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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
THANK YOU
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