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Local Government Leadership in Sanitation and Hygiene: Experiences and Learnings from West Africa
Institute of Development Studies UK, 2022Between July and October 2021, the Sanitation Learning Hub worked with government representatives and development partners to develop, share, and cross-analyse case studies looking at local system and government strengthening in four local government areas across West Africa: Benin (N’Dali commune), Ghana (Yendi municipal district), Guinea (Molota commune), and Nigeria (Logo LGA).DocumentLocal Government Leadership for Sanitation and Hygiene in West Africa
2021The sanitation and hygiene (S&H) situation in most of West Africa is considered to be a cause for concern, despite the efforts and the large campaign towards Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6.2. This rapid desk-based study focused on local governments, given their increasing importance in ensuring improved access to Sanitation & Hygiene (S&H) in West Africa, and across the world. It was conduDocumentRural Sanitation in Africa: Challenges, Good Practices and Ways Forward
Institute of Development Studies UK, 2019This edition presents a range of promising initiatives for addressing the challenges involved in securing universal access to safely managed sanitation, showcasing ideas that can inspire and be adapted to different country contexts.DocumentLeaving no one behind in Ghana through university education
United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, 2021The number of higher education institutions in Ghana has soared in the last three decades and university enrolments have shot up in tandem. Yet the number of Ghanaians living in poverty is higher than ever before, and social inequality is on the rise. Against this backdrop, this paper critically examines the role universities play in addressing the problem of social inequality in Ghana.DocumentChildren’s harmful work in Ghana’s Lake Volta Fisheries: Research needed to move beyond discourses of child trafficking
Institute of Development Studies UK, 2020Children work throughout the Lake Volta fisheries value chain. It is commonly assumed most have been trafficked. Research and advocacy has focused on dangers to young boys harvesting fish, and poverty as a driver, precluding attention to harms experienced by non-trafficked children, girls’ experiences and work-education dynamics.Blog PostNew IDS research project seeks to re-imagine ‘shit’ as ‘brown gold’
23 Nov 2020: A new IDS-led research project seeks to re-imagine sanitation in rapidly urbanising areas in Asia and Africa to help address the sanitation crisis, enhance off–grid economies and improve the well-being of poor and vulnDocumentDeterminants of property rate default: Evidence from the Ashanti Region, Ghana
University of Technology Sydney Centre for Local Government, 2015This study seeks to assess the determinants of property rates default in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. A multi-stage sampling technique was used to study 540 respondents from one municipal and five district assemblies within the region. A structured questionnaire collected data from the sampled respondents.DocumentLand valuation in support of responsible land consolidation on Ghana’s rural customary lands
Taylor and Francis Group, 2018In this paper, we develop a framework for an approach that assigns values to customary rural farmland parcels based on the local people’s view of land value to support land consolidation. In a case study of Nanton, Ghana, key land value factors were identified and weighted by the local community.DocumentDesigning land value capture tools in the context of complex tenurial and deficient land use regulatory regimes in Accra, Ghana
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 2019Rapid urbanization has increased the demand for urban infrastructure services. Municipalities have attempted to finance infrastructure services with value capture instruments. The paper highlights how value capture instruments are designed and implemented in Ghana.