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Alex Ampaabeng

Alex is a Senior Economic Analyst at the Natural Resources Governance Institute where he leads analytical work on fiscal and broader economic governance of the extractive sector in Ghana. Alex also teaches (PT) on the MBA/MSc Finance DL programmes at the University of Birmingham. Alex holds a PGCE in Business (University of Huddersfield), MBA in Financial Management (City Business College, TIU), MSc Accounting & Finance (De Montfort University), and a PhD in Accounting & Finance specialising in Taxation in developing and emerging economies (University of Birmingham).
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Ghana: A woman carries fruit on her head as she passes a mobile money stand in the Tesano neighborhood.
February 2023|
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The Ghana e-levy: Can the latest rate reduction win greater public acceptance and increase revenue?

by Awa Diouf, Alex Ampaabeng, Mary Abounabhan & Hannelore Niesten

The reduced tax rate on electronic transactions is unlikely to satisfy Ghanaians given the country’s rising inflation…

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