Ghana: 2027 Budget - Turn Economic Gains Into Jobs · Experts, Businesses Demand Job-Centred Policies
Economists say the budget should turn macroeconomic gains into jobs through stronger infrastructure, cheaper energy and a more predictable tax regime.
- The President will present the 2027 Budget Speech tomorrow, Saturday, November 14, focusing on the country's macroeconomic direction and economic recovery strategy.
- Professor Godfred Bokpin urged the government to balance fiscal discipline with strategic spending to address infrastructure gaps and create jobs, emphasizing that economic recovery requires investment in productive capacity.
- Inflation of 5.2 per cent means little to citizens struggling with poor roads and unemployment, Bokpin emphasized, as economic gains fail to translate into meaningful improvements in ordinary people's lives.
- Director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies Dr. Said Boakye requested a comprehensive review of tax exemptions, stating the government should abolish packages that do not provide actual benefits to Ghanaians.
- Chamber of Mines Chief Executive Officer Dr. Kenneth Ashigbey called for incentives to help local refineries compete, advocating for measures addressing outstanding VAT refunds and allocating more hydroelectric power.
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Ghana: 2027 Budget - Turn Economic Gains Into Jobs · Experts, Businesses Demand Job-Centred Policies
As the government prepares to present the 2027 Budget Statement and Economic Policy to Parliament tomorrow, businesses, workers, farmers and other sections of the public are looking to it for measures that will stimulate economic activity, create jobs and improve living conditions.
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