1 week ago Think tank warns Ghana’s deficit worse than reported over bank bailout accounting

News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/think-tank-warns-ghanas-deficit-worse-than-reported-over-bank-bailout-accounting/Ghana’s fiscal deficit may be significantly higher than official figures suggest after the government failed to fully account for a GH₵2.45 billion bank bailout in its budget reporting, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies. The IFS raised concerns that the Finance Ministry’s 2025 Mid-Year Budget Review understated both expenditure and deficit levels by excluding […] News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/think-tank-warns-ghanas-deficit-worse-than-reported-over-bank-bailout-accounting/

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1 week ago Think Tank Warns Against Ghana’s Quick Return to Global Bonds

News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/think-tank-warns-against-ghanas-quick-return-to-global-bonds/A leading policy research group is urging Ghana’s government to resist the temptation of international borrowing as it struggles with revenue shortfalls and financing pressures. The Institute for Fiscal Studies fears officials might view foreign bond markets as an easy solution to plug immediate budget holes. But the organization argues this approach would repeat the […] News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/think-tank-warns-against-ghanas-quick-return-to-global-bonds/

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1 week ago Think Tank Warns Illegal Mining Could Devastate Ghana’s Cocoa Sector

News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/think-tank-warns-illegal-mining-could-devastate-ghanas-cocoa-sector/The Mahama administration faces urgent calls to intensify action against illegal mining as research reveals the practice threatens to destroy Ghana’s crucial cocoa industry within a decade. The Institute of Economic Research and Public Policy has published findings showing extensive farmland destruction as unlicensed miners expand operations across cocoa-growing regions. Some desperate farmers are now […] News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/think-tank-warns-illegal-mining-could-devastate-ghanas-cocoa-sector/

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1 week ago Think Tank Warns Palm Oil Smuggling Undermines Ghana’s Production Drive

News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/think-tank-warns-palm-oil-smuggling-undermines-ghanas-production-drive/Ghana’s efforts to boost domestic palm oil production face a critical obstacle that increased cultivation alone cannot solve, according to policy research organization IMANI Africa. The think tank’s latest analysis warns that smuggling and unfair competition threaten to undermine government initiatives aimed at revitalizing the country’s struggling palm oil sector. Without addressing illicit trade flows, […] News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/think-tank-warns-palm-oil-smuggling-undermines-ghanas-production-drive/

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2 w. ago Rate Cut Alone Won’t Drive Ghana’s Growth, Warns IMANI Think Tank

News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/rate-cut-alone-wont-drive-ghanas-growth-warns-imani-think-tank/Ghana’s recent central bank rate cut offers limited economic relief without addressing deeper structural challenges, policy think tank IMANI Africa cautioned in a new analysis. While welcoming the Bank of Ghana’s 25 basis point reduction, IMANI stressed that five critical factors will shape the country’s economic trajectory through late 2025. Monetary policy easing means little […] News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/rate-cut-alone-wont-drive-ghanas-growth-warns-imani-think-tank/

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2 w. ago Ghana Think Tank Urges Emergency Overhaul for Bleeding State Firms

News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ghana-think-tank-urges-emergency-overhaul-for-bleeding-state-firms/Ghana’s struggling State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) require immediate, disciplined intervention to avoid systemic collapse, policy think tank IMANI Africa warns. Despite controlling vital national resources, entities like Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) and Cocoa Processing Company (CPC) hemorrhage cash annually, sapping state coffers and threatening fiscal stability. The World Bank’s latest economic update singled out SOEs […] News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ghana-think-tank-urges-emergency-overhaul-for-bleeding-state-firms/

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2 w. ago Ghana’s Sugar Revival Hinges on Three Fixes, Warns Think Tank

News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ghanas-sugar-revival-hinges-on-three-fixes-warns-think-tank/Ghana’s latest push to restart the dormant Komenda Sugar Factory represents more than just reviving a single plant; it’s a critical test for the nation’s broader industrial ambitions. Policy think tank IMANI Africa sees this as a golden opportunity, but cautions that success hinges entirely on the government avoiding past mistakes. The factory, modernized with […] News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ghanas-sugar-revival-hinges-on-three-fixes-warns-think-tank/

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3 w. ago Ghana’s Komenda Factory Revival Risks Repeating Costly Failures, Think Tank Warns

News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ghanas-komenda-factory-revival-risks-repeating-costly-failures-think-tank-warns/Ghana’s latest bid to revive the defunct Komenda Sugar Factory could cement a cycle of abandoned projects or finally prove industrial policy works, warns IMANI Africa. The Accra-based think tank calls the effort a critical test: success might transform manufacturing ambitions, but failure risks deepening public distrust and wasted resources. Years of false starts left […] News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ghanas-komenda-factory-revival-risks-repeating-costly-failures-think-tank-warns/

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3 w. ago Ghana Cocoa Farmers See Little Gain from Price Surge, IMANI Reveals

News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ghana-cocoa-farmers-see-little-gain-from-price-surge-imani-reveals/Record cocoa prices won’t automatically rescue Ghana’s struggling farmers, policy think tank IMANI Africa warns. Despite the government hiking producer prices, most smallholders still earn as little as GHC 5.90 daily per hectare barely enough to cover costs. The problem isn’t prices but productivity, IMANI stresses. With 70% of farmers tending plots under two hectares, […] News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ghana-cocoa-farmers-see-little-gain-from-price-surge-imani-reveals/

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