Partisanship And Trust In Our Courts– Insights From The Afrobarometer Survey
What makes institutions like the courts of law thrive? What makes actors, especially, citizens, willing to approach the courts as impartial arbiters in disputes? Several factors come into play; however, trust is key. It is therefore concerning that in recent times, our courts of law have been featuring in public discourse, shaped with questions of […]
Sustaining Democratic Resilience in the Context of Erosion: Lessons from Europe and Africa
The Institute for Democratic Governance (IDEG) in collaboration with the Danish Institute for Parties and Democracy (DIPD) and the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) will on Friday 22nd April 2022 hold a Roundtable on the topic: “Sustaining Democracy in the Context of Erosion: Lessons from Europe and Africa” at IDEG, East Legon, Accra. The […]
The Re-Emerging Free SHS Debate – Insights From The Afrobarometer Survey
Against the backdrop of the current fiscal challenges, the cost of one of government’s flagship programs – Free SHS– has emerged with suggestions to make modifications to the program. The suggestions are driven by a simple fiscal imperative – relieving government of the fiscal burden it faces to fund flagship programs in the current environment. […]
New CDD-Ghana Project to Track the Utilization of Mineral Revenues in Mining Districts in Ghana
The MDDS project seeks to track the transfer and use of mining revenues in mining districts to promote transparency and accountability and improve social and human development outcomes. The project’s long-term goal is to empower and strengthen community participation in natural resource governance and management for better development outcomes at the sub-national level in Ghana. […]
Afrobarometer Round 9 Data Collection
In the next 3 weeks, 64 trained enumerators will be speaking to 2,400 Ghanaians who will share their perceptions, beliefs, and experiences on Ghana’s democracy, governance, and economic conditions for the Afrobarometer Round 9 survey.
Report: Strengthening Data and Evidence Use in Policy and Practice in Ghana
The Evidence for Development (E4D) project sought to strengthen the capacity and motivation of policy actors to access and use relevant data and evidence to inform policy decision-making to improve social development outcomes at the district level in Ghana. [embeddoc url=”https://cddgh.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/E4D-End-of-Project-Report-FNL.pdf”]
Making our Peace with Democracy: Insights from Afrobarometer
By: Dr. John Osae-Kwapong Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso, Guinea Bissau. These recent successful and attempted military takeovers have raised concerns about democracy’s future in the region. Are these troubling times for democracy? Whenever scenes of jubilation greet military takeovers among certain sections of society, there is the temptation to conclude that citizens are making their […]
CDD-Ghana begins fieldwork training ahead of Afrobarometer R9 survey in Ghana
CDD-Ghana has begun fieldwork training ahead of the Afrobarometer R9 survey in Ghana. The fieldworkers will be equipped with research and data collection methods, Afrobarometer data collection protocols, and the questionnaire to collect the data as done in all Afrobarometer surveyed countries. This year, 44% out of 64 fieldworkers are women (28), while 56% are […]
CDD-Ghana s’associe À Sida Pour Promouvoir La Démocratie En Afrique De L’ouest
Le Centre ghanéen pour le développement démocratique (CDD-Ghana) et l’Agence suédoise de coopération internationale au développement (SIDA) ont conclu un nouveau partenariat pour établir un réseau transnational de solidarité démocratique, qui sera connu sous le nom de West Africa Democracy Solidarity Network (« WADEMOS »). L’objectif du réseau est de mobiliser, coordonner et tirer parti […]
CDD-Ghana partners with Sida to Promote Democracy in West Africa
The Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) have entered into a new partnership to establish a transnational democracy solidarity network, to be known as West Africa Democracy Solidarity Network (“WADEMOS”). The purpose of the Network is to mobilize, coordinate, and leverage the collective power of pro-democracy actors, […]
