The Public Service of Ghana is a juggernaut which has to pay about 470‚205 employees under a novel and encyclopaedic remuneration system known as the Single Spine Salary Structure (SSSS). The Ghana Universal Salary Structure (GUSS)‚ the predecessor of the SSSS‚ was instituted in 1997 to address anomalies‚ disparities‚ distortions and inequities in the public pay structure. The GUSS was touted as the first holistic public sector pay reform. Before the GUSS‚ there existed public pay review
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city of Accra. VALCO was originally jointly owned by Kaiser Aluminium and Chemical Corporation (KACC) - 90% and Reynolds Metals Company .The Government of Ghana purchased the 90% shares of KACC in October 2004 and subsequently completed acquisition in June 2008. Therefore‚ currently VALCO is solely owned by the Government and people of Ghana. The VALCO smelter consists of a self-contained five pot lines reduction facility that includes a private dock‚ raw materials storage area‚ carbon anode
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POLICY IN GHANA INTRODUCTION Malaria is a major public health problem in Ghana. It is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality‚ especially in children under five years of age and pregnant women. It is the most common cause of outpatient visits‚ hospitalization and death. Malaria is also a development problem as it has a serious socio-economic impact on families and the nation‚ through loss of work‚ school absenteeism and high levels of expenditure on treatment. The government of Ghana through
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industrial sector in Ghana has been the subject of much inquiry (in chronological order‚ see Birmingham et al.‚ 1966/7; Steel‚ 1977; Page‚ 1980; Andrea‚ 1981; Ewusi‚ 1986; Meier and Steel‚ 1989; Steel and Webster‚ 1990; Mosley‚ Harrigan and Toye‚ 1991; Sowa et al.‚ 1991 and Rothchild‚ 1991). As mentioned already‚ industrial output as a whole has been growing since the adoption of the Structural Adjustment Programmes in Ghana. Within the industrial sector‚ it is small and medium scale industry that are increasing
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Why is Ghana still an LEDC? Peilin Cheng 9A Although Ghana is rich in raw materials and precious metals‚ it is still a Less Economically Developed Country (LEDC). There are many different reasons ranging from the environment and climate to their debt problem. Ghana is in the tropics of Africa near the equator which means the temperature is very hot‚ there is also a hot dry North East wind called the harmattan which blows between December and March. Ghana’s climate and ecosystems are split into
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has to occur after a period of sustained economic growth. It is therefore the growth in total economic output accompanied by changes in the structure of the economy. There are many barriers to economic development in Ghana. Eight of them are discussed below: First and foremost‚ Ghana like most developing countries is enriched with natural resources or deposits but the human capital is not able to transform them to achieve rapid economic growth and development. For economic development to take off
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huge debt repayments are making it hard for these countries to develop. Ghana is one of these poor countries. Ghana is in debt because the British used to be in charge. They came to mine gold but eventually Ghana just turned into a place for slave trade. In 1957 Ghana broke free of the British and became a free country. But because it had no factories‚ few services and few people with skills it went quickly down hill. Ghana wanted to develop and it wanted to do it fast. It got money from richer
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transformation which children undergo in Ghanaian culture. The most well preserved puberty rites are the Dipo (pictured) of the Krobo ethnic group and the Bragoro of the Ashanti’s. These ceremonies mark the entry of young women into adulthood. In Ghana only a small section of ethnic groups usually found in the northern parts of the country have initiation rites for men and where they occur they are done in secret and not given as much prominence as that for young women. In the Akan culture women
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Since 1952 a subsidiary of British Company for chemical manufacturer was established in Ghana‚ named Wilson Chemical (Ghana) Ltd. There were three reasons for its success: 1. Fertilizer as the primary product in an agricultural based economy 2. The company employed many natives in top positions 3. Appointed a native Ghanaian graduated from Oxford‚ Joseph Okono‚ as the president of Wilson Chemical (Ghana) Ltd. Under Mr. Okono’s management‚ the company achieved a great success in sales and profit
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TAX BRIEF IN THE MINING SECTOR OF GHANA 1.0 Introduction The mining sector is one of the major extractive industries in Ghana. It is estimated that the sector contributes about 41% of total export earnings and 5% of Ghana’s GDP. The sector is dominant with Foreign Direct Investment (“FDI”) with little local participation. 1.1 Legal Framework The Fiscal Regimes that regulate the sector in Ghana are: The Minerals and Mining Act‚ 2006 (Act 703) as amended The Internal Revenue Service Act‚2000
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