Ghana

Currency: Cedi (GHS)

Timezone: Greenwich Mean Time (UTC)

Major Cities: Accra

Ghana is a Western African country sharing borders with the Gulf of Guinea, Togo, Cote d’Ivoire, and Burkina Faso. The country’s climate is tropical-warm and dry along the coast and hot and dry in the north-with a terrain that is largely low plains. 

With a population of approximately 30 million people, Ghana is the second-most populous country in West Africa after Nigeria. The major ethnic groups of the country include the Akan, Mole-Dagbon, Ewe, and Ga-Dangme, with the English language regarded as the official language of the country.Ghana operates a unitary and presidential system of government that is administratively divided into 16 regions, including Accra, the country’s capital.  The country’s economy is a market-based economy dominated by the agricultural sector which accounts for 20 percentof the country’s GDP and employs over 50 percent of the labor force. The country is also the second-largest producer of cocoa which is a major source of foreign exchange to the economy along with other commodities such as gold and petroleum. The major problems facing the country include public sector corruption and youth unemployment challenge.

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National Youth Policy of Ghana

Ghana, Ministry of Youth and Sports

The National Youth Policy is themed “Towards an empowered youth, impacting positively on national development”. The policy recognises the importance of youth as a valuable human resource that needs to be harnessed by the government...

Ghana • 2010 • Youth and Sports Development

The Health Sector Medium-Term Development Plan (2010-2013)

Ghana, Ministry of Health

To further drive the health sector towards the attainment of the MDGs, the Medium-Term Development Plan identifies key priorities of the government with regards to accelerating program implementation towards attaining equitable universal health coverage. Its...

Ghana • 2010 • Health

Alternative Dispute Resolution Act

Ghana, Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning

The Act makes provisions for the settlement of disputes via arbitration, mediation and customary arbitration. The act also establishes an Alternative Dispute Resolution Centre. The Act applies to matters other than those that relate to...

Ghana • 2010 • Justice

Fisheries Regulations

Ghana, Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development,Fisheries Commission

The Regulations implement provisions of the Fisheries Act of 2002. It stipulates that there shall be the development of a Fishery Management Plan with specific objectives and durations to guide and regulate fishing activities. Provisions...

Ghana • 2010 • Agriculture and Rural Development

Medium Term Agriculture Sector Investment Plan (METASIP 2011-2015)

Ghana, Ministry of Food and Agriculture

The METASIP serves as the implementation tool for agricultural programmes and policy for 2011-2015. It is in line with the government’s hopes of positioning agriculture as the leading sector for growth and transformation of the...

Ghana • 2010 • Agriculture and Rural Development

Tree Crops Policy

Ghana, Ministry of Food and Agriculture

The Tree Crops Policy is based on the Food and Agriculture Sector Development Policy II (FASDEP II) developed in 2008. It provides a comprehensive and holistic approach for the sustainable development of the tree crop...

Ghana • 2010 • Agriculture and Rural Development

Medium Term Agricultural Sector Investment Plan (METASIP) 2011-2015

Ghana, Ministry of Food and Agriculture

The METASIP is the investment plan to implement the medium term (2011-2015) programmes of the FASDEP II. It has been developed to achieve a target agricultural GDP growth of at least 6% annually, and halve...

Ghana • 2010 • Agriculture and Rural Development

Anti-Malaria Drug Policy for Ghana, Revised Edition

Ghana, Ministry of Health

The guidelines contained in the document aim to ensure effective treatment of malaria and bring about a reduction of the malaria burden in the country. The revised policy sets out to ensure lessons learnt from...

Ghana • 2009 • Health

Health Sector Gender Policy

Ghana, Ministry of Health

Treatment of women and men should be devoid of bias, as contained in the Ghanaian constitution, and other international ratifications and guidelines. The health sector gender policy contains framework to guide all health sector policies...

Ghana • 2009 • Health

Ghana Revenue Authority Act, 2009 (Act 791)

Ghana, Ghana Revenue Authority

An Act to establish the Ghana Revenue Authority to replace the Internal revenue Service, the Customs, Excise and Preventive Service and the Value Added Tax Service for the administration of taxes and to provide for...

Ghana • 2009 • Finance

Electronic Communications Act 775, 2008

Ghana, Ministry of Communications

An Act by the President and Parliament to provide for the regulation of electronic communications, the regulation of broadcasting, the use of the electro-magnetic spectrum, and for related matters.

Ghana • 2009 • Information, Communication and Technology

National Communications Authority Act 769, 2008

Ghana, Ministry of Communications

An Act by the President and Parliament to establish the National Communications Authority as the central body to license and regulate communications activities and services in the country, and to provide for related purposes.

Ghana • 2008 • Information, Communication and Technology

National Information Technology Agency Act 771, 2008

Ghana, Ministry of Communications

An Act by the President and Parliament to establish the National Information Technology Agency to regulate information communications technology and to provide for related purposes.

Ghana • 2008 • Information, Communication and Technology

Chieftaincy Act

Ghana, Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning

There is the “National House of Chiefs”, and among them, the Act identifies different titles of those chiefs and their functions.

Ghana • 2008 • Democracy and Governance