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The Integrated Social Development Centre (ISODEC), one of Ghana’s foremost policy think tanks is calling on the Government through the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC) to consider mainstreaming Energy Transition into  Ghana’s decentralized local government structure. The NDPC is also being asked to incorporate a mandatory thematic area on reducing energy poverty and insist on […]

A review of Ghana’s preparedness for energy transition has revealed gaps in policy implementation and highlighted the risk of falling short of set targets. The study —which recognises that the call for action on energy transition was more eminent now than ever as the adverse impacts of increasing greenhouse gases (GHS) was devastating on the […]

The Dean of the University of Ghana School of Law, Professor Raymond A. Atuguba, has called on African governments to increase their investment in the exploration of natural resources. He said such investment could position them to increase their percentage share of the natural resources from 10 per cent to a minimum of 50 percent. […]

The National Development Planning Commission (NDPC) in collaboration with Integrated Social Development Centre (ISODEC) will organise a high-level West Africa policy conference on inequalities and natural resource management in Accra. The four-day conference, slated for August 16-20, 2022, will address the role of natural resources management in reducing the widening economic and social inequalities in […]

CAIRO, March 23 (Reuters) – Egypt has asked for the International Monetary Fund’s support to implement a comprehensive economic programme, the IMF said on Wednesday. Continued exchange rate flexibility would be essential to absorb external shocks, it said in a statement. The IMF is working closely with Egyptian authorities to prepare for discussions with a […]

Royalty payments due the Government of Ghana from non-gold minerals such as manganese, salt, limestone and quarrying activities are set for an upturn due to an inter-agency collaboration framework and task force initiated by the Minerals Income Investment Fund (MIIF). The framework is part of the strategic thrust of MIIF to enhance the collection of royalties, expand the […]

The Electricity Company of Ghana, ECG has cut off power supply to some parts of the Kotoka International Airport. According to reports power was cut to Terminal 3 of the Kotoka international Airport and other offices of the Ghana Airports Company over unpaid bills. The Kotoka International Airport owes the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to […]

Tackling illicit financial flows (IFFs) is a matter of survival for Africa’s development and must be treated with urgency. There is broad consensus that the funds being bled out of Africa, could be channeled towards the continent’s development if successfully retained. According to the Economic Development in Africa Report 2020PDF by the UN Conference on Trade and […]

As the blame game between the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited and 4 oil trading companies on who is responsible for the importation of the contaminated petrol rages on, the fuel scarcity appears to have persisted in Nigeria’s commercial nerve centre, Lagos and the country’s administrative capital, Abuja. This is despite assurances from NNPC […]

CARE International in Ghana and Integrated Social Development Centre (ISODEC), have engaged the Parliamentary Select Committee for Local Government, Decentralization, and Rural Development on the Ghana Strengthening Accountability Mechanism (GSAM) Activity. The GSAM is an eight-year USAID-funded project seeking to improve accountability, transparency and performance at the local government level by strengthening the Government and […]