Proposals for Reducing the Size and Cost of Running Government
Every other sector of the economy has had to incur substantive inconvenience or financial loss in efforts to return the sovereign debts to sustainable levels. Every other sector of the economy, except government itself. Against this backdrop, this paper reiterates some of the measures that have been proposed to reduce government spending and examines them […]
The Call and the Cost to be Active and Engaged Citizens
The late Prof. Kwame Gyekye once said this about democracy: “I think it means, equally importantly, that democracy is a government whose form of practice derives in its entirety from the historical and cultural experiences of a people and is in conformity with their vision of how they want to be governed or govern themselves; […]
CDD commends Parliament for its scrutiny of the 2023 budget
The Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) took keen interest in the deliberation of the 2023 budget by the Parliament of Ghana, and commends the leadership, and Members of Parliament for their assertiveness in exercising the ‘power of the purse’ function by scrutinizing the government budget proposals in a consensus manner. The Center commends the […]
‘Building Local Entrepreneurial Skills to Support the Rural Poor’ CDD/EU LED – Project Closure and Handing Over
The Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), in partnership with the Asutifi North District Assembly (ANDA) and the Global Alliance for Development Foundation (GADeF), initiated a Local Economic Development (LED) project dubbed “Building Local Entrepreneurial Skills to support the rural poor for sustainable economic self-reliance”. With financial and technical support from the Delegation of the […]
To cap or not to cap?
Because we are so special, aren’t we? How many Justices do we have on the Ghana Supreme Court now? I have even lost count! The last time I bothered to check, it was inching its way up toward the number 20. Kenya, a fellow common law country, with a population numbering over 50 million (Ghana: […]
The 2023 Budget –The Political Opportunities and Challenges
The 2023 Budget and Economic Statement was finally presented to Parliament on November 24, 2023. In the public commentary following the presentation, two items have caught the attention of citizens – a) the reduction of the E-Levy charge to one percent (1%) and the removal of the One Hundred Ghana Cedi (GH₵100.00) daily limit threshold […]
Violent Extremist and Terrorist Threats: Examining Ghana’s Preparedness
The growing spate of violent extremism and terrorism in the sub-region spells doom for the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly Goal 16 which focuses on Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions. Ghana is now the only country among the earlier mentioned coastal states that has not suffered from any violent extremist and terrorist […]
The Censure Committee and the Judicialization of the Business of Parliament
The ad hoc committee of Parliament, set up and directed by the Speaker of Parliament to investigate certain allegations in connection with a motion of censure brought against the Minister of Finance, made some “rulings” in the course of its public hearings that ended last week. One such ruling was that the committee, and for […]
Corruption Watch Wins Two GJA Awards
Corruption Watch’s investigator, Francisca Enchill, was awarded the coveted Investigative Journalist of the Year and Female Journalist of the Year awards at the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) Awards held at the Kempinksi Gold Coast Hotel last Saturday, November 12, 2022. Her investigative piece, ‘Pay or Die: The Agony of Pregnant Women in Hospitals’, which earned […]
Government needs to build confidence in the people, in two key areas
We are facing a systemic problem brought on by insular decision-making that is fraught with partisan politics and a failure to tap into the vast talent of competent Ghanaian citizens across the globe who could have helped manage our economy better. We have been to the IMF 17 times, and I do not know why […]
