Highlights of Findings from a study on MSMEs’ Access to Justice and Public Services in Ghana
Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) occupy a dominant place in Ghana’s economy. They constitute 99.8% of enterprises in the country, account for at least 70% of GDP, and create about 81% of the new jobs. [embeddoc url=”https://cddgh.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Press-Release-Access-to-Justice-and-Public-Services_Experiences-of-MSMEs-in-Ghana_MZD-inputs.pdf”]
From Pandemic to Endemic: the Ethics of Vaccine Sale Profits
*Photo credit: ABC News Lower middle-income countries would be scratching their heads with the announcement by Great Britain’s biggest pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca, that it expects to move away from selling its COVID-19 vaccine Vaxzevria at cost price to a scheme where a modest profit is made. According to the company’s Chief Executive Pascal Soriot, they […]
Access to Justice and Public Services
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Are Least Resourced Countries Judging the Health Implications of Climate Change Accurately?
The twenty-sixth Conference of the Parties (COP) is currently ongoing in Glasgow Scotland. It is happening at a time where there is consensus that the world is not doing enough to protect the climate. There have been arguments made that most of the countries demanding more action to minimise greenhouse gas emissions are the guiltiest […]
Parliamentary immunity: a ticket above the law?
The ongoing impasse between the Ghana Police Service and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Madina Constituency, Mr. Francis Xavier-Sosu, supported by the Speaker of Parliament, over unsuccessful attempts by the Police to invite the MP to assist with investigations relating to a demonstration he is said to have led raises a key constitutional question […]
Constituting Committees in the Eighth Parliament: Harnessing the Opportunities Inherent in a Hung Parliament
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CSOs calls on President to back the OSP with adequate funding
On Tuesday, 26th October 2021, a group of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) working on anti-corruption and good governance issues met with the Special Prosecutor (SP), Mr. Kissi Agyebeng, at the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) at Ridge, Accra. The meeting, called at the invitation of the SP was to deliberate on how best the […]
Fact checking the CNN interview with Ghanaian MP over proposed anti-gay bill in Ghana
A CNN interview of Ghanaian MP, Sam George, on or about October 8, 2021, over a proposed bill—the Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill, 2021 (‘anti-gay bill’)—appears to have won the lead sponsor of the bill praise in some quarters in Ghana for defense of the bill. The anti-gay bill seeks, in a nutshell, […]
Why proponents of Ghana’s ‘anti-gay bill’ get it so wrong
*Featured image credit: The United Nations The propriety of the Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill, 2021 (‘anti-gay bill’) has generated national conversations in the past few weeks. The anti-gay bill seeks, in a nutshell, to criminalise LGBTQ+ sexual relationships and associations. The bill also criminalises directly or indirectly, a […]
CDD/ODI * 4: The Role of Traditional Institutions in Political Change and Development
Among development practitioners, there is growing interest in the search for more ‘authentic’ and socially embedded civil society actors. Renewed interest is being shown in whether locally-based traditional institutions match this description, given their continuing importance in respect to local justice, land and community development activities. This paper looks at the role of traditional institutions, […]
