The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide a dynamic framework for Ghana’s transformation. They align with President Akufo-Addo’s vision of Ghana Beyond Aid, a long-term economic and social transformation strategy. This SDG Budget Baseline Report marks the beginning of the development of a methodology and framework that can help us ensure that our financial priorities are aligned with essential SDG target in future budget’s.
Ghana to Implement the IMF’s Enhanced General Data Dissemination System
A Mission of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) visited Accra during October 20-26, 2016, to assist the Ghanaian authorities with the implementation of the Enhanced General Data Dissemination System (e-GDDS), which was endorsed by the IMF Executive Board in May 2015.
November 2018 2-Year Treasury Bond Issuance
Book-build opens 9:00 AM, Wednesday November 7, 2018. Revised Pricing Guidance (released as necessary during the Book-build). Revised and Final Pricing Guidance (released as necessary during the Book-build). Books are expected to close around 2:00 PM on Thursday, November 8, 2018.
Ghana rings Bell to Launch West Africa’s First Commodities Exchange Market
President Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Tuesday opened the Ghana Commodity Exchange (GCX), a platform for buying and selling listed agricultural commodities. Speaking at an event to launch the platform, he noted that the GCX, the first in West Africa, will be one of the key drivers of realising his government’s vision of becoming the agricultural hub of West Africa.
October 2018 3-Year Treasury Bond Issuance
Book-build opens 9:00 AM, Wednesday October 17, 2018. Revised Pricing Guidance (released as necessary during the Book-build). Revised and Final Pricing Guidance (released as necessary during the Book-build). Books are expected to close around 2:00 PM on Thursday, October 18, 2018.
MOF has Launched the Public Investment Management System (PIMS)
Hon. Ken Ofori-Atta, Minister for Finance has launched the Public Investment Management System (PIMS) at a ceremony at Alisa Hotel.The PIMS will run as a database for all public infrastructure projects, irrespective of their funding sources. It will transmit prioritized coded projects through the Public Investment Plan (PIP), the budget module and implemented in GIFMIS financial.