instructions to finance the 2024 budget at the expense of domestic banks. He argued that the existing high interest rates and increase...
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Governments in mature economies take responsibilities; NDC, NPP must learn from them – economist
The Government of Ghana, whether from the New Patriotic Party (NPP) or the National Democratic Congress (NDC), should learn to take responsibilities for the challenges in the economy and not blame them on others, the Director of Research at the Institute of Economic...
Sophia Akuffo Takes on Government over Lithium Lease
Former Chief Justice Sophia Akuffo has expressed reservations about a 15-year lithium mining lease to Barari DV Ghana Limited, a subsidiary of Atlantic Lithium Limited at Ewoyaa in the Mfantseman Municipality of the Central Region. The lease...
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Launch of Professor Mike Oquaye Centre for Constitutional Studies at the IEA
On Tuesday, 26th April 2022, the Institute of Economic Affairs launched the Prof Mike Oquaye Centre for Constitutional Studies. The former speaker of parliament delivered a keynote address on the objectives of the centre and the quest for constitutionalism in Ghana...
Relook Flagship Policies to Cut Down the Country’s Ballooning Expenditure for Economic Stability – IEA
It stated that the government should have considered and announced as part of actions being taken to reduce expenditure. The think tank’s concerns stem from Ken Ofori-Atta, the Minister of Finance’s indication that, despite the country’s current fiscal difficulties,...
Adopt IMF-Like Measures to Avoid Going There – Dr. John Kwakye
By Ebenezer Chike Adjei NJOKU With the economy buckling under the weight of internal and external pressures – rising inflation, a fast-depreciating local currency, foreign investor attrition – as well as heightened calls for a return to the International Monetary Fund...
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