ALLIES AND NETWORK

Allies and Networks

Why Government of Ghana Must Implement New Taxes in 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 ...
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EU’s EPA conduct condemned by EAC legislators and civil society

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 ...
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Ghana told not to bow to EU pressure on Economic Partnership Agreements

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 ...
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Rejoinder: The EPA Debate, sorry, Hannah Tetteh is wrong!

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) ...
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TWN-Africa urges Ghana Government to abandon interim EPA

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 ...
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TWN-Africa, ROAPE webinar series takes off FEBRUARY 8, 2022

TWN-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

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

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

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.…