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Publication - Working Paper
Productivity losses and firm responses to electricity shortages: Evidence from Ghana
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Publication - Project Report
Assessing the total economic value of electricity in Ghana: A step toward energising economic growth
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Publication - Working Paper
Political party organisation and women’s empowerment: A field experiment in Ghana
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Project
Women’s political empowerment in Ghana
This study encouraged women’s participation in grassroots politics in Ghana and then study the effects of greater women’s participation on local political and economic outcomes. The randomised field experiment with a civic education intervention was conducted in partnership with Ghana’s National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE). The study found common...
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Multimedia Item - Video
Collaborating for impact: A partnership in Ghana
Evidence-based policy can often be used as a buzzword by policymakers, but what does it really take for it to go from being a phrase to becoming a reality? This short documentary looks at how the IGC collaborates with policymakers to generate impact, looking specifically at the work done by Martin Williams and the Government of Ghana.
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Multimedia Item - Video
Ghana's infrastructure: The mystery of misspending
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...
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Publication - Policy Brief
Civic education and women’s political participation
Women face significant barriers to participation and leadership in Ghanaian politics due to social norms. A lack of direct representation reduces women’s influence on community decisions and is more generally thought to hold back local economic development. In order to tackle this issue, Ghana’s National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) implemented a civic...
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Publication - Policy Brief
Powering the powerless: Economic impact of rural electrification in Ghana
Ghana has made significant progress in extending electricity access across the country, particularly in rural areas where access levels rose from 1% to 63% of the population between 1991 and 2014. However, huge capital investment is still required to achieve universal access to electricity by the year 2020 under the National Electrification Scheme. The economic benefit...
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Blog post
The economic gender gap in the garment sector in Bangladesh and Ghana
An oversupply of female entrepreneurs results in fewer opportunities for women. This is compounded by higher costs of changing jobs for women due to household responsibilities, and promotion rates being significantly lower for females than males. The gender gap and economic participation The findings of the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) research on closing the gender gap...
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Blog post
Local government corruption in Ghana: Misplaced control and incentives
Bureaucrat corruption corresponds to the control politicians have over their careers. Politicians distort processes to extract funds and garner influence. A more structured bureaucrat transfer process and the monitoring of procurement can curtail corruption. In Ghana in early 2017, a police officer became embroiled in a conflict with a renowned Member of Parliament (MP)....