PARIS21 REGIONAL WORKSHOP FOR WEST AFRICA MEMBER STATESABUJA, 18- 20TH MARCH 2003

STATISTICAL INFORMATION NEEDS TO PREPARE MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS (MDG)

COUNTRY REPORT

GHANA

BACKGROUND GHANA POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY (GPRS) The Ghana Poverty Reduction Strategy (GPRS)

represents comprehensive policies to support growth and poverty reduction over a three-year period (2002-2004). The government of Ghana aims to create wealth by transforming the nature of the economy to achieve growth, accelerated poverty reduction, and the protection of the vulnerable and excluded within a decentralized, democratic environment;.

 

THEMATIC AREAS

GPRS achieved through conscious efforts in 5 Thematic areas, namely,

Economic stability, Production and employment,

Human resource development, Special programmes for the Vulnerable and Excluded Governance 

DEMAND FOR INFORMATION OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS MDAs DISTRICT ASSEMBLIES NDPC PARLIAMENT NGOs CIVIL SOCIETY 

INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF GPRS

National Development Planning Commission

Ministry of Finance Office of President Ghana Statistical Service Ministries, Departments & Agencies District Assemblies

THE ROLE OF GSS IN GPRS

Main sources of information for measuring and monitoring poverty

  GHANA LIVING STANDARDS SURVEYS (GLSS I-IV) CORE WELFARE INDICATORS QUESTIONNAIRE

(CWIQ) MONITORING SURVEYS DEMOGRAPHIC AND HEALTH SURVEYS (GDHS I-III)

These surveys constitute the Ghana Welfare Measuring System (GWMS) and a strong set of survey instruments

GHANA WELFARE MEASURING SYSTEM (GWMS)

It provides a wide range of indicators for monitoring poverty outcomes such as:

   changes in living standards  access, use and satisfaction with basic

social services infant, child and maternal mortality   fertility levels and educational enrolment rates, etc

In fact it provides all the information necessary for monitoring the core poverty indicators in the GPRS

GWMS (cont.)

The system is needed to provide bench-marks for measuring national policies and programmes.

  GWMS is complemented by information

derived from the 2000 Ghana population and housing census as well as by participatory and other qualitative information that validate, enrich and interrogate the survey results.

MACROECONOMIC INDICATORS

GSS also produces a wide range of macro economic indicators that facilitate the monitoring of pro-poor economic growth in Ghana. These include:

 developments in the consumer price indices- inflation rates

  real GDP growth by sector  classification of government expenditure

into functional economic and development categories

   exports and imports and    other National Income Indicators.

POVERTY ANALYSIS

  Poverty mapping   Poverty Correlates    SAM based analysis 

ORGANIZATIONAL NETWORK

NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF PRODUCERS & USERS OF STATISTICS (NACPUS)

SECTORAL STATISTICS WORKING GROUPS (SSWGs)

MONITORING AND EVALUATION

POLICY MATRIX

MEDIUM-TERM EXPENDITURE FRAMEWORK (MTEF)

GPRS MONITORING INDICATORS

The 52 GPRS core indicators relate to 5 thematic areas:

        Macro-Economic stability         Production and Employment         Human Resource Development         Vulnerable and Excluded         Governance

MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS (MDG) & INDICATORS

Specific indicators (39) were developed by UNDP to monitor progress towards the achievement of the MDG. 13 out of the 39 MDG indicators are covered in the GPRS core indicators list. Additional 14 MDG indicators can be obtained from existing information systems. Thus Ghana will be able to report on 27 out of the 39 indicators. This will be produced in a special annual report, in June each year.

 

SOURCES OF STATISTICAL INFORMATION FOR ASSESSING THE PERFORMANCE OF MDG

MDG SOURCE OF SI

Goal 1: eradicate extreme poverty and hunger GLSS, CWIQ Goal 2: achieve universal primary education GLSS, CWIQ

MOE

Goal 3: promote gender equality & empower women GLSS, CWIQ MOE, PARL

Goal 4: reduce child mortality GDHS, MOH Goal 5: improve maternal health GDHS, MOH Goal 6: combat HIV/AIDS, malaria & other diseases GDHS, MOH Goal 7: ensure environmental sustainability GLSS, CWIQ

EPA Goal 8: develop a global partnership for development MOF, NDPC

BOG, GSS

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM (MIS)

PLANINFO –SOFTWARE DEVELOPED TO CAPTURE STATISTICAL INFORMATION ON PROGRAMMES AND PROJECTS

CURRENTLY BEING PILOTED IN 4 DISTRICTS

ON-GOING PROGRAMMES OF GWMS

SURVEY YEAR

CWIQ II 2003 MATERNAL MORTALITY STUDY 2003 GDHS IV 2003/2004 GLSS V 2003/2004 CWIQ III 2005

DISSEMINATION

WORKSHOPS PUBLICATIONS NEWSLETTERS DISKETTES, CD-ROMS ETC.

LIMITATIONS

   High turn-over of of skilled staff at GSS Limited state-of-the art

technology/facilities for statistical work Inadequate funding for statistical

programmes Inadequate skills and capability for

detailed poverty analysis

ASSISTANCE FROM DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS

DEVELOPING REGIONAL AND DISTRICT DATABASES

TRAINING FOR DISTRICT PLANNING OFFICERS AND STATISTICIANS

DEVELOPING WIDE AREA NETWORK LINKING ALL DISTRICTS

PROVISION OF COMPUTING AND TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES

CONCLUSION Ghana has made great strides through

the statistical system to produce indicators needed to monitor outcomes & impacts of the implementation of the GPRS and achievement of the MDG

There is however the need for adequate commitment, support and funding from both government and development partners for the statistical system to ensure its sustainability.

MERCI

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