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Ghana’s Success

Repealing Anti-Suicide Law

In June 2023, Ghana decriminalized attempted suicides, marking a shift towards more compassionate approaches to mental health.
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Delivering Irrigation

So farmers don’t bear the brunt of shifting weather patterns and extreme events.
Mole National Park

A Game Changer

World Bank support helps the park transition, using technology to protect wildlife and nature.

Ghana At-A-Glance

Ghana sits on the Atlantic Ocean and borders Togo, Cote d'Ivoire, and Burkina Faso. It has a population of about 29.6 million (2018). In the past two decades, it has taken major strides toward democracy under a multi-party system, with its independent judiciary winning public trust. Ghana consistently ranks in the top three countries in Africa for freedom of speech and press freedom, with strong...

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Improving Access to Sanitation

The Greater Accra Metropolitan Area Water and Sanitation project has increased access to household sanitation in the GAMA area by supporting the construction of 27,242 household toilets to serve over 217,936 people at the end of October 2020

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Robert Taliercio O'Brien

Country Director for Ghana, Liberia, and Sierra Leone.

Michelle Keane

Operations Manager for Ghana, Liberia, and Sierra Leone

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Jun 18, 2024

Independence and Accountability in Governance

Assessing the independence of the Supreme Audit Institution in Ghana and reviewing the audit recommendation follow up process
Apr 05, 2024

Africa’s Pulse

Short term economic prospects for the continent, its current development challenges.
Sep 12, 2023

CPIA Africa

The 2023 Africa Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA) report covers the period January to December 2022. The overall average score for Sub-Saharan Africa’s IDA-eligible countries remained unchanged in 2022 ...
Apr 05, 2024

IDA Impact in Africa

With IDA’s help, hundreds of millions of people have escaped poverty—through the creation of jobs, access to clean water, schools, roads, nutrition, electricity, and more.
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