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  - Population 23.46 mln
  - Population growth 2%
  - Life expectancy 60 years
  - Net migration 11,690
  - GDP $2.15 bln
  - - per capita $590
  - - growth rate 6%
  - FDI, net inflows $0.97 bln
  - Cellphone users 32%
  - Internet users 4%
  - High-tech exports 1%

Integrating Women into Value Chains: Lessons From Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Ghana

Integrating Women into Value Chains: Lessons From Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Ghana

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Effective value chain programming requires an understanding of how people respond to different kinds of incentives in value chains and how gender affects this response. Gendered patterns of behavior influence men and women’s knowledge of, ability, and incentives to participate in value chains and to upgrade in response to changing market conditions and new market opportunities. Promoting value chain development that is inclusive of and benefits both men and women relies on understanding these more...

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SME Finance Forum to SME Finance Forum on May 7, 2013

Influx of Chinese goldminers sparks tensions in Ghana

Influx of Chinese goldminers sparks tensions in Ghana

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Illegal small-scale mines are an opportunity for poor Chinese immigrants – but are blamed for environmental destruction "Huang Ren Zhong's striped parasol stands out against the muddy cliff of excavated earth. The horizon is fringed with the tall trees of the Ghanaian rainforest, but for Huang, this dilapidated shelter is his only shade from the sweltering tropical sun. He and his other Chinese colleagues take turns to sit under it, overseeing the digging and churning of the murky water more...

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John Daly on April 23, 2013

Strengthening e-Governance in the North-South Local Government Co-operation Programme

Strengthening e-Governance in the North-South Local Government Co-operation Programme

The aim of this study is to provide the Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities (AFLRA) and other stakeholders with information and documentation to clarify E-Government concepts and strengthen the understanding of both Northern and Southern partners about the e-readiness of the Southern Local Governments(LGs).The specific objectives of the study are: To provide basic knowledge on the concept of E-Governance, its use and importance to society.To provide information on the efforts more...

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Sonia Hossain on April 23, 2013

Ghana: Making Cities ‘Smarter’ Through the Use of ICT

Ghana: Making Cities ‘Smarter’ Through the Use of ICT

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ICT-based platforms can encourage collective action and put pressure on local governments and service providers to respond to citizens’ problems. In Ghana, the World Bank has recently helped implement an ICT platform called “Taarifa” to help citizens and local governments monitor waste disposal. Taarifa (which means “headline” in Swahili) is a smartphone-based app that enables community-based reporting and monitoring of service delivery. Designed by an open source community, the more...

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Moushumi Biswas to Open Development Technology Alliance on April 7, 2013

Addressing research capacity for health equity and the social determinants of health in three African countries: the INTREC programme

Addressing research capacity for health equity and the social determinants of health in three African countries: the INTREC programme

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By Karen Hofman, Yulia Blomstedt, Sheila Addei, Rose Kalage, Mandy Maredza, Osman Sankoh, Martin Bangha, Kathleen Kahn, Heiko Becher, Joke Haafkens, John Kinsman Background: The importance of tackling economic, social and health-related inequities is increasingly accepted as a core concern for the post-Millennium Development Goal framework. However, there is a global dearth of high-quality, policy-relevant and actionable data on inequities within populations, which means that development more...

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Umeå Centre for... on April 3, 2013

Voices of Women Entrepreneurs in Ghana

Voices of Women Entrepreneurs in Ghana

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The Voices of Women Entrepreneurs in Ghana is an advocacy tool designed to complement the Gender and Growth Assessment in Ghana by presenting the issues, concerns and successes of women entrepreneurs in their own voice. The objective of the report is to have the voices of these women heard by policy makers so that policies can be implemented that improve the business environment for women. The report is based on in-depth interviews with 23 women in Accra, Tamale, and Takoradi in May 2006.

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SME Finance Forum to SME Finance Forum on March 21, 2013

Constraints in the UK to Ghana Remittances Market

Constraints in the UK to Ghana Remittances Market

dfid.gov.uk –

This report assesses the UK to Ghana remittance corridor, addressing both the UK and Ghanaian regulatory environments, the products and services available on the market and the remittance patterns of the UK-based Ghanaian Diaspora. Improvements in the remittance corridor can be made through increasing competition, improving convenience, access and trust as well as expanding the range of products and services available on the market for both the sender and receiver. The UK to Ghana corridor is more...

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D C on March 19, 2013

What Works in Girls’ Education in Ghana

What Works in Girls’ Education in Ghana

This document critically reviews the international and Ghana-based evidence on the impact of strategies for girls’ education. It analyses the impact of common, historically used strategies, as well as more recent, innovative approaches. The review draws out lessons learnt, issues of cost effectiveness and key contextual factors (including policy, legal and regional). The report particularly focuses on synergies between the various strategies and their impact on girls’ educational outcomes. more...

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Moushumi Biswas on March 19, 2013

Remittances from Abroad: The Ghanaian Household Perspective

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With increasing number of Africans migrating to Europe and the Americas to seek greener pastures, the expectation is that the level of remittances from them to their families back home will increase. Amid the global financial crisis since 2008, remittance to developing countries has increased by 8% from the year 2010 to US$346 bn in 2011 (World Bank Report, 2010). The study looks at the contributions of foreign remittances to households in Ghana. Data were obtained from the recipients of more...

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Sonia Hossain on March 13, 2013

Mobile governance: Head porters in Ghana

Mobile governance: Head porters in Ghana

A promising strategy to promote good governance is the harnessing of opportunities provided by the use of mobile phones, which are widely accessible to most segments of society. A study recently presented at the International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance, of which two authors are from the UNU-IIST Centre for Electronic Governance, investigated the strategic use of mobile technologies by governments to achieve the desired development and social inclusion outcomes. more...

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Moushumi Biswas to Open Development Technology Alliance on March 13, 2013

Sub-Saharan Consulting Group (SSCG) launched Africa SMEs Development Forum, to support UK small businesses growth and trade in the African market, develop SMEs capacity, competitiveness, value chains and entrepreneurship skills in the continent

Sub-Saharan Consulting Group (SSCG) launched Africa SMEs Development Forum, to support UK small businesses growth and trade in the African market, develop SMEs capacity, competitiveness, value chains and entrepreneurship skills in the continent

eventbrite.co.uk –

Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs) and entrepreneurs are the backbone of every economy, creating employment opportunities and improving people livelihood in Africa. However, it is generally recognised that they face unique and overwhelming challenges, which affect their potential, hence diminish their ability to contribute effectively to the continent sustainable economic development. Enterprises in Africa encounter daily challenges ranging from: lack of managerial skills, inadequate more...

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Eugene Nizeyimana on March 10, 2013

In Ghana, inequities in access to safe abortion services keep unsafe abortion rates stubbornly high

A new study by the Guttmacher Institute found that in Ghana, a woman's socioeconomic status largely determines how safe her abortion will be. While middle- and upper-income women in urban areas are more likely than other women to have an abortion, women who are young, poor or without support of a partner are at greatest risk of having an unsafe abortion and experiencing injury or death…more

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Melissa Martin on January 30, 2013

Scant funding for research facilities is hurting Africa

Scant funding for research facilities is hurting Africa

African countries want and need financial support for research and innovation. Fortunately, there's plenty of money to go around in that regard. For example, the European Union provides more funding to the continent than it gives to Asia and Latin America combined and there is additional support from Australian, North American and UK research agencies. In most African countries, support for research infrastructure lags far behind that for other types of infrastructure projects, such as more...

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D C on January 23, 2013

Taking the Pulse of Branchless Banking

Through a series of interviews with industry stakeholders, CGAP takes the pulse of branchless banking around the world. The five individuals interviewed - two central bank staff, one mobile operator, one microfinance bank founder and one retail banker - all agree that branchless banking is an important ingredient to financial inclusion and is key to giving the unbanked access to formal financial services. But, every country is having a unique experience when it comes to branchless banking more...

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Erin Scronce on January 14, 2013

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Demographic patterns and trends in Central Ghana: baseline indicators from the Kintampo Health and Demographic Surveillance System

Demographic patterns and trends in Central Ghana: baseline indicators from the Kintampo Health and Demographic Surveillance System

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By Seth Owusu-Agyei, Obed Ernest A. Nettey, Charles Zandoh, Abubakari Sulemana, Robert Adda, Seeba Amenga-Etego, Cheikh Mbacke Background: The dearth of health and demographic data in sub-Saharan Africa from vital registration systems and its impact on effective planning for health and socio-economic development is widely documented. Health and Demographic Surveillance Systems have the capacity to address the dearth of quality data for policy making in resource-poor settings. Objective: This more...

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Umeå Centre for... on December 20, 2012

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