Tag: Ghana Statistical Service
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Local businesses recovering but challenged with low revenue – Business Tracker reveals
Findings from a second-round COVID-19 Business Tracker Survey conducted between August and September 2020 has revealed that Ghanaian businesses are recovering, with many firms now fully reopened, following the lifting of the country’s partial lockdown. However, the results show that firms continue to report a decline in sales, difficulties in sourcing inputs, and challenges in…
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Population and housing census slated for April and May 2021
The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) will conduct the postponed population and Housing Census between April and May 2021. This was announced by the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo when he recently launched the Ghana Census of Agriculture Report put together by the Ghana Statistical Service. The census was initially set to begin on March…
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GSS introduces Technical Methodology manual to aid calculation of CPI
The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has made publicly available, the CPI Technical Methodology Manual to help citizens understand how the Consumer Price Index (CPI) is computed. The technical manual, according to the Government Statistician, Prof Samuel Kobina Annim, “is a reference tool for anyone who wishes to understand how CPI and associated inflation statistics are…
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Stakeholders must coordinate policies to tackle youth unemployment – Austin Gamey
Youth unemployment will remain a huge challenge in Ghana if various stakeholders do not agree on a single way to address the situation, Labour Analyst, Austine Gammey has said. Already, the World Bank Group has called for regular interaction among key stakeholders to reduce duplication of policies and also share knowledge. Data available from the…
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Product prices increased by 4.2% between April and May – Report
The prices of products increased in all localities by an average of 4.2% due to the occurrence of the COVID-19 pandemic. This is according to a recent survey dubbed, the Local Economies Tracker, conducted by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) on the impact coronavirus had on local economies. The survey, conducted in May and June,…
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COVID-19: 78% of communities did not benefit from government’s free water – GSS
It has emerged that as much as 78 percent of communities in Ghana sampled did not benefit from the government’s free water initiative. According to the COVID-19 Local Economies Tracker by the Ghana Statistical Service and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), these localities relied on alternative sources of water and were not served by…
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About 90% of local businesses recorded reduced sales due to COVID-19 – GSS
A survey conducted by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) to track the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on local economies indicates that most businesses have recorded a whopping 90 percent reduction in sales since the virus hit Ghana in March 2020. These businesses also recorded a 72 percent drop in production. The shock caused by…
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Ghana’s economy records first contraction in 37 years
Provisional figures released by the Ghana Statistical Service, GSS, show that for the first time in 37 years the Ghanaian economy contracted by 3.2%. According to the same data, the country’s second quarter Gross Domestic Product (GDP), that is the value of goods and services produced from April to June, increased to GHS85.7 billion cedis,…
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GSS begins recruitment and pre-certification of trainers for census
The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) is currently recruiting prospective trainers to participate in a pre-certification training programme for trainers for the upcoming censuses. The pre-certification programme is being offered for both National Trainers (trainers of Regional trainers) and Regional Trainers (trainers of Field Officers). This programme will combine virtual training with in-person modules and will…
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PPI declines for first time in 4 months to 9.3% in July
The Producer Price Index has for the first time since the novel Coronavirus was reported in Ghana in March reduced marginally. The index which measures the average change over time in the prices received by domestic producers for the production of their goods and services decreased from the 9.5% recorded in June to 9.3% in…