GHANA
Some of the socio-economic development initiatives by the Ghanaian Government, which the SDG Africa Network considers as potentially impacting the country’s attainment of the SDGs:
- Free Senior High School (also launched by the Government of Kenya)
- Planting for Food and Jobs
- Slum (Zongo) Development
- One District One Factory (1D1F)
- One Village One Dam in some administrative regions
- $1million for each Electoral Constituency per annum
- Reducing Taxes, Import Duties and Utility Rates: Lowering VAT from 17.5% to 3% for SMEs; Reducing Corporate Taxes from 25% to 12.5%; Reduction in utility rates; Lowering Import Duties on Raw Materials
- Election of District Chief Executives
- Environmental Management - Cleaning Rivers and Reclaiming Lands Polluted by Artisanal and Illegal Mining Known Locally as Galamsey
- Sanitation Project
- Operation Get off the Street
- Rail Transport from Coast to the Northern Frontier
