Nii Moi Thompson writes: Bawumia, chop bars, and the 24-hour economy
When former president and flag bearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, declared a 24-hour economy as ...
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Dr. Nii Moi Thompson writes: Ofori-Atta’s fiscal sermon and his doomsday GDP prophecy
The Public Financial Management Act (2016) requires every finance minister to present a fiscal review (of the budget and the ...
The fire next time: Ghana and the IMF – By Dr. Nii Moi Thompson
Ghana's 17th financial bailout from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) since 1966 was outdoored amidst much fanfare by Ghanaian and ...
Nii Moi Thompson writes: Prof. Kwesi Botchwey; A tribute
Like many Ghanaians, I was shocked by the sudden death of Prof. Kwesi Botchwey, Ghana’s longest-serving finance minister, and, more ...
Beyond an IMF Programme: Transforming Ghana’s post-colonial economy to withstand crises [Article]
If Ghana secures its 17th IMF programme in 56 years, it will almost certainly return for another in roughly six ...
Cedi depreciation can’t be solved with public lectures and flawed analysis – Nii Moi Thompson
A former Director General of the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC), Dr. Nii Moi Thompson says the government must take ...
Gov’t shying away from IMF because of accountability – Nii Moi Thompson
Nii Moi Thompson, the former National Development Planning Commission Director-General, believes the government is shying away from IMF support because ...
The Covid Creed: Africa during and beyond the pandemic [Article]
The recent advice by the International Monetary Fund for governments to “spend as much as can and then spend a ...
Nii Moi Thompson writes: How Ghana’s economy was run into a ditch before COVID-19 – and the lessons thereof
The government wants us to believe that Ghana's current economic woes are the result of the Covid-19 pandemic. That’s not ...
I wasn’t interested in being Mahama’s running mate – Nii Moi Thompson
An Economist, Nii Moi Thompson, says he never expressed interest in becoming the running mate for the National Democratic Congress' ...
Nii Moi Thompson writes: As cedi plunges – Time for a National Economic Forum
With the president finally stating publicly that he is “upset” over the rapidly depreciating cedi, and the implications for the ...
Solution to cedi’s woes are in ‘abandoned’ National Dev’t plan – Nii Moi Thompson
Former Director-General of the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC), Dr. Nii Moi Thompson, has said the cedi wouldn't be struggling ...
Scrap boarding system to sustain free SHS – Nii Moi Thompson
Following reports that the free Senior High programme consumes a chunk of budgetary allocation to the educational sector, a former ...
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