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Rethink natural resources exploitation for maximum gains - Prof. Atuguba urges African govtsThe 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... 19-Aug-2022 READ MORE |
Ghana hosts West Africa Conference on natural resource management in AugustThe 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 the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) region... 18-May-2022 READ MORE |
Egypt requests IMF support as economy buffeted by Ukraine spilloverCAIRO, 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 view to supporting sustainable, job-rich and inclusive growth, it added... 23-Mar-2022 READ MORE |
Kotoka Airport’s power disconnected over ¢49m debtThe 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 the tune of GH¢49M... 15-Mar-2022 READ MORE |
MIIF to increase royalties with establishment of inter-agency framework, task forceRoyalty 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 royalties net and streamline communication on royalties payments from non-gold mining companies... 15-Mar-2022 READ MORE |
Fuel prices to increase by 24%, COPEC predictsThe Chamber of Petroleum Consumers Ghana (COPEC) is predicting that prices of petroleum products will increase to over GHC10 per litre indicating an average of 24%, beginning 16 March 2022.According to COPEC, the forecast is based on the rising cost of crude on the international market and the fast depreciation of the Ghanaian cedi against major trading currencies... 15-Mar-2022 READ MORE |
CARE International/ISODEC engage Parliamentary Select Committee for Local Government on GSAMCARE 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 citizens' oversight of capital development projects in 100 districts across 10 regions of Ghana... 16-Feb-2022 READ MORE |
Fuel scarcity worsens in Lagos, Abuja as major marketers receive 2 vessels of petrolAs 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... 15-Feb-2022 READ MORE |
Ghana to receive 20% equity share for refining gold locallyGhana will receive a 20% free equity share for gold refined locally when Royal Gold Ghana Limited begins operation this year.Currently, all the gold produced by mining companies in the country are refined outside, therefore, the government gains nothing from gold refined abroad... 11-Nov-2021 READ MORE |
Free SHS may worsen Ghana’s inequality gap – Prof. BokpinEconomist at the University of Ghana Business School, Prof Godfred Bokpin fears that government’s flagship Free Senior High School (SHS) policy will deepen the inequality gap in the country. A report by Oxfam Ghana has revealed that Ghana is currently failing in its quest to minimize inequality, especially in the areas of health, employment, wages and education... 05-Nov-2021 READ MORE |
Lands Ministry constitutes Committee to curb gold smugglingAccra, Oct.29, GNA - The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources on Friday inaugurated a special committee to halt gold smuggling in Ghana.The Committee is chaired by Mr George Mireku Duker, a Deputy Minister of the Ministry in charge of Mines, tasked to ensure the integrity of the gold export value chain and increase the government's revenue on gold trade... 29-Oct-2021 READ MORE |
ISODEC launches election monitoring portalA launch and training workshop on Maaro-Noyine held at Tamale Regal HotelTamale, Dec. 3, GNA – The Integrated Social Development Centre (ISODEC), a non-governmental organisation (NGO), has launched the “Maaro-Noyine Elections Monitoring Portal” to help citizens to report and capture possible electoral violence and other irregularities... 15-Dec-2020 READ MORE |
Poverty reduction strategies in Ghana have widened the inequality gap –Dr. ManteawThe various poverty reduction strategies adopted by successive governments in Ghana’s Fourth Republican dispensation have widened the inequality gap between the rich and the poor, according to Dr. Steve Manteaw.Speaking exclusively to News Ghana on the side lines of a capacity building workshop organized by Tax Justice Coalition, Ghana, Dr... 27-Dec-2019 READ MORE |
PROBE TAX WAIVERS GRANTED CHINESE COMPANY – CSOs TO PARLIAMENTGhanaian civil society groups within the tax space, have urged Parliament to investigate tax waivers granted a Chinese Petrochemical Corporation, the SINOPEC Group, through an Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Commissioning (EPCC) agreement in 2014.The $152 million tax waiver was approved by Parliament on goods and equipment imported or purchased locally for the Western Corridor Gas Infrastructure Development Project... 29-Oct-2017 READ MORE |
POLITICIZING TOP SECURITY JOBS THREATENS CORRUPTION FIGHT – ISODECISODEC believes state security agencies cannot be expected to do a good job in investigating corruption issues when appointments to top jobs in the agencies are politicized.The campaign coordinator for ISODEC, Dr. Steve Manteaw said until the country separates its politics from state agencies especially its security, it cannot deal decisively with corrupt officials... 08-Mar-2017 READ MORE |
ISODEC to educate citizens towards issue-based campaignPursuant to its mission for 2016, the organization, with support from STAR-Ghana has kick-started a project that seeks to enhance the electoral processes and engagements for peaceful, credible and inclusive elections towards the long term goal of helping to deepen and consolidate democratic governance in Ghana... 04-Dec-2016 READ MORE |
ISODEC: Ghana Petroleum Deregulation Policy Is A JokeFollowing the recent increase in petroleum prices, the Integrated Social Development Centre (ISODEC), has said the deregulation of the petroleum sector has so far not benefited Ghanaians.Petrol recently went up by 4 percent while diesel is up by 2 percent.Citi News‘ checks in parts of the capital Accra, revealed that a litre of petrol which was selling at Ghc3... 04-Sep-2016 READ MORE |
$2.1BN LOST TO TAX EVASION EVERY YEAR – ISODECAccording to the study, which was conducted on behalf of the National Coordinating Council of the Public Services International (PSI), there was the loss of revenue in excess of $4.9 billion from 1970 and 2008, as a result of the tax evasions by corporate groups, individuals, multinationals and other organisations operating in the country... 01-Sep-2016 READ MORE |
60 Girls Joins ISODEC’s STME Girls CampThe Integrated Social Development Centre (ISODEC), a non-governmental organization, has held the 2015 Science, Technology and Mathematics Education (STME) Girls Camp to help encourage girls to develop interest in STME.In all, 60 girls selected from Junior High Schools (JHS) in West Mamprusi and Mamprugu Moaduri Districts participated in the week-long exercise held at Walewale, to amongst others expose the girls to a real science laboratory and its equipment and how to use them to come out with scientific results... 23-May-2015 READ MORE |
CHAMBER OF MINES REPORT RAISES EYEBROWSThe Ghana Chamber of Mines, an association of mining companies, has launched an eyebrow-raising report, claiming that "On average 9.2% of a mining entity's revenue is paid to Government in taxes and contributions borne."� What the report means is that individual mining companies operating in Ghana paid $9... 29-Jun-2012 READ MORE |
In Teshie, an old fishing village that is now a suburb of the Ghanaian capital Accra, residents buy water by the bucket from private vendors by because their taps have been dry for five years.They are fed up with the situation and have threatened not to vote in parliamentary and presidential elections due in December unless the government does something to resolve the crisis .“This water crisis has affected the whole economy of my area. Food prices have shot up. Some petty traders have stopped selling food because of high water prices... 04-Apr-2004 READ MORE |
Too hot to handle? The absence of trade policy from PRSPsSummary Few development issues are as hotly debated as international trade. Economic growth through trade has the potential to lift billions out of poverty. But rapid and insensitive liberalisation has often forced poor people to compete in world markets at times when they are least prepared to do so, undermining their livelihoods and increasing their vulnerability... 15-Apr-2003 READ MORE |
Ghana faces IMF arm-twistingAfter the IMF intensified retaliatory measures on Ghana for failing to comply with its requirements, the country appears eager to appease the Washington institution, probably at a high social cost. Having been portrayed as an adjustment success story in the 1990s, Ghana was denied renewal of IMF financial assistance at the end of 2002 after failing to implement conditions in its Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility agreement with the Fund... 01-Apr-2003 READ MORE |
Natural Resource ManagementGhana National Coalition Against the Privatisation (CAP) of WaterOrganised by Integrated Social Development Centre (ISODEC), the Ghana National Coalition Against the Privitisation (CAP) of Water is grounded in the conviction that privatisation of urban water supply is a threat to public accountability, democratisation, and equitable development... 28-May-2002 READ MORE |
Isodec Supports 200 Needy StudentsA NON-GOVERNMENTAL Organisation (NGO), The Integrated Social Development Centre (ISODEC) with support from Ahafo AnoNorth District Assembly (AANDA) is to support 200 brilliant but needy girls in Ahafo Ano-North District Heads of first cycle schools and the two senior secondary schools in the district are to select girls who are to benefit from the scholarship scheme... 05-Nov-2001 READ MORE |
Water privatisation is HIPC conditionality - ISODECThe Integrated Social Development Centre (ISODEC) says it has cause to believe that the privatization of the water sector this government is pushing is part of the conditionalities of the Heavily Indebted Poor Country (HIPC) initiative. The Deputy Executive Director of ISODEC, Bishop Akologo during an interaction with the press yesterday said information ISODEC has gathered from IMF and World Bank have confirmed the long cherished dreams of the Bretton Woods Institutions to ensure that the water sector is sold to multinational corporations... 27-Sep-2001 READ MORE |
ISODEC Calls for Serious Debate On IMF ProgrammesThe Integrated Social Development Centre (ISOOEC), an advocacy organisation, has observed that the absence of transparent and participatory examination of International Monetary Fund (IMF) programmes and conditionalities by the broad spectrum of social partners before their adoption by governments is creating serious political, social and economic consequence... 27-Aug-2001 READ MORE |