April 2012

Safety nets—programs that invest in poor people and help them enhance their livelihoods and productivity by transferring resources to poor households—have been on the rise in Sub-Saharan Africa. These programs either transfer money directly…

The Labour Rights Institute (LRI), a labour rights advocacy body, on Sunday called for the constitutional protection of employment for public sector workers to be extended to non-unionised workers in the private sector “over whose heads…

Five transformational initiatives aimed at accelerating and scaling-up action against a range of health, crop and climate-damaging pollutants were given the go-ahead by ministers meeting in the Swedish capital Stockholm, on Tuesday April…

The Bank of Ghana (BoG), says, despite raising the policy rate by 100 basis points to 14.5% on April 13, 2012, it has taken new measures to stabilize the country’s currency, the cedi from falling further, a statement issued by the bank…

Many have wondered why illegal mining is still a challenge that confronts Ghana as a nation but few have tried actually to find out why it still persists. This investigation shows that powerful land owners, helpless local chiefs,…

Talent, the ability to innovate and the strategic use of public policy will play a significant role in defining the manufacturing sector’s competitiveness in developed and emerging economies, according to a new manufacturing report released…

ECOWAS and the Republic of Cuba have agreed on new measures to revive their collaboration towards the elimination of malaria in West Africa by 2015 through a control and elimination programme. The measures are contained in a framework…

Work of the new Climate and Clean Air Coalition launched in Washington DC on 17 February 2012, was given a further boost Tuesday, April 24, 2012, with the announcements of Colombia, Japan, Nigeria, Norway, the European Commission and the…

Policymakers, businesses, CSOs and partners joined the Council on Health Research and Development Group (COHRED), to stimulate research and innovation for health and development last week, from April 24 to April 26, 2012 in Cape Town, South…

The World Bank has awarded a grant of $4.2 million under its Urban Development Grant (UDG) to the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) to undertake development projects following the declaration of Kumasi as the best managed metropolis in the…