Editing Economy of Ghana (section)

=== Trade and exports ===
In July 2013, [[International Enterprise Singapore]] a global office in Accra to develop trade and investment on logistics, oil and gas, aviation, transportation and consumer sectors.<ref name="IE" /> Singapore and Ghana also signed four bilateral agreements to promote public sector and private sector collaboration, as Ghana aims to predominantly shift its economic trade partnership to East Asia and Southeast Asia.<ref name="IE" /> The economic centre is [[International Enterprise Singapore|IE Singapore]]'s second office in Africa.<ref name="IE">{{cite web|url=http://business.asiaone.com/news/ie-spore-opens-second-africa-office-ghana|title=IE S'pore opens second Africa office in Ghana|work=business.asiaone.com|publisher=[[AsiaOne]]|date=27 July 2013|access-date=10 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512215209/http://business.asiaone.com/news/ie-spore-opens-second-africa-office-ghana|archive-date=12 May 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> Ghana's labour force in 2008 totalled 11.5&nbsp;million Ghanaian citizens.<ref name="afdb">{{cite web |url=https://africaknowledgelab.worldbank.org/akl/sites/africaknowledgelab.worldbank.org/files/report/Annexes%20for%20Ghana%20Education.pdf |title=Annex 1: Political and Administrative System |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120501234849/https://africaknowledgelab.worldbank.org/akl/sites/africaknowledgelab.worldbank.org/files/report/Annexes%20for%20Ghana%20Education.pdf |archive-date=1 May 2012 |publisher=World Bank |access-date=29 December 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afdb.org/fileadmin/uploads/afdb/Documents/Project-and-Operations/GHANA%20CSP%20DRAFT%20FOR%20COMMENTS.pdf|title=Republic of Ghana Country Strategy Paper 2012–2016|publisher=afdb.org|access-date=31 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130228085814/http://www.afdb.org/fileadmin/uploads/afdb/Documents/Project-and-Operations/GHANA%20CSP%20DRAFT%20FOR%20COMMENTS.pdf|archive-date=28 February 2013|url-status=live}}{{rp|12–40}}</ref> [[Tema Harbour]] is Africa's largest manmade harbour, and [[Takoradi Harbour]] along with Tema harbour handle goods and exports. They are also traffic junctions where goods are transhipped; the Tema harbour handles the majority of the nation's export cargo and most of the country's chief exports is shipped from Takoradi harbour.<ref name="GPHA-Sekond-Takoradi" /><ref name="GPHA-Tema" /> The Takoradi harbour and Tema harbour are operated by the state-owned [[Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority]].<ref name="GPHA-Sekond-Takoradi">{{cite web |url=http://ghanaports.gov.gh/tr/default |website=Ghana Ports & Harbours Authority |title=Port of Takoradi |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140228112618/http://ghanaports.gov.gh/tr/default |archive-date=28 February 2014 |access-date=1 January 2012}}</ref><ref name="GPHA-Tema">{{cite web |url=http://ghanaports.gov.gh/tm/default |website=Ghana Ports & Harbours Authority |title=Port of Tema |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140228113034/http://ghanaports.gov.gh/tm/default |archive-date=28 February 2014 |access-date=1 January 2012}}</ref>