Development Agenda

From heat-resistant crops to insurance that helps nations rebuild after a disaster, efforts to adapt to growing climate risks are taking root in Africa – but the work is too slow and is now threatened by COVID-19, African leaders warned Tuesday. Just 3% of international climate finance is reaching the continent, Akinwumi Adesina, president of the African Development Bank (AfDB), ...

Climate change and loss of biodiversity is seen as the most pressing challenge over the decade, according to the World in 2030 Survey report published on Wednesday by the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).  More than 15,000 people worldwide contributed to the survey, which was held online between May and September 2020, and made available in 25 languages.   Respondents were ...

The prospects for recovery of economies of Sub-Saharan Africa looks bright amid actions to contain new waves of the covid-19 pandemic and speed up vaccine rollouts,the World Bank’s biannual economic analysis for the region has revealed. Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa is estimated to have contracted by 2.0% in 2020, closer to the lower bound of the forecast in April ...

U.S. Deputy Chief of Mission Christopher J. Lamora joined officials of the Government of Ghana, academia, civil society, and the private sector in a virtual learning event marking the conclusion of the Sustainable Fisheries Management Project (SFMP), a seven-year, $24 million program funded through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). The Honorable Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development, Hawa Koomson, and the Ghana Fisheries ...

SEND- Ghana, a policy research and advocacy civil society organization has cautioned government against overdependence on donor funding across various sectors of the economy. The organization said in a statement read by its Country Director, George Osei-Bimpeh that;    “Overreliance on dwindling and unpredictable donor support have serious implications on the implementation of key interventions. To make Ghana self-sufficient and attain ...

The most painful experience I have had as a mother nurturing a child with cerebral palsy is discrimination. Through no fault of hers, this child faces rejection and exclusion from society. I have experienced at first-hand how schools on hearing that I am seeking admission for my daughter with cerebral palsy will just cut me short to say, “We don’t ...

The world faces two possible futures: one in which all nations band together to bring covid-19 under control, and another in which the wealthiest countries emerge from the pandemic but developing nations do not. In this second scenario, two classes emerge — a vaccinated class and an unvaccinated class. The choices wealthy countries make now will determine which future takes ...

Governance Expert Williams Amofa has cautioned that if the country wants to combat corruption by strengthening institutions, the police institution must be the first point of call.According to him, our constitution has made it impossible to make the Ghana Police Service independent and that is affecting the corruption fight in the country.Speaking to Sefa Danquah on the ‘Epa Hoa Daben’ show, he ...

Civil Society Orgainzation (CSO) the Citizens Movement Against Corruption, has welcomed Databank’s decision to withdraw its services as a transactional advisor in the controversial Agyapa Royalties deal. Speaking to the media on the new development, Co-Chair of the Citizens Movement Against Corruption, Edem Senanu, noted Databank’s withdrawal will pave way for the selection of a new local partner for the ...

On Thursday, January 28, 2021, ownership of the A Rocha Ghana shea butter processing facility and eight warehouses was transferred to nine shea cooperatives in the West Gonja District in the Savannah Region of northern Ghana. The new facilities are part of a U.S. Government effort to partner with communities, companies, and non-profit organizations in West Africa to expand economic ...