Policy Brief: Simple Policy Gaps and Policy Solutions to Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme

In the period 1970 – 1983, Ghana experienced almost negative growth in every important economic index: Real GDP (-0.8), Gross Domestic Investment (-5.9), Export (-4.4), Import (-7.2), Total Agriculture (0.5), Terms of Trade (1.3). In fact, the available data only buttressed the fact that...Read more

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NPP’s Tax Cuts Never Achieved the Policy Intent for Enterprise Creation

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) in its 2016 manifesto pledged to make the private sector the engine of growth to stimulate enterprise creation. The government after winning the polls hurriedly reduced and abolished what it called “nuisance taxes” to pave way for the private sector to take...Read more

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Election Manifestos and the Level - 4 Spender | Nat. Dwamena

Voter’s interest in every election is to see that things get better. This interest has caused many to think that whenever we are unsatisfied with what the free market produces, the government must be employed to save the situation. Even though many think the market fails occasionally to...Read more

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COVID-19: Bureaucrats and Public Servants Enjoyed During the Lockdown while the Private Sector Cries Out for Help

Ghana was not spared from the COVID-19 crisis after the first cases were announced in March this year. Health institutions were charged to take the bull by the horn to flatten the curve to prevent the fragile health sector from collapsing. The economics and public health of the country directed the...Read more

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Investing in Gold – The Covid-19 Escape Route?

I believe we are all well and staying safe under these "abnormal" Covid-19 times! Ardent readers of my savings epistle will recall my thoughts on investment. Investing your income from my perspective comes with four main indicators that need to be considered thoroughly. For the benefit of...Read more

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