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Ghana

Ghana
  • Capital: Accra
  • Population: 24339838
  • Size: 239460.0 Km2

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The BLDS print collection
The BLDS print collection

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Climate resilience and disaster risk management: stories of change from CDKN
M. Dupar / Climate and Development Knowledge Network, 2013
This brief presents results from projects supported by the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) to assess vulnerability and mainstream climate resilience into development planning. Case studies from India, Ghana and Colomb...
Tackling Africa's chronic disease burden: from the local to the global
A. de-Graft Aikins; N. Unwin; C. Agyemang / Globalization and Health, 2010
Africa faces a double burden of infectious and chronic diseases. While infectious diseases still account for at least 69% of deaths in the continent, age specific mortality rates from chronic diseases as a whole are actually higher in...
Children Malnutrition and Horizontal Inequalities in Sub-Saharan Africa:A Focus on Contrasting Domestic Trajectories
V. Garcia / United Nations Development Programme, 2012
The positive trend observed in recent accelerated economic growth in sub-Saharan African countries represents a huge opportunity to foster sustainable development, This paper contributes to the literature by providing a more accurate ...
An Analysis of the role of ICTs to achieving the MDGs
C. Dzidonu 2010
Focusing on African countries, the objective of this paper is to carry-out an analysis of the key challenges and the uses of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to promote socio-economic development, and, in particular, ...
Chinese and Brazilian Cooperation with African Agriculture: The Case of Ghana
Amanor, K. / Future Agricultures Consortium, 2013
FAC Working Paper 52 Kojo Amanor This paper explores the differences in Brazilian and Chinese investments in Ghana. It examines the extent to which the framework of South-South cooperation illuminates or masks these changi...
Use of ICT in Tertiary Education in Ghana: A Case Study of Electronic Learning (E-Learning)
N. Y. Asabere / International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Research, 2012
Population growth & the increasing number of people seeing the relevance of education as well as demand for tertiary education in Ghana have been on the rise yearly. Tertiary institutions have been unpleasantly turning away large ...
Facing the Resource Curse: Norway’s Oil for Development Program
A. Disch / Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2012
Norway's Oil for Development (OfD), begun in 2005, is a comprehensive program addressing resource, financial and environmental dimensions with a focus on capacity development in the public sector but including larger sector governance...
The Ghana ICT for Accelerated Development (ICT4AD) Policy
2003
This document represents the Vision for Ghana in the information age. It is based on the Policy Framework Document: “An Integrated ICTled Socio-economic Development Policy and Plan Development Framework for Ghana”. The devel...
Landscape Analysis: Assessing Countries'Readiness to Scale up Nutrition Actions in the WHO African Region
2012
This paper assessed strengths and weaknesses in combating malnutrition in nine Sub-Saharan Africa nations with high stunting burden (Burkina-Faso, Comoros, Coted’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Ghana, Madagascar, Mali, Mozambique and South Afr...
Poverty reduction with strategic communication: moving from awareness raising to sustained citizen participation
M. Mozammel 2011
This document, published by Communication for Governance and Accountability Programme (CommGAP), updates a 2005 review of communication in Poverty Reduction Strategies (PRS) and explores how the use of strategic communications has exp...
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Ghana Civil Society Resource Centre
The Ghana Civil Society Resource Centre provides a range of capacity building assistance; specialized services; and support to civil society organizations engaged in civic education, human rights, women’s advocacy, and anti-corruption.
Kofi Annan International Peace Keeping Training Centre (KAIPKTC)
The Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC) has become West Africa's operational level focus organisation for conflict prevention and peace studies. Delivering courses to military and civilian personnel involved in peace support operations, it researches into the causes and subsequent management of conflict and the promotion of peace.
Institute for Democratic Governance
Knowledge, capacity and influence on public policy to consolidate democracy and good governance in Ghana and the rest of Africa
Integrated Social Development Centre, Ghana (ISODEC)
Research and advocacy organisation concerned with social development in Ghana
Participatory Development Associates, Ghana (PDA)
PDA is an organisation whose aim is to support processes of empowerment and self-determination in communities, organisations and individuals. PDA provides facilitation, training and research services for government, non-government and private organisations, multilateral and bilateral organisations. Areas of focus include: decentralisation poverty and social assessments reproductive he...
Public Agenda
Development-focused newspaper from Ghana
Institute for Policy Alternatives, Ghana (IPA)
Capacity building institute working towards bridging research and practice in Ghana
University of Cape Coast, Ghana
Teaching and research university in Ghana
The Forestry Commission of Ghana
Forestry, wildlife, and natural resourses conservation authority in Ghana
Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA)
Management training institute
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