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Ghana's Local and Regional Economic Development

Local and Regional Economic Development approach to poverty reduction was introduced in the year 2005. LRED activities were first carried out by the Rural Trade and Industry Project (RUTIPP), which was implemented between 2005 and 2007 in nine districts. ... ...

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The Institute of Local Government Studies (ILGS) started in 1999 as a project of the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development with support from the World Bank and the Royal Netherlands Government. ... ...

Decentralisation
Decentraliation has been an essential part of the democratisation process that has been taking place worldwide during the last two decades. Together with introducing multi-party systems and consolidating systems of democratic representation and election, the decentralisation to sub-national levels of government funtions, decision making authority and resources has been seen as instrument to pave the way for closer involvement of people in decision-making for improving checks and balances, and ultimately for improving public services in line with the needs and priorities of local communities. Ghana has seen a long history in local governance and decentralisation... ...

The Legislative Framework of Local Government in Ghana
As a follow-up to the numerous constitutional provisions on decentralisation and local government in Ghana, Parliament since 1993 to date has passed numerous laws aimed at advancing or promoting the decentralisation programm. ... ...

At a glance

	A Hand Book on The Role of the Assembly Member A collaborative work between ILGS and the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development

	The Ghana Land Administration Project and Gender Strategy-A recommended tool for mainstreaming gender and land issues. Report Available.

	Promoting Gender Sensitive Local Governance-"Who is doing what?"-UNDP and ILGS collaboration-Edited by ILGS

Building Leadership for Effective Local Level Development-A source Book for Chief Executives of Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies by ILGS

Women in Leadership-Training Manual for Assembly Women and Women Leaders

Visit The Urban Platform-Join the Discussions

relevant topics

Ghana's fiscal decentralisation policy: Brief overview
The District Assemblies' Common Fund in Perspective
Background to Ghana's Decentralisation Policy

The National Stakeholder Conference for the Acceleration of Decentralisation-Visit Website

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Government of Ghana Website
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District Assemblies Common Fund
Ghana Districts
The Local Government Service

ILGS 10th Anniversary Programme brief.
Anniversary Launch in Pictures.

Ghana’s urbanization experience has paralleled dynamic changes in both the national and urban economy. Ghana’s modest economic growth from the 3 percent in 1990 to 7.3 percent 2008 has resulted in rapid urbanization in the same period in Ghana. The urban population has increased from 29 percent in 1970 to 44 percent in 2000 of which 30.7 percent live in Accra and 23 percent live in Kumasi according to the United Nations Human Settlements Program. There is clearly a skewed distribution of the urban growth with Accra and Kumasi accounting for more than a third of the population. .. ...