Allies and Networks
Why Government of Ghana Must Implement New Taxes in 2012
mai 28, 2012
In October, 2011, the government of Ghana made a promise that it will increase profit tax paid by mining companies, collect windfall profit tax, and implement a uniform regime for capital allowance of 20% for five years. The government deemed these as ...
Read MoreEU’s EPA conduct condemned by EAC legislators and civil society
mai 16, 2012
The European Commission has come under fire from African legislators and civil organisations for its pursuit of “unrealistic” EPA deadlines (see TNI Vol 10 Number 7). The backlash follows the release of a joint EAC/EU statement at ...
Read MoreGhana told not to bow to EU pressure on Economic Partnership Agreements
mai 11, 2012
The Economic Justice Network, a grouping of civil society organisations working for trade justice, has called on government not to bow to pressure being mounted by the European Union for it to finalise and ratify ...
Read MoreRejoinder: The EPA Debate, sorry, Hannah Tetteh is wrong!
mai 7, 2012
I write with reference to the Monday, 27th February 2012 edition of Business & Financial Times, which carried an interview with the Trade and Industry Minister, Ms Hannah Tetteh, on the Economic Partnership agreement (EPA) ...
Read MoreTWN-Africa urges Ghana Government to abandon interim EPA
août 25, 2011
Third Network Africa (TWN) on Thursday asked government to dump the interim Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) it had signed with the European Union (EU) about four years ago, saying it poses a threat to regional ...
Read MoreTWN-Africa, ROAPE webinar series takes off FEBRUARY 8, 2022
Third World Network-Africa together with ROAPE, will hold a series of three webinars starting in August 2021 to explore the…
Information Brief on AfCFTA Third World Network-Africa October 30, 2020
SACU member states debate AfCFTA tariff concessions amidst economic realities in the region, as the January 2021 date for trading…
GLOBAL FINANCE AND AFRICA’S DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGES:A Prospectus for African Research And Advocacy
From 19-21 February 2019 Third World Network Africa (TWN-Africa) hosted policy makers, scholars and activists from Africa, and from Europe,…
Crisis, Restructuring and Challenges of Finance in Development: Recent Experiences of Banking in Ghana
Introduction For two years from 2017, Ghana underwent a “banking crisis” which is not fully over with continuing ripple effects.…