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The Democratic Quality of Primaries in Ghana: A Look at the 2020 NPP Internal Party Elections

In Ghana, political party primaries are not only a democratic imperative but also a constitutional requirement. However, no laws regulate the conduct of political party primaries in Ghana. Even the involvement of the national election management body, the Electoral Commission (EC), is limited to the counting and declaration of votes. This paper shares insights on […]

CDD-Ghana launches 25th Anniversary with an Editors’ Forum

It was an evening of reminiscence, laughter and fruitful deliberations at the Editor’s Forum on the occasion of the launch of the Ghana Center for Democratic Development’s Silver Jubilee celebration. With the theme, Civil Society and the Quest for Democracy and Inclusive Development in Ghana and Africa: The Next 25 Years, the Board, Management, Senior […]

CDD-Ghana Commemorates Its Silver Jubilee

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The Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) today officially launched a year-long calendar of activities to mark 25 years of its founding. Established in July 1998 to promote democracy, good governance and inclusive development in Ghana and the rest of Africa, CDD-Ghana has, over the course of the last two and a half decades, given […]

Building Local Entrepreneurial Skills to Support the Rural Poor for Sustainable Economic Self-Reliance: The youth at Asutifi North District

The European Union delegatioin to Ghana has supported a 42 months LED project at the Asutifi North district of the Ahafo Region of Ghana. The project was implemented by CDD-Ghana in partnership with the Asutifi North District Assembly (ANDA). The project aimed to harness local resources, knowledge, ideas, skills, and other comparative advantages to stimulate […]

Managing Water in Ghana; A political Economy of Change Analysis

Water sector reforms have led to improved institutional framework but there are challenges in implementing sustainable service partly due to political risk-taking by government and partly due to inadequate financial resources to operate and maintain the water supply systems. As a result, fundamental requirement for success such as transparency, accountability, customer orientation, competition (quasi) and […]

Afrobarometer

Instituted in 1999, Afrobarometer is a Pan-African, non-partisan survey research project that conducts...

CODEO

CDD-Ghana established the Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO) in the year 2000...

Corruption Watch

It seeks to promote integrity in public life by demanding and activating responsiveness and accountability ...

D&G Bootcamp

The overall goal is to promote and deepen democratic consolidation, good governance...

Freedom Project

The overall goal is to promote and deepen democratic consolidation, good governance...

I Am Aware

The I AM AWARE project is CDD-Ghana’s non-partisan citizen empowerment campaign..

WAEON

WAEON is an independent, non-partisan, and non-religious organization...

WAYLead Fellowship

The overall goal is to promote and deepen democratic consolidation, good governance...