What can be done to formalise African economies?
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Interviews & Viewpoints | Akinwumi Adesina, President, African Development Bank (AfDB): Interview from The Report: Ghana 2018
Articles & Analysis | Tax liabilities: Impacts of the trend towards lower corporate tax rates on developed and developing economies from The Report: Ghana 2018
Recent decades have seen a downward convergence in corporate tax regimes as advanced, emerging and developing economies moved to grab a bigger slice of the global investment pie. Headline corporate tax rates have fallen by 20 percentage points since the early 1980s. Alongside lower average rates, special tax incentives aimed at capturing...
Interviews & Viewpoints | Marcel de Souza, President, ECOWAS Commission: Interview from The Report: Ghana 2018
Articles & Analysis | Ghana's abundance of resources and strong democracy provide a strong outlook for 2018 from The Report: Ghana 2018
Long one of the continent’s success stories, Ghana is the birthplace of pan-Africanism and was one of the loudest advocates for independence during the continent’s colonial days. More recently it has promoted regional integration as an active participant in bodies such as the African Union and ECOWAS. The country has also established a strong...
Articles & Analysis | Regional trade blocs support free trade, unity and security in Africa from The Report: Ghana 2018
As a founding member of both ECOWAS and the African Union (AU), and an early champion of decolonisation, pan-Africanism and the principles of the Non-Aligned Movement, Ghana has long played a central diplomatic role on the continent.
Articles & Analysis | Debt restructuring reduces near-term repayment obligations in Ghana from The Report: Ghana 2018
In 2007 Ghana became the first West African nation to issue a eurobond. Demand for the $750m issuance – a 10-year bond with a yield of 8.5% – exceeded supply by a factor of four, prompting other African nations to follow suit. This means that in 2018 nearly $25bn worth of sovereign debt in the region is set to mature. Since its first foray...