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Ghana’s gold-driven growth model is unsustainable – Prof Bokpin
‘We are not better off’ Professor Bokpin said the assessment of Ghana’s gold economy must go beyond foreign exchange earnings, reserves and other macroeconomic indicators to account for the environmental and social costs of mining.
He said Ghana could only claim to be better off if the full economic, social and environmental costs of gold production were incorporated into the analysis.
We are sacrificing long-term survival for short-term praise – Prof Bokpin Economist Professor Godfred Bokpin has criticised Ghana’s growing reliance on gold as a key driver of economic stability, warning that the country risks sacrificing its long-term survival for short-term economic gains.
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