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REVERSING INEQUALITY AND DECLINE: THE SOLIDIARE-GHANA CHALLENGE

“THE TIME FOR A PARADIGM SHIFT IS NOW!” I was honored to be named Honorary President of Solidaire Governance Forum (Ghana)–a think tank and advocacy group formed by some of Ghana’s leading academics and opinion…

An Open Letter to the NDC Flag-bearer on Suggestions for Finance Minister

Dear Mr. John Dramani Mahama, Former President of the Republic of Ghana and the NDC Flagbearer for 2020, I know we have not communicated (directly or indirectly) for the last six years. However, we HAD…

Party Politics, Political Power, Public Purse, Private Profit: “The Ghanaian Outrage”

According to a recent Transparency International Survey reported by the U.S. News, Ghana ranks 3rd amongst the 10 most corrupt countries in the world.[1]  To many observers this may come as a total shock because…

Disempowerment and Survival: the Ghanaian Magicians

Ghana is a country in deep social, economic and political crises.   People are morose and despondent.  There is a pervading sentiment that things are not getting any better.    On the surface people would appear apathetic and resigned. …

A Trip Down Memory Lane-Observations on the 2016 Ghanaian Elections

Remembering the 2016 Elections The following are the contemporaneous notes that I made during the 2016 elections in Ghana: I marvel at how surreal the electoral campaign of 2016 is turning out to be.  As…

Politics and the “Leap Year Ghanaian Cocoa Season”

  The 2020 election and its accompanying “cocoa season” for political operatives are already upon us.  The main opposition party (the National Democratic Congress -NDC) is in full campaign mode.   National executives have been…

The Rentier State, Politics, and the “Ghanaian Disease”

  Ghana is fast becoming a Rentier State.  It already derives a sizable and increasing share of government revenue (about 30%) through economic rents.  Rents from oil, gold, manganese, diamonds, bauxite and other mining activities…