Government of Ghana

Published purpose

The project aims to support the Government of Ghana in its effort to reduce poverty in the 38 northern and poorest districts of Ghana. The project is providing funds in addition to what the Government of Ghana can provide, to the poorest districts in Ghana so that they can address priority areas of development, such as additional classrooms, teachers, housing, market sites. It also supports the implementation of the National Decentralization Action Plan through improved implementation of District Development Plans by District Assemblies in Northern Ghana. The results expected from this initiative include: completed infrastructure projects identified by individual districts as key to their development (such as health clinics, schools, teachers' quarters, latrines, markets, etc.), and progress in the transparency and rigour of public financial management at the national, regional and local levels. The project also seeks to increase direct investment in District Development Plans, generate new and reliable information on policy environment and current capacities at the district and regional levels (which can be used to improve local government performance); and enhance regional and district capacities for the planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of District Development Plans. The intermediate outcomes for this project include: increased diverse agricultural productivity of food crops for small holder farming families, particularly women, in the Upper West and Northern regions of Ghana; increased marketing of agricultural products by small holder farmers, particularly women, in the Upper West and Northern regions of Ghana; improved nutrition practices for small holder farming families (women, men, girls and boys) in the Upper West and Northern regions of Ghana.