Variation in infrastructure delivery and management quality among Ghana’s local governments

Ghana's infrastructure: The mystery of misspending

Video 9 Mar 2018 State and State Effectiveness

A collaboration between IGC researcher Martin Williams and Ghana’s civil service found that 1/3 of infrastructure projects were not being finished and this was primarily a result of poor financial planning that saw new projects started before other ones had been completed.

This short documentary tells the story of this collaboration and is an example of ‘research into policy’ in action.

Themes: State State Effectiveness
Countries: Ghana

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Current issues

Initiatives

Ghana's infrastructure: The mystery of misspending

Variation in infrastructure delivery and management quality among Ghana’s local governments (Project Memo)

Bricks-and-mortar institutions matter: Project delivery and unfinished infrastructure in Ghana's local governments

Bricks-and-mortar institutions matter: Project delivery and unfinished infrastructure in Ghana’s local governments

Public sector effectiveness

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