CONTEXT FOR REFORM Ghana has a serious housing problem caused by: rapid and unplanned urbanisation, poor housing and planning systems, poor buildings, unaffordable houses, limited access to credit, and undersupply of decent and affordable houses. Example, house prices in Accra are far expensive than similar houses in London using purchasing power parity or minimum wage […]
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Governance and Democratic Delivery
Security Services Armed Forces Promote and maintain and professionalised non-partisan & competent forces that is able to confront the growing threat to national security from terrorism, regional violence & disputes, national relief emergencies, territorial integrity and oil reserves Armed forces to focus on their universal remit (nation security and emergences), and not allowed into any […]
Schools Policy for Ghana
CONTEXT FOR REFORM Ghana’s school system is a mishmash of poor, fair and good. Most schools outside the big metropolitan areas, rural schools and schools in deprived metropolitan areas (e.g. Mamobi in Accra or Effia Kuma in Takoradi) are poor to fair, while some schools in metropolitan areas are fair to good (e.g. Bishop Bowers […]
Alternative Manifesto for Ghana
Ghana has emerged as one of the success stories in Africa – poor contextual comparison -and has benefitted from the goodwill of democratic stability: increase in foreign investment, grants, and often condescending paean from donors. Yet, Ghana is at crossroads regarding its competitiveness and ability to fulfil the aspirations of its founders and citizens. Its long held (and […]
Let’s start something remarkable
This platform starts the conversation on the radical model that Ghana needs to adopt to become a competitive and high performing country. It will offer ideas, mostly informed by sound evidence from high performing systems/countries, which can be translated into effective policies. Join me in this conversational and reasoning exercise […]