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High Loan Defaults Squeeze Credit to SMEs, Threatening Ghana’s Economic Recovery- World Bank
Ghana’s banking sector is grappling with persistently high non-performing loans (NPLs), a trend the World Bank warns could significantly…
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Election Spending, Debt Restructuring Delays, and Global Shocks Could Derail Ghana’s Economic Gains – World Bank
Ghana’s recent progress toward macroeconomic stability could be at risk if the country fails to address looming fiscal and…
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Youth Jobs Crisis Looms as Ghana’s Workforce Grows Faster Than Employment Opportunities
Ghana’s job market is struggling to keep pace with its rapidly growing working-age population, leaving millions of young people…
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Restructuring, Fiscal Discipline Hold Key to Ghana’s Debt Outlook — World Bank
Despite remaining at high risk of debt distress, Ghana’s public debt is still considered sustainable in the medium term…
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Global Gas Flaring Soars to 17-Year Peak, Energy Losses Estimated at $63 Billion
Global gas flaring surged in 2024, reaching 151 billion cubic meters, the highest level since 2007, according to the…
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World Bank Approves $360m Budget Support for Ghana
The World Bank has approved a $360 million development policy financing package to help Ghana solidify recent macroeconomic gains and…
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World Bank Sounds Alarm as War-Torn Economies Spiral into Deeper Poverty and Economic Stagnation
Conflict and instability are taking a devastating toll on the 39 economies afflicted by them, driving up extreme poverty faster…
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World Bank Urges Developing Economies to Pursue Trade Reforms, Fiscal Resilience to Spur Growth
The World Bank is calling on emerging-market and developing economies to take bold steps toward accelerating economic growth in the…
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World Bank Endorses Ghana’s NEIP as Model for Agrifood Job Creation, Commits $9 Billion to Sector by 2030
Ghana’s National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Program (NEIP) has caught the attention of the World Bank as a model of transformative…
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Falling Commodity Prices Ease Inflation Pressures but Threaten Developing Economies’ Growth
Global commodity prices are set to plunge to their lowest point of the decade, the World Bank warns, as slowing…
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