Democracy Watch Newsletter #20

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From Passive to Active Residents: Reflections from Visits to Border Communities in Ghana

Introduction Occasionally, I get my boots dirty by stepping out of the office to work in other parts of the country, often in remote and rural areas. This time around, I visited several border communities and border posts in the Volta and Oti regions of Ghana to participate in community sensitization forums and radio programs […]
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 Moves to Strengthen Ghana’s Data Ecosystem to Support Evidence Use in Policy-making

The E4D is a pilot project initiated by CDD-Ghana to strengthen the capacity and incentives of policy actors to access and use relevant data and evidence to inform policy decision-making and program implementation to improve social development outcomes at the sub-national level in Ghana. [embeddoc url=”https://cddgh.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Press-Release_Evidence-for-Development-Stakeholder-Forum_Final.pdf” height=”1200px”]
Do Endorsements by Traditional Leaders Affect Vote Choice?

Traditional Leaders’ Political Party Endorsements
Decentralization and Local Governance Reform:

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