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

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