Revamping Ghana’s Education: A New Moral and Civic Curriculum for National Development
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The Ghana Gold Board Bill
Ghana is a well-endowed country. Its resource endowment includes gold. Our resource endowments suggest the socio-economic development needle should be much further ahead than it currently is. When countries like Ghana face economic and fiscal challenges, there is the temptation to question whether resource endowments even matter. It may sound counterintuitive to think there would […]
Repeal of the electronic transaction levy (e-levy) aligns with Ghanaians’ wishes ahead of 2024 election
The government’s repeal of the electronic transaction levy (e-levy) on Wednesday fulfils one of the strong preferences that Ghanaians expressed ahead of the December 2024 election. [embeddoc url=”https://cddgh.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/R10-News-release-E-levy-repeal-aligns-with-Ghanaians-wishes-Afrobarometer-bh-2april25.pdf”]
The Petition to Remove the Chief Justice
On Tuesday, March 25, Ghanaians were informed that the President had began a consultative process with the Council of State in response to three petitions seeking the removal of the Chief Justice. There is no additional information in the public domain yet regarding who the petitioners are and the grounds upon which they seek her […]
A Growing Sense of Inequality Before the Law
Democracies often tout the rule of law as one of their major strengths. The long-held cherished principle is that, in democracies, the law treats every citizen the same way. Yet, a close examination of data from the Afrobarometer survey reveals a disturbing trend. In short, there is a growing sense among Ghanaians that, not all […]
International Women’s Day – Our Attitudes on Gender Issues
Today is International Women’s Day. It is a day set aside to draw attention to the need to continue efforts in support of gender equity and equality. While society recognizes the progress achieved over the years, it acknowledges there is still work to be done. International Women’s Day offer countries like Ghana two things – […]
Ghana’s State-Owned Enterprises – Questions of Performance
State Interests and Governance Authority, 2023 State Ownership Report. 29 August 2024 The 2023 State Ownership Report – the eighth in the series – has received more media attention than the 2022 Report published a week or two earlier. Its publication was swiftly followed by the SIGA Annual Stakeholders Forum with much media coverage. The […]
Decoding the Supreme Court Judgment on Article 108: A New Era for Private Members’ Bills in Ghana
By Elikem Gadzekpo On December 18, 2024 the Supreme Court unanimously dismissed two lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, 2024 also known as the Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill. The plaintiffs, a broadcast journalist and lawyer Richard Dela Sky and Dr. Amada Odoi, a lecturer at University of Cape Coast, brought […]
The 2024 Corruption Perception Index
Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index (2024) is out. The index measures perceived level of corruption in the public sector using data from thirteen different sources. The exercise is completed by a group of experts – business persons and academics. Each country scores anywhere between zero (very corrupt) and hundred (not corrupt). In addition, countries are […]
Rural-Urban Gaps in Election Attitudes
Elections are the heart of any democracy’s architecture. In Ghana, the constitution guarantees every citizen the right to vote. It is important to note upfront that voter turnout is generally not a problem in Ghana. When asked nine times (1999, 2005, 2008, 2012, 2014, 2017, 2019, 2022, 2024) over the course of the Afrobarometer survey […]
