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Ghana floods expose MSME vulnerability and recurring infrastructure deficits
Post-flood analysis in Ghana has quantified the recurring economic damage caused by Accra's flooding events, with academics estimating that the country is paying billions for preventable flood impacts. MSMEs have been identified as particularly exposed to the compound disruption of infrastructure failure, road access loss, and utility outages that accompany each flooding event.
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- We are wasting money – Prof Peter Quartey says Ghana is paying billions for failure to prevent floods · myjoyonline.com · T3
- Accra floods again, but most importantly exposes urgent need for MSME resilience to survive future shocks · myjoyonline.com · T3
- Floods are killing Ghana’s economy one traffic jam at a time – Prof Peter Quartey · myjoyonline.com · T3