Property Taxation in Ghana
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The document summarizes a presentation on the relationship between central and local governments in Ghana and its impact on property tax administration. It outlines the research questions, which examine challenges in the relationship and how it affects property tax. The presentation argues the relationship is extremely strong and unhealthy, with the central government overreaching and crippling local governments' ability to administer property taxes. Recommendations include revising frameworks to grant local governments more autonomy over property taxes. In conclusion, meaningful property tax by local authorities will not be possible until the central government lessens its control.
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如果您处于以下几种情况：
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◇面对父母的压力，希望尽快拿到；
◇不清楚认证流程以及材料该如何准备；
◇回国时间很长，忘记办理；
◇回国马上就要找工作，办给用人单位看；
◇企事业单位必须要求办理的
◇需要报考公务员、购买免税车、落转户口
◇申请留学生创业基金
留信网认证的作用:
1:该专业认证可证明留学生真实身份
2:同时对留学生所学专业登记给予评定
3:国家专业人才认证中心颁发入库证书
4:这个认证书并且可以归档倒地方
5:凡事获得留信网入网的信息将会逐步更新到个人身份内，将在公安局网内查询个人身份证信息后，同步读取人才网入库信息
6:个人职称评审加20分
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二.真实使馆公证(即留学回国人员证明,不成功不收费)
三.真实教育部学历学位认证（教育部存档！教育部留服网站永久可查）
四.办理各国各大学文凭(一对一专业服务,可全程监控跟踪进度)
如果您处于以下几种情况：
◇在校期间，因各种原因未能顺利毕业……拿不到官方毕业证【q/微741003700】
◇面对父母的压力，希望尽快拿到；
◇不清楚认证流程以及材料该如何准备；
◇回国时间很长，忘记办理；
◇回国马上就要找工作，办给用人单位看；
◇企事业单位必须要求办理的
◇需要报考公务员、购买免税车、落转户口
◇申请留学生创业基金
留信网认证的作用:
1:该专业认证可证明留学生真实身份
2:同时对留学生所学专业登记给予评定
3:国家专业人才认证中心颁发入库证书
4:这个认证书并且可以归档倒地方
5:凡事获得留信网入网的信息将会逐步更新到个人身份内，将在公安局网内查询个人身份证信息后，同步读取人才网入库信息
6:个人职称评审加20分
7:个人信誉贷款加10分
8:在国家人才网主办的国家网络招聘大会中纳入资料，供国家高端企业选择人才
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本公司拥有海外各大学样板无数，能完美还原。
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一.毕业证【q微741003700】成绩单、使馆认证、教育部认证、雅思托福成绩单、学生卡等！
二.真实使馆公证(即留学回国人员证明,不成功不收费)
三.真实教育部学历学位认证（教育部存档！教育部留服网站永久可查）
四.办理各国各大学文凭(一对一专业服务,可全程监控跟踪进度)
如果您处于以下几种情况：
◇在校期间，因各种原因未能顺利毕业……拿不到官方毕业证【q/微741003700】
◇面对父母的压力，希望尽快拿到；
◇不清楚认证流程以及材料该如何准备；
◇回国时间很长，忘记办理；
◇回国马上就要找工作，办给用人单位看；
◇企事业单位必须要求办理的
◇需要报考公务员、购买免税车、落转户口
◇申请留学生创业基金
留信网认证的作用:
1:该专业认证可证明留学生真实身份
2:同时对留学生所学专业登记给予评定
3:国家专业人才认证中心颁发入库证书
4:这个认证书并且可以归档倒地方
5:凡事获得留信网入网的信息将会逐步更新到个人身份内，将在公安局网内查询个人身份证信息后，同步读取人才网入库信息
6:个人职称评审加20分
7:个人信誉贷款加10分
8:在国家人才网主办的国家网络招聘大会中纳入资料，供国家高端企业选择人才
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Combined Illegal, Unregulated and Unreported (IUU) Vessel List.
The best available, up-to-date information on all fishing and related vessels that appear on the illegal, unregulated, and unreported (IUU) fishing vessel lists published by Regional Fisheries Management Organisations (RFMOs) and related organisations. The aim of the site is to improve the effectiveness of the original IUU lists as a tool for a wide variety of stakeholders to better understand and combat illegal fishing and broader fisheries crime.
To date, the following regional organisations maintain or share lists of vessels that have been found to carry out or support IUU fishing within their own or adjacent convention areas and/or species of competence:
Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR)
Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna (CCSBT)
General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM)
Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC)
International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT)
Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC)
Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (NAFO)
North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC)
North Pacific Fisheries Commission (NPFC)
South East Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (SEAFO)
South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (SPRFMO)
Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement (SIOFA)
Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC)
The Combined IUU Fishing Vessel List merges all these sources into one list that provides a single reference point to identify whether a vessel is currently IUU listed. Vessels that have been IUU listed in the past and subsequently delisted (for example because of a change in ownership, or because the vessel is no longer in service) are also retained on the site, so that the site contains a full historic record of IUU listed fishing vessels.
Unlike the IUU lists published on individual RFMO websites, which may update vessel details infrequently or not at all, the Combined IUU Fishing Vessel List is kept up to date with the best available information regarding changes to vessel identity, flag state, ownership, location, and operations.
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AHMR is an interdisciplinary peer-reviewed online journal created to encourage and facilitate the study of all aspects (socio-economic, political, legislative and developmental) of Human Mobility in Africa. Through the publication of original research, policy discussions and evidence research papers AHMR provides a comprehensive forum devoted exclusively to the analysis of contemporaneous trends, migration patterns and some of the most important migration-related issues.
Milton Keynes Hospital Charity - A guide to leaving a gift in your Will
A forever thank you in your Will to Milton Keynes University Hospital can change lives for years to come.
World Food Safety Day 2024- Communication-toolkit.
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本公司拥有海外各大学样板无数，能完美还原。
1:1完美还原海外各大学毕业材料上的工艺：水印，阴影底纹，钢印LOGO烫金烫银，LOGO烫金烫银复合重叠。文字图案浮雕、激光镭射、紫外荧光、温感、复印防伪等防伪工艺。材料咨询办理、认证咨询办理请加学历顾问Q/微741003700
【主营项目】
一.毕业证【q微741003700】成绩单、使馆认证、教育部认证、雅思托福成绩单、学生卡等！
二.真实使馆公证(即留学回国人员证明,不成功不收费)
三.真实教育部学历学位认证（教育部存档！教育部留服网站永久可查）
四.办理各国各大学文凭(一对一专业服务,可全程监控跟踪进度)
如果您处于以下几种情况：
◇在校期间，因各种原因未能顺利毕业……拿不到官方毕业证【q/微741003700】
◇面对父母的压力，希望尽快拿到；
◇不清楚认证流程以及材料该如何准备；
◇回国时间很长，忘记办理；
◇回国马上就要找工作，办给用人单位看；
◇企事业单位必须要求办理的
◇需要报考公务员、购买免税车、落转户口
◇申请留学生创业基金
留信网认证的作用:
1:该专业认证可证明留学生真实身份
2:同时对留学生所学专业登记给予评定
3:国家专业人才认证中心颁发入库证书
4:这个认证书并且可以归档倒地方
5:凡事获得留信网入网的信息将会逐步更新到个人身份内，将在公安局网内查询个人身份证信息后，同步读取人才网入库信息
6:个人职称评审加20分
7:个人信誉贷款加10分
8:在国家人才网主办的国家网络招聘大会中纳入资料，供国家高端企业选择人才
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- 1. The Enigma of Central and Local Governments Relationship and the Impact on Property Tax Administration in Ghana A Presentation by Frank L.K. Ohemeng, PhD University of Ottawa & Fariya Mohuiuddin, M.A Independent Consultant, UK
- 2. Outline of Presentation Introduction: Understanding the research problem Research questions and argument/hypothesis Methodological approaches to the study Analysis of the issues involving central-local government relationship and its impact on property tax administration Policy recommendations Conclusion & Future Research End of Presentation
- 3. Introduction & the Research Problem Problems of development in developing countries Decentralisation as the acceptable worldview for development, i.e., development from below Local government and local development financing Property tax, as a good source of financing development in local areas Studies of property tax administration has negelected the role or the relationship between central and local governments and the impact on property tax administration
- 4. Research Questions & Argument/Hypothesis Four fundamental questions underpinned the research (a) What challenges do the relationship between the central and local governments pose in property tax administration in Ghana? (b) How has the relationship between the central and local government continue to affect the administration of property tax in Ghana? (c) Why is the central government unwilling and incapable of ceding control to local government? In other words, why is decentralisation so problematic in Ghana? (d) What is the appropriate role of the central government in supporting the effective administration of property tax by local government?
- 5. Research Questions & Hypothesis Extremely strong and unhealthy central-local government relationship which is leading to the “recentralization of decentralised institutions” in Ghana. The overreach of the centre in the affairs of decentralised institutions continue to cripple the ability of the latter to undertake any meaningful property tax administration We are of the view that until the centre unties its strong grip on local government in the country, meaningful property tax administration by local government entities will continue to be a mirage.
- 6. Methodological Approaches to the Study Qualitative in nature Elite interviews- Government officials, experts, academics, and consultants Documents focused mainly on the various institutional frameworks, consultant reports, newspapers, and analysis from some think tanks Focus group discussion-mostly officials from some selected
- 7. Analysis of the Relationship Institutional despondency Politicization of local government by the centre Institutional fragmentation and the lack of coordination among central government institutions Financial and human capacity problems with local government entities
- 8. Policy Recommendations Changing the institutional foundation of local government administration in Ghana Revising other institutional frameworks governing local government Engaging the private sector in property evaluation and allowing the Land Valuation Department to become a regulator rather than a direct service provider Granting significant autonomy to the assemblies in property tax administration
- 9. Conclusion and Future Research Studies Until the centre unties its strong grip on local government in the country, meaningful property tax administration by local government entities will continue to be a mirage. Examining the impact of mayoral elections and its impact on property tax administration The impact of private sector involvement in property tax administration in Ghana The creation and development of developmental political parties and their impact at the local government level
- 10. End of Presentation Thank you Comments and Suggestions are Welcome Contacts: Frank L.K. Ohemeng, PhD. fohemeng@uottawa.ca and ohemenfl@gmail.com Fariya Mohuiddin, M.G.A.