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Broken promises, or real change ahead? This paper discusses the challenges facing Ghana's governing party, NPP, and whether Dr Bawumia can turn fate around in the 2024 Elections. | Dr. John Kwakye | 28 Mar 2024 | Download |
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| The essay focuses on the role of the courts, particularly the Supreme Court, in the ongoing search for democracy and constitutionalism in Ghana. Mr Prempeh notes that the Supreme Court's power of judicial review makes it a vital institutional watchdog in the Fourth Republic. He cautions that the power vested In the Supreme Court to determine the constitutionality of legislative and executive decisions may not always serve the interests of democracy and that the judicial review could undermine, rather than promote, democracy if it is used to lend judicial imprimatur and legitimacy to undemocratic actions of the government. Mr Prempeh argues that because of this double-edged character of judicial review, it is critically important to make the judiciary not only independent of the government, but also accountable to the people. | K. Prempeh | 29 Jun 2020 | Download |
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| With independence came the hope that a system of multi-party democracy would be firmly established in Ghana. Unfortunately, this was a vain hope. Those whose hands the power fell did not believe in political pluralism. Opposition to the Government was not tolerated and was actively stifled because the Government was committed to Marxist or Communist principles. As a result of these developments, Ghana missed the opportunity to develop firm foundations for multi-party politics. The advent of the Constitution of the Fourth Republic therefore offers to the people of Ghana a unique opportunity to build those institutions and develop the traditions, which alone can ensure a lasting democratic order. | B. J., da Rocha and Kwame Pianim | 26 Jun 2020 | Download |
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| This paper aims to direct the attention of Parliament to the need for a law governing the right to information. It is also intends to assist Parliament by providing it with a model. This model will sharply focus Parliament's attention on the specific provisions. It should help Parliament to move expeditiously in the direction of passing a suitable law on the right to information. Adopting this draft, subject to any necessary modification, should perhaps be a suitable first step. There are indications that Government is not averse to the passage of such a law. | Justice P.D. Anin | 26 Jun 2020 | Download |
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| This paper, discusses the crisis that gripped a number of East Asian countries— notably, Indonesia, South Korea and Thailand— in the late 1990s. Development in these countries had been regarded as models by many other countries, particularly in the underdeveloped world. | Prof. Bartholomew K. Armah | 26 Jun 2020 | Download |
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| This paper attempts to analyse the social structure of the District Assemblies created by the District Assembly Elections of 2002. The Upper East Region of Ghana, which is the poorest region in the country, is the focus of the study. The analysis is situated against the background of the social, economic and political conditions of the region at the time of the District Assembly Elections of 2002. | Kwesi Jonah | 26 Jun 2020 | Download |
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| Professor Yankah provides a historical overview of the mutual mistrust underlying the relationship between government and intellectuals in Ghana. He notes that intellectuals have perceived governments and politicians as semi-qualified self-seekers who must be closely monitored while governments have tended to regard intellectuals as adversaries\whose frequent and partisan attacks on government policy must be curbed in the interest of social stability, and undertakes a thoughtful analysis of the rather checkered relations between post-colonial Ghanaian governments and the nation's intellectuals. | Kwesi Yankah | 26 Jun 2020 | Download |
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| The paper provides brief accounts of the timber industry's history and structure, the associations that have sprung up within the industry and the three main areas in which the industry is facing constraints: marketing and finance, institutional support, and access to raw materials. | Fosuaba A. Mensah Banahene | 26 Jun 2020 | Download |
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| This paper by S.K. Apea examines the characteristics of an independent Central Bank. It begins by outlining what the features of a statutorily independent Central Bank should be, by drawing on the experiences of the New Zealand Reserve Bank, the German Bundesbank, the US Federal Reserve, and the European Central Bank. It also states why de-jure independence is necessary for monetary policy credibility, especially for countries with poor inflation history and governments who do not have a good track record for financial restraint. | S.K. Apea | 26 Jun 2020 | Download |
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| The author tries to explain Cote d'Ivoire’s story using the tools of political economy. In doing so, the author realises that a more comprehensive understanding of Cote d'Ivoire's experiences will require insights not just from political economy, but also from political culture and even psycho-analytical studies of Ivorian political elites. | Dr. Cyril Daddieh | 26 Jun 2020 | Download |
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| The essay examines the performance of Ghana's agricultural sector before and after the Structural Adjustment Programme. It reviews past and present policies of the sector and its contribution to Ghana's Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Dr. Levin concedes that national agricultural policies have been generally development-oriented and that broad macroeconomic policy reforms have ended the long-term economic decline of the 70's and early 80's. She however identifies a number of factors which negate, or at least inhibit, the growth of the agricultural sector. They include incomplete data coverage, underutilized and or inaccessible data, government squeeze on credit availability to farmers, obsolete technology, limited use of fertilizer, and an inefficient marketing system. | Carol Levin | 26 Jun 2020 | Download |
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| The paper highlights the constraints to women's access and achievements or performance in Ghanaian higher education, offers a critique of some of the remedies that have been proposed or tried, and identifies critical areas that deserve focused attention, such as sexual harassment, HIVAIDS on Ghanaian campuses, and gender streaming into disciplines that prepare women for traditional low-paid female professions. | Dr. Cyril K. Daddieh | 25 Jun 2020 | Download |
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In this paper, the author, Hon. Kwamena Ahwoi, reviews local government structure over a 10 year period (1989-99). It gives a broad overview of the District Assembly System, the main features of the decentralisation programme and the achievements of the programme in the following areas: political development, administration, decentralised planning, fiscal and decentralised management of public-private partnerships. | Hon. Kwamena Ahwoi | 26 May 2020 | Download |
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In this paper, the author, Prof. Graham K. Shaw, reviews the state of the Ghanaian tourist sector; concludes the argument in favour of the investment in the international tourist sector; draws attention to the National Tourism Development Plan (NTDP 1996-2010); and raises a number of questions, He makes a critique of the NTDP, particularly with regard to some of the analysis and underlying projections. | Prof. Graham K. Shaw | 26 May 2020 | Download |
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