World
Trade Organisations trade statistics
The WTO provides a wide range
of trade statistics on most countries of the world. This
link takes you to the start page where you will need to
select the country(ies) that you wish to obtain trade statistics
on. It is definitely a good site to visit.
Trade
Map
Trade Map is an online trade
statistics resource - perhaps the most comprehensive available,
as the site enables you to research the trade patterns
of single countries, as well as between countries and regions
in some depth. This site requires registration, however,
and the site is not easy to use and will take some effort
to learn to navigate and to use on your part. Nevertheless,
the statistics available from this site are without equal.
World
Trade Organisations trade statistics
The WTO provides a wide range
of trade statistics on most countries of the world. This
link takes you to the start page where you will need to
select the country(ies) that you wish to obtain trade
statistics on. It is definitely a good site to visit.
InfoNation
InfoNation is a UN website aimed
at the learning community, but that provides a very useful
facility whereby you can access a range of statistics about
different countries and regions. It is also possible to
compare the statistics from five different countries, which
is a useful feature. It is not the easiest site to navigate,
however, and you will need to spend a little time on the
site in order to become familiar with it.
World
Bank - World Development indicators
The site links to a database
of a wide range of development indicators, from GDP to
energy figures. You need to select the country and indicators
you are interested in, but it is an excellent source of
up-to-date information. This is worth a look.
International
Monetary Fund - World Economic Outlook database
The site links to the World
Economic Outlook database, a comprehensive database covering
a wide range of economic and development data. The site
requires you to select the country you want to investigate
as well as the data that you want to view and when you
are finished, it provides you with a printable report covering
all the information you have selected. It is also possible
to compare countries. Although the site requires some effort,
it is an invaluable source of information.
Ghana Economic Statistics and Indicators
Information provided by Economy Watch: Well endowed with natural resources, Ghana has approximately twice the per capita output of the poorest in Per-Capita GDP terms countries (on a Per-Capita GDP basis) in West Africa. Even so, Ghana remains heavily dependent on international financial and technical aid. Gold and cocoa production, and individual remittance inflows, are serious sources of foreign currency exchange. The domestic economy perpetuates to revolve around Agriculture, fisheries and farming, which accounts for approximately 35 per cent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and employs approximately 55 per cent of the labour force, mainly small landholders. Ghana signed a Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Compact in 2006, which aims to assist in transforming Ghana's agricultural, agrarian, fisheries and farming sector. Ghana opted for public debt relief under the Heavily Inpublic debted Poor nation(HIPC) program in 2002, and is also benefiting from the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative that took effect in 2006. Thematic priorities under its current Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategy, which also provides the framework for development partner aid, are: economic stability; private sector competitiveness; human resource development; and favourable governance and civic responsibility. Sound macro-economic management along with high prices or pricing for gold and cocoa aided maintain Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth in 2008.
