‘Review consumer price index composition’

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• Sankofa 12 years ago

  Dr Kwakye, you should know that the CPI is about to be rebased in the next month. This also means that the index will be reweighted from the Ghana Living Standards Survey to better reflect average family expenditure.
  
  To s ...
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  Dr Kwakye, you should know that the CPI is about to be rebased in the next month. This also means that the index will be reweighted from the Ghana Living Standards Survey to better reflect average family expenditure.
  
  To say that the 'slowdown in growth was self-inflicted' is missing the point. Government spending increased due in part to the implementation of the Single Spine Salary Scheme. The fall in the cedi exchange rate also affected the budget estimates.
  
  There is nothing wrong with spending on infrastructure to boost development. These investments should lead to greater growth.

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• CV 12 years ago

  NANA AKUFFO ADDO'S BACKGROUND
  
  
  
  He had his primary education at the Government Boys School and later Rowe Road School (now Kinbu) both in Accra Central. Nana went on to England's Holmewood House Prep School before attend ...
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  NANA AKUFFO ADDO'S BACKGROUND
  
  
  
  He had his primary education at the Government Boys School and later Rowe Road School (now Kinbu) both in Accra Central. Nana went on to England's Holmewood House Prep School before attending Lancing College, Sussex, to study for his O- Level and A- Level examinations. He returned to Ghana in 1964 to read Economics at the University of Ghana, Legon, Accra. After graduating as an Economist, he went on to read Law in the UK and was called to the English Bar (Middle Temple) in July 1971.
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  Nana is an accomplished lawyer. He was called to the English Bar in 1971 and the Ghanaian Bar in 1975. He worked as Associate Counsel with top international law firm Coudert Freres in Paris- France from 1971-75, moving to Ghana to become a junior member of the chambers of U.V Campbell from 1975-1979. In 1979, he co-founded the law firm, Akufo-Addo, Prempeh & Co, which has become one of the most successful law firms in Ghana.

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