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Tax revenue generation remains one of the most central activities of any nation-state. The state collects taxes and efficiently redistributes the resources as part of its allocation function. However, since independence, Ghana has struggled to collect enough taxes relative to …
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Ghana’s Ministry of Health wants to digitise records in all of Ghana’s public and (religious) mission-owned hospitals and clinics and thus make paper folders for patients a thing of the past. The idea is good, and the plan itself is …
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To predict how Ghana will look like on 13th September 2020, following a victory at the polls for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) on 7th December 2016, we first need to look at the biggest risks facing NDC rule on …
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Complaints about “neutrals”, “loudmouthed CSOs”, “naysaying Jeremiahs”, “empty critics” and the like have been coming nonstop from politicians throughout my 20 plus years of public policy analysis, advocacy, and activism.
Auntie Lizzie earned her place in the annals of our …
Tomorrow, the Finance Minister will appear in Parliament to seek authorization for his spending plans for the rest of the year. As is our custom, he shall also be asking that members ratify spending the Government has already made.
There …
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Save for three different years, Ghana’s economy has grown by at least four percent annually since 2000, pulling along with it a very vibrant informal sector (World Bank, 2020). This reflects in the retail trade landscape where …
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If someone had assembled the world’s smartest people and given them the task to design the surest way to discredit the outcome of an impending election and stain the reputation of one of Africa’s most respected democracies, they wouldn’t have …
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Many Liberians have lost faith in President Weah. He seems to have abandoned what his country needs to break from cyclical curses of failure. IMANI did offer some ideas. They are still fresh and free.
In 2017, IMANI Center for …
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The Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BOG) has, in his latest press conference, sought to assure the public about the success of the BOG’s two-year “clean-up effort”.
This is curious considering the fact that after all the hoopla and …
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1. Power Sector
Debt restructuring v. Debt accumulation
The announcement within the 2018 budget that the energy sector debt had been reduced to GHS 5 billion was received with excitement and gave hope that energy sector debts could be further …
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