IMANI’s Reaction to the Captain Budu Koomson Affair
By: iselorm - 15 April 2013 - 1 Comment

The whole Captain Budu Koomson saga has been blown out of proportion. Here are the facts: 1. He was NOT speaking in his capacity as Chief Operating Officer of the UT Group. He was [...]

IMANI Field Visit to Ghana Gas Corridor
By: iselorm - 07 April 2013 - 1 Comment

As most of you know, Ghana is in a period of intense load-shedding. Even though the acute phase of the crisis is likely to subside by end of May, there shall be chronic difficulties [...]

By: iselorm - 15 March 2013 - 0 Comments

There are two prevailing and conflicting views of progress in Africa: the ‘incrementalists’ and the ‘cyclicalists’. The incrementalists say Africa is ‘catching up’; the cyclicalists say it is ‘not catching up fast enough’ because [...]

By: iselorm - 28 January 2013 - 0 Comments

This paper is an attempt to contribute to the dissatisfaction within the academic community eon the ongoing debates about development aid in the hope that some progress is made on the need or otherwise [...]

By: iselorm - 24 January 2013 - 0 Comments

Thinking About Think Tanks: Which Ones Are The Best? Cato Institute ranks among the top free-market thinks tanks in North America. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) The history of the London exchange dates back to 1698. [...]

By: iselorm - 24 January 2013 - 0 Comments

AFRICAN LIBERAL MEDIA FELLOWSHIP Lead Contact: Sammy Darko The IMANI Center for Policy & Education made Ghana proud as it emerged one of the top10 civil society groups in Africa in the latest Global [...]

GHANA: Elections As Usual
By: iselorm - 25 December 2012 - 0 Comments

This article has been cited as one of the Financial Times Smart Reads for December 7, 2012 Smart Reads December 7, 2012    Ghanaians are voting for the next president of the longest-lived republic in [...]

By: iselorm - 25 December 2012 - 0 Comments

November 2012 Part One: Background Whoever wins the Ghanaian Presidential Elections of 7th December 2012 will be confronted when they wake up on 8th January with a country where virtually all the urgently needed [...]

IMANI Report: Seized Argentine Ship a victim of decades of failed economic management, corruption and populism
By: iselorm - 28 October 2012 - 2 Comments

On Thursday, October 4, 2012, the ARA Libertad, an Argentine Military Training ship which berthed at Tema Port, was seized on the orders of a Ghanaian High Court much to the chagrin of the [...]

By: iselorm - 10 October 2012 - 0 Comments

Four years ago, after decades of pain with the way workers pensions were handled by the Social Security and National Insurance Trust, the country through the then government decided reforms were needed.  Corporate, public [...]