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law on property rights.
Define land ownership and improve access to land for investment through the
elaboration of a policy of private land ownership for both Ghanaians and
foreigners.
Develop an effective, reliable and easily accessible land registry that will
improve access to title and feed individual land registrations into a national
registration system.
Computerise fully the Lands Commission, and deeds and title registries.
51. Business registration
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Implement the Business Registration and Licensing Reform Strategy developed
by Ernst and Young that comprehensively covers a range of relevant issues
including a strategy for business registration and licensing; reforms for filing
renewals and amendments, organisational and institutional reform; ICT
reform; and legal reform.
Continue decentralisation efforts.
Ensure that decentralised offices are capacitated in human and institutional
terms.
52. Access to finance
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Introduce a suitable legal framework to facilitate the operation of credit
reference bureaus.
Address the inadequacies identified in property titles and weak judicial
enforcement of foreclosure processes.
Find strategies for increasing banking competition.
Address the wide interest rate margins in commercial lending.
53. SMEs
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Increase government funding to SMEs timeously so that they do not become
overburdened by government arrears.
Ease lending requirements to SMEs and depoliticise access to these funds.
Improve follow-up mechanisms to ensure the sustainability of SME support
funds.
Encourage firms to improve their corporate governance, recordkeeping, and