Community participation in development planning has historically been problematic for decentralized planning. The major drawbacks of the planning system are the fact that it had been insensitive to community aspirations and opportunities for local level initiatives and rarely explored the interactive nature of development planning. Therefore, Ghana’s local government system has been described as a “decentralized” system in which decision making is locally centralized and ill serves its public (Afrobarometer Dispatch, 2015).
Drawing on a study to systematically observe the MMDAs formulation of the 2014-2017 Medium Term Development Plans (MTDPs), this briefing paper discusses the effectiveness of the planning guidelines, with regards to MMDAs compliance, particularly, focusing on the degree of engagements and involvement of citizens and stakeholders who are the primary beneficiaries of the plan.
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