Emergency Management: Citizens’ Views on Government’s response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 global pandemic was an event no one anticipated when the year 2020 began. This unanticipated event with the health risks it presented and the urgent need to protect human lives, required strategic policy responses from governments. In the case of Ghana, the government’s action included a) a partial lockdown for three weeks in […]
About ‘Kronti ne Akwamu’ (Democracy and Good Governance) Public Lecture
Launched in March 2005, Kronti ne Akwamu is CDD-Ghana’s flagship public lecture on democracy, governance, and development. It is delivered annually by a local or international public figure, scholar or practitioner whose work reflects an enduring engagement with or commitment to democracy, good governance, and inclusive development—the three, interrelated ideals that define CDD-Ghana’s mission and […]
If the Fundamentals of the Economy are Weak…
Data for Governance Alliance wraps up pan-African CSOs capacity-building workshop on accessing and using data for advocacy
The Data for Governance consortium is a four-year (2021-2024) collaboration led by Afrobarometer with the Center for Democratic Development Ghana, the Institute for Development Studies at the University of Nairobi, the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation and Laws Africa at the University of Cape Town. The consortium recently organized a series of three regional workshops […]
The Ghana Statistical Services Is Not Wrong!
I first came into close contact with the Ghana Statistical Service back in 2002 when as a graduate student, I needed some data for a research project I was undertaking in Ghana. Ever since my engagement with the Service, I have closely followed their work to keep myself updated on how well it is fulfilling […]
Ghanaians see gender-based violence as a criminal matter
Oct 13_AB R9-News release-Ghanaians say no to physical force against women-Afrobarometer-12oct22
The Economics, Policy and Politics of the Fight against Galamsey
We are back to the issue of galamsey! The president’s meeting with the National House of Chiefs and the MMDCEs, media reports with pictures of polluted rivers, conversations on social media, etc. are contributing to this renewed sense of urgency to act. The Economics of Galamsey During my doctoral dissertation research work some twelve years […]
Should The State Fund Political Parties? – Ghanaians Say No
In May this year, I gave a talk on intra-party democracy in Ghana. In preparation for the talk, I read the constitutions of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and New Patriotic Party (NPP), our two main political parties. I was quite struck by their elaborate political-administrative structure. Such a structure faces many challenges including coordination […]
Can Chiefs Allocate unto Themselves Law Making and Pseudo Criminal Law Enforcement Powers?
In the recent past, some actions taken by chiefs or traditional authorities including purporting to issue directives, banishment orders, etc. and to impose sanctions on some private citizens and corporate institutions for non-observance of local customs have generated public discussions, particularly on the legal propriety of these actions. This piece catalogues some of these actions […]
The Changing Importance Of Corruption As A Problem
How much importance do Ghanaians place on the problem of corruption in government? I recall during the 2020 elections that I made a point based on my observation of patterns in the Afrobarometer survey that, when ranking the most important problems government must address, Ghanaians would tend to rank other problems (unemployment, the economy, education, […]
