ABSTRACT
This chapter presents problems that have dogged Ghana since independence in the relationship between government and business and immerging strenuous conditions that put stress on healthy relations and collaboration between the two. It investigates government-owned and partly government-owned business, multinational corporations, and private enterprises within the context of competitiveness, protectionism versus free trade, corporate bailouts, defensive or subsidies production, consumer product regulation, and taxation. Water resources, air space, and bandwidth are constitutionally included in public property held in trust by the President of the Republic of Ghana for all citizens. Public corporations had been established since the 1960s to manage these resources and make them available to Ghanaian citizenry. Political campaigns and organizational activities require substantial funds that Ghanaian politicians do not have, so they are forced to raise them from a variety of sources. They may access mass small donations from supporters that trickle into their coffers and/or call upon larger donor funds from affluent businesspersons.
