Has Democracy Been Good For The Poor?
In 2006, Michael Ross, a political scientist, wrote a thought-provoking article titled “Is Democracy Good for the Poor?” Among many things in that article, he said this “democracy unquestionably produces noneconomic benefits for people in poverty, endowing them with political rights and liberties. But for those in the bottom quintiles, these political rights produced few […]
Strengthening Capacity for Evidence Informed Decision-Making at the Local Level
In June 2019, the Ghana Center for Democratic Development, with the support of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation initiated a pilot project to strengthen the capacity of policy actors to use data and evidence in policy planning and program implementation at the sub-national, district level in Ghana. The report highlights the contributions, lessons learned, […]
