Entries from November 2007
When: November 16, 2007 from 09:00-18:00
Where: Banking College, Airport Residential Area, Accra, Ghana
This one-day forum will bring together policymakers, researchers, development partners, and representatives from the private sector and civil society to discuss and share their experiences and research findings to help inform Ghana’s development strategy design and implementation. The three panels of the forum will address the role of agriculture in achieving Ghana’s goal of reaching middle-income status, how best to encourage inclusive growth, and how to develop smallholder agriculture.
For more information, please download the agenda (PDF, 61K) and press release (PDF,139K).
Categories: Events
Tagged: forum, middle income, smallholders, strategy
GSSP background papers are now available. These papers contain preliminary material and research results from IFPRI and/or its partners in Ghana. They address subjects such as growth, agricultural productivity, regional inequality, smallholders, and public spending.
The papers may be downloaded from the GSSP website.
Categories: Announcements
Tagged: publications
The 2005 Ghana SAM will be officially released on 15 November 2007. The SAM was a joint initiative between the Ghana Statistical Services (GSS) and IFPRI under GSSP. It is the first official SAM since 1993 for Ghana and the final version of an earlier and provisional SAM for 2004 jointly built by GSS and IFPRI. The update and extension was made possible by the release of new data, including the 2005/06 Ghana Living Standard Survey (GLSS5), the 2003 Industrial Survey, and revised agricultural data from the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA).
The SAM and documentation may be downloaded from the IFPRI website.
Categories: Announcements
Tagged: modeling, SAM
When: 19 November 2007 from 14:30-17:30
Where: Conference Center, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Airport Residential Area, Accra, Ghana
GSSP and the Rural Policy and Governance Group of the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) are co-organizing a one-day workshop intended to strengthen links between research and policy for more effective management of the cocoa sector. Panel discussions will cover two key issues: production and marketing.
For more information, download the workshop announcement (PDF 158K).
Categories: Events
Tagged: cocoa, marketing, ODI, production, workshops
GSSP Notes, the online newsletter of the Ghana Strategy Support Program, is a vehicle for sharing information and eliciting stakeholder involvement and feedback. This blog will highlight relevant progress; planned activities, including seminars and training programs; emerging knowledge and outcomes; and stakeholder feedback. The email version of GSSP Notes will be published in monthly issues and will be compiled from items posted on the blog. If you would like more information or have feedback, please contact the program’s coordinator and the editor of GSSP Notes, Shashidhara Kolavalli, at s.kolavalli@cgiar.org or use our contact form.
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Categories: Announcements
