Objective
2:
Accelerate
Socio-‐Economic
Development
to
Achieve
Sustainable
Development
and
Poverty
Reduction
6.5
Lack
of
Adequate
Progress
on
Monitoring
of
National
Planning
Documents
The
importance
of
monitoring
of
indicators
in
national
planning
cannot
be
overemphasised.
In
a
survey
conducted
by
the
APRM
Monitoring
Group,
stakeholders
acknowledged
the
fact
that,
there
has
been
improvement
in
monitoring
key
government
policies.
The
Annual
Progress
Report
of
the
NDPC
which
details
out
the
extent
to
which
government
is
achieving
its
stated
objectives
and
targets
in
the
GPRS
II
was
cited.
The
Ghana
Statistical
Service
(GSS)
also
reports
on
achievement
of
macro-‐economic
targets
and
releases
data
on
the
outcome
of
government
employment
initiatives.
6.6
Undertake
Impact
Surveys
of
Key
National
Programmes
A
number
of
impact
studies
of
national
development
programmes
have
been
undertaken
by
MoFEP
and
Parliament.
The
report
of
a
study
of
the
use
of
the
Highly
Indebted
Poor
Countries
(HIPC)
initiatives
funds
from
2002
to
2006
by
the
MoFEP
is
available
on
the
aforementioned
ministry’s
website.
MoFEP
has
also
undertaken
a
study
on
the
implementation
of
tax
policies
and
administrative
measures
based
on
budget
statement
and
economic
policies
of
the
government
from
2001-‐2006.
The
Government
Assurances
Committee
of
Parliament
has
also
undertaken
an
assessment
of
the
performance
of
key
government
policies
-‐
Free,
Compulsory,
Universal
Basic
Education
(FCUBE),
the
Health
Exemption
Initiative
for
the
vulnerable
and
extremely
poor,
the
National
Health
Insurance
Scheme
(NHIS)
and
the
programme
to
eradicate
guinea
worm.
However
an
urgent
call
is
made
on
government
to
undertake
an
assessment
of
the
various
micro-‐credit
schemes
initiated
by
the
various
MDAs
and
the
Poverty
Alleviation
Fund.
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