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Publication - Working Paper
Understanding the allocation of public personnel across government health facilities in Ghana
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Project
The impact of public investment in graduate training on development outcomes in Ghana
Over the years, successive governments in Ghana have prepared and implemented various development plans, all aimed at providing opportunities for job creation. The recent government’s coordinated programme of economic and social development policies - launched in April 2018 - puts job creation and the promotion of higher incomes at the core of policy objectives. To...
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Project
Building tax capacity at scale: Evidence from technology investments in Ghana
Increased capacity to collect taxes leads to the funding of public goods which have high returns and contributes to the wider state-development process (Schumpeter, 1918; Besley and Persson, 2010). At the heart of any strong tax system lies the ability to accurately observe economic activities and use this information as inputs into an efficient billing, collection, and...
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Publication - Project Report
Harnessing technology to exorcise ghosts
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Project
Harnessing technology to exorcise ghosts
Ghana, as a developing country, has always been strapped of resources to promote growth and development. Revenue mobilised has never been sufficient for taking care of recurrent expenditure, and therefore the country has had to rely heavily on external grants and loans to support development projects. A closer look at the budget of the Government of Ghana shows that much...
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Publication - Policy Brief
Measuring power outages in Ghana using satellite imagery
Ghana recently experienced an extreme power crisis, which peaked in 2015, leading to substantial economic, social, and political problems. Despite the widespread impacts of the crisis, there is no reliable data on the variation in power supply quality across Ghana over this period. Our project estimates geographic variation in power outages using the Power Supply...
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Publication - Policy Brief
The effects of the introduction of a bus rapid transit system on commuter choices in Ghana
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Publication - Policy Brief
Improving local government tax collection capacity: Evidence from Ghana
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Publication - Policy Brief
The vicious nexus of non-payment of tariffs and blackouts: Evidence from Ghana
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Event
Artisanal and small scale mining sector: Challenges and opportunities
The International Growth Centre (IGC) is hosting a regional event on the challenges and opportunities for the artisanal and small scale mining sector at 8:30am on Tuesday, 24th September 2019 at the Sierra Lighthouse, Hotel, Aberdeen, Freetown, Sierra Leone . Artisanal and Small-scale mining continues to provide jobs and livelihood support to millions of people in many...