Ghana
The
Centre for Budget Advocacy (CBA) of the Integrated
Social Development Centre (ISODEC)
Contact
Nicholas Adamtey, Ag.
Coordinator
Ibrahim Akalbila, Policy Analyst, Trade
and Livelihoods
Chris Dadzie, Policy Analyst, Gender and
Human Rights
Kofi Ayivor, Policy Analyst, Public
Finance
Ama Blankson-Anaman, Policy Assistant,
Gender and Children’s Issues
Luke Atazona, Policy Assistant, Budget
Analysis and Advocacy
Joseph Chonia, Policy Assistant,
Statistics
Sylvester Bagooro, Policy Assistant, Trade
and Livelihoods
Daniel Ofoe Chachu, Policy
Assistant, Budget Analysis and Advocacy
+233 21 254 921 or +233 21 254 918
Nicholas Adamtey +233 244 539 521
Fax
+233 21
253 613
Address
Wawa Street, House Number C842/4 Kokomlemle
P. O. Box MP 2989 Mamprobi, Accra Ghana
Areas of Expertise
The
CBA was created to consolidate ISODEC's on-going work on improving the budget process and
the efficiency in the use of public resources by spreading budget activism and promoting a
better budget process through consultation and participation of all stakeholders;
accountability by public officials; and transparency in public financial transaction. The unit
also conducts research and training in areas such as pro-poor budgeting,
bottom-up planning, trade, gender and people-centred policy advocacy.
CBA also provides consultancy services in various areas of
socio-economic research.
Recent Reports
(Available on CBA website)
Making aid gender
sensitive: an analysis of the 2008 national budget on Ghana’s
implementation of the Paris Declaration.
The latest of
CBA’s flagship – an annual analysis of the budget statement and
economic policy statement of the government of Ghana for 2008 is
forthcoming. The report for 2008 focuses on Ghana’s extractive sector
and generates debates for ensuring that natural resource extraction
(including Ghana’s new found oil deposits) inure to the benefit of the
people.
A draft report
analyzing the 2008 national budget with emphasis on gender and
children was jointly produced with UNICEF, Ghana.
A report on
gender budgeting and analysis of the water and sanitation sectors of
the 2008 budget is also being finalized. This is part of a CBA and
Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD), Nigeria collaboration on
gender budgeting.
Copies
of CBA publications are available for purchase but a good number of them
have been distributed among parliamentarians, members of the executive,
and partners both inside and outside Ghana.
Institute for Policy Alternatives
(IPA)
Contact
Dr. Sulley Gariba,
Executive Director or Issifu Lampo, Programme Officer Social Accountability Initiative
Training
development practitioners, researches, and members of parliament and
their staff on development issues.
Research on
development policies.
Development
advocacy for economic growth without endangering "cultural richness
and social diversity".
Major
Current Events
Launched the
Social Accountability Initiative to support social accountability
activities in civil society, Parliament, and public institutions.
Released
Community Voices: a civil society assessment of the pro-poor policies
and programs of Ghana’s Poverty Reduction Strategy (GPRS) from
2004-2005.
Social Enterprise Development
Foundation of West Africa (SEND Foundation)
Reproductive
health, nutrition and HIV- AIDS education.
Peace
education, conflict resolution, and management.
Participatory
training, monitoring, and evaluation.
Micro-finance
and development.
Gender training
and development.
Organizational
development.
Farmer's
co-operatives and credit union development.
Major Current Events
Supported
families in the cultivation of the Soya bean, which led to the
doubling of per capita income and improved nutrition levels for
participating families (nearly 3500 people).
Educated 7
rural and poor communities (more than 100,000 people) about HIV/AIDS
using a community-based approach.
Supported small
business development through credit facility and training services, in
which more than 200 rural artisans participated.
Developed and
strengthened community-based credit unions with more than 500 members.
Used theatre
and drama to teach rights, gender, and peace issues.
Established the
Ghana HIPC Watch to specialize in economic literacy and policy
advocacy through participatory monitoring and evaluation of poverty
reduction programs.
