Bright Simons of the Accra-based IMANI Centre is sceptical...
Yet it is likely that such benefits may only be superficial argues Bright Simons of the Accra-based IMANI Centre...
Bright Simons of the Accra-based IMANI Center credits that in part to the government spending nearly $1...
Leading Ghanaian policy analyst Bright Simons commented: ‘Whilst the ORAL initiative is popular with voters the framing can be problematic… the problems of graft in Ghana are often wound up within the fabric of a dysfunctional policy environment the solutions must involve elaborate reforms rather than the quick-and-easy raid-and-retrieve impression created by ORAL's devoted followers...
Vice-President of IMANI Africa Bright Simons told Africa Confidential that while income taxes remain unchanged ‘Targeted reductions in counter-productive consumption taxes can be growth-enhancing and in the medium term even boost public revenue a notch...
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Bright Simons Vice President of the Accra-based IMANI Africa said withdrawing the unitisation directive has saved Ghana further embarrassment...
Bright Simons of IMANI Africa says the ‘consensus' of an anti-African ratings bias ‘has strengthened despite a flurry of empirical findings showing no statistical support for the perception of bias in African sovereign ratings...
The President can reward allies and loyalist in other ways says Bright Simons of the Imani Centre: ‘Ghana's permissive constitution grants the president appointment powers for thousands of public sector roles...
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Bright Simons of the Imani Center for Policy and Education in Accra told Africa Confidential ‘By far the most urgent issues facing the new administration are fiscal in nature...
But Bright Simons at the Imani Centre asks what specific problem this categorisation solves...
Many senior NPP figures had failed to understand the depth of antipathy towards their government according to Bright Simons of IMANI an Accra-based think-tank said ‘The NPP did not expect this decisive defeat… The tone-deafness of the NPP [amidst the numerous scandals and economic malaise] was unprecedented...
