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Articles & Analysis | EMERGENCY from The Report: Algeria 2016

 

Police 17 Fire 14 Health 115 Gendarmerie 021 67 25 02 Ambulance 021 73 56 56 GOVERNMENT MINISTRIES Office of the Prime Minister 021 73 12 00 Foreign Affairs 021 50 45 45 National Defence 021 71 15 15 Justice 021 92 16 08 Finance 021 59 51 51 Energy 021 48 85 26 Interior & Local Authorities 021 73 23 40 Water Resources 021 28 39 01 Commerce...

Articles & Analysis | ALGIERS from The Report: Algeria 2016

 

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While currencies across Africa slid against the dollar over 2015, the cedi was among the worst performing, falling by 19.6%. After a volatile summer, Ghana’s currency began to stabilise in the third quarter of 2015, ending the year at GHS3.82:$1. This held through the first half of 2016, with the cedi trading in the range of 3.78-4.06 to the...

 

Like many sub-Saharan African countries, Ghana faces the challenge of formalising a very substantial informal sector that operates primarily outside of the government’s purview. According to the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS), 46.1% of the labour force was employed in the agriculture sector in 2013. Outside of agriculture, 77.7% of the labour...

 

As part of the three-year fiscal consolidation programme with the IMF that began in 2015, Ghana is looking to accomplish three overarching goals: ensure macroeconomic stability and debt sustainability; promote growth, development and job creation; and maintain social spending to protect the vulnerable. To meet these goals, the Ministry of...

 

Ghana has a long history of taking a pragmatic approach to its relations with foreign countries. According to Article 40 of the 1992 constitution, the country’s foreign policy is underpinned by a commitment to protecting the interests of Ghana, establishing a just and equitable international, economic, political and social order, promoting the...

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