Parliament’s Role in Macroeconomic Policy Formulation in Ghana A Roundtable Discussion Report
The roundtable discussion sought to first raise awareness among MPs and the public at large about the importance of Parliament in national economic policy making and its implications for democratic governance and national development.Author(s): IDEGDate of Publica...
The Road to Middle Income Status: An Analysis of the Growth & Poverty Reduction Strategy Proceedings of Meeting with the Parliamentary Select Committee on Poverty Reduction
On 10th November 2005, the Parliamentary Select Committee on Poverty Reduction asked the Canadian Parliamentary Centre (CPC) in Accra to help organize a workshop on the Growth and Poverty Reduction strategy for the Committee members. This is a report on the proceeding...
Harmonizing Partnerships in Support of GPRS II Perspective of Development Partners and Non-State Actors
A Report on Growth and Poverty Forum (GPF) Meeting with Development Partners) The meeting was called to initiate dialogue between the country’s development partners on the one hand, and civil society and the private sector on the other. The reason is that government...
The Ghana Poverty Reduction Strategy (GPRS, 2003 – 2005) Challenges of Implementation and Assessment
In early 2005, as the ‘review and updating’ of the first Ghana Poverty Strategy (GPRS I, 2002/2003) gathered momentum, the Institute for Democratic Governance took the initiative to collate and analyse information on the experiences and challenges of the strategy. T...
Ghana: Democracy and Political Participation A Review by AfriMAP and Open Society Initiative for West Africa - DISCUSSION PAPER
This discussion paper highlights areas in which further effort is needed, proposing concrete steps for reform and action. The paper is based on, but not a summary of, the findings and recommendations of a comprehensive report on democracy and political participation i...
Ghana: Democracy and Political Participation A Review by AfriMAP and Open Society Initiative for West Africa
Since the introduction of a new constitution in 1992. Ghana has definitively turned the page on the constitutional instability that characterized the country for more than a quarter of a century. In place of the coup d’états and military regimes in place from 196...