Ghana programs / Ghana strategy support program (GSSP)
Agricultural trade policies, in particular import tariffs to protect domestic production, constitute a highly contested field of agricultural policy. DEC abstract (PN-ADL-416)
Key nam:ghana strategy support program
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Agricultural trade policies, in particular import tariffs to protect domestic production, constitute a highly contested field of agricultural policy. In view of the recent focus on "evidence-based policy making" in the international development debate, the question arises as to which extent research-based evidence is used in such policy decisions, and which role research plays as compared to other political factors. Against this background, this paper seeks to examine and explain research-policy linkages in the case of rice tariff reform in Ghana. It is based on literature reviews and 70 interviews. The paper uses a historical cultural political economy approach, and reveals that in order to understand the actions of Ghana's policy makers, there is a need to go beyond currently used approaches to understanding politics in order to reveal the complex factors that underlie such policy decisions. The paper starts by locating the study in the framework of the recent interest of the international development community in agriculture on the one hand, and in evidence-based policy-making on the other. The paper then reviews the recent literature on then links between research and policy ma
Source: DEC abstract, PN-ADL-416 (2007). This is the source's own text, not a cited summary of the documents.
Operated in: Ghana.
Districts, regions and facilities the program's own documents name, with what the document says it did there. Source: sentences in the program's documents
not in the map yet: no district, region or facility is named for this program yet; only Malawi and Guatemala have place data so far
No district, region or facility is named in this program's documents yet. Place dots exist for Malawi and Guatemala only so far. Towns and natural features are not drawn.
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Operated in Ghana, 2006 to 2013 13 sources
Scope: country: Ghana. Set by the countries the program's documents name most often. High confidence.
How sure we are: 1.
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| Name | Role | Years | Basis | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) | implementer Named as an institutional author on documents; whether prime, sub or consortium member is not recorded. | 2006 to 2013 | Stated in a document read from a record field | 13 sources |
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| Name | Years | Basis | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| USAID. Mission to Ghana | 2006 to 2013 | Stated in a document read from a record field | 13 sources |
| Name | Years | Basis | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 2006 to 2013 | Stated in a document read from a record field | 13 sources |
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Sector profile (computed): Agriculture: crop production, inputs, pests, irrigation 29%; Agriculture: agribusiness, processing, marketing, agricultural finance 9%; Macroeconomic foundation for growth 9%
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