Ghana

Currency: Cedi (GHS)

Timezone: Greenwich Mean Time (UTC)

Major Cities: Accra

Ghana is a Western African country sharing borders with the Gulf of Guinea, Togo, Cote d’Ivoire, and Burkina Faso. The country’s climate is tropical-warm and dry along the coast and hot and dry in the north-with a terrain that is largely low plains.

With a population of approximately 30 million people, Ghana is the second-most populous country in West Africa after Nigeria. The major ethnic groups of the country include the Akan, Mole-Dagbon, Ewe, and Ga-Dangme, with the English language regarded as the official language of the country.Ghana operates a unitary and presidential system of government that is administratively divided into 16 regions, including Accra, the country’s capital. The country’s economy is a market-based economy dominated by the agricultural sector which accounts for 20 percentof the country’s GDP and employs over 50 percent of the labor force. The country is also the second-largest producer of cocoa which is a major source of foreign exchange to the economy along with other commodities such as gold and petroleum. The major problems facing the country include public sector corruption and youth unemployment challenge.

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National Health Policy: Ensuring Healthy Lives for All (Revised Edition)

Ghana, Ministry of Health

This revised edition is designed to strengthen the healthcare delivery system to be resilent and to encourage the adoption of healthy lifestyles. It outlines five objectives and the strategies to achieve them.

Ghana • 2020 • Health

Trancop Transforming Covid-19 from Crisis User Guidelines

Ghana, Ministry of Health

Ghana through this Trancop policy framework is pioneering a PanaBIOS bioscreening and risk-based reopening protocols to advance the African Union’s Open Corridors Initiative and the Africa CDC Public Health Corridors program.

Ghana • 2020 • Health

Public Financial Management Regulations, 2019

Ghana, Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning

Regulations made in accordance with the Public Financial Management Act, 2016. Among other things, it contains regulations for national development plans, revenue management, and macroeconomic and fiscal policies.

Ghana • 2019 • Finance

Ghana Health Service (GHS) Standard Hospitals (Standard Modular Design Concept)

Ghana, Ghana Health Service

This represents the concept of GHS Standard Hospital based on a modular template and is suitable for easy expansion. It provides information on departments, general building arrangements, and cost estimates. The standard was developed to...

Ghana • 2018 • Health

The Appropriation Act 2018, Act 984

Ghana, Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning

An act to provide for the withdrawal of sums of money necessary to meet government expenditure for the 2019 financial year. The act stipulates that withdrawal should be effected from the consolidated fund and other...

Ghana • 2018 • Budget and Appropriation

The Budget Statement and Economic Policy of the Government of Ghana for the 2019 Financial Year

Ghana, Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning

The Official Budget of the Government of Ghana presented to members of parliament. The budget is themed “A Stronger Economy for Jobs and Prosperity”.

Ghana • 2018 • Budget and Appropriation

Ghana Trade Policy

Ghana, Ministry of Trade and Industry

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Ghana • 2018 • Trade, Industry, and Investment

Ghana Industrial Policy

Ghana, Ministry of Trade and Industry

The policy provides clear and transparent guidelines for the implementation of Government’s industrial development agenda, with particular respect to the growth, diversification, upgrading, and competitiveness of Ghana’s manufacturing sector.

Ghana • 2018 • Trade, Industry, and Investment

The Ghana Sugar Policy

Ghana, Ministry of Food and Agriculture

This policy aims to provide among other things, the enabling infrastructural and institutional environment for a globally competitive private sector sugar industry. The need for the policy arises as the sugar sector continues to become...

Ghana • 2018 • Agriculture and Rural Development