Education is a door opener and a life-changer, especially for girls and women, senior United Nations officials stressed at the 56th session of the Commission on Population and Development held last month, amidst a...
Poverty
Governance measurement in Africa gets more refined
Last month, the World Bank’s Worldwide Governance Indicators project released an update of their composite measures of governance performance. There have been more than 20 updates to the project since it began with the...
Poverty Mapping of the Obuasi Municipality and Obuasi East District
The mining industry in Ghana accounts for 1.2% of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), with minerals making up 31% of total exports, of which gold contributed about 96% of these total mineral exports as at 2017....
The after effects of South Africa’s unrest and its meaning for the economy
Among the G20 group of countries, only South Africa is expected to fall short of reaching pre-COVID-19 growth levels by 2022, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). Twenty-seven years after South Africa’s...
Zambia Elections Tracker 2021: Pre-election developments
Introduction Since Zambia’s independence in 1964, the country has experienced several successful changes in leadership, and peaceful transfers of power. However, there have been instances of political violence and...
Rethinking Urban Poverty and Inequality in Post COVID-19
Rethinking Urban Poverty and Inequality in Post COVID-19: Some Pointers for Policy Consideration in Ghana The challenges that faced the implementation of the partial lockdown in the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area...
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