2019

EfD Ghana is a collaborative network of environmental economists from universities in Ghana and Ghanaians elsewhere around the world working to promote the sustainable management of Ghana’s natural resources through policy-relevant research, policy advice, and capacity development. It conducts policy-relevant research on a wide range of topics, with emphasis on coastal and mineral resource management, extractive industries, energy resources management, climate change, and green growth.

In Ghana, more than 5,000 people are killed by tobacco-caused diseases every year (Tobacco Atlas, 2018). Currently, the country’s tax administration approach is unitary with a uniform ad valorem tax structure on all excisable products including tobacco.

The Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER) has been engaged to undertake an independent monitoring of the Environmental and Social Sustainability Interventions Project (ESSP), which aims at ensuring environmentally sustainable practices, women’s empowerment and the elimination of child labour in the 50 cocoa producing districts.

The Open Government Partnership (OGP) is a global partnership that brings together government reformers and civil society leaders to create action plans that make governments more inclusive, responsive, and accountable. The Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly (STMA) joined OGP in 2016. This project is designed to report on progress by STMA towards meeting its commitments as stated in their Local Action Plan for 2018-2020.