increase
in
educational
infrastructure.
Access
to
sanitation
facilities
remains
a
problem
especially
for
the
rural
dwellers.
Access
to
potable
water
and
affordable
housing
needs
a
further
boost.
In
particular,
government
should
fast-‐track
the
construction
of
affordable
houses
for
civil
servants.
The
legal
framework
for
business
registration
in
the
country
requires
modernization
to
boost
investment,
employment
and
poverty
reduction.
ICT
and
communication
services
need
further
improvement
to
support
the
business
community
In
addition,
the
timely
payment
for
the
beneficiaries
of
the
NYEP
needs
improvement
for
the
desired
benefits
of
the
project
to
be
realised.
Last
but
not
the
least,
savings
mobilisation
should
be
intensified
while
lending
rates
further
reduced
to
enable
private
entrepreneurs
to
access
credit
for
investment.
6.1
STANDARDS
AND
CODES
6.1.1
Ratification
of
the
African
Charter
for
Popular
Participation
The
ratification
of
global,
continental,
regional
and
sub-‐regional
treaties
on
development
and
poverty
reduction
is
a
mark
of
a
country’s
commitment
to
development
and
fighting
poverty.
Despite
this,
the
following
codes
and
standards
remain
un-‐ratified
by
Ghana:
•
African
Charter
for
Popular
Participation
in
Development
•
The
World’s
Submit
on
Social
Development
•
The
United
Nations
Declaration
on
the
Right
to
Development
Electronic
records
of
ratified
Standards
and
Codes
by
government
have
not
yet
also
been
established
by
2007
and
hence
cannot
be
regularly
updated.
6.1.2
Awareness
of
Standards
and
Codes
Civil
society’s
awareness
of
the
treaties
to
which
the
government
has
committed
itself
is
crucial
to
holding
governments
responsible
to
its
own
actions
and
intentions.
Some
stakeholder
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