WITH stress costing the UK economy £6.5bn, it is undeniable that this is one of the biggest health related priorities facing businesses. The British Safety Council is lending its voice to this important issue, as well asking workplaces to give due attention to occupational health overall. Alex Botha, Chief Executive of the British Safety Council, […]
THE Sekondi High Court will on Friday October 24, 2014, give its ruling in the case in which five members of Ghana’s Parliament are praying the court to remove a restriction government has imposed on further expansion of oil and gas facilities at the Takoradi Port.
DUPONT PIONEER, the world’s leading developer and supplier of advanced plant genetics and the USAID launched the Ghana Advanced Maize Seed Adoption Program (GAMSAP) today to help improve the productivity of smallholder maize farmers in Ghana.
INVESTMENT is key to making fast-growing cities livable, inclusive, and sustainable, city and business leaders heard at a roundtable organized by UNCTAD and the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network (UN-SDSN) as part of the UNCTAD World Investment Forum 2014 in Geneva.
GHANA’S Minister of Trade and Industry, Dr. Ekow Spio-Gabrah has warned that the move to drive out foreigners engaged in petty trading may have a negative impact on the country’s economy.
THE potential positive impact of foreign investment on women’s empowerment through the creation of formal employment and business linkages is considerable, but the operations of transnational corporations (TNCs) also risk increasing women’s vulnerability in the workplace or exacerbating gender inequality, a new UNCTAD report has found.
GHANA’S services sector is expected to contribute about 50.2percent to the country’s GDP industry by about 29.2percent and the agric sector by about 20.6percent.
A lack of investment and an absence of coordinated leadership to address critical financing needs in developing countries could threaten efforts to reduce poverty and tackle issues such as climate change, concluded a meeting of high-level government authorities, global CEOs and thought leaders at this year’s UNCTAD World Investment Forum in Geneva on 14 October.
By Bernice Bessey GHANA’S National President of Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG) says they are not benefiting from government subventions especially the fertilizer subsidy meant to help the rural farmer, since some agencies responsible for distribution of the commodity are diverting it outside the country.
It’s one of the most important numbers in economics, but is GDP a good measure of our economic recovery? FOR the first time this year, the UK Office for National Statistics (ONS) will release data on our economic well-being, giving us a better idea of how the recovery has impacted ordinary Britons.
