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Over the past decade, illegal gold extraction has increased significantly in the Amazon region, partly due to the high international prices of this mineral, the less stringent attitude of some countries in relation to the environment and the pursuit of immediate economic opportunities....
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Artisanal gold mining occurs informally and therefore relies on low technologies and extraction methods lacking pollution controls. As a result, despite the fact that artisanal gold mining produces only twenty percent of the world's gold, it releases more mercury than any other sector and...
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The Country Opinion Survey in Ghana assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in gaining a better understanding of how … stakeholders in Ghana perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from national and local governments …, multilateral/bilateral agencies, media, academia, the private sector, and civil society in Ghana on 1) their views regarding the …
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Rapid urbanization in Ghana over the past three decades has coincided with rapid GDP growth. This has helped to create … Ghanaians. Ghana’s urban transformation has been momentous, but it is not unique: a similar process has characterized other … countries at similar levels of development. Ghana’s key challenge now is to ensure that urbanization continues to complement …
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In September 2017, Ghana's economy expanded for the fifth successive quarter by 9.3 percent compared to just 4 …
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Ghana has low levels of financial inclusion of individuals and access to finance for firms remains a major challenge … conducted in cash. Mobile banking in Ghana is at a nascent stage with only 13 percent of adults having a mobile account and the … loan or line of credit. Private sector credit to GDP is low at about 19 percent in 2014. Ghana's limited infrastructure …
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