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- ↑ "Cost of Doing Business in Ghana". www.gipc.org.gh. Archived from the original on 5 July 2011. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
- ↑ "Ghana Parliament passes Companies Bill; State Interest and Governance Accountability Law". Ghana Business News. May 8, 2019.
- ↑ Spillan, John E. (2017). Doing Business In Ghana: Challenges and Opportunities. Springer. p. 190. ISBN 9783319547718.
- ↑ Doing Business 2010: Reforming through Difficult Times . World Bank Publications. 2009. p. 13. ISBN 9780821379653.
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