The Public Service of Ghana is a juggernaut which has to pay about 470‚205 employees under a novel and encyclopaedic remuneration system known as the Single Spine Salary Structure (SSSS). The Ghana Universal Salary Structure (GUSS)‚ the predecessor of the SSSS‚ was instituted in 1997 to address anomalies‚ disparities‚ distortions and inequities in the public pay structure. The GUSS was touted as the first holistic public sector pay reform. Before the GUSS‚ there existed public pay review
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transformation which children undergo in Ghanaian culture. The most well preserved puberty rites are the Dipo (pictured) of the Krobo ethnic group and the Bragoro of the Ashanti’s. These ceremonies mark the entry of young women into adulthood. In Ghana only a small section of ethnic groups usually found in the northern parts of the country have initiation rites for men and where they occur they are done in secret and not given as much prominence as that for young women. In the Akan culture women
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The Republic of Ghana & The Unites States of America: The Analysis of Investment and Trade Relationship [pic] [pic] Outline Introduction Statement of intent and Background information Government support Business impact Government regulation V. Business compact and lobbying organization Capitalism is an economic and political system where a country’s commerce and industry is dictated and controlled by private owners. In many developing countries
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have one? A large development project is a project like Akosombo Dam in Ghana‚ a big investment in which the country hopes it will pay for itself‚ as in it will produce more tourist or goods to sell. Countries want this because they believe it is a quick way to make a lot of money and to improve the infrastructure of the countries‚ so the country will be generally improved. Therefore I will investigate the Akosombo Dam in Ghana; first I will give some background information‚ photos/ diagrams‚ its history
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Journal Due: Wednesday 15th of December 2009 Project choice‚ how we approached it and why we chose it Our project of choice was to create our own chocolate producing company which imports its cocoa from Ghana in West Africa. It was to the groups’ advantage that one of our member’s is from Ghana‚ therefore providing us with a liaison who could gain real information from cocoa producers in that country for our work. We chose to do this project I think because not only was it a big and challenging
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Republic of Ghana and the Federation of Malaysia had a lot in common. Though in different parts of the world‚ they both had been colonies of the United Kingdom and neither gained their independence until 1957. While both nations possessed a mix of resources that should have bestowed them with prosperity‚ they both started off on an "economic par" meaning both were equally poor and equally dependent on the export of raw materials. Today‚ the two nations have very little left in common. While Ghana is still
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(Ghana) Ashanti cultural – The Golden Stool Most people think Africa is a country and I occasionally hear people saying it‚ Africa is not a country but indeed a continent divided in many countries. Ghana is located in the western part of Africa sharing boundaries with Burkina Faso to the north‚ Togo to the east‚ and Cote d’Ivoire (or Ivory Coast) to the west and the south to the gulf of guinea‚ it’s a country full of culture and moral believes. The Ashanti Empire is one of the biggest in the history
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Ghana 50 Years On Assess whether life in Ghana is improving and what issues it faces for the future Speaking for the Ghanaian Government; Frank Agyekum‚ ‘Ghana has done well’ he says. ‘Ghana is a thriving democracy with a stable economy’ he claims. ‘Kids got to school and are fed’‚ but the crowd does not agree. A graduate‚ Samuel Ablakwa‚ explains that children are ‘still on the streets hawking’ and people have to pay for uniforms and textbooks. He also contests prosperity saying ‘I’m still carrying
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and Empires During 400 AD‚ West Africa witnessed the rise and fall of the indigenous medieval empires of ancient Ghana‚ medieval Mali‚ and Songhai. Many other states and kingdoms arose during this time but Ghana‚ Mali and Songhai achieved the status of fully-fledged‚ functioning and long-living conquest states and expansionist empires. These empires regulated the Trans-Saharan trade by offering protection for trade caravans as well as taxing slaves‚ gold‚ firearms‚ textiles and salt. Ghana reached
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the economy as a whole‚ the industrial sector in Ghana has been the subject of much inquiry (in chronological order‚ see Birmingham et al.‚ 1966/7; Steel‚ 1977; Page‚ 1980; Andrea‚ 1981; Ewusi‚ 1986; Meier and Steel‚ 1989; Steel and Webster‚ 1990; Mosley‚ Harrigan and Toye‚ 1991; Sowa et al.‚ 1991 and Rothchild‚ 1991). As mentioned already‚ industrial output as a whole has been growing since the adoption of the Structural Adjustment Programmes in Ghana. Within the industrial sector‚ it is small and
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