Tag: National Development Planning Commission
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NDPC promises to work with gov’t to check food insecurity, unemployment rate
The National Development Planning Commission has pledged its commitment in working with the government to institute policies that will reduce the rate of poverty, food insecurity and unemployment in the country. This follows the release of the Annual Household Income and Expenditure Survey by the Ghana Statistical Service which showed that 49.1 percent of the…
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NDPC Director-General bemoans effect of COVID-19 on growth rate
The Director-General of the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC), Dr. Kodjo Mensah-Abrampa, has lamented the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Ghana’s growth rate. The economy was initially projected to grow at 6.8 percent. But recently, the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic cut the projected rate to 0.9…