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Ghana's economic growth has been rapid since the start of the new millennium, reaching 14% in 2011, but economic performance has been relatively lower since then, particularly from 2013-2016. Important factors for the slowing of development are the huge infrastructural deficit and the limited...

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The Econmoist published a great write-up on our Ghana Priorities project research. Ghana's National Development Planning Commission (ndpc) and the Copenhagen Consensus, an international think-tank, have teamed up to create a new initiative called the Ghana Priorities. It hopes to steer the...

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Digitising public administration at the local level improves efficiency and productivity. Faster and simpler revenue collection, especially, boosts transparency and increases municipalities’ autonomy by enhancing their ability to generate more local income in a systematic manner. Ghana has a legal...

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Expanding access to electricity can increase productivity and even improve health, which makes it a vital component of development in rural areas. However, electricity access in rural Ghana was only 67% in 2018, and the northern parts of the country are in a notably worse situation compared to...

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Family planning plays an important role in the reproductive health and rights of women. Access to contraception helps empower women and adolescents, increases investment in children, and contributes to poverty reduction and overall development. A reduction of 0.5 in the fertility rate has been...

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Ghana has made great strides to improve its education system in the past decades, with near-universal primary school enrolment and equal access to schooling between boys and girls. However, as in many other developing countries, the quality of education is still a critical challenge. In a 2016...

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The Ghana Priorities Eminent Panel Conference was opened in Accra yesterday, as reported by multiple news outlets such as Ghana News Agency , Starr FM , Daily Mail , and GhanaWeb . It will set out a data-driven approach to prioritisation of the best policies for the country’s future. Over the next...

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The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia will open a multi-day conference in Accra on Thursday at which eminent economists from Ghana and abroad are going to prioritise the smartest solutions to the country's challenges. The conference is organised by the Ghana Priorities project, a collaboration...

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Clean and healthy communities require proper sanitation, but one in every three people in the world still lacks access to a dignified sanitation service. Ghana has also struggled to improve sanitation coverage, and the situation remains challenging, especially in rural communities where private...

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Agriculture is a significant contributor to the Ghanaian economy and an important source of employment, with over 40% of all workers engaged in farming. With growth and development, the country is gradually shifting away from this sector towards industry and services, but agriculture is still key...

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