The World Bank and IMF launched the Poverty Reduction Strategy Initiative in the context of
longstanding criticisms of their structural adjustment programmes. This article examines the …

Background An understanding of the complex relationship between health status and
welfare is crucial for critical policy interventions. However, the focus of most policies in …

In 2003, the government of Ghana and its development partners agreed on an aid package
dubbed the multi‐donor budgetary support (MDBS), which would ensure continuous flow of …

Although truth and reconciliation commissions are supposed to generate consensus and
unity in the aftermath of political violence, Abena Ampofoa Asare identifies cacophony as the …

Multi-donor budget support mechanisms are currently the predominant tool in development
cooperation. They are heralded for granting greater autonomy to the recipient government …

Global development actors such as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund
claim that the shift to the poverty reduction strategy framework and emphasis on local …

Within the landscape of financial services for the very poor developing countries, multilateral
debt relief constitutes a rather new endeavour. As will be explained in the following chapter …

The growing presence and influence of China across the African continent has attracted
considerable local and international attention and even controversy. On the one hand, the …

​ While the analysis is not the first to investigate empirically the effects of different individual
or household factors on school access and completion of Ghanaians, it extends previous …

Purpose This paper has examined the effectiveness of foreign aid on Ghanaian economy
under different political regimes. Design/methodology/approach Using vector error …