The Overseas Development Institute (ODI) has rated Ghana as a Star Performer in Africa, while other countries were rated as surprise performers and potential performers across the continent for their progress in various areas, including growth, agriculture, healthcare, education and sanitation. In its Mapping Progress report, the UK-based institute stated that: “Government-led reforms of the…
Planning Intervention Strategies for Ghana Laborers in Ghana (1.37 MB) Source: L Diane, Kevin Elkins & The African Centre for Human Development
This report ia a collaborative pursuit between UNICEF, DFID, the World Bank and Participatory Development Associates (PDA). It summarises the results of a multi-stage Participatory Poverty and Vulnerability Assessment (PPVA) commissioned as a contribution to a larger Poverty Assessment process which is reporting simultaneously, led by the World Bank in collaboration with the Government of…
Estimating the Econmic Impact of Poor Sanitation: Ghana, July 2011 Source: WSP
CRITICAL POLICY ACTIONSOF THE JOHN DRAMANI MAHAMA ADMINISTRATIONSeptember to December 2012INTRODUCTION 1. Mr. Chairman, my very good friend PV, distinguished guests, our development partners, fellow Ghanaians representing the private sector, civil society, and academia, my message to you today is simple: Ghana, our motherland, is getting more united, stronger, and we have come too…
Press release Second Report on the Monitoring of Abuse of Incumbency Project in Ghana’s 2012 Elections By GII, CDD-Ghana and GACC Friends of the media, the Coalition of civil society organizations “Monitoring the Abuse of Incumbency in the 2012 Elections”, comprising the Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII), the Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) and the…
The Youth Advocacy Programme Ghana (YAP Ghana) is a non-governmental organization (NGO) that offers a blend of programmes and services for children and young people. It aims to enhance the quality of life through a structured intervention and advocacy programme that offers opportunities for children and young people’s development. Work: programs can include life skills…
WaterAid was founded in 1981 by men and women in the British water industry with a passion and commitment to improve public health. In many respects, the industry is the great inheritor of 19th century public health engineering projects that changed the lives of the UK population, of which vast numbers lived in Dickensian slums,…
Amid a challenging budget environment, the State Department and U.S. Agency for International Development have found an ally in Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.). Graham, who is expected to be named the ranking Republican on the Senate Appropriations’ State and Foreign Operations subcommittee, said he will fight for resources for U.S. diplomatic and development efforts. Read on…