CONTENTS
Acknowledgements..................................................................................................vii
Map of Ghana............................................................................................................ix
Country fact sheet.......................................................................................................xi
Country indicators.....................................................................................................xii
Abbreviations and acronyms......................................................................................xiii
Executive summary..................................................................................................xvii
1. Introduction .......................................................................................1
1.1 The APRM and its processes..............................................................................1
1.2 Ghana and the APRM.......................................................................................5
1.3 The Country Review Mission (CRM).................................................................8
1.4 Activities undertaken during the CRM...............................................................9
2. Democracy and political governance .......................................................13
2.1 Overview
.....................................................................................................13
2.2 Implementation of standards and codes ........................................................16
2.3 Assessment of the performance on APRM objectives .....................................18
3. Economic governance and management ...................................................47
3.1 Overview......................................................................................................47
3.2 Implementation of standards and codes.............................................................52
3.3 Assessment of the performance on APRM objectives.........................................55
4. Corporate governance.........................................................................83
4.1 Overview...........................................................................................................83
4.2 Implementation of standards and codes.............................................................85
4.3 Assessment of the performance on APRM objectives........................................89
5. Socio-economic development..............................................................115
5.1 Overview..........................................................................................................115
5.2 Implementation of standards and codes..........................................................120
5.3 Assessment of the performance on APRM objectives ..................................122
6. Conclusion ....................................................................................139
6.1 Over-arching issues.........................................................................................139
6.2 The Ghana Programme of Action.................................................................144
6.3 The Way Forward..........................................................................................145
Appendix 1 : Comments from the Government of Ghana...................................149