Monday, February 01, 2010

If comments by the outgoing Minister for Water Resources, Works & Housing are anything to go by the centrepiece of government of Ghana’s affordable housing policy is now the recent STX-Government of Ghana (GoG) public-private partnership (PPP) agreement that should supposedly lead to the building of 200,000 housing units throughout Ghana between April of this year and April 2015.

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

The Global think tank programme in association with Pennsylvania University and the Foreign Policy Magazine ranked IMANI, the 5th most influential think tank in Africa for 2010. We were ranked 6th last year. See last year’s ranking here

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Ghana's National  Communications Authority believes it has the right to control what Ghanains say over the mobile phone, and so requires compulsory registration of SIM Cards.  However, what this measure is actually proposing is the devolution of law enforcement to the private sector domain without the corresponding infrastructure of accountability and responsibility. It is overambitious, ambiguous in its benefits, dangerous through its vulnerabilities, and frankly unnecessary.
 

Thursday, January 07 2009

By Charles Kwame Boakye

The Accra-Tema Motorway is fast deteriorating, becoming a death trap, with high traffic growth and encroachment of right-of-way, and unless serious efforts are made by the Government to save this vital national asset, traffic build-up and inconveniences to commuters will soon dwarf what exists on other heavily trafficked streets in Accra.

Thursday, January 07 2009
2009 has seen many notable events and, judging by the pile of “unfinished business”, 2010 shall undoubtedly witness its fair share of episodes with long-lasting effects too. Nevertheless, our own focus as an organisation and the constraints of space compel us to select only a few of the most interesting developments for comment, starting with general remarks before bunkering down to specifics.

Thursday, December 31, 2009 

We cannot usher in 2010 when we at IMANI and AfricanLiberty.org have not shown our fullest appreciation for the many successes you have helped us chalk in 2009.   From the outset, we were challenged by our ranking by Foreign Policy Magazine as the sixth most influential think tank in Africa to stay the course or move into a higher working gear.  With your generous thoughts and support, we can comfortably say we did a modest job of doing the latter. 
 

Monday, December 21, 2009

Policy and research think tank IMANI Ghana has urged government to as a matter of urgency consider the passage and implementation of the national draft policy on alcohol.

Monday, December 14, 2009

By Franklin Cudjoe & Julian Harris

Counterfeit medicines remain a widespread and murderous threat to the health of Ghanaians and this is not just a national problem but an international one: officials constantly promise crackdowns but the analysts below explain why the only solution is functioning courts, to allow consumers and businesses to enforce their rights.

Monday, December 07, 2009

By Franklin Cudjoe and Richard Tren

As diplomats and delegates from the around the world gather in Copenhagen this month for a global climate change summit, a major rift is developing between rich and poor countries.

Read more in the Bangkok Post

Richard Tren is the director of Africa Fighting Malaria and Franklin Cudjoe is the executive director of the IMANI Center for Policy & Education in Ghana. They write frequently on aid and development issues.