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Final Event Reports for the Plural Citizenship Lecture
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IMANI’s Vice President Explains Why the Government’s Luxury Tax on Vehicles is Drain on our Pockets
So, a friend of mine went to renew the papers of her 2010 Honda Pilot. It has a 3.6 liter Engine. She was made to pay 2,000 cedis. Then the usual roadworthy and other things. Before insurance. Now because of …
Leveraging Intellectuals to promote liberal values
(This article was originally published in the Himalayan Times on the 4th August, 2018) The constitution of Nepal in its preamble defines the country being committed to the socialism based on democratic norms. Socialism is the political and economic theory …
Assessing Ghana’s Performance on Governance using the Mo Ibrahim Index of African Governance (IIAG)
“Governance” is a broad term that is often used to describe a government’s overall responsibility and duty of controlling, regulating and managing a nation’s affairs. According to Baker (2011), however, governance is much broader than government.” Governance involves “all power relationships, …
Many people are confused about the true origin and nature of “cocoa scholarships” and how we destroyed such novel scholarship schemes with blanket-free politics
The question is: why did the CMB scholarship system fail? Why is our scholarship secretariat moribund? 1. It would surprise you to know that it was actually “fee-free education” that killed the scholarship system in Ghana. The “CMB scholarships” were …
New VAT Regime: Citizens’ll pay more –Dr. Theo Acheampong, IMANI Fellow
Dr Theo Acheampong, a fellow of think tank IMANI Africa, has pointed out that the new Value Added Tax (VAT) structure will place more financial burden on the public, as consumers are likely to pay more for products and services… …
IMANIFesto -ZIMBABWE’S 2018 ELECTION: An Analysis of Manifesto Promises
After assessing electoral manifestos in Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Benin, the IMANI team head south to Zimbabwe, which goes to the polls on July 30th and assesses the viability of promises made by the ruling ZANU PF and the opposition MDC …
The Economics of Minimum Wage
(This article was first published in the HImalayan Times on the 22nd of July, 2018.) Sometimes, the most noble of intentions might yet produce severe unintended and negative consequences. Nepal’s minimum wage law comes ominouslyclose to achieving this feat. We, …
Report: Morocco’s Accession into ECOWAS: Why Not Morocco?
Report on Stakeholder Discussion on Morocco’s Accession to ECOWAS held at the Movenpick Ambassador Hotel on 15th May, 2018 Executive Summary On the 15th of May 2018, Imani Center for Policy and Education, a Ghanaian think tank, in partnership with …
IMANI to Audit Ghana’s Economic Freedom Credentials
Press Release ACCRA, GHANA (July 3, 2018)- IMANI Center for Policy and Education will be conducting an audit of economic policies in Ghana with the goal of increasing economic freedom and prosperity on 16th July, 2018. Economic freedom, extended to all, has …
IMANI’s Workshop on Plural Citizenship, Allegiance, Exclusions and Political Participation. Summarised Lecture Notes by Professor Stephen Kwaku Asare
Allegiance, Plural Citizenship, Equality and Exclusions in the 4th Republic Professor Stephen Asare has called the allegiance-based exclusions of plural citizens from the political space a constitutional ticking bomb. At a fully-packed event organized by IMANI at the British Council, …
