2006/11/10
Ghana: Social Watch Report Calls for the Separation of Multilateral And Bilateral Aid
The 2006 Social Watch report has suggested the separation of bilateral and multilateral arrangement for development as a first step towards reforms for financial independence for poor countries.

2005/09/16
Launching of the Social Watch Report in Ghana
Accra, Sept. 16, GNA - The Ghana Poverty Reduction Strategy (GPRS), the country's economic framework, has been less successful in alleviating poverty since its introduction some three years ago. There has also been insufficient attention paid to the situation of women in politics and their role in economic activity, the Ghana Social Watch Coalition said in a report launched in Accra on Friday. The report is contained in this year's 2005 Global Social Watch Report on the theme, "Roars and Whispers, Gender and Poverty, Promises versus Actions".

2004/09/21
Ghana's Housing Sector, Who Cares for the Poor
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), to which the Ghana government is a signatory, in Goal 7, Target 11, commits governments to achieve a significant improvement in the lives of at least 100 million slum dwellers by 2020.

Judging by the pace of progress in the delivery of housing in Ghana, it is doubtful that this goal would be achieved.

2003/08/25
From Social Contract to Private Contracts: The Privatisation of Health, Education and Basic Infrastructure
Privatisation is being pushed by international governance institutions, the governments that control them, and the corporations that lobby both groups, even though the dangers that privatisation entails can seriously-and permanently-harm the livelihoods of the world's poorest people. The position of "privatise first and ask questions later" and the naïve confidence in the processes and outcomes of market reform have imposed hardship on precisely the groups those organisations are entrusted to protect. It is time to shift the burden of proof from those who question risky solutions to those who propose them.