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	Special Edition-More thana jingle? Making the Ghana Beyond aid agenda a reality ! 16 November, 2018 Gleaning from the President’s speeches over the past several months – especially his 61st Ghana Independence Day speech, we can sense a gradual crystallization of his vision, although this still remains largely on the philosophical plane and short on detail at ... read more

	Special Edition - Making Democracy Work for All Ghanaians in the Fourth Republic 25 September, 2018 Ghana has made considerable progress in fostering responsive governance in the context of multi-party democracy in its fourth attempt (4th Republic), which began in 1992. Notwithstanding this progress, significant gaps in inclusion remain. These gaps are rooted in the prevailing ... read more

	Ensuring a Credible Voter’s Register in 2016 and Beyond 19 October, 2015 On August 18, 2015, the largest opposition party in Ghana,the New Patriotic Party (NPP), held a press conference inAccra to claim that the current voter register was flawed. Atthe same event, the NPP also demanded a completereplacement of the current ... read more

	Volume 10, No.3, Osafo Maafo Leaked Tape and the Era of Surveillance Society 27 March, 2015 Democracy Watch is wondering if the country is reflecting on the consequences of surveillance technologies, and developing appropriate policies and legislations in response. read more

	Volume 10, No. 2, In The Annals Of Democratic Governance 11 July, 2014 Ghana’s Constitutional Reform Process: “winner-takes-all” is written all over it read more

	Vol 10, No 1. In the Annals of Democratic Governance 06 April, 2012 The Center’s official newsletter tracking Ghanaian democratization and highlighting areas of progress, stagnation and retrogression. read more

	Volume 9 Nos. 3 & 4 In The Annals Of Democratic Governance 13 January, 2012 The expected release of the final report of the 2010 National Population and Housing Census by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) and the build up to the 2012 polls have triggered widespread speculation about a possible increase in the number ... read more

	Volume 9, No. 2, In The Annals Of Democratic Governance 01 June, 2011 The presidency of John Evans AttaMills has run for nearly two and halfyears of the first term. It has been aneventful thirty months. There have beenpositive developments in some areasof governance, but progress hasfaltered in others, while governancedeficits inherited from ... read more

Volume 9, No. 1 In The Annals Of Democratic Governance
01 December, 2010

Ghana has made impressive stridesin expanding press freedom andfreedom of expression generallysince the transition to constitutionaldemocracy in 1993. Notable amongthe developments in this area are thestate’s relinquishment of its decades-oldmonopoly over the broadcastmedia in the 1990s and the 2001 repeal of ...

	Volume 8, No. 4, In The Annals Of Democratic Transitions 01 June, 2010 The first year of the MillsAdministration is at an end. Asexpected, it has been an eventfulfirst year: from the yet-againoutrageous ex-gratia payments toholders of political office, to thedrama surrounding the impoundingof cars and other public assets fromofficials of the departing ... read more

	Volume 8, No. 2, In The Annals Of Ghanaian Elections 04 May, 2009 Ghana experienced its secondpeaceful transition of power fromincumbent party to opposition partyon January 7, 2009, when PresidentJohn Kufuor of the New PatrioticParty (NPP) handed over thepresidency to John Atta Mills of theNational Democratic Congress(NDC). A new NDC-led parliamentwas also installed ... read more

	Volume 8, No. 1, In The Annals Of Democratic Governance 04 August, 2008 News that commercially significantquantities of oil have been discoveredin the sea beds off the west coast of Ghana has raised high hopes andexpectation thatGhana's long deferreddreamof "accelerated development"might soon become a reality. read more

	Volume 7, No. 3, In The Annals Of Governance 17 July, 2007 Ghana is facing a severe energy crisismanifested for some time now innationwide rationing of electricitysupply and weekly ?no-power?periods. In a pluralistic democracy, itis natural to expect crisis of this natureto generate public concern as well ascritical questions and a search ... read more

	Volume 7, No. 2, In The Annals Of Governance 05 June, 2006 On June 28, 2006, a rank-and-filesupporter of the New Patriotic Partypopularly known as ?AppiahStadium,? who has earned notorietyas a ?serial radio caller,? revealed in aradio conversation that theGovernment had sponsored about150 Ghanaian individuals to travel toGermany to watch the World ... read more

	Volume 7, No. 1,In The Annals Of Governance 06 March, 2006 Ghana International Airlines (GIA),the start-up airline that was organizedto replace the bankrupt nationalcarrier, is already embroiled in acorporate governance crisisreportedly involving the Governmentand GIA?s other equity investors andmanagers. On April 7, 2006, theAccra office of GIA was the scene ofhigh ... read more

	Volume 6, Nos. 3&4,In The Annals Of Governance 05 September, 2005 President Kufuor has famouslydeclared ?good governance? as oneof the key themes and goals of hisadministration. Beginning in its firstterm, the Kufuor-NPP administrationhas taken a number of very wellreceivedinitiatives to enhance goodgovernance, notable among them, the2001 statutory repeal of the criminal libel, ... read more

Volume 6, No. 2 , In The Annals Of Decentralized Governance
01 June, 2005

Ghana has made significant progressin the area of decentralization since thelate 1980s, when Governmentreformed the structure of localgovernment with the enactment of theLocal Government Law, 1988(PNDC Law 207). The broadfeatures of the resulting localgovernment system have since beeninstitutionalized in chapter ...

	Volume 6, No. 1, In The Annals Of Governance 22 March, 2005 The 2005 Ministerial Vetting process has highlighted fundamental procedural and institutional weaknesses in our democratic infrastructure. The vote by Appointments Committee?s to recommend for approval by Parliament, and Parliament?s subsequent approval of, the entire first batch of ministerial nominees despite ... read more

	Volume 6, No. 1, In The Annals Of Governance 22 March, 2005 The 2005 Ministerial Vetting process has highlighted fundamental procedural and institutional weaknesses in our democratic infrastructure. The vote by Appointments Committee?s to recommend for approval by Parliament, and Parliament?s subsequent approval of, the entire first batch of ministerial nominees despite ... read more

	Volume 5, No. 4, In The Annals Of Democracy 13 December, 2004 The December 2004 polls markeda key milestone in Ghana?sdemocratic process. It passedpeacefully and smoothly for the mostpart. The outcome of the polls, whichhas been broadly accepted by thepublic, holds great prospect forGhanaian democratization. With just a little over half (52 ... read more

	Volume 5, No. 2&3 , In The Annals Of Governance 01 September, 2004 In May of this year, sections of themedia began to report that theGovernment of Ghana was negotiatinga US$300 million facility from anoffshore entity that the reportsidentified simply as CNT or CNTI.Public interest in the story grew whenthe media started to ... read more

	Volume 4, No.1 NRC: Matters Arising 03 March, 2003 Th e Na t i o n a l R e c o n c i l i a t i o nCommission commenced public hearings on Tuesday, January 14,2003 at Old Parliament House inAccra. The opening ceremony wash o ... read more

	Volume 3, No. 4, In The Annals Of Governance 09 December, 2002 Last December the depth of popularand elite commitment to freeexpression was put to the test whenthe Statesman (Tuesday, December3, 2002), in a cartoon accompanyinga story with the headline ?Why Millsis a Poodle,? showed the face offormer Vice-President John EvansAtta Mills ... read more

	Volume 2, No.4, One Year of The Kufour Administration 19 December, 2001 .... read more

	Volume 1, No. 4, Towards Election 2000 04 December, 2000 Election 2000 represents a crucialaspect of Ghana?s prolonged transitionto multi-party democratic rule whichbegan in 1992 and ushered in the FourthRepublic on January 3, 1993. It marksthe final phase of that transition and the beginning of the post-Rawlings era inGhanaian politics. ... read more

	Volume 1, No.3, Notes On The State of Democracy In Ghana 31 August, 2000 .. read more

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