- Vol 53 No 1
- 6th January 2012
The 2012 elections may delay, but will not stop, the resource-driven progress towards prosperity
- Vol 53 No 1
- 6th January 2012
The straight-talking director of Ghana’s Electoral Commission, Kwadwo Afari-Djan, and his team have organised five multiparty elections since 1992, each one more credible than the last. The 2012 presidential and parliamentary elections could be the toughe...
- Vol 52 No 24
- 2nd December 2011
Delays and disputes over a gas-fired industrial project could damage
President John Atta Mills ahead of next year’s elections
- Vol 52 No 24
- 2nd December 2011
The view of Ghana as an economic success, one held by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, comes with a price tag. Last year, the first recalculation of national income for 20 years increased the reported gross domestic product by US$500 to...
- Vol 52 No 19
- 23rd September 2011
Gossip in Accra produced entertaining US diplomatic cables but raises serious questions about rising political tensions
- Vol 52 No 15
- 22nd July 2011
Having secured the presidential nomination for the incumbent, the top NDC officials cannot afford to ignore his challenger
- Vol 52 No 14
- 8th July 2011
The most obvious beneficiaries of Ghana’s oil boom so far have been the shareholders of the international companies operating there. Both Ireland’s Tullow Oil, listed on the London Stock Exchange, and the United States’ Kosmos Energy, listed in New York, ...
- Vol 52 No 13
- 24th June 2011
As the political stars hit the campaign trail a year early, they start a
national debate about the economy
- Vol 52 No 10
- 13th May 2011
A battle royal for the presidential nomination of the National Democratic Congress will shape the country’s politics for the coming year and beyond
- Vol 51 No 21
- 22nd October 2010
Former Finance Minister and chief statistician Joe Abbey has added his voice to those warning the Accra government to take action over spiralling debt liabilities ahead of the country’s first oil exports due by the end of this year. The government’s plan ...