Ghana
Country indicators
Fossil fuel subsidies (USD, billions):
Fossil fuel subsidies with externalities (% of GDP):
News

Ghana to start e-waste tax in November
15 October 2018 – Ghana’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is to undertake origin inspection, verification, and collection of receipts of an advanced Eco-Levy on electrical and electronic equipment imported to the

Options for mitigating the adverse effects of fossil fuel subsidies removal in Ghana (Wesseh Jr. & Lin)
Conventional wisdom holds that, without environmental benefits and revenue recycling, fossil fuel subsidies removal would lead to welfare losses. This study by P. Wesseh Jr. and B. Lin first tests

The Political Economy of Energy Subsidy Reform (World Bank)
This book by World Bank staff and external contributors proposes a framework for understanding the political economy of subsidy reform and applies it to four in-depth country studies – the
Reports

Fossil fuel subsidy reform in sub-Saharan Africa: from rhetoric to reality (NCE and ODI)
This New Climate Economy working paper examines energy subsidies in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) related to the production and consumption of fossil fuels (oil, gas and coal), and outlines opportunities and processes
Policy Briefs

Ghana – Country profile
Background Located on the Atlantic Ocean and sharing borders with Togo, Cote d’Ivoire and Burkina Faso, Ghana has a population of 29.6 million. Ghana has made significant advancements in recent