CHAPTER 3 ? development. Pursue steps to achieve certain intermediate objectives. Such objectives, which will themselves be instrumental in promoting macroeconomic policies to support sustainable development, include: - Allowing more effective country ownership in policy-making. - Accelerating structural change and diversification in the economy. - Enhancing the capacity to mobilise domestic resources. - Strengthening the analytical capability in and outside of the government for national economic policy-making. - Promoting domestic regional equity in economic growth and per capita income, employment and access to certain basic services. - Implementing market liberalisation policies. 50. These intermediate objectives are discussed below. More effective country ownership 51. There are two major reasons why the Ghanaian authorities should emphasise ownership in policy-making. First, civil society and the private sector want such ownership and, second, ownership matters in the success achieved with economic policies. Indeed, success in achieving the other five intermediate objectives will depend greatly on country ownership. 52. The defining feature of ownership is a country's voluntary acceptance of full responsibility for the outcome of its economic programme. If a country “owns” a programme, its commitment to implementation is stronger. The CRM suggests that the government should always take steps to obtain general domestic support (legitimization) of its economic programmes. Such support will facilitate country ownership and programme implementation. Legitimization is promoted by open deliberation of programmes and policies. 53. When designing and implementing measures for achieving the other intermediate objectives indicated above, the authorities should encourage advice and collaboration from persons and organisations outside government. For instance, for policy-making, for each intermediate objective, the authorities could organise around a specific body or coordinating council. Its members could be drawn from the government, expert organisations (e.g. universities, research bodies and institutes), civil society and the private business sector. Gender and regional balance should be sought. 62