New research shows that building a comprehensive, digitized and accurate national-based system of land registration, can help Ghana unlock enormous economic opportunities. It would bring benefits such as increased p...

Digitization can help streamline bureaucracy and cut down waiting time and uncertainty for ordinary citizens when applying for a passport, selling or buying property, or setting up a new business. It can help reduce...

The panel’s ranking was based on the research conducted by Richmond Aryeetey from the University of Ghana, Paul Kwame Nkegbe and Haruna Issahaku from the University for Development Studies, and Brad Wong from Copenh...

It turns out that malaria prevention strategies are some of the very most effective health interventions. For every cedi spent on the most effective policy, diagnostic testing, would create 133 cedis of societal goo...

Jamie Rudman and Rein Houben from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, National Tuberculosis Control Programme manager Yaw Adusi Poku, and Saleema Razvi and Brad Wong from Copenhagen Consensus studi...

The Ghana Essential Health Intervention Program (GEHIP) is not primarily about more medicine or medical machinery. It is about ensuring that Ghana’s rural health system works better by facilitating an effective orga...

Summing up 2020 the Ghana Priorities project has successfully researched some of the best interventions for the country by comparing social and economic costs and benefits.  Our work to disseminate the results of th...

One of the high value-for-money propositions which is placed into the top-ten list for the Ghana Priorities project is to maintain the rural emergency transport system.

Recently, an eminent panel of seven distinguished economists met in Accra to evaluate more than 1000 pages of research across all sectors of government. The panel includes Finance Minister Mr. Ken Ofori-Atta, Planni...

Ghana's economic growth has been rapid since the start of the new millennium, reaching 14% in 2011, but economic performance has been relatively lower since then, particularly from 2013-2016. Important factors for t...

The Econmoist published a  great write-up on our Ghana Priorities project research.  Ghana's National Development Planning Commission (ndpc) and the Copenhagen Consensus, an international think-tank, have teamed up ...

Digitising public administration at the local level improves efficiency and productivity. Faster and simpler revenue collection, especially, boosts transparency and increases municipalities’ autonomy by enhancing th...

Expanding access to electricity can increase productivity and even improve health, which makes it a vital component of development in rural areas.

Family planning plays an important role in the reproductive health and rights of women. Access to contraception helps empower women and adolescents, increases investment in children, and contributes to poverty reduc...

Ghana has made great strides to improve its education system in the past decades, with near-universal primary school enrolment and equal access to schooling between boys and girls. However, as in many other developi...

The Ghana Priorities Eminent Panel Conference was opened in Accra yesterday, as reported by multiple news outlets such as Ghana News Agency, Starr FM, Daily Mail, and GhanaWeb.

The Vice President,  Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia will open a multi-day conference in Accra on Thursday at which eminent economists from Ghana and abroad are going to prioritise the smartest solutions to the country's chall...

Clean and healthy communities require proper sanitation, but one in every three people in the world still lacks access to a dignified sanitation service. Ghana has also struggled to improve sanitation coverage, and ...

Agriculture is a significant contributor to the Ghanaian economy and an important source of employment, with over 40% of all workers engaged in farming. With growth and development, the country is gradually shifting...

Ghanaians’ health issues have shifted over time, from infectious diseases and maternal and child health problems to ever more non-communicable diseases. The current co-existence of diseases like malaria and tubercul...

Proper sanitation practices protect communities from diseases and maintain a clean and safe environment to promote the social, economic, and physical wellbeing of the population. In Ghana, liquid waste management ha...

Over the past decades, the Accra Metropolitan Area has witnessed major development, but this growth has given rise to risks of its own. Rapid urbanization has caused an unplanned expansion of built-up areas like roa...

Across the world, countries have imposed social distancing regulations to avoid overwhelming the health care capacity during the corona pandemic — the so-called “flatten the curve.” Such a policy can be sensible. Th...

Even with Ghana’s impressive economic growth in recent times, the country’s industries still lag behind the services sector in its contribution to both GDP and employment. Ghanaian manufacturers struggle to overcome...

Ghana’s economy has shown robust growth in the past two decades, with GDP per capita increasing by 88% in real terms during this period. Still, poverty remains a challenge, especially among the rural population. For...

A third of Ghana’s population is between the ages of 15 and 34, but the country struggles to offer employment for its youth. Job creation has not kept up the pace with the country’s strong GDP growth, and among youn...

Achieving universal primary and secondary education is a central target of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Completion of primary and secondary education equips individuals with the needed skills and knowledge ...

In Ghana, health care policy interventions and research budgets have traditionally been directed towards combatting communicable diseases like HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis. These are still a major public heal...

Mental health problems are a major contributor to the disease burden across the world and in Ghana. They have a significant impact on individuals through increased disability and mortality, but they also generate su...

Around 2.5 billion people in the world lack access to dignified sanitation services. In Ghana, coverage is abysmally low. Only 22% of the urban population have improved, non-shared facilities with shared toilets the...

Fishing makes a substantial contribution to Ghana’s economy and employment, sustaining the livelihoods of at least 3 million people, including half a million women. In West Africa, fish constitutes about one-third o...

Fifty-one percent. This is the alarming dropout rate of Ghanaian girls who do not complete junior high school. Many drop out to get married. Child marriage is a common practice that affects 4 out of every 10 girls i...

Healthy societies are productive societies, and Ghana is making great progress. In many areas, from improved nutrition and poverty reduction to disease prevention, the country is witnessing significant development. ...

With news around the world focussing on the Corona crisis, it's easy to forget that one of the most common killers in Ghana and globally is a disease we already have a treatment for: tuberculosis. Approximately one-...

Cooking over an open fire or with traditional stoves is widely practiced in Ghana, but these common methods carry serious risks. Emissions caused by the use of solid fuels such as wood and charcoal are one of the le...

Since 2000, Ghana’s development has been a real success story. The country has witnessed sustained economic growth, with real GDP per capita increasing by 3.5% per year on average and extreme poverty levels falling ...

Infant and maternal mortality are important indicators of a nation’s wellbeing and the overall quality of its health system. Over the last three decades, Ghana has achieved much improved primary care for mothers and...

Healthy mothers and children are the foundation of a thriving nation and the first 1,000 days of a child’s life are the most critical for their future health. Nutrition in the pre-natal stage and early childhood is ...

IT was wonderful to see great buy-in to the Copenhagen Consensus’ new policy prioritization project “Ghana Priorities” in Accra last week. Hundreds of sector experts have attended our week-long roundtable discussion...

News Ghana has published an overview and recap of the sector expert events which took place in Accra last week.  The National Development Planning Commission (NDPC) has held a 3-days round-table discussion with both...

The Daily Graphic has published an article overviewing the sector expert roundtables which took place in Accra last week.  Briefing the Daily Graphic after the first round of discussions with representatives from th...

Ghana News has published an overview of the work to be done by the Ghana Priorities project.  The Copenhagen Consensus Center is leading the national drive aimed at ensuring that Government agencies, ministries, and...

Ghana News has published a recap of the sector-expert roundtables which took place in Accra last week. You can read the full article here. The National Development Planning Commission (NDPC) and the Copenhagen Conse...

Ghana Priorities will expand its research agenda at the request of the Ministry of Health to analyze the costs and benefits of interventions within the following three areas: (1) Public health emergency - (Early det...

The Daily Graphic reports on validation workshop for the Ghana Priorities project. The Coordinator of Ghana Priorities, Dr Ralph E. Nordjo, explained that the essence of the GPP initiative was to offer a data-driven...

Bjorn Lomborg was recently interviewed by Kobby Asmah for Ghana’s newspaper of record The Daily Graphic As Ghana gets ready for the 2020 election, he also said it would be more prudent for the country to catalogue f...

Bjorn Lomborg discusses the potential benefits of the Ghana Priorities project in Graphic Online.