Ghana’s Growth Failing to Deliver Jobs, World Bank Warns

The World Bank has raised concern that Ghana’s economic expansion over the past decade has not translated into sufficient job creation, warning that the gap between growth and employment threatens the country’s development prospects.

In its latest Ghana Economic Update, the World Bank noted that while the economy recorded steady growth between 2012 and 2023, net employment rose by only 250,000 despite a 2.7 million increase in the working-age population.

The report, titled “Addressing Labour…