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| Introduction Poverty poses a significant threat to human development, prompting action from governments, international organisations, and development partners worldwide. In 2015, the global community, under the auspices of the United Nations (UN), adopted Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development, aiming to eradicate extreme poverty by 2030. While many developing countries are still striving to meet this ambitious target, China achieved it a decade early, in 2020. The World Bank has hailed China’s achievement in reducing extreme poverty as historically unprecedented. | Dr. Samuel Kofi Darkwa | 9 Jan 2025 | Download |
| Great power competition between the United States and China has contributed to the exploration and expansion of global partnerships. Africa, in particular, is one region that has amassed substantive levels of assistance from China and the United States. In attempting to understand the strategic intent of catalyzing Africa’s development, a comparative analysis steers the direction of this report following an introduction that contextualizes the current state of global competition. Thereafter, upon conducting original research in combination with a literature review based on existing work related to Sino-African and U.S.-African affairs, three key findings emerge from this study: (1) both U.S. and Chinese assistance to Africa impose conditionalities in return for aid such as market liberalization for the former and a One China principle for the latter; (2) assistance from the United States and China differs in that the former focuses on shaping a democratic governance structure whereas the latter generally employs a non-interference approach in domestic politics; lastly, albeit contrasting strategic intents in Ghana, both America and China are heavily invested in the country, thereby accentuating its geopolitical relevance in Sub-Saharan Africa. | 9 Jan 2025 | Download | |
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IEA Ghana Press Briefing: Reflections on the 2024 State of the Nations Address (SONA) and Monetary Policy Committee Statement (March 2024). The press release analyzed key topics from the 2024 State of the Nation Address and Monetary Policy Committee statement, including macroeconomic and fiscal performance, monetary policy, debt sustainability, and recommendations for enhancing economic growth in Ghana. | Dr. John Kwakye | 5 Apr 2024 | Download |
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This press release from the Institute of Economic Affairs expresses concerns about a lithium mining lease agreement signed between the Ghanaian government and a private company. The IEA believes the agreement requires parliamentary ratification according to the constitution. They view it as similar to colonial-era agreements that benefited foreign companies more than Ghanaians. Instead, the IEA proposes setting up a state-owned Ghana Lithium Company to control the full lithium value chain, from mining to battery production. They project the lithium deposit could be worth $296 billion over 12 years. The IEA recommends contracting an international company through competitive bidding to develop Ghana's lithium processing. This model would create jobs and wealth for Ghanaians. In conclusion, the IEA advocates for Ghana to secure a better arrangement to maximize benefits from its natural resources than the skewed contracts of the past. Parliament is urged to take a cautious approach. | Dr. John Kwakye | 2 Apr 2024 | Download |
| A typical constitution is more than a collection of laws aimed at establishing and regulating political institutions and organs of state. It also often sums up the beliefs, ideals as well as the aspirations of the entire body politic of a country. Constitutions therefore do not only create and constrain government and its constituent parts, they are also declarations of the moral and political aspirations for promoting inclusive democratic governance crafted to benefit society as a whole. The preamble of the 1992 Constitution of Ghana, as well as several other provisions in the Constitution (see for example articles 17, 27, 35, 36, etc.) attest to this. Constitutions present potential opportunities for and threats to the advancement of gender equality primarily because they are the most authoritative expressions of the state’s systems of governance and accountability (U.N. Women, 2017). How a review of the 1992 Constitution can enhance key ideals and aspirations in respect of gender equality in Ghana is thus crucial because the Constitution has major implications for the debate on gender equality and bridging the current yawning gender gap in the country. | Dr. Maame Adwoa Gyekye-Jandoh | 22 Dec 2023 | Download |
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