Corporate Governance Country Assessment : Ghana

Corporate Governance Country Assessment : Ghana

This report assesses Ghana s corporate governance policy framework. It highlights recent improvements in corporate governance regulation, makes policy recommendations, and provides investors with a benchmark against which to measure corporate gover...

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Main Author: World Bank
Format: Corporate Governance Assessment (ROSC)
Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
CAPITAL COST
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE FRAMEWORK
EFFICIENCY
INVESTOR PROTECTION
MINORITY SHAREHOLDERS
PENSION FUNDS
TRANSPARENCY
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/12/20225994/ghana-report-observance-standards-codes-rosc-corporate-governance-country-assessment
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20448
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spelling okr-10986-204482021-04-23T14:03:55Z Corporate Governance Country Assessment : Ghana World Bank CAPITAL COST CORPORATE GOVERNANCE FRAMEWORK EFFICIENCY INVESTOR PROTECTION MINORITY SHAREHOLDERS PENSION FUNDS TRANSPARENCY This report assesses Ghana s corporate governance policy framework. It highlights recent improvements in corporate governance regulation, makes policy recommendations, and provides investors with a benchmark against which to measure corporate governance in Ghana. It is an update of the 2005 Corporate Governance ROSC. Good corporate governance enhances investor trust, helps to protects minority shareholders, and can encourage better decision making and improved relations with workers, creditors, and other stakeholders. Better investor protection can lower the cost of capital and encourage companies to list and raise funds through equity markets. Investor protection is also crucial to protect retirement savings as pension funds invest more in listed companies. Good corporate governance also helps to ensure that these companies operate more transparently and efficiently. 2014-10-16T18:08:51Z 2014-10-16T18:08:51Z 2010-12 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/12/20225994/ghana-report-observance-standards-codes-rosc-corporate-governance-country-assessment http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20448 English en_US Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes (ROSC); CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Corporate Governance Assessment (ROSC) Economic & Sector Work Africa Ghana
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en_US
topic CAPITAL COST
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE FRAMEWORK
EFFICIENCY
INVESTOR PROTECTION
MINORITY SHAREHOLDERS
PENSION FUNDS
TRANSPARENCY
spellingShingle CAPITAL COST
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE FRAMEWORK
EFFICIENCY
INVESTOR PROTECTION
MINORITY SHAREHOLDERS
PENSION FUNDS
TRANSPARENCY
World Bank
Corporate Governance Country Assessment : Ghana
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description This report assesses Ghana s corporate governance policy framework. It highlights recent improvements in corporate governance regulation, makes policy recommendations, and provides investors with a benchmark against which to measure corporate governance in Ghana. It is an update of the 2005 Corporate Governance ROSC. Good corporate governance enhances investor trust, helps to protects minority shareholders, and can encourage better decision making and improved relations with workers, creditors, and other stakeholders. Better investor protection can lower the cost of capital and encourage companies to list and raise funds through equity markets. Investor protection is also crucial to protect retirement savings as pension funds invest more in listed companies. Good corporate governance also helps to ensure that these companies operate more transparently and efficiently.
format Economic & Sector Work :: Corporate Governance Assessment (ROSC)
author World Bank
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title Corporate Governance Country Assessment : Ghana
title_short Corporate Governance Country Assessment : Ghana
title_full Corporate Governance Country Assessment : Ghana
title_fullStr Corporate Governance Country Assessment : Ghana
title_full_unstemmed Corporate Governance Country Assessment : Ghana
title_sort corporate governance country assessment : ghana
publisher Washington, DC
publishDate 2014
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/12/20225994/ghana-report-observance-standards-codes-rosc-corporate-governance-country-assessment
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