KWAHU AFRAM PLAINS SOUTH DISTRICT 2014

MINISTRY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT

KWAHU AFRAM PLAINS SOUTH DISTRICT ASSEMBLY

DRAFT COPY OF DISTRICT MEDIUM TERM DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2014-2017 PREPARED BY DPCU KAPSDA 2014

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Contents Contents ...... ii

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ...... 1

INTRODUCTION ...... 4

Background and Context ...... 4

Purpose and Objectives ...... 5

Methodology and Approach ...... 6

CHAPTER ONE ...... 11

PERFORMANCE REVIEW CURRENT SITUATION AND BASELINE PROFILE ...... 11

1.1.0 Introduction ...... 11

1.1.1 Vision and Mission Statement of Kwahu Afram Plains District ...... 11

Vision statement ...... 11

Mission Statement ...... 11

1.1.2 Review of Projects under the DMTDP (2010-2013) ...... 12

1.2.3 Ensuring and Sustaining Macroeconomic Stability ...... 13

Sector: Economic ...... 13

Table 1.1 Sustaining Macroeconomic Stability ...... 13

Sector: Agriculture ...... 14

Table 1.2 Performance Review under Private Sector Competitiveness ...... 14

Human Resource Development ...... 18

Table 1.3 Performance Review under Human Resource Development ...... 18

Good Governance and Civic Responsibility ...... 25

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Table 1.4 Performance Review under Good Governance and Civic Responsibility ...... 25

1.1.3 Projects Implemented outside the KAPSDMTDP (2010-2013) ...... 28

1.1.4 Identified Development Gaps ...... 28

1.1.5 Ensuring macro economy stability ...... 28

1.1.6 Accelerated Agricultural Modernization and Natural Resource Management for an Enhanced Private Sector Competitiveness ...... 28

1.1.7 Infrastructure and Human Settlement ...... 28

1.1.8 Human Development, Productivity and Employment ...... 29

1.1.9 Transparent and Accountable Governance ...... 30

1.2.0 Overall Performance Review ...... 30

Table 1.5: Overall Performance Review...... 30

1.2.1 PROFILE OF KWAHU AFRAM PLAINS SOUTH ISTRICT ...... 31

1.2.2 Physical and Natural Environment ...... 31

1.2.3 Location & Size ...... 32

1.2.4 Climate and Rainfall ...... 35

1.2.5 Vegetation and Forest Reserve ...... 35

1.2.6 Political Administration ...... 35

1.2.7 Cultural and Social Structure ...... 36

1.2.8 The Economy ...... 36

1.2.9 Manufacturing Activities ...... 37

1.3.0 Trading and Markets ...... 37

1.3.1 Geology ...... 38

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1.3.2 Water Resources ...... 39

1.3.4 Temperature ...... 39

1.3.5 Relative Humidity ...... 39

1.3.6 Land Tenure System...... 40

1.3.7 Demographic Characteristics ...... 41

1.3.8 Age-Sex Distribution...... 41

Table 1.6: Age-Sex Distribution by Locality of Kwahu Afram Plains South District ...... 42

1.3.9 Population Density ...... 44

1.4.0 Rural-Urban Split ...... 44

Table 1.7: Spatial Distribution of Population for the first 20 Settlements...... 44

1.4.1 Migration ...... 45

1.4.2 Ethnicity and Religion ...... 45

1.4.3 Labour Force and Dependency Ratio ...... 46

1.4.4 Occupational Distribution of Population...... 46

1.4.5 Economy of Kwahu Afram Plains South District...... 47

1.4.6 Revenue and Expenditure Performance of the District Assembly ...... 47

A. Revenue Pattern of the District Assembly ...... 47

Table 1.8: Revenue Pattern of the District Assembly ...... 48

Item ...... 48

FISCAL YEARS ...... 48

TOTAL ...... 48

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2012...... 48

2013...... 48

IGF ...... 48

EGF ...... 48

Total ...... 48

B. Expenditure Pattern of the District Assembly ...... 49

Table 1.9: Expenditure Performance of the District Assembly ...... 49

C. Comparing the Revenue and Expenditure Patterns ...... 49

Table 1.10: Comparing the Revenue and Expenditure Patterns ...... 50

1.4.7 Overview of the District Economy...... 50

1.4.8 Employment Status ...... 50

1.4.9 Occupational Structure ...... 51

Table 1.11: Occupational Structure in the District ...... 51

Economic Activities ...... 51

1.5.0 Agriculture ...... 51

Crop sub- sector ...... 52

Crops Cultivated ...... 52

1.5.1 Farming systems ...... 52

1.5.2 Mode of Land Acquisition ...... 53

Table 1.12: Land ownership ...... 53

1.5.3 Sizes of Farm ...... 53

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1.5.4 Major Crops and Output Level...... 53

Table 1.13: Crops and Their Output Level in Metric Tons per acre ...... 54

1.5.5 Incidence of Pests and Diseases ...... 54

1.5.6 Access to Extension Services ...... 54

1.5.7 Access to Credit ...... 55

1.5.8 Storage of produce and post harvest losses ...... 55

1.5.9 Marketing of Produce and Location of Market ...... 56

Table 1.14: Location of market ...... 56

1.6.0 Animals reared ...... 56

1.6.1 Incidence of Pests and Diseases ...... 57

Table 1.15: Pests and Diseases ...... 57

1.6.2 Access to Veterinary Services ...... 57

1.6.3 Industrial Sector ...... 57

Table 1.16: Number Employed In Industry ...... 58

1.6.4 Service ...... 60

Table 1.17: Type of activities and Number Employed under the Formal Sector ...... 60

Table 1.18: Type of activities and Number Employed under the Informal Sector ...... 60

1.6.5 Commerce ...... 61

1.6.6 Households Monthly Income and Expenditure Analysis ...... 61

Table 1.19: Households Monthly Income ...... 61

Table 1.20: Households’ Monthly Expenditure ...... 62

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Table 1.21: Source of Income (Revenue) ...... 63

Table 1.22: Households’ Monthly Expenditure on Various Needs ...... 63

1.6.7 Tourism Development ...... 64

1.6.8 Vulnerability Analysis ...... 65

1.6.9 Persons with Disability...... 66

Table 1.23: Conditions of the Physically Challenged ...... 66

1.7.0 Barriers faced by physically challenged that makes them vulnerable...... 67

1.7.1 Victims of Abuse ...... 67

1.7.2 People Living with HIV/AIDS ...... 68

1.7.3 Gender Representation at Community Meetings ...... 70

1.7.4 Issues on Child Welfare ...... 71

Table 1.24: Institutions Contributing to Child Welfare and Areas of Contribution ...... 71

1.7.5 Risks and Shocks ...... 72

1.7.6 Types and Causes of Disasters in the District ...... 72

1.7.7 NDisaster Prone Areas in the District ...... 72

Table 1.25: Disaster Prone Areas in the District ...... 72

1.7.8 Institutions Responsible for the Welfare of the Vulnerable in the District ...... 73

1.7.9 Programmes Organized for the Vulnerable ...... 73

1.8.0 General Problems that Face the Vulnerable in the District ...... 74

1.8.1 Discrimination and Stigmatization ...... 74

1.8.2 Low or no support from family ...... 75

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1.8.3 Measures Put in Place to Solve the Problems ...... 75

1.8.4 Social Services ...... 75

1.8.5 Education ...... 75

Table 1.26: Enrolment levels ...... 76

1.8.6 Educational Facilities ...... 76

Table 1.27: Number of Educational Facilities ...... 76

Table 1.28: Number of Teachers ...... 77

Table 1.29: Teacher-Pupil Ratio ...... 77

1.8.6 Gender Participation Rate ...... 78

Table 1.30: Gender Parity Index (GPI) ...... 78

1.8.7 BECE Performance ...... 78

Table 1.31: BECE Performance ...... 79

Table 1.32: Subject Grades/Student Performance in English, Science and Mathematics ..... 79

1.8.8 Literacy Levels ...... 80

Table 1.33: Literacy Levels by Sex ...... 80

1.8.9 Health ...... 80

1.9.0 Health Services to the General Population ...... 81

Table 1.34: Health Services to the General Public ...... 82

1.9.1 Reproductive Health and Population Management ...... 83

Table 1.35: Methods of Birth Control in the District ...... 84

1.9.2 Causes of Admission to Health Facilities ...... 84

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Table 1.36: Top 10 Causes of Admissions ...... 85

1.9.3 Causes of Death ...... 85

Table 1.37: Top 10 Causes of Death ...... 85

1.9.3 Nutrition ...... 85

1.9.4 Health Services Delivery and Coverage Indicators...... 86

Table 1.38: Health Services Delivery and Coverage ...... 86

1.9.5 National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) ...... 86

Table 1.39: Registration with NHIS ...... 87

1.9.6 Water ...... 88

Table 1.40: Major Sources of Water in the District ...... 88

1.9.7 Waste Management and Sanitation ...... 89

1.9.8 Type of Toilet Facility Used ...... 89

Table 1.41: Types of Human Excreta Disposal Methods ...... 90

1.9.9 Solid Waste Management...... 90

Table 1.42: Method of Refuse Disposal ...... 91

Table 1.43: Types of Liquid Waste Disposal Modes ...... 91

2.7.3 Energy ...... 92

Energy for Lighting ...... 92

Table 1.44: Sources of Energy for Lighting ...... 92

Energy for Cooking ...... 92

Table 1.45: Energy for Cooking ...... 92

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2.7.4 Housing ...... 93

2.7.5 Types of Housing ...... 93

Table 1.46: Types of Housing ...... 93

2.7.6 Housing Materials and Conditions ...... 94

2.7.7 Types of Building Materials and Condition of Walls ...... 94

Table 1.47: Condition of Walls ...... 94

2.7.8 Condition of Building Foundation ...... 94

Table 1.48: Condition of Foundation ...... 94

2.7.9 Types of Roofing Materials ...... 95

Table 1.49: Types of Roofing Materials ...... 95

Table 1.50: Conditions of Roofing Materials ...... 95

2.8.0 Number of Habitable Rooms in a House and Room Occupancy ...... 95

Table 1.51: Number of Habitable Rooms in a House ...... 96

2.8.1 GREEN ECONOMY AND CLIMATIC CHANGE ISSUES ...... 96

2.8.2 Governance of the Kwahu Afram Plains South District ...... 98

2.8.3 The Administrative Structure of the District Assembly ...... 98

2.8.4 Political Structure of the District Assembly ...... 100

2.8.5 Composition of the District Assembly ...... 101

2.8.6 The Decentralized Departments of the District Assembly ...... 102

2.8.7 Development Partners ...... 102

2.8.8 Community Participation ...... 102

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Table 1.52: Peoples Contribution to Development at the Community Level ...... 103

Table 1.53: ...... 103

2.8.9 Security and Justice ...... 104

2.9.0 Spatial Analysis ...... 104

Land Use Distribution ...... 104

Settlement Patterns ...... 105

Spatial Distribution of Facilities and Services ...... 105

Scalogram (Functional) Analysis ...... 105

Table 1.54: Hierarchy of Settlements in Kwahu Afram Plains South District ...... 106

Table 1.55: A Scalogram of selected settlements in Kwahu Afram Plains South District . 107

Transportation ...... 111

2.9.1 Ferries ...... 111

Table 1.56: Summary of Road Network and Condition in the District...... 112

2.9.2 Surface Accessibility to Services ...... 114

Table 1.57: Accessibility Standards with Respect to Travel Time to Selected Facilities ... 114

Table 1.58: Average Speed on Classes of Roads ...... 114

Table 1.59 Areas in Different Accessibility Zones in the Kwahu Afram Plains South District...... 115

2.9.3 Commodity flow ...... 126

Table 1.60: A day’s Volume of trade in Donkorkrom ...... 126

Table 1.61: Major Trade Partners of Kwahu Afram Plains District ...... 127

2.9.4 Functional Region and Poverty Pockets ...... 132

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CHAPTER TWO ...... 134

PRIORITZATION OF DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK ...... 134

2.1.0 Introduction ...... 134

2.1.1 Community Needs and Aspirations ...... 134

2.1.2 Harmonization of Community Needs and Aspirations ...... 136

Table 2.1: Score for the Harmonization of Community Needs and Aspirations ...... 136

Table 2.2: Harmonizing the Needs with the Gaps in the GSGDA II ...... 136

Table 2.3: Community Needs ...... 137

Table 2.4: Good Governance and Civic Responsibility ...... 139

2.1.3 Linking the Harmonized Needs with the Issues in the Medium Term Policy Framework (2014-2017 ...... 140

Table 2.5: Harmonized Community Needs ...... 140

2.1.4 Prioritization of Development Needs ...... 143

Table 2.6: Prioritization of Development Needs ...... 143

Table 2.7: Score for Linking the Harmonized Community Needs and Aspirations ...... 146

2.1.5 Identification of District’s Needs and Aspirations ...... 146

2.1.6 Identified Development Gaps ...... 148

2.1.7 Issues under the National Medium Term Development Policy Framework ...... 150

Table 2.8: Thematic Areas ...... 151

2.1.8 Prioritized Community Needs and Aspirations ...... 172

2.1.9 Application of Potentials, Opportunities, Constraints and Challenges (POCC) ...... 174

Table 2.9: Application of POCC to the Prioritized Needs under the Thematic Areas ...... 174

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2.1.9 The Project Planning Matrix (PPM) Logical Framework ...... 179

Table 2.10: Project Planning Matrix (PPM)/Logical Framework...... 180

CHAPTER THREE ...... 189

DEVELOPMENT GOALS, OBJECTIVES AND STRATEGIES ...... 189

3.1.0 District Development Goal...... 189

3.1.1 Goal Compatibility Analysis ...... 189

Table 3.1: Definition of Score ...... 189

Table 3.2 Goal Compatibility Matrix ...... 190

3.1.2 : Development Projections and Needs Assessment for 2014–2017 ...... 191

3.1.3 Demographic Projections ...... 191

Table 3.3: Projected population by age cohort, 2017 ...... 191

Table 3.4: Projected population by broad age cohort, 2017 ...... 192

3.1.4 Educational Needs Assessment by 2017 ...... 193

Table 3.5: Educational facilities by 2017 ...... 193

3.1.5 Health facilities Needs Asseement by 2017 ...... 193

Table 3.6: Health facilities by 2017 ...... 193

3.1.6 Water Needs Assessment by 2017 ...... 193

Table 3.7: Major sources of drinking water by population, 2017 ...... 193

3.1.7 Toilet facilities patronized by households ...... 194

Table 3.8: Toilet facilities patronized by households, 2017 ...... 194

3.1.8 Solid waste disposal by households, 2017 ...... 194

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Table 3.9: Solid waste disposal by households, 2017 ...... 194

3.1.9 Liquid waste disposal by households, 2017 ...... 195

Table 3.10: Liquid waste disposal by households, 2017 ...... 195

3.2.0 : Energy for lighting by households, 2017 ...... 195

Table 3.11: Energy for lighting by households, 2017 ...... 195

3.2.1. Energy for cooking by households, 2017 ...... 196

Table 3.12: Energy for cooking by households, 2017 ...... 196

3.2.2 Relevant Policy Objectives and Strategies adopted from the NMTDP 2014-2017 To achieve District Objectives...... 196

Table 3.13: ...... 197

4.1.0 Introduction ...... 228

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Table 4.3: GSGDA II THEMATIC FOCUS AREA: ACCELERATED AGRICULTURAL MODERNIZATION AND SUSTAINABLE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ...... Error! Bookmark not defined.

Table 4.4: GSGDA II THEMATIC FOCUS AREA: INFRASTRUCTURE AND HUMAN SETTLEMENT ...... Error! Bookmark not defined.

Table 4.5: GSGDA II THEMATIC FOCUS AREA: HUMAN DEVELOPMENT EMPLOYMENT AND PRODUTIVITY ...... Error! Bookmark not defined.

Table 4.6: GSGDA II THEMATIC FOCUS AREA: TRANSPARENT AND ACCOUNTABLE GOVERNANCE ...... Error! Bookmark not defined.

CHAPTER FIVE ...... 282

DISTRICT ANNUAL ACTION PLAN ...... 282

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5.1 Introduction ...... 282

5.2 Annual Action Plan Matrices ...... 282

ANNUAL ACTION PLAN ...... 283

Table 5.1: Annual Plan for 2014 ...... 283

Table 5.2: Annual Plan, 2014 ...... 284

Table 5.3: Annual Plan, 2014 ...... 285

Table 5.4: Annual Plan, 2014 ...... 286

Table 5.5. Annual Plan, 2014 ...... 287

Table 5.6: Annual Plan, 2014 ...... 288

Table 5.7: Annual Plan, 2014 ...... 289

Table 5.8: Annual Plan, 2014 ...... 291

Table 5.9: Annual Plan, 2014 ...... 292

Table 5.10: Annual Plan, 2014 ...... 293

Table 5.11: Annual Plan for 2015 ...... 294

Table 5.12: Annual Plan, 2015 ...... 295

Table 5.13: Annual Plan, 2015 ...... 296

Table 5.14: Annual Plan, 2015 ...... 297

Table 5.15: Annual Plan, 2015 ...... 297

Table 5.16: Annual Plan, 2015 ...... 298

Table 5.17: Annual Plan, 2015 ...... 299

Table 5.18: Annual Plan, 2015 ...... 300

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Table 5.19: Annual Plan, 2015 ...... 301

Table 5.20: Annual Plan, 2015 ...... 302

Table 5.21: Annual Plan, 2015 ...... 303

Table 5.22: Annual Plan, 2016 ...... 304

Table 5.23: Annual Plan, 2016 ...... 305

Table 5.24: Annual Plan, 2016 ...... 306

Table 5.25: Annual Plan, 2016...... 307

Table 5.26: Annual Plan 2016 ...... 308

Table 5.27: Annual Plan, 2016 ...... 309

Table 5.28: Annual Plan, 2016 ...... 310

Table 5.29: Annual Plan, 2016 ...... 311

Table 5.30: Annual Plan, 2017 ...... 312

Table 5.31: Annual Plan, 2017 ...... 312

Table 5.32. Annual Plan, 2017 ...... 313

Table 5.33: Annual Plan 2017 ...... 314

Table 5.34: Annual Plan, 2017...... 315

Table 5.35: Annual Plan, 2017...... 316

Table 5.36: Annual Plan, 2017 ...... 317

Table 5.37: Annual Plan, 2017 ...... 317

Table 5.38; Annual Plan, 2017 ...... 318

Table 5.39: Annual Plan, 2017 ...... 319

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MONITORING AND EVALUATION ...... 320

Introduction ...... 320

Control and Monitoring & Evaluation Mechanism ...... 321

COMMUNICATION STRATEGY ...... 321

Introduction ...... 321

Objectives of the Communication Strategy ...... 322

Target Groups ...... 322

Table 5.40: ...... 323

Approaches / Channels ...... 324

Table 5.41: ...... 326

Implementation Time-Table ...... 327

Recommendation / Way Forward ...... 328

SUSTAINABILITY TEST ...... 329

6.3 MEASURES TO ADDRESS IMPACTS ...... 333

Table 5.42: ...... 334

8.2 MONITORING AND EVALUATION STAGE...... 335

8.3 MONITORING AND EVALUATION ARRANGEMENTS...... 336

COMPATIBILITY MATRIX -RECORD SHEET No 1 ...... 336

Table 5.43: ...... 337

KEY ...... 337

Table 5.44: ...... 339

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EFFECTS ON THE ECONOMY ...... 340

INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES ...... 340

EFFECTS ON THE ECONOMY ...... 342

INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES ...... 342

EFFECTS ON THE ECONOMY ...... 344

INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES ...... 344

EFFECTS ON THE ECONOMY ...... 345

INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES ...... 346

EFFECTS ON THE ECONOMY ...... 347

INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES ...... 348

EFFECTS ON THE ECONOMY ...... 349

INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES ...... 349

EFFECTS ON THE ECONOMY ...... 351

INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES ...... 351

EFFECTS ON THE ECONOMY ...... 353

INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES ...... 353

EFFECTS ON THE ECONOMY ...... 355

INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES ...... 355

EFFECTS ON THE ECONOMY ...... 356

INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES ...... 357

EFFECTS ON THE ECONOMY ...... 358

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INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES ...... 359

EFFECTS ON THE ECONOMY ...... 360

INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES ...... 360

EFFECTS ON THE ECONOMY ...... 362

INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES ...... 362

EFFECTS ON THE ECONOMY ...... 364

INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES ...... 364

EFFECTS ON THE ECONOMY ...... 366

INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES ...... 366

EFFECTS ON THE ECONOMY ...... 368

INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES ...... 368

EFFECTS ON THE ECONOMY ...... 369

INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES ...... 370

EFFECTS ON THE ECONOMY ...... 371

INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES ...... 371

EFFECTS ON THE ECONOMY ...... 373

INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES ...... 373

EFFECTS ON THE ECONOMY ...... 375

INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES ...... 375

EFFECTS ON THE ECONOMY ...... 377

INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES ...... 377

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EFFECTS ON THE ECONOMY ...... 378

INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES ...... 379

EFFECTS ON THE ECONOMY ...... 380

INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES ...... 381

EFFECTS ON THE ECONOMY ...... 382

INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES ...... 382

Table 5.45: KEY ...... 384

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LIST OF TABLES

Table1: 1 Indicative Budget ......

Table 1.1 Sustaining Macroeconomic Stability ...... 13

Table 1.2 Performance Review under Private Sector Competitiveness ...... 14

Table 1.3 Performance Review under Human Resource Development ...... 18

Table 1.4 Performance Review under Good Governance and Civic Responsibility ...... 25

Table 1.5: Overall Performance Review...... 30

1.2.9 Manufacturing Activities ...... 37

Table 1.6: Age-Sex Distribution by Locality of Kwahu Afram Plains South District ...... 42

Table 1.7: Spatial Distribution of Population for the first 20 Settlements...... 44

Table 1.8: Revenue Pattern of the District Assembly ...... 48

Table 1.9: Expenditure Performance of the District Assembly ...... 49

Table 1.10: Comparing the Revenue and Expenditure Patterns ...... 50

Table 1.11: Occupational Structure in the District ...... 51

Table 1.12: Land ownership ...... 53

Table 1.13: Crops and Their Output Level in Metric Tons per acre...... 54

Table 1.14: Location of market ...... 56

Table 1.15: Pests and Diseases ...... 57

Table 1.16: Number Employed In Industry ...... 58

Table 1.17: Type of activities and Number Employed under the Formal Sector ...... 60

Table 1.18: Type of activities and Number Employed under the Informal Sector ...... 60

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Table 1.19: Households Monthly Income ...... 61

Table 1.20: Households’ Monthly Expenditure ...... 62

Table 1.21: Source of Income (Revenue) ...... 63

Table 1.22: Households’ Monthly Expenditure on Various Needs ...... 63

Table 1.23: Conditions of the Physically Challenged ...... 66

Table 1.24: Institutions Contributing to Child Welfare and Areas of Contribution ...... 71

Table 1.25: Disaster Prone Areas in the District...... 72

Table 1.26: Enrolment levels ...... 76

Table 1.27: Number of Educational Facilities ...... 76

Table 1.28: Number of Teachers ...... 77

Table 1.29: Teacher-Pupil Ratio ...... 77

Table 1.30: Gender Parity Index (GPI) ...... 78

Table 1.31: BECE Performance ...... 79

Table 1.32: Subject Grades/Student Performance in English, Science and Mathematics ...... 79

Table 1.33: Literacy Levels by Sex ...... 80

Table 1.34: Health Services to the General Public ...... 82

Table 1.35: Methods of Birth Control in the District...... 84

Table 1.36: Top 10 Causes of Admissions ...... 85

Table 1.37: Top 10 Causes of Death ...... 85

Table 1.38: Health Services Delivery and Coverage ...... 86

Table 1.39: Registration with NHIS ...... 87

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Table 1.40: Major Sources of Water in the District ...... 88

Table 1.41: Types of Human Excreta Disposal Methods ...... 90

Table 1.42: Method of Refuse Disposal ...... 91

Table 1.43: Types of Liquid Waste Disposal Modes ...... 91

Table 1.44: Sources of Energy for Lighting ...... 92

Table 1.45: Energy for Cooking ...... 92

Table 1.46: Types of Housing ...... 93

Table 1.47: Condition of Walls ...... 94

Table 1.48: Condition of Foundation ...... 94

Table 1.49: Types of Roofing Materials ...... 95

Table 1.50: Conditions of Roofing Materials ...... 95

Table 1.51: Number of Habitable Rooms in a House ...... 96

Table 1.52: Peoples Contribution to Development at the Community Level ...... 103

Table 1.53: ...... 103

Table 1.54: Hierarchy of Settlements in Kwahu Afram Plains South District ...... 106

Table 1.55: A Scalogram of selected settlements in Kwahu Afram Plains South District ...... 107

Table 1.56: Summary of Road Network and Condition in the District...... 112

Table 1.57: Accessibility Standards with Respect to Travel Time to Selected Facilities ...... 114

Table 1.58: Average Speed on Classes of Roads ...... 114

Table 1.59 Areas in Different Accessibility Zones in the Kwahu Afram Plains South District.115

Table 1.60: A day’s Volume of trade in Donkorkrom ...... 126

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Table 1.61: Major Trade Partners of Kwahu Afram Plains District ...... 127

Table 2.1: Score for the Harmonization of Community Needs and Aspirations ...... 136

Table 2.2: Harmonizing the Needs with the Gaps in the GSGDA II ...... 136

Table 2.3: Community Needs ...... 137

Table 2.4: Good Governance and Civic Responsibility ...... 139

Table 2.5: Harmonized Community Needs ...... 140

Table 2.6: Prioritization of Development Needs ...... 143

Table 2.7: Score for Linking the Harmonized Community Needs and Aspirations ...... 146

Table 2.8: Thematic Areas ...... 151

Table 2.9: Application of POCC to the Prioritized Needs under the Thematic Areas ...... 174

Table 2.10: Project Planning Matrix (PPM)/Logical Framework...... 180

Table 3.1: Definition of Score ...... 189

Table 3.2 Goal Compatibility Matrix...... 190

Table 3.3: Projected population by age cohort, 2017 ...... 191

Table 3.4: Projected population by broad age cohort, 2017 ...... 192

Table 3.5: Educational facilities by 2017 ...... 193

Table 3.6: Health facilities by 2017 ...... 193

Table 3.7: Major sources of drinking water by population, 2017 ...... 193

Table 3.8: Toilet facilities patronized by households, 2017 ...... 194

Table 3.9: Solid waste disposal by households, 2017 ...... 194

Table 3.10: Liquid waste disposal by households, 2017 ...... 195

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Table 3.11: Energy for lighting by households, 2017 ...... 195

Table 3.12: Energy for cooking by households, 2017 ...... 196

Table 3.13: ...... 197

Table 4.1: ...... Error! Bookmark not defined.

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Table 5.1: Annual Plan for 2014 ...... 283

Table 5.2: Annual Plan, 2014 ...... 284

Table 5.3: Annual Plan, 2014 ...... 285

Table 5.4: Annual Plan, 2014 ...... 286

Table 5.5. Annual Plan, 2014...... 287

Table 5.6: Annual Plan, 2014 ...... 288

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Table 5.8: Annual Plan, 2014 ...... 291

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Table 5.11: Annual Plan for 2015 ...... 294

Table 5.12: Annual Plan, 2015 ...... 295

Table 5.13: Annual Plan, 2015 ...... 296

Table 5.14: Annual Plan, 2015 ...... 297

Table 5.15: Annual Plan, 2015 ...... 297

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Table 5.17: Annual Plan, 2015 ...... 299

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Table 5.19: Annual Plan, 2015 ...... 301

Table 5.20: Annual Plan, 2015 ...... 302

Table 5.21: Annual Plan, 2015 ...... 303

Table 5.22: Annual Plan, 2016 ...... 304

Table 5.23: Annual Plan, 2016 ...... 305

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Table 5.26: Annual Plan 2016 ...... 308

Table 5.27: Annual Plan, 2016 ...... 309

Table 5.28: Annual Plan, 2016 ...... 310

Table 5.29: Annual Plan, 2016 ...... 311

Table 5.30: Annual Plan, 2017 ...... 312

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Table 5.32. Annual Plan, 2017...... 313

Table 5.33: Annual Plan 2017 ...... 314

Table 5.34: Annual Plan, 2017...... 315

Table 5.35: Annual Plan, 2017...... 316

Table 5.36: Annual Plan, 2017 ...... 317

Table 5.37: Annual Plan, 2017 ...... 317

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Table 5.45: KEY ...... 384

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LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 1.1: Kwahu Afram Plains South District in Regional and National Context...... 33

Figure 1.2: Context Map of Kwahu Afram Plains District ...... 34

Figure 1.3: Geological Map of Kwahu Afram Plains South District ...... 38

Figure 1.4: Population pyramid ...... 43

Figure 1.5: Lorenz curve for Households’ Income Distribution ...... 64

Figure 1.6: Composition of Annual Domestic Violence Cases in the District ...... 68

Figure 1.7: Administrative Structure of the District Assembly ...... 99

Figure 1.8: Political Structure of the District Assembly ...... 101

Figure: 1.9: ...... 110

Figure: 1.10: ...... 113

Figure 1.11: Accessibility to Health Services in the Kwahu Afram Plains South District ...... 117

Figure 1.12: Accessibility to Educational Services in the Kwahu Afram Plains South District 118

Figure 1.13: Accessibility to Police Services in the Kwahu Afram Plains South District ...... 119

Figure 1.14: Accessibility to Periodic Markets in the Kwahu Afram Plains South District ...... 120

Figure 1.15: Accessibility to Banking Services in the Kwahu Afram Plains South District ...... 121

Figure 1.16: Accessibility to Postal Services in the Kwahu Afram Plains South District...... 122

Figure 1.17: Accessibility to Extension Services in the Kwahu Afram Plains South District ... 123

Figure 1.18: Aggregate Accessibility to Services in the Kwahu Afram Plains South District .. 124

Figure 1.19: Optimum Accessibility to Services in the Kwahu Afram Plains South District ... 125

Figure 1.20: Exogenous Inflow of Commodities into Kwahu Afram Plains District ...... 128

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Figure 1.21: Exogenous outflow of goods from the Kwahu Afram Plains District ...... 129

Figure 1.22: Endogenous Inflow of Commodities in the Kwahu Afram Plains District ...... 130

Figure 1.23: Endogenous Outflow of Commodities in the Kwahu Afram Plains District ...... 131

Figure 1.24: Functional Region and Poverty Pockets in the Kwahu Afram Plains South District...... 133

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Plan Preparation Activities

Following from the review of the NDPC Planning Guidelines, the major activities carried out can be categorized into two main headings, namely Preparation of the Current Development Situation of the District and Preparation of Programmes of Action and Implementation Strategies. These categorizations are further detailed out below:

Preparation of the Current Development Situation

i) Review of Implementation of the MTDP-2010-2013

This considered the assessment of performance of the District with regards to the implementation of the MTDP-2010-2013, in terms of actual implementation as compared to the planned programmes and projects. The assessment were extended to the examination and determination of the impact of the current plan on poverty reduction, wealth creation, employment generation, income levels enhancement as well as governance. This stage also considered the review of programmes implemented outside the GSGDA 1

ii) Preparation of the District Development Profile

The review section discussed above informed the preparation of the District current development situation significantly. However, in line with the development planning process and the NDPC planning guidelines, this component began with some comprehensive data collection and analysis. Data was collected to cover the entire spatial dimension of the District. Notably, data were gathered on economic activities, demography, geophysical, environment, tourism, spatial interaction, human settlements, social activities, culture, governance and fiscal management among others. The analysis and documentation of these data resulted in the identification of the key development issues and priorities of the District.

Preparation of Programmes of Action and Implementation Strategies

i) Formulation of District Development Proposals

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This component constituted the initial proposals for interventions with the ultimate intention of reversing the District’s development problems and enhancing social welfare. As part of this component, there was co-ordination in formulation of development goals, derivation of objectives and strategies and composition of the development themes to provides focus for wealth creation and sustained poverty reduction. Again, the projection of development parameters and needs assessments to position the proposals in a development framework formed an integral part of this segment. The District development proposals were composed in line with the broad thematic areas;

Ensuring and Sustaining Macroeconomic stability Enhancing competitiveness of Ghana’s private sector Accelerated agricultural modernisation and sustainable natural resource management Oil and Gas Development Infrastructure and Human settlements Human development, productivity and employment Transparent and accountable governance Enabling environment for effective plan preparation and implementation Monitoring and Evaluation ii) Development of Programme of Action

Under this section, the District Development proposals outlined in the previous section was contextualized into a meaningful and useable structure to aid effective and efficient implementation, monitoring and evaluation. There was the adoption of the logical framework as a tool for putting the proposals into useable format. Following this, the medium-term and annual programmes of action were prepared by employing the GANTT CHART methodology.

iii) Preparation of Implementation Arrangements

This section largely emphasized the establishment of financing plan and institutional systems for seeing through the implementation of the programmes of action for the planned period.

iv) Establishment of Monitoring and Evaluation Systems

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For proper apprehending of implementation performance, pursuing of significance expectations and monitoring initial effect, a monitoring system were devised to properly do that. Also, to adequately assess the relevance, effectiveness, performance, impact and sustainability of the plan, there was the establishment of orderly evaluation for the planning process.

THEMATIC AREA NUMBER OF SOURCE OF FUND BUDGET PROGRAMMES ESTIMATE

/PROJECTS DDF DACF IGF GOG GRANT

Ensuring and sustaining 75,000 Macroeconomic 30 30 45 stability Enhanced 30,000 competitiveness of 20 20 10 Ghana Private Sector Accelerated Agricultural Modernization and 40 55 45 100,000 Natural Resource Management Oil and Gas 3 100 25 150 275,000 Development Infrastructure and Human Settlements 50 1,375 1,290 38 2,060 4,763,000 Development Human Development, Productivity and Employment 40 1,950 1,557 109 1,374 4,990,0 Transparent and Accountable 10 89 10 99,000 Governance Grand Total 173 3,325 3,141 282 3,584 10.332,000

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INTRODUCTION Background and Context The present development administration and management system in Ghana requires that the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) to play deliberative, legislative and executive roles and functions. The MMDAs are therefore charged to compose programmes and activities into comprehensive and well packaged development plans that would contribute to societal change by enhancing poverty reduction, employment generation, wealth creation, popular participation and the elimination of hunger and deprivation.

Following this directive, the MMDAs since 1996, have consistently been preparing and implementing series of Medium-Term Development Plans (MTDPs), spelling out their development agenda and programmes of action in line with national policy aspirations and community needs.

The maiden District Medium-Term Development Plans (DMTDPs) spanning 1996-2000, focussed on the thematic areas of the Ghana–Vision 2020 development agenda namely; Human Development, Infrastructure Development, Rural Development, Urban Development and Social Development among others.

As a result of change in Government in 2000 which ensued in a change in the national development agenda, the second group of DMTDPs paid important attention to the thematic areas of the Ghana Poverty Reduction Strategy (GPRS I) namely; Human Resource Development and Basic Services, Vulnerability and Exclusion, Good Governance, Production and Gainful Employment as well as District Micro Economy. This phase of local development planning and implementation which started in 2002 was programmed to end in December 2005. These DMTDPs were aimed at reducing extreme poverty within communities.

The subsequent set of DMTDPs were to cover the period between 2006 and 2009. These were based on the Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategy (GPRS II) document which had as its broad goal; wealth creation and poverty reduction within decentralized local governance. The broad thematic areas of the GPRS II which guided the MTDPs were Private Sector Led Competitiveness, Human Resource Development and Good Governance and Civic

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Responsibility. The end of 2009 therefore served as the beginning of another local development planning cycle Ghana Shared Growth Development Agenda (GSGDA I) 2010-2013 this was prepared and was implemented for the plan period.

Afterwards, MMDAs have been tasked to prepare their MTDPs to continue on the next phase of GSGDA II to cover the period of 2014 to 2017 in line with the new Medium Term Development Policy Framework (MTDPF 2014-2017). The MTDPF 2014-2017 has as is broad goal; “addressing the economic imbalances, re-stabilizing the economy and placing it on a path of sustained accelerated growth and poverty reduction towards achieving the MDGs and Middle- income status”. The main thematic areas under the framework to guide the preparation of the current MTDPs are:

Ensuring and Sustaining Macroeconomic stability Enhancing competitiveness of Ghana’s private sector Accelerated agricultural modernisation and sustainable natural resource management Oil and Gas Development Infrastructure and Human settlements Human development, productivity and employment Transparent and accountable governance Enabling environment for effective plan preparation and implementation Monitoring and Evaluation

Purpose and Objectives The general goal is to prepare and document the MTDP-2014-2017 for the Kwahu Afram Plains South District Assembly. Precisely, this goal was achieved through these objectives:

To undertake a thorough review of the achievements and performance of the implementation of MTDP-2010-2013 under the GSGDA I; To review other programmes and projects implemented in the District area outside the GSGDA I; To prepare and document a detailed District development profile;

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To identify the core development issues in the District area as basis for intervention and planning; To formulate an elaborate District programme of operation; To establish a well functioning plan implementation and management arrangements; and To evolve an effective and efficient system for plan implementation, monitoring and evaluation.

Methodology and Approach Participatory approach to the plan preparation process through the adoption of participatory rural appraisal methods was applied. For quantitative data, appropriate scientific approaches in gathering data sources that could provide effective and satisfactory conclusions were applied.

Regarding data requiring pure qualitative analyses, group discussions and workshop sessions were used for collection, collation and analysis. Identified institutions and organizations that have direct bearing on District development issues and concerns were consulted for relevant information. Periodic and systematic stakeholder workshop sessions were organized to discuss, approve and validate various stages of the plan preparation process. These sessions were attended by relevant key role stakeholders in the development efforts of the District where issues were thoroughly discussed through discussion and consensus building.

1.4 Review of the Medium Term Development Policy Framework 2010-2013

The Ghana Shared Growth and Development Agenda (GSGDA I, 2010-2013), was permeated with Strategic Environment Assessment (SEA) recommendation, Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and Gender issues, focused on policies, strategies and programmes relating to continued macroeconomic stability, prioritized private sector-led growth, vigorous human resource development, good governance and civic responsibility that were necessary to drive the economy into higher growth flight and enhanced poverty reduction.

The basic goal of GSGDA I was to: Achieve accelerated and sustainable shared growth, poverty reduction and empowerment of the vulnerable and excluded within a decentralized democratic environment.

The broad strategic directions for GSGDA I were therefore based on:

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Continued Macroeconomic Stability from GPRS 1I; Priority for Accelerated Private Sector Competitiveness; Vigorous Human Resource Development; and Good Governance and Civic Responsibility.

The present MTDPF 2014 – 2017 however aims at combining the gains made under the GSGDA I while correcting its challenges. As a result, the basic goal of the MTDPF 2014-2017 is: “addressing the economic imbalances, re-stabilizing the economy and placing it on a path of sustained accelerated growth and poverty reduction towards achieving the MDGs and middle- income status”.

It is also permeated with Strategic Environmental Assessment recommendations, MDGs and Gender issues. It however focuses on the following broad strategic directions:

Ensuring and Sustaining Macroeconomic stability Enhancing competitiveness of Ghana’s private sector Accelerated agricultural modernisation and sustainable natural resource management Oil and Gas Development Infrastructure and Human settlements Human development, productivity and employment Transparent and accountable governance Enabling environment for effective plan preparation and implementation Monitoring and Evaluation

The above have thus informed the current NDPC Planning Guidelines towards the preparation of the MTDPs spanning 2014-2017. The MTDPF 2014-2017 also provides that the development of the country be driven by:

The agriculture sector in the medium term on the backdrop of improved productivity; Enhanced growth from the construction sector; Infrastructural development in the oil sector; Electricity and water sector growth in 2017 and beyond resulting mainly from the Bui Dam operations and increased production of gas to power thermal generation;

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Increased output from the mining sector especially in Salt production industry to feed the petrochemical industry; and Services sector growth through the transformation of the transport, wholesale, and finance sub-sectors. In order to ensure the impartial distribution of the benefit of national development, the MTDPF also suggests the following:

Creation of employment opportunities for all who are willing and able to work; Access to adequate nutrition and potable water to all Ghanaians; Sustainable pension options for all. Access to preventive and curative medicine; Provision of affordable housing for low income workers and residents of rural and peri-urban communities; In the preparation of the current MTDPs therefore efforts should be made to provide for all the above at the local level through the design of relevant programmes and projects.

1.5 Overview of NDPC Planning Guidelines for MMDAs

The National Development Planning Commission (NDPC) is required by Section 1 (3, 4), 2 to 11 of the National Development Planning (Systems) Act 1994 (Act 480) to issue broad guidelines to the Districts as well as sectors to prepare their own Medium Term Development Plans. The NDPC therefore, in collaboration with other stakeholders, have developed Planning Guidelines and other manuals to facilitate the preparation of MTDPs. The current NDPC Planning Guidelines thus have the following as its main aims:

a. Facilitate the preparation of : District Medium-Term Development Plans based on the Draft MTDPF (2014-2017) Annual Action Plans based on the District Medium-Term Development Plans, (2014- 2017) b. Ensure that District Medium-Term Development Plans: are relevant to local demands and aspirations; are purposefully formulated to support the achievement of national development goals and objectives (MTDPF, 2014-2017);

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are effectively implemented, monitored and evaluated; integrate SEA principles in development policies, programmes and projects (PPP) for sustainable growth and development ; are gender sensitive ; provide the basis for budgeting annually and throughout the Plan period; provide the basis for monitoring and evaluation at the District level; and serve as the basis for the preparation of proposals for donor /stakeholder support and partnership; c. Provide a uniform format for harmonization at the regional level by respective RCCs. According to the Planning Guidelines, plan preparation should involve all stakeholders in the District and the process could be moderated by a Facilitator who could be a Planning Consultant. Activities expected to be carried out in the planning process are:

Performance review of District Medium-Term Development Plan based on the Ghana Shared Growth and Development Agenda I (GSGDA I 2010-2013 and other interventions not covered but implemented during the period; Compilation and/or review of District Profile; Linking identified and harmonized key development issues to the draft MTDPF 2014- 2017; Prioritization of identified issues; Refining and selection of final priorities for the 2010-2013 DMTDP through the use of POCC analyses; Development Focus and the setting of District development goals and themes; Development projections for 2014-2017; Formulation of Development Programmes; Formulation of Composite Programmes of Action (PoA); Implementation of Composite PoA through Annual Action Plans; Linking the Plan with the Annual Budget; and Harmonization of District Plans By Regional Coordinating Councils (RCCs)

In carrying out each of the above stages, the Guidelines require that the Seven (7) thematic areas under the draft MTDPF be the main focus for local development. It also emphasizes on ensuring

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that the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), New Partnership for Africa Development (NEPAD) and other cross-cutting issues such as gender and environmental sustainability are integrated in the DMTDP. Periodic Public Hearing is also recommended to elicit contribution, views and comments from stakeholders at all levels among other participatory planning approaches. The Guidelines are also clear about the specific roles of all key stakeholders in the planning process including the M/DCEs, DPCUs, DAs and Sub-District Councils, Facilitators, RCCs and RPCUs.

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CHAPTER ONE PERFORMANCE REVIEW CURRENT SITUATION AND BASELINE PROFILE 1.1.0 Introduction This chapter focuses on District profile the legal framework, Vision, Mission, again the chapter also describes the performance of the GSGDS 1 under the appropriate thematic areas and its achievement under the review and also took into consideration cross cutting issues such as HI /AIDS, gender and environment. The income and expenditure statement of the District were equally reviewed for the period 2010-2013.

The review of the profile and the performance is to enable the District identify challenges during the period 2010-2013 that may have implication in the 2014-2017 plan period, lesson learnt were also outlined, the chapter ends with the identification of key development issues that need to be addressed among others in 2014-2017.

1.1.1 Vision and Mission Statement of Kwahu Afram Plains District Vision statement To become a highly focused local Governance Organization that creates conducive environment for citizens participation in decision making process and promote Human Resource development, in collaboration with Development Partners in both the Public and Private sectors. To serve as the locus for harnessing local resources in meeting local needs as well as addressing local challenges in accordance with the National Development Planning Commission Policy Framework in poverty reduction and job creation.

Mission Statement Kwahu Afram Plains South District Assembly exists to develop Human Capacity and mobilize Resources to promote higher liveing standard \s and support the overall Agricultural Devlopment

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of the District in an atmosphere of free, fair and participatory decentralized structures. To co- ordinate both human and natural resources in addressing local problems through active grassroot involvement and participation.

1.1.2 Review of Projects under the DMTDP (2010-2013) Issues raised in this chapter include a review of projects under each thematic area with respect to the annual targets set in the plan and the extent to which these targets were achieved. It also include an overall performance review which considers the total implemented, partially implemented, not implemented projects as well as on-going projects for the various thematic areas. The development gaps identified under this chapter will serve as inputs for harmonisation in chapter four (needs and aspirations) of this Plan.

The projects outlined under the DMTDP (2010-2013) have been reviewed under their corresponding thematic areas. In all, a total of 105 programmes and projects have been reviewed with respect to the guidelines for the preparation of 2010-2013 District Medium Term Development Plan. These are indicated below with their relative percentages showing the magnitude of work done by the District

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1.2.3 Ensuring and Sustaining Macroeconomic Stability Sector: Economic Policy Objectives: increase the revenue base of the District for improve socio economic transformation of the District

Table 1.1 Sustaining Macroeconomic Stability Project Number Location Time Frame Target Achieved Remarks ‘10 ‘11 ‘12 ‘13 To increase the % of District wide Revenue collectors lack the IGF from 20.8% to 50 % 50% 45% Mobilisation skills. 50% by the end of the plan period To provide the needed Revenue Logistic procured were logistic to Revenue Department 50% not enough due to Department inadequate funds Organize Capacity Revenue 80 0% No workshops organised building orientation NIL Department workshop for Revenue Collectors

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Sector: Agriculture

Table 1.2 Performance Review under Private Sector Competitiveness Project Number Location Time Frame Target Achieved Remarks ‘10 11 ‘12 ‘13 Provide 4 sets of 16 farmer groups District wide 16 50% Mechanisation Unit Irrigation equipment’s annually supply only 2 of the annually equipment. Train extension officers 55 officers annually Entire District 55 100% Officers were given the relevant training. Organize orientation 60 Farmer-Based District wide 10 50% No FBO workshops in workshop for farmers Organisations 2007 and 2009. annually Train and provide 200 farm families District wide 200 100% Completed inputs to farm families especially women Train and assist 100 poultry District wide 50 50% Partly done poultry farmers and farmers with credit facilities Train and assist 70 livestock District wide 70 0% Not done livestock farmers with farmers credit facilities Train and assist food 100 food crop District Wide 100 100% Completed crop farmers with credit farmers facilities Organize training for 1000 farmers District Wide 1000 46% Lack of planned budget farmers on post harvest was the cause of non technology and food achievement

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processing and preservation annually Organize District Annually District Wide 4 100% Done farmers day annually Train women in home 400 women District Wide 400 16% Built the capacity of 65 garden establishment women farmers in home garden establishment Supply improved 200 farmer groups District Wide 80 13% The facility ceased to exist seedlings/ inputs to annually due to non- payment of farmers inputs given to farmers on credit Construct/ rehabilitate 4 satellite markets District Wide 4 25% 1 satellite market satellite markets constructed

SECTOR: ROAD AND TRANSPORT Project Number Location Time Frame Target Achieved Remarks ‘10 ‘11 ‘12 ‘13 Conduct periodic 8 roads 8 50% Partially done maintenance of some Ekye Amanfrom selected roads Maame Krobo Tease Kwame Dauema

Forifori Rehabilitate roads in District Wide District Wide All 60% Partially done farming communities Rehabilitate and District Wide District Wide All 50% Partially done resurface selected town roads. Construct culverts 10 culverts District Wide 10 0% Not done

Conduct routine / 11 feeder Tease 11 50% Partially done recurrent maintenance roads Kwaekese

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of some selected feeder Adiembra roads Forifori Dedeso Asanyanso Dodi Ntonaboma KwasiFante

SECTOR:TRADE , INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE Project Number Location Time Frame Target Achieved Remarks ‘10 ‘11 ‘12 ‘13 Train and provide 25 small scale District Wide 100 0% Not done Due to financial micro credit facilities to enterprises constraints small scale enterprises annually Conduct workshop for 5 days workshops District Wide 4 100% Done small scale business annually entrepreneurs Establish Light 1 Tease 1 0% Not done Industrial Site for Artisans Train and offer Credit 20 women groups District Wide 80 60% Partially Done facilities to women annually groups

SECTOR : ENERGY Project Number Location Time Frame Target Achieved Remarks ‘10 ‘11 ‘12 ‘13 Connect settlements to District Wide District Wide All 10% Partially done the National Electricity Grid Extend electricity to 3 Tease 3 67% Partially done newly developed areas

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in and around Tease Provide street lights in 7 Tease 7 100% completed major towns Maame Krob Forifor

SECTOR: EMPLOYMENT Project Number Location Time Frame Target Achieved Remarks ‘10 ‘11 ‘12 ‘13 Recruit, Train and 30 District Wide 30 90% Done employ youth for waste management Recruit, Train and 100 District Wide 100 90% Done employ unemployed youth to teach in the basic schools Recruit and employ 20 District Wide 20 70% Done unemployed youth into auxiliary nursing policing SECTOR: TOURISM

Project Number Location Time Frame Target Achieved Remarks ‘10 ‘11 ‘12 ‘12 Prepare a tourism 1 District Wide 1 0% Not done development plan/ procure for the District. Organized capacity Craft men groups District Wide Craft men 0% Not done building workshop for groups potential craft men group formation and business management

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Encourage investors to All investors District Wide All investors 0% Not done participate in tourism development

Human Resource Development

Table 1.3 Performance Review under Human Resource Development

Sector: Education Project Number Location Time Frame Target Achieved Remarks ‘10 ‘11 ‘12 ‘13 Organize SPAM in schools All schools Schools in the 90 100% Done with 0% score in BECE District Conduct mock exams for JHS 7 schools District Wide 7 100% Done 3 students Facilitate participatory All schools District Wide All 100% Done development and revision of schools improved plan (SPIP) by all stakeholders Organize STME Annually 1 Tease 4 20% Partially Done Sponsor teacher Trainee 20 teachers District Wide 80 20% Partially Done annually Sponsor untrained Teachers 30 teachers District Wide 120 40% No funding for annually sponsorship Organize best teacher award 1 District Wide 4 50% awards have annually been given Construct and rehabilitation of Selected Tease 12 65% on-going selected building at St Fidelis Buildings Conduct enrolment drive at 12 District Wide 12 100% Done the beginning of each term Procure and provide dual 1000 District Wide 1500 50% Patially done desks

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Offer scholarship to brilliant 7 District Wide 7 100% Done but needy pupils/ Sports development

Construction of 1 No.6-Unit Tailorkope 0% Not Done classroom block. Asikasu

Construction of 1 No.6-Unit Gadokope 100% classroom block Kpatsilijakope Kwabena Kwao Asikasu Maame Krobo

SECTOR: HEALTH Project Number Location Time Frame Target Achieved Remarks ‘10 ‘11 ‘12 ‘13 Intensify disease All District Wide All 100% Done surveillance and control on TB Malaria, HIV/ AIDS, Polio eradication Sponsor nursing 10 District Wide 10 100% Done trainee annually Increase enrolment of All District Wide All 50% Partly done insurance clients no. of NHIS clients Organize quarterly 16 District Wide 16 0% Not done meeting between DHMT, DA and beneficiary communities on

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implementation of projects HIV/ AIDS Organize workshops 8 8 100% Done annually for District officers, youth leaders, District Wide community leaders on HIV/ AIDS and STDs prevention and control Organize quarterly 16 16 100% Done workshop for Area Council , CBOs , Tease NGOs and other stakeholders on mainstreaming their activities into the local level Advocate for improve 1 Tease 1 100% Done access to resources (Micro Credit, Nutrition etc) for PLWAS. Organize skills training 75 Tease 75 100% Done and income generating activities for PLWASs Institute work place 1 Tease 1 100% Done policies for reducing the impact of the epidemic on employees and employers Organize monthly 48 Tease 48 100% Done panel discussion on HIV/ AIDS and STDs

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on local FM station Establish 50 HIV/ AIDs 50 District Wide 50 0% Not done material point at libraries, market and public places Organize annual fund 4 Tease 4 0% Not done raising activities to support HIV/AIDs programme Intensify VCT, STI, 1 District Wide 1 100% Done PMCT and PEP services in the District Scale up care and 1 District Wide 1 100% Done support including ART services for PLWHAS Involve NGOs, CBOs, 1 District Wide 1 100% Done and public sector in the provision of care and support for PLWAS Promote proper health 1 District Wide 1 100% Done seeking behaviour among FSW, MSM PLWHA Conduct baseline 1 District Wide 1 100% Done survey on KBA in the District Identify hot spot in the 1 Tease 1 100% Done District Identify FSW & MSM 1 Tease 1 100% Done in the District SECTOR: WATER Construct boreholes in 55 36 65% Partially done needy communities District Wide

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Construct small town 2 2 0% Not done water system in the District Wide District Rehabilitate / redevelop District Wide 0% Not done affected water facilities Extend pipe lines to 30% Partially done new developed Tease communities in the Tease township Organize training 12 12 40 % Partially Done programmes for District Wide WATSAN committees annually Organize annual 4 4 40% Partially Done routine maintenance training programme for District Wide pump caretakers and area mechanics Carry out monthly 48 48 30% Partially Done monitoring activities in District Wide all beneficiary communities SECTOR : ENVIRONMENT (NATURAL) Enforced relevant 1 1 50% On-going environmental byelaws District Wide to protect the environment at all levels Encourage re- 1 District Wide 1 0% Not done forestation of degraded forest reserved areas Encourage the 1 1 30% Partially done cultivation of wood log District Wide

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for charcoal ENVIRONMENT : (BUILT) Construct drainage 2 Ekye 2 0% Not done facilities in area prone Forifori to flood and erosion. Resource and 1 1 100% Resourcing of the reorganize the Town & Tease Department has been 10% Country Planning from the Department department and own IGF and the statutory statutory planning planning committee is committee 50% organized and effective in its decisions Strengthen the building 1 1 40% On –going inspectorate unit of the Tease assembly SANITATION

Construct institutional 40 District 40 100% Done latrines in needy Wide schools Support landlords to 200 District 200 0% Not done construct VIP latrines Wide annually Procure large refuse 50 District 50 40% Partially done container and place at Wide vantage points Organize training 200 Tease 200 100% Done programme for village health committee annually Acquire land for final / 1 Tease 1 0% Not done solid waste disposal

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SECTOR: VULNERABLE & THE EXCLUDED

Identify, register and 26 District Wide 26 35% Partially done monitor the operation of day care centres of children aged 0-4years Organize training for 150 District Wide 150 2% Partially done untrained KG& Nursery attendance and proprietors Organize education 4 District Wide 2 50% Partially done programme on the rights of children, child labour and child abuse Facilitate the formation 4 District Wide 4 0% Not done of panels Provision of 4 District Wide 4 0% Not done employable skills to delinquent and street children Support poor families All poor family District Wide All 0% Not done with credit facilities/ households income generating activities Identify and register the All vulnerable District Wide 40% Partially done vulnerable ( PWDs, people in the poor aged orphans) in District the District Provision of vocational 40 District Wide 40 0% Not done skills for people with disabilities annually Monitor the activities All NGOs, District Wide 20% On –going of NGOs, CBOs, and CBOs, and FBOs

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FBOs on handling vulnerable groups Investigate juvenile 40 District Wide 40 25% Partially done cases pending in court annually Assist needy ( women) 200 District Wide 200 0% Not done to file cases at the family tribunal annually Organize educational 4 District Wide 4 0% Not done programme on national policies Organize training for 20 District Wide 20 0% Not done women groups in income generating activities

Good Governance and Civic Responsibility

Table 1.4 Performance Review under Good Governance and Civic Responsibility Project Number Location Time Frame Target Achieved Remarks ‘10 ‘11 ‘12 ‘13 Organize training 1 Tease 1 0% Not done session for officers in data collection and analysis Organize quarterly 16 Tease 16 60% Partially Done meetings for Heads of Departments and Agencies Organize quarterly 16 Dodi 16 100% Done

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review meetings on Ekye development projects at Amanfrom all area council centers/ Tease levels Maame Krobo

Organize workshops on 12 Donkorkrom 12 50% Partly done decentralization process and government policies for staff, Assemblypersons, Area Council / Unit Committee members and Opinion Leaders Provide and Equip all Town / Area / 45% Partly done Town / Area / Urban Councils Councils with Office, logistics and staff Organize in –service 1 revenue 1 100% Done training programmes collectors for revenue collectors Provide revenue 1 Donkorkrom 1 0% Not done collectors with relevant logistics- rain coats, Wallington boats, transport facilities Institute incentives 1 Tease 1 0% Not done schemes and reward systems for collectors Update revenue 1 Tease 1 0% Not done collectors data base Organize workshops in 12 District Wide 12 52% Partly done project management for staff, assemblypersons,

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Area/ Town Councils and Unit Committee Organize Mid- term 8 Tease 8 0% Not done Review meetings on the MTDP 2006-2009 Strengthen the M&E 1 Tease 1 0% Not done system of the Assembly Institute incentive 1 Tease 1 0% Not done programmes for all labourers Sponsor staff for 8 Tease 8 50% Partly done further studies yearly Organize forums for all 1 unit 3 0% Not done unit committees on the committees need to participate in good governance at the local level

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1.1.3 Projects Implemented outside the KAPSDMTDP (2010- 2013) The Kwahu Afram Plains South District Assembly did not implement any project outside its Medium Term Development Plan during the 2010-2013 plan period.

1.1.4 Identified Development Gaps The inability to implement some projects as specified in the 2010-2013 Medium Term Plan has led to the identification of these projects as development gaps. These gaps have been captured under the various thematic areas of the GSGDA 11.

1.1.5 Ensuring macro economy stability Organised training session for Officers in data collection and analysis. Provide revenue collectors with relevant logistics- rain coats, Wallington boats, transport facilities. Institute incentives schemes and reward systems for collectors. Update revenue collector data base. 1.1.6 Accelerated Agricultural Modernization and Natural Resource Management for an Enhanced Private Sector Competitiveness Provide 4 sets of irrigation equipment to 4 farmer groups annually. Train and assist livestock farmers with credit facilities. Enforce relevant environmental byelaws to protect the environment at all levels Encourage re-forestation of degraded forest reserved areas. Encourage the cultivation of wood log for charcoal. Construct drainage facilities in area prone to flood and erosion.

1.1.7 Infrastructure and Human Settlement Conduct periodic maintenance of some selected roads.

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Rehabilitate roads in farming communities. Rehabilitate and resurface selected Tease town roads. Construct 10 number culverts. Conduct routine / recurrent maintenance of some selected feeder roads. Train and provide micro credit facilities to 25 small scale enterprises annually. Establish Light Industrial Site for Artisans. Prepare a tourism development plan/ procure for the District. Organized capacity building workshop for potential craft men group formation and business management. Encourage investors to participate in tourism development.

1.1.8 Human Development, Productivity and Employment Sponsor 20 teacher Trainee annually Organize STME Annually Sponsor 30 untrained Teachers annually Organize quarterly meeting between DHMT, DA and beneficiaries communities on implementation of projects Establish 50 HIV/ AIDs material point at libraries, market and public places Organize annual fund raising activities to support HIV/AIDs programme Construct small town water system in the District. Rehabilitate / redevelop affected water facilities Extend pipe lines to new developed communities in the Tease township Support landlords to construct 50 VIP latrines annually. Strengthen the building inspectorate unit of the assembly Procure sanitation equipment including septic/ solid waste van, tools. Facilitate the formation of panels. Provision of employable skills to delinquent and street children. Identify and register the vulnerable (PWDs, poor, aged and orphans) in the District. Provision of vocational skills for 10 unskilled people with disabilities annually. Monitor the activities of NGOs, CBOs, and FBOs on handling vulnerable groups. Assist an average of 50 needy (women) to file cases at the family tribunal annually.

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Organize educational programme on national policies. Organize training for 20 women groups in income generating activities. Purchase essential equipment for the CHPS centre.

1.1.9 Transparent and Accountable Governance Organize mid- term review meetings on the MTDP 2010-2013 Strengthen the M&E system of the Assembly. Institute incentive programmes for all labourers. Organize forums for all unit committees on the need to participate in good governance at the local level.

1.2.0 Overall Performance Review From the Kwaha Afram Plains South District Medium-Term Development Plan (2010-2013), a total of 105 projects were to be implemented in the Kwahu Afram South District for the 2010 to 2013 plan period. Under the various thematic areas, 28.6 percent, 57.1 percent and 14.3 percent of the projects were to be implemented under Accelerated Agricultural Modernization Resource Management and Enhanced Private Sector Competitiveness, Infrastructure and Human Settlement, Human Resource Development and Transparent and Accountable Governance respectively as shown in Table 2.4.

Table 1.5: Overall Performance Review. Thematic area Implemented Partially Not On-going Totals implemented implemented No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % of overall Accelerated 9 23.7 9 40.9 12 26.7 0 0 30 28.6 Agricultiral Modernization and Private sector competitiveness Infrastructural 26 68.5 9 40.9 25 55.6 0 0 60 57.1 and Human resource development

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Good 3 7.8 4 18.2 8 17.7 0 0 15 14.3 Governance and Civic Responsibility Overall Total 38 100 22 100 45 100 0 0 105 100

Table 1.5 indicates that, out of the 105 projects planned to be implemented, 36.1 percent were fully implemented, 21 percent (21%) were partially implemented, and 42.9 percent (42.9%) were not implemented. 42.9 percent (42.9%) of the project were not implemented primarily due to inadequate source of funds.

1.2.1 PROFILE OF KWAHU AFRAM PLAINS SOUTH ISTRICT The chapter laid emphasis on updating the profile of the District with specific consideration to the NDPC Guidelines for the preparation of Medium-Term Plans for the 2014-2017 Plan Period. In this repute, the Kwahu Afram Plains South District profile was updated with respect to seven thematic areas in the guidelines of the NDPC Policy Framework for the preparation of the 2014- 2017 DMTDP.

Issues covered in this chapter include the physical and demographic characteristics of the District; the structure of the District economy; social services in terms of their availability, distribution in space, quality and access. The profile also touched on the administrative structure of the district, governance, culture, social structure and other cross-cutting including gender mainstreaming and vulnerability. The yield of this chapter in the form of development problems will serve as an input for the generation of needs and aspiration for the next chapter.

1.2.2 Physical and Natural Environment This piece presents the ‘gifts of nature’ or natural resource base of the Kwahu Afram Plains South District. It begins with explanation of the positioning of the District in the global, national and regional contexts as well as the size in terms of land mass. The natural situations and factors that influence and govern human activities and behaviours are also presented in detail.

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1.2.3 Location & Size The District is located between Latitudes 6o 40I N and 70 10’1 N; longitudes 0O 40I E and 0o 10I E; at the North-Western corner of Eastern Region with a total land area of approximately 3,095 sq km. The District is bounded to the north by the Kwahu Afram Plains North, to the south by the Kwahu South, to the east by the Volta River and to the west by two Districts in the Ashanti region precisely Sekyere East (Sekyere Afram Plains) and Ashanti-Akim Districts.

There are two main entrances into the District by road; namely Nkawkaw-Mpraeso-Bepong- Kwahu Tafo and Adawso from where the three kilometer wide Afram River is crossed to Ekye- Amanfrom by ferry operated by the Volta Lake Transport Company (VLTC). The second entrance is through Agogo in the Sekyere Afram Plains in the Ashanti region where one can travel by road through Dome to Maame Krobo then to Tease, the District capital. The Volta Lake Transport Company (VLTC) provides ferry services on the Lake and currently operates one ferry in the Kwahu Afram Plains South between Adawso and Ekye-Amanfrom. The ferry service has a capacity of 360 tones per trip. When using a single engine it takes about 30 minutes to cross. The peak periods in its services are during the yam and maize harvesting period September – March; when up to six trips could be undertaken in a day.

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Figure 1.1: Kwahu Afram Plains South District in Regional and National Context.

Kwahu Afram Plains North

Asante-Akim District Kwahu Afram Plains South

Volta Lake

Source: Town and Country Planning Department, KAPSDA 2014

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Figure 1.2: Context Map of Kwahu Afram Plains District

Sene District

Ashanti-Akim District

Volta Lake

Kwahu South District

Source: Town and Country Planning Department, KAPSDA, 2014

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1.2.4 Climate and Rainfall The District falls within the savannah vegetation zone comprising of the savannah transitional zone and savannah woodland which is characterized by short deciduous fire resistant trees often widely spaced and a ground flora composed of grass of varying heights which is associated with two main rainfall seasons occurring in June and October; the first rainy season starts from May to June and the second from September to October. The mean annual rainfall is between 1150mm and 1650mm. The dry seasons are distinct starting between November and late February. Temperatures are found to be hot ranging between February and March (36.8°C and 36.6°C on the average respectively), while the coldest ones are December and January (19.9°C and 20.1°C on the average respectively). Relative humidity is generally high throughout the year, ranging between 68.2% to 71.6% in the dry season and 81.6% and 71.6%.in the wet season.

1.2.5 Vegetation and Forest Reserve The District lies within savannah vegetation zone comprising the savannah transitional zone and savannah woodland. There are few forest reserves covering about 120.8sq km. The forest reserves constitute about 15% of the entire surface area of the District. Some commercial tree species contained in the forest are Milicia excelsa (Odum), Sterculia rhinopetala (Wawa), Terminalia superba (Ofram), Khaya ivoriensis (African mahogany), Antiaris toxicaria (Kyenkyen) etc. The major soils in the District are the Swedru-Nsaba-Offin Compound group. Dominating this soil group is the Swedru series which are mainly red silty, well drained, deep gravel-free silty loams and silty-clay loams. The Nsaba series are yellowish red silty clay loam, moderately well drained, very shallow and rocky. The soils are suitable for the cultivation of both food crops (cassava, plantain, yam, cocoyam, maize). There exist great potential for cash crops (cocoa, coffee, oil palm, citrus, cola) flourishing under the vegetation, however such potentials have not been explored. The land in this area is susceptible to wind erosion if laid bare of vegetation.

1.2.6 Political Administration The District is headed by a District Chief Executive being the representative of the President with Tease as the Administrative capital. Under the Local Government System, the District

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operates a three tier political administrative structure, with the General Assembly being the highest decision making body followed by the area councils down to the unit committees. The composition of the General Assembly is made up of thirty-eight (38) Assembly Members with twenty-seven (27) elected and eleven appointees. There are eleven (11) decentralized departments who report to the Co-ordinating Director at the central directorate of the District.

1.2.7 Cultural and Social Structure The District is typically a settler District with majority being migrants. Ewes constitute the highest, followed by the Ashantis, the Kwahus, as well as tribes from the Northern extraction of the Country. However, the widely spoken language in the District is Twi.

Most of the people in the District are Christians (74.6%). There are also Muslims (11.6%) and traditionalists (3.9%) with only 9.1 percent of the population who are do not belong to any religion in the District.

The Kwahu traditional council is the highest traditional authority in the District. The council is headed by the Omanhene, Nana Akuamoah Boateng who is resident at Abene. However, several sub-divisional chiefs operate within various traditional areas in the District. These sub-chiefs adjudicate minor cases within areas under their jurisdiction.

1.2.8 The Economy The economy of the District is driven by agriculture due to the vast tracts of arable land coupled with good weather conditions. According to the 2010 PHC data, the economic sector employs about 80 percent of the active labour force in the District.

Agriculture in the District is made up of crop farming, animal husbandry and fishing. According to the 2010 PHC data, crop production employs about 90 percent of active labour force in the agricultural sector whilst animal husbandry takes about five percent, fishing four percent and one percent takes account of others like nomadic migrant Fulani herdsmen who roam the District with their cattle.

The key food crops grown in the District include yam, maize, cocoyam, plantain, beans and groundnuts. Cabbage is a new addition to these traditional food crops. Farm acreage ranges from 2 to 30 acres for subsistence farming whilst commercial farms range from 50 to 200 acres.

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1.2.9 Manufacturing Activities The type of industrial activities in the District can be categorized based on their primary input or raw material and the kind of skill in the production process. The wood industry is visible even though not very vibrant. This includes sawmilling, carpentry and joinery, and woodcarving. These are medium and small scale production units.

Also of some significance are metal-based manufacturing enterprises that include welding and fabrication, steel bending, etc.

The industrial sector is very much dominated by informal micro agro-processing enterprise in the District’s economy. Gari processing, oil palm extraction, fish processing are some of the mains areas of employment and income generation, especially among women, within the industrial sector of the District. Small boat and canoe building as well as wood carving enterprises also exist.

1.3.0 Trading and Markets As well known with the Kwahus, buying and selling has been and is still their main occupation. Trading in a variety of commodities both on small and large scale basis is also predominant in the District. Trading activities take place periodically in a number of communities where mostly food stuff and other merchandise are sold.

The trading activities are supported by mini marts. The District has also provided markets to aid the business of farm produce. The District cannot boast of any well developed market center. However plans are far advance to upgrade all the identifiable market centers to promote trading activities and revenue generation. There are a number of vibrant market centers which when developed to modern standards, will rake in substantial revenue for the Assembly. It should however be mentioned that all the major market centers are periodic receiving patronage only of the stipulated market days. The major marketing centers in the District include: Tease, Ekye- Amanfrom, and Maame Krobo. However, none of these market centers can boast of any proper market facility. This makes investing in market infrastructure a potential avenue for the private sector. With Tease, the district capital, increasing in population and growing into a cosmopolitan area, investing in a Supper Mart or supper market is likely going to be lucrative.

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1.3.1 Geology Kwahu Afram Plains South District lies in the southern-most part of the Voltaian Sedimentary Basin, which covers about 45% of the total area of Ghana and extends eastwards into the Republic of Togo. The underlying geology of the Voltaian Basin consists almost entirely of sedimentary rocks; mainly coarse-grained sand stones, clays shales and mudstones of the Devonians or early Carboniferous Age (Junner and Hirst, 1946). The District therefore has geology described as principally Upper Voltaian sandstones consisting of coarse and fine- grained massive sandstones that are thin bedded, flaggy, impure, ferruginous or Field spastic and locally inter-bedded with shale’s and mudstone. The sandstones are found along the boundary margins whiles shale’s and mudstones outcrop within the central part of the District from below the sandstone bed.

There is the availability of local building raw materials for individuals to construct their houses within these rocks are patches of minerals that are yet to be fully discovered and exploited which would contribute immensely to employment creation.

Figure 1.3: Geological Map of Kwahu Afram Plains South District

Source: Adapted from the Town and Country Planning Department, KAPSDA, 2014

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1.3.2 Water Resources The District has very rich groundwater resources. These could be developed for water supply purposes, particularly in the rural communities, which are not served by pipe-borne water. Even though most are not perennial, a number of springs are found in the District. Apart from being of geographical importance, these springs could be further investigated for possible exploitation to provide raw materials for the production of mineral water. The Volta Lake, Afram River, Obosom River are located in the various town and its environs , Ekye-Amanfrom, Bridge Ano are all blessed natural water resources in the District

1.3.3 Relief and Drainage

The land is generally undulating and rises about 60 metres to 120 metres above sea level. The only high ground is in Bonkurom. The District is drained to the south by the Afram River and the Volta River to the east which flow continually throughout the year and can be used for both domestic and agricultural purposes. Several other seasonal streams are found in the District. The pattern is largely dendritic flowing in the north-south direction.

1.3.4 Temperature Generally, the hottest months are February and March (36.80C and 36.60C respectively) while the coldest ones are December and January (19.90C and 20.10C). The highest average mean monthly temperature occur in February and March, indicating that the highest temperatures are recorded just before the onset of the main rainy season in April. During the wet months from April through to October, temperatures fall gradually and are relatively low. However, the lowest temperatures are during the harmattan months of December or January.

1.3.5 Relative Humidity Relative humidity values in the District are generally highest in the mornings (06:00 hrs.) and lowest around early afternoon (15:00 hrs.). Relative humidity figure for both 06:00 and 15:00 are highest between April and October and lowest between November and May, which coincide with the rainy and dry periods of the District. During the highest relative humidity periods and rainy season months of April to November, mean monthly relative humidity ranges between 81.6%

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and 71.6%. During the harmattan months when relative humilities are low, mean monthly relative humidity figures of only 68.2% to 71.6% are recorded.

1.3.6 Land Tenure System Land in the District is owned by chiefs, clan or family heads who hold them in trust for their subjects. Nevertheless, land could also be acquired through direct purchase, rented, leasehold and share cropping (nnoboboa).

The fact that these parcels of land could be inherited through parents or grandparents has led to problems of sale and resale of land with its attendant land litigations and chieftaincy disputes. This situation has also contributed to the rapid loss of farm lands with its attendant unemployment rate and subsequent migration in the District.

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1.3.7 Demographic Characteristics The 2010 Population and Housing Census data reveals that the District has a total population of 115,812, consisting of 62,450 males (53.9%) and females 53,362 (46.1%) of the total population in the District. The higher male population is due to the fact that the District is a typical migrant destination. Most of the people in the District are migrants from the Volta Region and the Northern Ghana who have been attracted to the area basically for employment in the

agricultural sector and it is usually the men who migrate.

1.3.8 Age-Sex Distribution The age-sex distribution of the District depicts a male percentage population of 62,450 males (53.9%), whiles the female constitutes 53,362 (46.1%) of the total population. This gives a sex ratio of 117 males to every 100 females as against the regional ratio of 100 males to 96 females, representing a different situation from the national (95.2 males to 100 females) ration.

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Table 1.6: Age-Sex Distribution by Locality of Kwahu Afram Plains South District

Sex Type of locality Sex Age Group Both Sexes Male Female ratio Urban Rural

All Ages 115,812 62,450 53,362 117.0 28,460 87,352

0 – 4 18,856 9,692 9,164 105.8 4,202 14,654

5 - 9 16,293 8,444 7,849 107.6 3,803 12,490

10 - 14 14,135 8,013 6,122 130.9 3,793 10,342

15 - 19 11,229 6,517 4,712 138.3 3,431 7,798

20 - 24 9,278 4,754 4,524 105.1 2,548 6,730

25 - 29 8,932 4,586 4,346 105.5 2,155 6,777

30 - 34 7,823 4,073 3,750 108.6 1,996 5,827

35 - 39 6,942 3,694 3,248 113.7 1,680 5,262

40 - 44 5,948 3,183 2,765 115.1 1,289 4,659

45 - 49 4,854 2,775 2,079 133.5 1,079 3,775

50 - 54 3,804 2,228 1,576 141.4 862 2,942

55 - 59 2,165 1,288 877 146.9 459 1,706

60 - 64 1,732 1,013 719 140.9 396 1,336

65 - 69 920 580 340 170.6 194 726

70 - 74 1,252 692 560 123.6 249 1,003

75 - 79 746 438 308 142.2 131 615

80 - 84 455 225 230 97.8 101 354

85 - 89 267 147 120 122.5 48 219

90 - 94 123 73 50 146.0 25 98

95 - 99 58 35 23 152.2 19 39

All Ages 115,812 62,450 53,362 117.0 28,460 87,352

0-14 49,284 26,149 23,135 113.0 11,798 37,486

15-64 62,707 34,111 28,596 119.3 15,895 46,812

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65+ 3,821 2,190 1,631 134.3 767 3,054 Age-dependency ratio 84.7 83.1 86.6 79.1 86.6 Source: Ghana Statistical Service, 2010 Population and Housing Census

Figure 1.4: Population pyramid

Source: Ghana Statistical Service, 2010 Population and Housing Census

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The 26.8 percent of the population between the 0-14 age cohorts represents current as well as future needs of the District with respect to increased investments in education, health and skills training sectors of the District. Efforts should also be geared towards increase employment opportunities to cater for the youthful population as 66.2 percent of the total population fall within the youthful age cohort of 15-64 years.

In all, the broad age cohorts indicate that males are more than females at birth and at the mature stages of life (0-64 years). However, the situation is different during old age periods (65+ years). With the 0-14 age cohort, males accounted for 27.4percent while females accounted for 26 percent. With the 15-64 age cohort both sexes had the same percentage of 66.2percent whereas with the 65+ cohort the males accounted for 6.4 percent whiles the females accounted for 7.8 percent. This is phenomenon is principally due to the fact that males die earlier as they grow older as compared to females. This is supported by the fact that life expectancy at birth for females in the Ghana as at 2010 is estimated at 62 years as compared to 59 years for males (CIA- World Fact Book, 2010).

1.3.9 Population Density The 2010 population figure gives the density of the District to be 37.4 persons per sq. km which is much lower than the national density of 103.3 and lower than the regional density of 136.3 persons per sq. km.

1.4.0 Rural-Urban Split According to the 1984 National Population Census, only 4.9 percent of the population lived in urban areas and the rest (95.1%) lived in rural areas. However, the 2010PHC revealed that about 24.6% of the population in the District live in urban areas whilst 75.4% live in rural areas. The District is therefore typical of a rural community as presented in table 3.2 above.

Table 1.7: Spatial Distribution of Population for the first 20 Settlements. No. Community Name Projected Population (2010) Urban/Rural

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1 Tease 9,882 Urban 2 EkyeAmanfrom 7,086 Urban 3 MaameKrobo 5,307 Urban 4 Kojo krom 4,865 Rural 5 Nkwanta Rural 6 Kwaekese 2,765 Rural 7 Adiembra 2,280 Rural 8 Forifori 2,269 Rural 9 Brumben 2,131 Rural 10 Dedeso 2,089 Rural 11 Asanyanso 1,998 Rural 12 Dodi 1,826 Rural 13 Nton-Aboma 1,806 Rural 14 Nsogyaso 1,597 Rural 15 Kwasi Fante 1,515 Rural 16 Samanhyia 1,443 Rural 17 Agya Atta 1,269 Rural 18 Odomasua 1,268 Rural Source: Compiled from DPCU Records 2012

1.4.1 Migration The migrant population constitutes 32.1%. The significant phenomenon is out migration. Out- migration is significant because nearly every household in the District has some members living outside the District, especially Accra and Kumasi. This is reflected in the age structure presented above. This phenomenon has given rise to some towns being referred to as “Ghost” towns.

1.4.2 Ethnicity and Religion Majority (66 per cent) of the District’s population are Ewes. The other significant tribes are Krobos (11 percent), Northern tribes (13 percent) and Ashanti (10 percent). These figures depict the District as heterogeneous in terms of ethnicity. Majority of the migrants (Akans, Ewes and other Northern tribes) however, have lived in the District all their lives.

Again, the District is predominantly Christian as they constitute 74.6 percent whilst Muslims constitute 11.6 percent with 3.9 percent being traditional believers.

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1.4.3 Labour Force and Dependency Ratio According to the 2010PHC, the District has about 54.1 percent of its population falling within the economically active (i.e. 15-64) with a total dependency ratio of 84.7 percent. This implies that one person in the economically active population is taking care of at least 85people in the economically not active population (0-15 years and 65+ years).

1.4.4 Occupational Distribution of Population A total of 97.9 percent (55,533) of the total labour force are employed in the District. Within the employed labour force, the predominant occupation in the District is agriculture, forestry and fishing (employing 76.3 percent of the total labour force), Electricity gas stream and air conditioning supply (employs 8.1 percent), wholesale and retail; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles (7.1 percent) and Services (1.5 percent). It was also detected that most of the females were engaged in trading.

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1.4.5 Economy of Kwahu Afram Plains South District. The economy of the District considers the revenue and expenditure performance of the Kwahu Afram Plans South District Assembly. Detailed analysis of the economy of the District is considered to determine and establish the economic situation as basis for intervention measures in the District’s economy.

1.4.6 Revenue and Expenditure Performance of the District Assembly This section examines the revenue and expenditure pattern of the District Assembly from the 2006 fiscal year to 2009 fiscal year. This is to aid improve the Assembly’s financial management practices in order to generate and manage funds for the effective implementation of the District’s 2010-2013 Medium-Term Framework.

A. Revenue Pattern of the District Assembly There are two main sources of revenue for the District Assembly. These consist of Internally Generated Funds (IGF) and Externally Generated Revenue.

Internally Generated Fund (IGF) The Internally Generated Fund (IGF) is mainly made up of revenue collected from; lands, fees and fines, rates, license, rent, investment and miscellaneous. The internally generated funds are purposely used in funding recurrent expenditure incurred by the District Assembly since its amount is not substantial to be used to fund capital expenditure.

From Table 3.7, the performance of the IGF (in terms of its contribution to the Assembly’s revenue base) has been 31.9 percent, 20.8 percent, 21.8 percent and 23.1 percent for the 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 fiscal years respectively. It is clearly shown that until the 2009 fiscal year, the contribution of the IGF to the total revenue base for the various years have been declining as a result poor revenue generation efforts by the Assembly. This has been as a result of inadequate logistics and remuneration for the staff of the Revenue Department to efficiently collect the various components of the IGF. In addition, supervision of effective collecting fees and fines,

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rates, rents and others is ineffective which leads to poor accountability practices on the part of the revenue collectors. There are a lot of revenue potentials particularly in the area of Property Rate, Business Operation Fees, Plot Registration, and Building Permits which the Assembly needs to explore in increasing the IGF.

Externally Generated Revenue/Funds (EGF) The EGF is accrued from both governmental and private (non-governmental) sources including; the District Assemblies Common Fund (DACF), District Development Funds (DDF), Government of Ghana (GoG) Grants, and Donor Grants which are mostly based on some specific criteria. The Assembly only gets to benefit from this Donor Grants upon meeting the criteria specified.

This revenue source has been the major contributor to the Assembly’s total revenue base. Table 3.7 indicates that, the EGF has contributed to the revenue base of the District by 68.1 percent, 79.2 percent, 78.2 percent and 76.9 percent for the 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 fiscal years respectively.

Table 1.8: Revenue Pattern of the District Assembly Item FISCAL YEARS TOTAL

2010 2011 2012 2013

Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount % (GH¢) (GH¢) (GH¢) (GH¢) (GH¢)

IGF 269529 31.9 288511 20. 74,369.20 21.8 396,384.54 23.1 490,753.7 23.6 8 7

EGF 576230.8 68.1 1096697. 79. 235,301.30 78.2 1,573.709.16 76.9 1,809,010.96 76.4 4 2

Total 845759.8 100 1385208. 100 309,671.0 100 1,970,093.7 100 2,279,764.73 100 4 3 Source: KAPSDA 2014

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B. Expenditure Pattern of the District Assembly Expenses here are in two forms namely; recurrent and capital expenses. The recurrent expenses is made of; administration, service and miscellaneous items. The capital expenses are made as and when the need arises. These expenses mostly include construction works and other physical projects.

From Table 3.8, recurrent and capital expenses have accounted for 31.3 percent and 68.7 percent respectively of the total expenditure for the fiscal years under consideration. Measures on prudent use of funds as well as necessary steps in reducing recurrent steps (especially administrative expenses) is necessary in generating enough funds to undertake much capital- based expenses to accelerate the development process in the District.

Table 1.9: Expenditure Performance of the District Assembly

Item FISCAL YEARS TOTAL

2010 2011 2012 2013 Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount % Amount % (GH¢) (GH¢) (GH¢) (GH¢) (GH¢)

Recurrent 292434.5 35 386940.9 28.2 74,361.06 35.9 373,386.9 42. 447148.86 31. 8 3 3

Capital 543306.07 65 983787.96 71.8 232,753.2 64.4 1,565,290.70 57. 1,798,043.97 68. 7 7 7

Total 835740.57 10 1370728.8 100 307,115.1 100 1,938,677.68 10 1,245,792.83 10 0 6 5 0 0

Source: KAPSDA, May 2010

C. Comparing the Revenue and Expenditure Patterns From Table 3.9, it can be realised that the revenue and expenditure pattern of Kwahu Afram Plains South District Assembly keeps on having surplus in each of the fiscal years thus 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 due to low spending nature of the Assembly in the District.

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Table 1.10: Comparing the Revenue and Expenditure Patterns ITEM FISCAL YEARS TOTAL

2010 2011 2012 2013

Revenue 845759.8 1385208.26 309,671.00 1,970,093.73 2,299,764.73

Expenditure 835740.52 1370728.91 307,115.15 1,938,677.68 2,245,963.83

Deficit/Surplus 10019.27 14474.34 355.25 31,416.05 33,971.90

Source: KAPSDA 2010

1.4.7 Overview of the District Economy Basically, the economy of Kwahu Afram Plains South District is an agrarian one with agriculture constituting 80 percent of the labour force employed. This can be attributed to the fact that the climatic condition and soil organization in the District favours the cultivation of crops such as maize, yam, plantain, cocoyam, cassava, cashew and oil palm. The livestock and animal rearing sub sector serves as a supplement of income to the people with animals such as sheep, goats, poultry and pigs being reared. The industrial sector is the second highest sector employing a percentage of 12 percent of the labour force. The service and commerce sector is the least sector in terms of employment, thus, employing only 8 percent of the labour force. The main activities under this sector is buying and selling of agriculture and manufactured goods and provision of services such as teaching, nursing and others. Most industries in the District can be classified under small and medium scale industries since they have a total workforce ranging from 5 to 30 persons each. The industrial activities in this District are diversified, ranging from household industries, handicrafts / traditional crafts, modern crafts and small / medium scale manufacturing.

1.4.8 Employment Status According to the 2010 Population and Housing Census (PHC), the District has a total population of 115,812 people. Out of this 66528 are economically active of which 55,533 (83.5%) people are employed with 1,212 (1.8%) of the population who are unemployed. A total of 9, 783 (14.7%) people are economically not active.

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The majority of the unemployed were the youth who could not be employed in the formal sector due to lack of requisite skills and they have also refused to work in the agriculture sector. Some of these unemployed people also lack initial capital to start their own business. Due to the small scale nature of the industrial sector it is unable to absorb the unemployed within the District.

1.4.9 Occupational Structure Within the employed labour force, the predominant occupation in the District is agriculture employing 77.4% percent of the total labour force; service which employs 7.3 percent of the labour force

Table 1.11: Occupational Structure in the District Sector Number Total Percentage Male Percentage Female Percentage Agriculture 53,166 75 46,209 25 99,375 80 Service 1,994 65 1,733 35 3,727 3 Commerce 3,322 40 2,888 60 6,210 5 Industry 7,975 70 6,931 30 14,906 12 Total 66,457 54 57,761 46 124,218 100

Economic Activities This section deals specifically with the various sectors of the District Economy by focusing on the Agriculture, Service and Commerce as well as the Industrial Sectors of the economy.

1.5.0 Agriculture Agriculture stands to be the main stay of the Kwahu Afram Plains South District economy by virtue of its percentage employment, which is 77.4% of the total employed labour force. Agriculture is however divided into two major types— crop farming and animal husbandry. The combination of these two activities gives rise to the third option—mixed farming.

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Crop sub- sector The survey revealed that crop farming is the dominant agricultural activity in the District. About 90.1% of the farmers are into crop production. The favourable climatic conditions and the geo- physical characteristics of the area support intensive crop farming. These and other factors such as the availability of arable land account for the high crop production. Most of the food crops are grown mainly to be sold for income and the rest to be consumed by the family. There is high potential for tree crops such as cashew and oil palm but such crops have not been grown in the district.

Crops Cultivated The major crops cultivated can be put into two categories:

 Food crops: maize, yam, plantain, cassava, cocoyam and vegetables  Tree crops: cashew, orange and oil palm

1.5.1 Farming systems There is also evidence of mixed farming since most of the farmers growing food crops also rear livestock and poultry either for domestic consumption or for income. Considering the farming systems, bush fallowing, which is a system whereby a land is left for a period of time to regain its fertility is being practiced by 48.5% of the farmers. The length of fallow period has been drastically reduced due to the growing population and the increasing demand for lands for uses other than agriculture. Continuous cropping is practiced by about 45.5% of the farmers. This can result in the loss of soil fertility and adversely affect output levels if measures are not put in place to retain the soil fertility in the course of continuous cropping. The other 6% of the farmers practice crop rotation.

There are two main farming seasons in the District; from March – July and August – December for the major and minor seasons respectively. Maize, groundnut and cowpea are grown in the two seasons whilst yam, guinea corn and cassava are grown once in a year.

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1.5.2 Mode of Land Acquisition Land is vital in the development of agriculture and measures put in place to ensure effective administration of land resources go a long way to ensure agricultural development of a particular area. In a situation where land issues are fraught with problems, it invariably affects agricultural development in the area.

Land ownership in the District is basically vested in stools occupied by the chiefs who are the custodians. It is observable that farm lands in the District are obtainable through outright purchase, lease, inherited/shared family property, sharecropping and gifted. The table below explain the proportions of ownership.

Table 1.12: Land ownership

Source Percentage (%) Outright Purchase (bought) 17.4 Lease 32.4 Inherited 21.7 Shared Family Property 12.4 Doma Yen Kye (Sharecropping) 1.8 Gift 14.3 Total 100.0 Source: KAPSDA Field Survey, May 2014

1.5.3 Sizes of Farm The size of a farm can be said to be a determinant of the total farm output. Because of the availability of large stretch of land and its suitability for various crops farm sizes range between 2 acres and 200 acres. The current study on agricultural development in Kwahu Afram Plains South reveals that the area is suitable for mechanized and large scale commercial farming. These are some crop types and their average farm size in the District Maize 2, Yam 2, Cassava 1.3, Oil palm 0.2, Plantain, Pepper 0.8 and Okro 0.3 all this crops size are in hectors.

1.5.4 Major Crops and Output Level Apart from the major crops below, other minor crops like vegetables such as Okro, tomatoes, garden eggs, cabbage and pepper are grown mostly as food supplements together with the crops identified in the table below on the same piece of land.

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Table 1.13: Crops and Their Output Level in Metric Tons per acre

CROP ESTIMATED ESTIMATED PRODUCTION ARE (HA) YIELD (MT/HA) (MT) Maize 26,702 3.05 78,311.80 Cassava 18,102.5 45.50 565,414.85 Pepper 5,576.8 - - Cowpea 1,173 - - Yam 17,775 18.57 312,477 Groundnut 8,216 - - Tiger nut 1,896 - - Source: MOFA, KAPSDA, May 2014

1.5.5 Incidence of Pests and Diseases The incidence of disease and pest on a particular farm largely affects the output produced. In the Kwahu Afram Plains South District, the common crop diseases found in the area include black pod and swollen shoot which affect cocoa; maize smut; cassava mosaic; and pests such as termites, maize borers, rodents, nematodes and grass cutters. Mass Spraying exercise being implemented by the government caters for only cocoa while neglecting the food crop subsector which is largest in the District.

1.5.6 Access to Extension Services One key to rapid progress in rural areas depends on the introduction of new inputs and new techniques. It follows that some of the most important rural institutions are those responsible for speeding the transfer of these new techniques to the farmers. Extension services, as these institutions are usually called, provide the key link between the research laboratories or experimental farms and the rural population that must ultimately adopt what the laboratories develop they advice farmers on new techniques of farming such as row planting, correct use of agro chemicals, improve crop varieties, seed planting material production and multiplication techniques, disease and pest surveillance, post harvest handling and soil fertility improvement

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and management among others. The survey also indicated that a large majority of the farmers do not have access to the services of Agricultural Extension Agents. The extension officer-farmer ratio in the District is currently 1:4000. This situation is as a result of the inadequacy of extension officers (the frontline officers) who assist farmers to address emerging problems and introduce them to new techniques. With access to Veterinary services for those who practice mixed farming, the picture is still the same. Over 70% of the farmers do not use the services of Veterinary services to assist them in the rearing of their farm animals.

1.5.7 Access to Credit Adequate financial capital accessibility by farmers is crucial to the development of agriculture in every agrarian economy. This is needed for the purchase of agricultural inputs needed for farming. Such inputs include agro chemicals, hiring of labour and buying improved seedlings. In the Kwahu North District, the survey reveals that 85 percent of the farmers have no access to credit. This could be attributed to the lack of collateral, fear of taking loans and lack of information on available credit, absence of cooperatives and some others who are not interested in credit. It is however realized that, areas where the banks have been successful with loan disbursement are areas of group loan facilities. Farmers who do not have access to credit facilities or enough money to finance their farming activities will be compelled to produce on subsistence basis.

1.5.8 Storage of produce and post harvest losses For farmer to have the desire to produce more there must be available storage facilities. The availability of storage facilities will help farmers to store crops which are not in high demand or that which are in excess. All other things being equal, with the hope of having a place to store produce, farmers can produce enough to meet production level. It can then not be denied that the availability of storage facilities increases farmers’ morale to produce. However, 79 percent of the crop farmers do not have access to storage facilities. The 21 percent of farmers with access to storage facilities had store rooms, huts, coca sacks, maize sacks, drying boards or panels, shelves and mats at their disposal.

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1.5.9 Marketing of Produce and Location of Market Table 2. indicates that 71 percent of crop farmers sell their produce outside the Kwahu Afram Plains South District. The presence of ready market in the District (Tease, Mama Krobo Dome, Kwesi Fanti, Ekye Amanfrom ) serves as an incentive drawing farmers to sell their produce in the District. This ready market also aids in the prevention of post harvest losses which would have occurred as a result of absence of storage facilities in the District.

Table 1.14: Location of market Location No. of Respondents Percentage (%) Within District 12,695 29 Outside District 31,080 71 Total 43,775 100 Source: KAPSDA Field Survey, May 2014

The District’s traditional market pattern has been in Tease, Ekye Amanfrom, and Maame Krobo and its surrounding communities. Items traded in these markets includes perishable and non- perishables like manufactured commodities, imported goods like cloth, utensils and Other goods include cereals, livestock and second hand clothing.

Livestock and Animal Rearing Sub-sector

1.6.0 Animals reared Livestock production is an important sub-sector under the agricultural sector. This is because it serves as a source of protein supplement in the food we eat and as a source of revenue to those engaged in animal rearing. The very little attention paid to this sub-sector affects productivity and hence, its low contribution to GDP. The survey reveals that, the farmers engaged in crop production are into livestock production. Livestock compositions in the District are as follows; Cattle 25 %, Sheep 15 %, Goat 40 %, Commercial Poultry 5 %, Pigs 10 %, Rabbit 2 %, and Grass cutter 3 % of the livestock in the Kwahu Afram Plains District. Cattle production is average since only few farmers keep them and are kept in kraals during the night and herdsmen follow them to grace during the day time. Almost every household keeps local birds. Few pigs, ducks and grass cutters are also kept.

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1.6.1 Incidence of Pests and Diseases Table 3.15 indicates that 33.3 percent of the livestock farmers complain of pest attacks, the remaining 66.6 percent have their animals being attacked by diseases of various kinds. The common pests affecting the animals include ticks and lice. The diseases on the other hand include foot and mouth disease, rabies, mange disease, Newcastle disease, Gambaro disease, and tuberculosis. The pests and diseases are mainly controlled by injection, Deworming and dipping. This increases the cost of production.

Table 1.15: Pests and Diseases

TYPE NO. OF FARMERS PERCENTAGE MEANS OF CONTROL Pest 374 33.3 Injection, Dipping Diseases 748 66.7 Deworming, Dipping Total 1,122 100 Source: KAPSDA Field Survey, May 2014

1.6.2 Access to Veterinary Services It was realized from the survey that the activities of veterinary service have not impacted very much on animal rearing in the District. At the District level, there are very few veterinary officers responsible for all animal farmers in the District.

The survey revealed that the major sources of funding in the District can be categorised into three main sources. These are; farmers own resources (70%), Banks, NGO’S Government etc (15%), Friends, Relatives and Money lenders (15%).

1.6.3 Industrial Sector Most industries in the District can be classified under small and medium scale industries. The industrial activities in this District are diversified, ranging from sawmill where high technology equipment are used to handicrafts and other craftworks which are produced using simple tools. These industries can be grouped into the following:

1) Household Industries 2) Handicrafts / Traditional Crafts 3) Modern Crafts

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4. Small / Medium Scale Manufacturing

Table 1.16: Number Employed In Industry

SUB-SECTOR NUMBER EMPLOYED PERCENTAGE

Household Industries 1,043 27.7

Handicrafts / Traditional Crafts 1,120 29.8

Modern Crafts 400 10.6

Small / Medium Scale Manufacturing 1,200 31.9

Total 3763 100 Source: KAPSDA Field Survey, May 2014

Household Industries These are manufacturing activities carried out in or near the home and from Table 3.16; it employs 27.7percent of people in the industrial sector of the District. In this industry, family labour is used with the objective of providing basic needs, and augmenting the family income. The production methods are labour intensive, and there is no division of labour. Activities undertaken include palm oil and palm kernel oil extraction, cassava processing and basket weaving.

Palm oil production and cassava processing are the most organized household industries in the District. Some producers have formed co-operatives and some private individuals have also acquired extraction plants. In these co-operative, individual oil extractors send their palm fruits and kernel to be extracted for a fee. These industries are spread widely in the District. Most settlements have either cassava processing or palm/kernel oil extracting industry or both. While these household industries are boosting the economic wealth of the District, their impact on the environment in terms of waste generation and disposal should be considered so as to ensure the proper disposal of their waste.

Handicrafts Table 3.16 indicates that this sub-sector employs 29.8percent of the labour in the industrial sector. Handicrafts are produced by craftsmen who normally work alone with a few apprentices

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without much division of labour. Traditional tools and implements are used with little modernization. Activities here include gold/silver smith, blacksmith, and wood carvers.

Modern Crafts These include car repairing, radio and television technicians, auto mechanics, electrical / gas welders, and wood working shops. These activities are scattered all over the District. The baseline survey and statistics available indicate that these activities provide the least number of trainees in the District. From Table 3.16, majority of labour (10.6percent) in the industrial sector are in this sub-sector.

Small / Medium Scale Manufacturing This category is capital intensive. Table 3.16 indicates that this sub-sector employs 31.9percentof the labour force in the industrial sector. These industries use modern production methods and produce both traditional and modern products. These industries include the following: 1) Food processing; 2) Distilling and blending alcohol; 3) Sawmill; and 4) Furniture and fixtures Most of these industries are located in residential areas and other areas not zoned for industrial activities. In light of the environmental risks that these industries pose, industrial estates are proposed. The purposes of these estates are to:  Bring about sanity in the use of land in the communities;  Bring about efficiency in the use of infrastructure such as electricity and water;  Reduce constructional and service costs;  Minimize environmental degradation and pollution;  Bring about an effective identification and collection of related taxes;  Promote a forward and backward linkage between various levels of industries and services; and  Promote / create employment opportunities for the youth who have hitherto been drifting to the cities. A considerable number of small-industrialists also train people in apprenticeship. School leavers and drop outs have been engaged as apprentices.

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1.6.4 Service Service is the least sector of the local economy employing 3 percent of the District’s active a labour force. The service sub sector has further been divided into two – formal and informal sectors. The formal sector which employs3percent of the labour force in the service sector comprises of activities which require some form of formal training or skill and have their operations registered. These include activities such as teaching, nursing and among others. The informal sector on the other hand does not require any special skill and mostly operates without necessarily being registered.

Formal Service Sub- sector Table 3.17indicates that, majority of people are employed in “others” category of the service sector. This category includes people employed in the financial institutions, other public services aside from the teaching, nursing and security categories and those in the religious category (the clergy).

Table 1.17: Type of activities and Number Employed under the Formal Sector

ACTIVITY NUMBER EMPLOYED PERCENTAGE Teaching 1,353 26.8 Nursing 93 1.8 Security 678 13.4 Others 2,933 58 Total 5056 100 Source: KAPSDA Field Survey, May 2014 Informal Service Sub- sector The informal sub-sector employs 75 percent of the labour force employed in the service sub- sector. Due to the nature of their operation and how widely they are scattered in the District, registering them becomes difficult. Hence, it is difficult for the Assembly to collect taxes from these businesses

Table 1.18: Type of activities and Number Employed under the Informal Sector

ACTIVITY NUMBER EMPLOYED PERCENTAGE

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Dressmakers 1,050 18.4 Hairdressers 975 17.1 Barbers 600 10.5 Bread Sellers 430 7.5 Chop Bar Operators 250 4.4 Lottery Operators 500 8.8 Others 1,900 33.3 Total 5,705 100 Source: KAPSDA Field Survey, May 2014

1.6.5 Commerce This sector deals with commercial activities such as wholesaling and retailing. This sector employs 5 percent of the labour force. Retailing is the commercial activity which employs 86 percent of the labour force in this sector. The remaining 14 percent are involved in wholesale activities. From the baseline survey, majority (92 percent) of the labour force under this sector are sole-proprietorship businesses. The products of the various types include but not limited to the following; charcoal, drinks, fish, stationeries, bowls and cups, agricultural produce, biscuits and toffees.

1.6.6 Households Monthly Income and Expenditure Analysis The aim of planning is to bring about change, with the component of the change entailing a reduction in poverty and improvement on equity among others. Additionally, social planning as an aspect of planning has the main objective of making interventions to reduce deprivation, to increase access to social and welfare services (insurance and a reduction in social risk).

Table 1.19: Households Monthly Income AMOUNT IN RANGE (GH¢) NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS PERCENTAGE 1 – 50 11,562 60.1 51 – 100 4,275 22.1 101 – 200 2,119 11.1 Above 200 1,280 6.7 Total 19236 100 Source: KAPSDA Field Survey, May 2010 From Table 3.19 above, it can be realized that 93.3percent of households receive monthly income in the range of 1 to 200 Ghana cedis with the remaining 6.7 percent of households

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receiving income above 200 Ghana cedis. The difference in the income pattern can be attributed to the fact that, a total of 80percent of the labour force in the District are employed in the agriculture sector which is mainly subsistence in nature.

Households’ monthly expenditure has thus been patterned by the nature of the household’s monthly income as a result of the direct relationship between income and expenditure. From Table 3.20, greater percentage (89.7 percent) of households’ monthly spending on the various expenditure items (education, health etc.) is within the range of 1 to 200 Ghana cedis.

Table 1.20: Households’ Monthly Expenditure

AMOUNT IN RANGE (GH¢) NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS PERCENTAGE 1 – 50 26,057 73.4 51 – 100 4,235 11.9 101 – 200 3,500 9.9 Above 200 1,700 4.8 Total 35492 100 Source: KAPSDA Field Survey, May 2014 Analysis of Table 3.21 also establishes that each household in the Kwahu sAfram Plains South District spends averagely GH¢ 87.3 monthly. In comparison, with average monthly income of GH¢ 84.4 and an average monthly expenditure of GH¢ 87.3, households need to find an average of GH¢ 2.9 in order to satisfy all their needs every month. This situation further complicates the poverty situation in the District since there are no alternative means of working to earn an additional income.

Hence, resorting to illegal means (theft, bribery and corruption among others) becomes the available viable option for members of households to consider.

It is worthy to note that expenditure on water is mainly seen to be in the range of 1 to 15 Ghana cedis since a greater proportion of the communities in the District are rural and source water mainly from boreholes which is relatively affordable. Also, greater percentage (72.0 percent) of households spends within the 1 to 30 Ghana cedi range on health. This attributed to the fact that most households are registered with the District Mutual Health Insurance Scheme. The Scheme is mainly pro-poor as in considers the relatively low income that these people earn from their economic activities which is dominated by the agriculture sector.

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Table 1.21: Source of Income (Revenue)

SOURCE NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS PERCENTAGE Profit 18,830 68.7 Wage and Salary 7,209 26.3 Remittance 1,370 5 Total 27,409 100 Source: KAPSDA Field Survey, May 2014 From Table 3.19, majority (68.7%) of the households obtain their income through profit from their economic activities.

Table 1.22: Households’ Monthly Expenditure on Various Needs Amount GH¢ 1 – 50 GH¢ 51 – 100 GH¢ 101 – 200 Above GH¢ 200 Items Education 44.4 % 22.2 % 6.5 % 26.9 % Health 72.0 % 21.5 % 5.5 % 1.0 % Transportation 81.8 % 11.8 % - 6.4 % Electricity (fuel) 72.5 % 22.5 % 3.7 % 1.3 % Water 91.1 % 8.8 % - - Remittance 40.1 % 11.4 % 1.4 % 11.4 % Food 40.8 % 28.2 % 17.8 % 13.0 % Funeral 90.2 % 7.9 % 1.7 % - Clothing 47.3 % 31.7 % 16.0 % 4.7 % Miscellaneous 47.8 % 31.7 % 16.0 % 4.3 % Source: KAPSDA t Field Survey, May 2014  Income Distribution of Households From Figure 3.6, the Gini Concentration Ratio (which considers the extent of deviation of the income distribution line from the line of equal distribution – the inequality gap) is 0.61. This implies that, 61 percent of the households in the District are poor. The high proportion of the labour force (80percent) in agriculture which is subsistence in nature is a major determiner of this high inequality gap. Farmers cannot plant more and hence cannot earn more.

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Figure 1.5: Lorenz curve for Households’ Income Distribution

Source: KAPSDA District Field Survey, May 2014

1.6.7 Tourism Development Even though tourism has become one of the main sources of income and employment generation in the country contributing 1.6 billion dollars as fourth largest foreign exchange after gold, cocoa and remittance from Ghanaian living abroad, the Kwahu Afram Plains District is yet to reap its full benefits. There are a number of tourist sites in this District that has the potential of rivalling some of the well known tourist sites in the country. However, the tourism industry is facing a variety of challenges that seem to threaten the very foundation of the industry.

To address these challenges, the District Assembly has put in the following interim measures: 1. The District Assembly is in the process of acquiring a one mile square land to be developed into an industrial area in order to attract investors to the area; 2. Create an Artisan village on the Tease. There will also be a restaurant, restroom and other amenities to encourage tourists to spend more time in the area; 3. Encourage hoteliers to build modern hotels and to improve upon their service delivery in the existing hotels and also to promote domestic tourism; 4. Liaise with other sister Districts namely; Kwahu South and Kwahu East Districts and their traditional authorities to explore the possibility of blending the Easter holiday with the traditional values in order to have a festival for the Kwahu Traditional Area.

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1.6.8 Vulnerability Analysis Vulnerability connotes people in a given local setting, who are most likely to fall through the cracks of regular programmes, policies and traditional safety nets and therefore need to be given special attention when programmes and policies are designed and implemented (Anne Kielland and the World Bank’s OVC Thematic Group, 2004). For the purpose of this study however, vulnerability in the Kwahu Afram Plains District would consider all but not limited to the following: Orphans; Child abuse and victims of abuse; Child trafficking; Child poverty; People in disaster prone zones; Risks and shocks; Persons with disabilities; and Child labour.

In the Kwahu Afram Plains South District, the vulnerable and excluded include the disabled, the aged, rural women and children, peasant farmers, people living with HIV/AIDS, orphans and street children. Peasant farmers are the most vulnerable of all farmers especially the majority who depend on rainfall for production. This situation, coupled with the increasing loss of farm lands represents dominant shocks that affect incomes, availability of food and wealth accumulation. Children and other dependants find themselves in difficult situations as a result of these shocks.

Moreover, some children find themselves in difficult circumstances as a result of the following shocks, death of parents, abandonment and separation due to mental problems of parents.

In addition to the above, the aged, HIV/AIDS infected and affected, street children and the disabled are left without or with very little safety nets. This situation calls for appropriate strategies to cover their needs. Adequate and disaggregated data on the vulnerable in the District need to be collected, analysed and the appropriate inter-sectoral inventions implemented to mitigate the impact of the shocks.

In summary, the following groups of people are classified vulnerable and excluded in the District based on the following:

A. Persons with Disability  Failure in implementation of the disability laws made nationwide and locally  Stigmatization B. Victims of Abuse

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 Low self esteem  Stigmatization C. Women  Low self esteem  Poverty( inadequate capital to start and expand their businesses)  Bounded by customs and traditions

D. Children  Malnutrition as a result of poverty and their large numbers at home  Few of them are under child labour( those in the rural areas) E. Aged  Loneliness as a result of childlessness

1.6.9 Persons with Disability According to Disabled People’s International, a person is physical challenged when, as a result of a physical, intellectual or sensory impairment, he or she is denied the opportunities available in the community. Also disability is the inability of at least one part of the body to function properly. Forms of Disability Prevailing in the District include:

 Physical Disability: This refers to problems affecting how the body works or moves

 Visual Disability: This is the partial or total loss of sight or blindness

 Hearing Disability: This is the partial or total deafness and speech problems.

 Mental Disability: The problem of mental disability has to do with psychiatric illness.

Table 1.23: Conditions of the Physically Challenged

Condition Number Percentage Hearing and speaking difficulty 136 49.8 Moving and walking difficulty 95 34.8 Seeing difficulty 32 11.7 Disorders 10 3.7 Total 273 100

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Source: KAPSDA, Social Welfare Department 2014

Out of the total issues on the physically challenged, information from the Department of Social Welfare indicates that there are programmes to support the cripple and those having disability in the hand. There is the need for donor partners to be involved as well as government to help in giving at least a source of livelihood to the existing vulnerable groups.

1.7.0 Barriers faced by physically challenged that makes them vulnerable. Attitudinal Barriers: These are less obvious from the above, but they can inhibit the disabled from achieving daily ideas. The physically challenged are automatically assumed to be incapable, embittered, tragedy-stricken, in need of cure, of low intelligence and aggressive.

Environmental Barriers: The situations and circumstances where the physically challenged face difficulties include public transport, public building/facilities, pedestrian streets, offices and factories, places of worship, access to information among others.

Institutional Barriers: The physically challenged are excluded under this in many areas of society. These institutions include the family, religion, education, health service, social services, class system, employment and political system.

1.7.1 Victims of Abuse A survey conducted revealed that , seventy- eight (78) cases (making 36.4 per cent of domestic violence cases) have been reported and recorded by DOVVSU (as indicated by Figure 3.7). They include abuses such as: beatings and tortures, fights and rioting and domestic fires and other disasters caused intentionally to punish others. The average annual reported case on domestic violence is 220 cases. The figure below depicts the situation:

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Figure 1.6: Composition of Annual Domestic Violence Cases in the District

Source; KAPSDA Field Survey, May, 2014

Some of the structures in place to control domestic violence are: The Family Tribunal; International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA); Social Welfare Disciplinary Code; and The Legal Aid Board.

1.7.2 People Living with HIV/AIDS The HIV/AIDS affected people are considered vulnerable since they are mostly marginalized against and do not have equal access to social services. As at 2014, HIV/AIDS prevalence rate in the District was 1.3 percent.

In spite of the above, some interventions put in place by the District Assembly have entailed the following:

 Implementation of preventive activities in many communities in the District;  Implementation of PLAC methodology in the District; and  Detailed campaign against the spread of the disease in many communities in the District  Preparation of HIV/AIDS plan.

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About 99 % of the people in the District are aware of the dreadful or deadly disease HIV/AIDS whilst only 1 % claims they are not aware. This will help in educating the people on the prevention of the disease.

The survey revealed that about 85.2 % of the people know that the disease is transmitted though unprotected sex, 13.5 % know that it can be gotten thrsough blood transfusion, 0.7 % also thinks it is a spiritual disease and 0.7 % also are aware that the disease is transmitted though usage of sharp objects already used by affected person. This implies that, since awareness rate is high and the knowledge of means or mood of transmission is also very high it will be easier to sensitize the public on the prevention of the disease.

As already said, since awareness rate is high and knowledge of mode of transmission also high prevention would definitely be high as well. About 94.3 % claims they are doing something to prevent the disease whilst 5.7 % also claims they are doing nothing to prevent the disease. This is high which means that 5.7 % must also be educated to know the need to prevent the disease.

Finally, the survey revealed that about 6.7 % use abstinence as a means of prevention of the disease, 83.5 % also use contraceptives as a means of preventing the disease, 6.3 % rely on faithfulness to their partners to prevent the disease and 3.5 % avoid the use of sharp objects used by other people to prevent the disease.

Some of the measures being taking by the directorate to improve upon the heath status of the people in the District include;

Collaborate with the District Assembly, Ministry of Health and Traditional Authorities to improves on geographical and financial access to health service Expand and improve on health infrastructure Use Community Based Planning and Service (CHIPS) to scale up Essential and Primary Health Service to deprived and hard to reach areas. Improve financial access to health services through promotion of District Wide Mutual Health Insurance Scheme Strengthen Preventive and Primitives Health service in all communities in the District

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Ensure easy access to Basic and Comprehensive Emergency Obstetric and Neonatal Care in the District Implement all relevant Government Health Policies at the District.

The relationship between the directorate and the Ministry of Health, in the area of the development of heath system in the District include;

The Ministry provides policy guideline for the operation of the Directorate The Ministry has supervisory role at the District Health Directorate The Directorate is accountable to the Ministry through the Regional Health Directorate and National level of Ghana health Service The Directorate receives support from the Ministry to improve on a. Infrastructure and other capital intensive projects b. Staff recruitment and payment of salaries c. Further development of staff through sponsorship for further courses d. Equipment supply.

1.7.3 Gender Representation at Community Meetings Gender access to resources in the District is a paladin shift. Many men have access to land, credit, and technology and contribute much in decision making than women whiles women have more access to market.

However, the field survey in the District gives an indication that, at community gatherings where community decisions are made; only 20.1 percent are females and the rest 79.9 percent males. At various unit committees, area councils and urban council of the District, women on the average forms 10.3 percent of total membership of these decision-making bodies.

The small number of female leaders or representatives in any decision-making body of the Assembly implies the tendency in making such a decision-making body:

a) formulate decisions that may not factor in the concerns of females especially when the existing female leaders/representatives are not better advocates than their male counterparts;

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b) have a very limited perspective of issues and hence very limited alternatives and solutions; and c) Discriminatory against females in decisions aimed at the total welfare of all people in the District.

1.7.4 Issues on Child Welfare The definition of children covers boys and girls between the ages of 0 and 14 years, according to the United Nations definition for children. However, Ghana recognizes the age cohorts of 0 – 18 to cover children. Children are generally classified as vulnerable in most instances because they are the most affected in the home and community, whenever there is violence, assaults, broken homes and other forms of abuses, risks and shocks.

 Nutrition According to the District Director of Health Services, 20 percent of children are malnourished (have less than three meals a day and take meals which do not provide all body nutrient requirements). At the household level it was found out that the farming households rely on their produce for food, which is mostly carbohydrate-rich and lacking most of the other nutrients such as protein and vitamins.

 Contributions of Institutions to Child Development Some of the Institutions that contribute in various ways to the development of children have been indicated in Table 3.24.

Table 1.24: Institutions Contributing to Child Welfare and Areas of Contribution Institutions Areas of Contribution Department of Social Welfare Educating, sensitizing and welfare supports for marginalized children. Domestic Violence and Helps to entrench the rights of children, using available legal

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Victims Support Unit of the provisions. Example: Enforcement of Children’s Act, 1998 (Act Ghana Police Service 560). Non-Governmental Assists in providing educational materials and infrastructure, Organisations and responding to general needs of children Community Based Educating the public and members on proper child development Organisations issues and providing financial cushioning. Source: KAPSDA Field Survey, May, 2014

1.7.5 Risks and Shocks One major component of vulnerability is shock, which is the probability of an event happening. Evidence shows that most households in the District face a variety of shocks, which are either due to natural or manmade causes. Among the natural causes of shock identified are floods and bush fires which are the most prevalent in the District.

1.7.6 Types and Causes of Disasters in the District The disasters in the District are primarily:

 Fire outbreaks caused mainly by human activities including hunting, farmers who burn their farms before planting , children who play with fire on farm sites during the dry seasons  Flooding and rain related destruction of properties.  Rainstorms

1.7.7 NDisaster Prone Areas in the District The number of people living in the disaster prone areas is approximately thirty thousand, five and seventy – thee (30573).

Based on the above identified disasters, the areas where these disasters are experienced have been indicated in Table 3.25.

Table 1.25: Disaster Prone Areas in the District Nature of Disaster Location Rain storm affected areas EkyeAmanfrom, MaameKrobo,, Somsei, KwasiKuma,, Bebusu.

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Flood Affected areas Ekye- Amanfrom, Forifori,, Digya Island, Dodi Island. Fire affected areas Agyatta, Takoratwene, Foso, Forifori, KwasiFante, Kwaekese, Asanhyensu, Bonkrom,, Adampa, Abrewankor, Kwamelobi, Kunadu, Wawase,

Source: KAPSDA NADMO Department, 2014

1.7.8 Institutions Responsible for the Welfare of the Vulnerable in the District Two institutions can be identified to be responsible for the welfare of the vulnerable groups in the District. These are the Social Welfare Department and Commission for Human Rights and Administrative Justice. The presence of these institutions means that the plight of the vulnerable in the society can be well attended to. This will succeed if the duties of the institutions are well defined and executed.

1.7.9 Programmes Organized for the Vulnerable There are national programmes and other programmes organized for the vulnerable groups at the District level to ensure the development and welfare of the vulnerable groups in the District. The programmes should therefore be given the needed support to impact much to reduce the amount of vulnerability in the District. The outlined are the identified programmes in the District:

 Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) Programme, where orphans and vulnerable children, aged above sixty – five years (65) and person with disabilities with productive support are supported with a grant. The Family Reconciliation Committee which investigate and settle family related issues, the psycho-social therapy where counselling is given to addiction, traumatised people and other abuses.  Award of scholarships to children and the provision of teaching and learning materials to basic schools in the District. The success of the programme stems from the new education reform by the government. Capitation grant is one major factor in securing scholarship for all school going age children in the public schools. The District Assembly through the Social Welfare Department has scholarship schemes for children who are physically challenged to

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attend special schools outside the District. These are schools for the blind, deaf and dumb and mentally challenged. Organization of workshop for women on income generating activities. The programme is organized periodically for women in specific sectors of the District economy such as small scale industrial activities, commerce, and farming among others. The District Assembly with support from an NGO (Local NGO: Community Development /Women Organisation) organize workshops for the women in the District to equip them with managerial skills.  Support for the physically challenged in normal and vocational education. The District Assembly through its scholarship programmes provides vocational training for some of the physically challenged groups in the District. This is in the form of shoe making, sewing, and arts and crafts among others.  Provision of wheels chairs and callipers to the physically challenged groups. The District assembly with support from the 5% allocation from the DACF provides wheel chairs, crochets, callipers and white sticks for the cripples and the blind groups in the District to facilitate their mobility in undertaking their activities. 1.8.0 General Problems that Face the Vulnerable in the District The problems identified that affect the vulnerable and excluded in the Kwahu Afram Plains South District from the field data collection are; 1. Inadequate financial support from the common fund The need to satisfy the numerous needs of the District with the limited funds of the Assembly affects the limited budgetary allocation towards the development of the vulnerable groups in the District.

1.8.1 Discrimination and Stigmatization Discrimination is the prevention of a person or group of people from participating in an activity, agenda or programme. The vulnerable groups are mostly eliminated from participating in activities such as decision making, some aspects of economic activities and enjoying some basic rights in society. The perception and notions associated with the vulnerable groups in the form of stigmatization do not encourage the group to involve in some economic activities that will

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enhance their welfare. The problem also limits the vulnerable groups from enjoying some basic rights in the District. The situation makes them more vulnerable and excluded in the total development of the District.

1.8.2 Low or no support from family Most of the vulnerable especially the physically challenged face the problem of being neglected by their families. The situation has found most them on streets begging for their livelihood. This further exposes them to more risk and endanger their lives.

1.8.3 Measures Put in Place to Solve the Problems The District Assembly has put in place some measures in place to solve the problems the vulnerable and excluded face in the District. Below are identified measures in the District:

 Social education (sensitization on stigmatization)  Encouraging parents to send their physically challenged children to school  Provide the vulnerable groups with employable skills

1.8.4 Social Services Development of the social aspect of the Kwahu Afram Plains South District is of prime importance to the 2014-2017 Medium-Term Development Framework of the District. Based on this, the various sub-sectors (education, health among others) within the broad social sector of the District are closely considered to understand the current development situation in this sector.

1.8.5 Education The survey in Kwahu Afram Plains South District covered the educational characteristics and its implications for development. The District currently has both Basic and Second Cycle Schools.

A. Enrolment Levels

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Table 1.26: Enrolment levels

2011/12 2012/13 2013/14

Level M F Total M F Total M F Total

Kindergarten 2594 2620 5214 3086 3170 6256 3628 3920 7548

Primary 10278 9265 19543 10794 9918 20712 11206 9989 21195

JHS 2085 1633 3718 2276 2281 4557 2356 1758 4114

SHS 470 226 696 402 239 641 551 257 808

TOTAL 15427 13744 28475 16558 15608 32116 17741 1524 33665

Source: Ghana Education Service (Kwahu Afram Plains South District), May, 2014

From Table 3.25, there has been gradual but perceptible increase in total enrolment in schools in the District from 28475 pupils to 32116 pupils for the2006/2007 and 2013/2014 academic years respectively. Total enrolment then increases to33665 pupils for the 2011/2012 academic year.

The above notwithstanding, the introduction of the Capitation Grant and the School Feeding Programme for basic schools nation-wide, are contributing factors to the increasing number of pupils in schools in the District. Pressure on existing educational infrastructure in the District is mounting with classrooms being overcrowded.

1.8.6 Educational Facilities

Table 1.27: Number of Educational Facilities

SCHOOL NUMBER TOTAL Public Private Kindergarten 61 - 61 Primary 61 - 61 JHS 20 -\ 20 SHS 1 - 1 Technical/Vocational 0 - 0 TOTAL 143 0 143 Source: Ghana Education Service (Kwahu Afram Plains South District), May 2014 There are currently 207 schools in the District with 203 being basic, 52 being J.H.S, 2 being SHS, 2 institutions functioning as vocational schools and a Technical Institute. These educational

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facilities exist to train and equip the pupils to reach their maximum mental, physical and even emotional potentials. However, the increasing numbers in population without equal increase in these facilities have gradually led to pressure on these facilities. This creates a development gap in the attainment of high educational standards in the District.

B. Teachers in the District

Table 1.28: Number of Teachers

SCHOOL NUMBER TOTAL

Trained Untrained

Primary 394 170 564

JHS 229 37 266

SHS 34 19 53

Vocational 4 4 8

Technical 8 5 13

TOTAL 669 235 904

Source: Ghana Education Service (Kwahu Afram Plains South District), May 2014

Table 1.29: Teacher-Pupil Ratio

LEVEL 2010/11 2011/13 2013/14

Primary 40:1 40:1 41:1

JHS 17:1 21:1 19:1

SHS 17:1 13:1 16:1

GROSS RATIO 74:1 64:1 76:1

Source: Ghana Education Service (Kwahu Afram Plains South District), May 2014

From Table 3.29, teacher-pupil ratio for the primary schools in the District was 40:1, 40:1 and 41:1for the 2010/11, 2011/12, 2012/13 academic years respectively. That of the Junior High Schools in the District stands at 17:1, 21:1and 19:1 for the 2011/12, 2011/12, 2012/13 academic years respectively. In effect, the gross teacher-pupil ratio for the District has also been seen to be

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increasing per every academic year; 74:1, 64:1 and 76:1 for the 2011/12, 2012/13, 2013/14 academic years respectively. This phenomenon can simply be explained in terms of the proportionate increase in the number of students enrolled in schools yearly as compared to the limited number of teachers trained and employed.

1.8.6 Gender Participation Rate The Gender Parity Index (GPI) for primary level for 2010/11, 2011/12 2012/13 was 0.77, 0.94, and 0.95 showing an incensement in each academic year respectively in the District where as the Gender Parity Index was 1.02, 1.07 and 1.8 at the Junior High Schools in the District. At the Senior High School Level, the GPI for the 2011/2012 and 2012/13 was 0.7 respectively whiles the 2013/14 was 0.8 indicating an increase in the academic year. This implies that the ratio between girls and boys enrolment rates was 0.7. The enrolment rate for boys at the SHS was higher than that of the females in the 2007/2008 academic year. This is primarily the case due to simple yet complex reasons such as teenage pregnancies and other socio-cultural factors which forces girls to drop-out of schools especially at the higher educational level (such as the SHS).

Table 1.30: Gender Parity Index (GPI)

Level 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14

Primary 0.77 0.94 0.95

JHS 1.02 1.07 1.08

SHS 0.7 0.8 0.7

Source: Ghana Education Service (Kwahu Afram Plains South District), May 2014

1.8.7 BECE Performance Performance in the BECE has been a major determinant of the quality of education offered in every locality in Ghana. This to a greater extent reflects the quality and quantity of educational facilities and staff available in the locality.

Table 3.31 shows that the percentage of pupils who passed (obtained aggregate 1 to 24) in the BECE have increased from 47.5 percent and 34.2 percent for the males and females respectively in the 2011/2012 academic year to 63.9 percent and 50.3percent for males and

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females in the 2012/2013 academic year. This is commendable even though the percent passes dropped to 57.5 percent and 52.5 percent for the males and females respectively in the 2008/2009 academic year. Adequate supply of the needed educational facilities through the GET fund and the effective implementation of policies such as the Capitation Grant in the District are underlying factors for the results obtained in the 2006/2007 and 2007/2008 academic years.

From Table 3.32 however, percentage passes in Mathematics, English and Science only moves in the range of 46 percent to 62 percent. For instance, as low as 42 percent of female pupils passed (obtained aggregate 1 to 24) in English while a maximum of only 63 percent male pupils passed in Mathematic. Generally, female pupils have not been performing in Mathematics, English and Science as compared to their male counterparts. Much effort (especially from the District Assembly, Education Directorate and development partners) is needed to equip teachers with the required training and logistics to teach the pupils (with much attention on the female pupils) in these core and important subjects. STME clinics for the female pupils should be given the needed attention (in terms of technical and logistical support) to help the female pupils develop interest in science and technology.

Table 1.31: BECE Performance

YEAR NUMBER OF PASSES (%) NUMBER OF FAILS (%)

Male Female Male Female

2010/11 47.5 34.2 52.5 65.8

2011/12 63.9 50.3 36.1 49.7

2012/13 57.5 52.5 42.5 47.4

Source: Ghana Education Service (Kwahu Afram Plains South District), May 2014

Table 1.32: Subject Grades/Student Performance in English, Science and Mathematics

YEAR NUMBER OF PASSES (%)

Mathematics English Science

Male Female Male Female Male Female

2010/11 63 62 60 62 59 55

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2011/12 55 54 51 42 58.3 49

2012/13 62 46 62 62 49 52 Source: Ghana Education Service (Kwahu Afram Plains South District), May 2014

1.8.8 Literacy Levels Literacy plays an important role in the socio-economic development of every society. Literacy here refers to the total population of a given area who can read and write. Hence, high literate population gives an indication of a high public understanding and contribution in the formulation and implementation of policies, programmes and projects in the society.

From Table 3.33, literacy rate in the Kwahu Afram Plains South District is 51.5 percent of the total population. This is lower than the national estimated figure of 57.9 percent. Again, 43.85 percent of the male population and 36.0 of the female population are literates. These figures are equally lower than the national literacy rates of 66.4 percent and 49.8 percent for males and females respectively.

Table 1.33: Literacy Levels by Sex

Male Female Total Literacy Level Frequency Percent Frequency Percent Frequency Percent Literate 357 43.85 184 36.0 541 51.5 Illiterate 184 36.0 326 64.0 510 48.5 Total 541 79.85 510 100.00 1051 100.00 Source: Kwahu Afram Plains South District Field Survey, May 2014

1.8.9 Health For the human resource to contribute effectively towards the development of any geographical entity, the health status of its human resource base should be assessed. When the health of a population improves the community can produce more with any given combination of skills, physical capital and technological knowledge in certain growth sectors as agriculture, industry and among others. It is based on this that the health facilities, their spatial distribution, staffing,

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nutrition and immunization programmes and incidence of maternal and infant health problems are provided for a given town or community in other to have healthy life for improved productivity. The others are disease pattern, patronage of health facilities in the types of facilities patronized, issues relating to NHIS, HIV/AIDS.

The infrastructure of health delivery system of the District consists of one (1) hospital at Tease , three (3) health centre located at Ekye, Tease and Kwasi Fante and thirteen (5) CHPS Compounds at, Dome, Samanhyia,, Forifori, Abomesarefo, Maame Krobo,.

The District’ hospital, located at Tease , has a 20-bed ward including Emergency Ward,, Medical laboratory, Pharmacy Department, Out-Patients Department.

The hospital has only 2 Medical Assistant doctors and assisted by a number of professional Health Personels. The District has an unfavourable Doctor – Population ratio of 1:21,529 as against national average of 1:25,000 and WHO standard of 1:10,000. This Nurse Population ratio is also relatively unfavourable (1:1,435) as against the national figure of 1:900.

The major problems facing the health system in the District are;

Problem with environmental sanitation Inadequate supply of potable water in the communities Poor road network which hinders easy access to health care service Inadequate skilled and professional staff Inadequate staff accommodation Inadequate infrastructure (Office – DHMT, residential, CHIPS compounds) Inadequate means of transport (vehicles, motor bikes engine boats, etc. ) Inadequate working equipment and instrument Lack of essential equipment as Electrocardiography (ECG) machine

1.9.0 Health Services to the General Population The Health Sector in the District performs many functions apart from the routine medical care given to patients. The services range generally from the usual health care to sensitization of

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people on current health issues and organization of counselling section for people on various issues such as reproductive health care and on general hygiene. Table 3.34 shows the specific health services offered to the District in general.

Table 1.34: Health Services to the General Public

SERVICES DESCRIPTON

Family Planning Counselling of people on the use of various method of family planning.

Sexual Reproductive Health Campaign Advices patients and people on sexual health

Laboratory Services and Diagnosis Research and diagnosis into human health

Surgical Operation Not available

Pharmaceutical Services Giving out drugs

Guidance and Counselling Counselling on family planning issues

Others Maternal health care, immunization and outreach programmes.

Source: Kwahu Afram Plains South District Field Survey, May 2014

The inadequacy of health facilities within the various settlements in the District have resulted in most of the people in the District patronizing health service outside the settlements in which they live even though most facilities are located in the District, about 59.9 percent of the population patronize health facilities outside the settlement they live whilst the other 40.1 percent patronize health facilities within the settlement they live.

The type of health facility highly patronized within the Kwahu Afram Plains South District is the Clinic constituting about 67.6 percent. Other health facilities likel, Health Post, Traditional Healers, Maternity Homes and drug store constitute 27.95 percent, 1.0 percent, 0.7 percent, 0.5 percent, and 2.3 percent respectively. The average cost per visit is about 90,000. Looking at the high cost per visit, the health insurance scheme is a vital intervention to improve the health status of the people thus the need to intensify education to increase awareness and patronage. The average distance travelled by the inhabitants of the District to the health facilities is about 3.7 km whilst the average travel time is about 42.8 minutes.

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About 80.3 percent of the population patronize public health facilities whilst the other 19.7 percent patronize private health facilities. Those who patronize public health facilities gave the reason as low cost and proximity whilst those who patronize private health facilities gave their reason to be the high quality of service rendered to them.

The study revealed that about 0.7% visit daily which may be due to the fact that their cases demand daily checkups, 1.3 % visits weekly, 5.3 % visit monthly, 4 % visit annually and 88.7 % visit occasionally. This implies that most of the people in the District do not patronize health facilities regularly. This can affect the health status of the people since there is the need to undergo regular checkups even if one is not sick. There is therefore the need to undertake public education in the District on the need to go for regular checkups.

According to the survey, some problems associated with the use of health facilities in the District include long queues, poor attitude of staff towards patient, high cost, long distance and inadequate health personnel constituting 35.5 %, 11.5 %, 38 %, 9.4 %, 5.6 % respectively. High cost of attendance is the dominant problem and could be a reason why people only visit these health facilities occasionally. This implies that even though the people might be sick or have health problem, they only visit when their situation gets worse. The effective implementation of the NHIS can also help improve hospital attendance.

The means of transportation to these health facilities are either by vehicle, by bicycle or on foot. However, the use of vehicle dominates with 65 % of the people using vehicle as the means of transport indicating that most of the people either travel to communities outside their communities but within the District or outside the District which could also account for the reason why about 88.7 % visit health facilities occasionally. These could also account for the problem of high cost associated with the use of health facility. This implies that some communities lack health facilities and its’ indigenes have to travel long distance to receive medical attention.

1.9.1 Reproductive Health and Population Management The District hospital has a special unit for counselling on reproductive health to the youth as well as adults. Other duty performed by the unit is assisting families on managing household size. The

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major aim of the unit is to ensure that the outgrowing population in the District slows down to meet the rate of provision of social and economic infrastructure in the District. Currently the population growth rate in the Districts is 3.2percent. Without the matching increase in infrastructure over the years, this rate is outstripping the rate at which infrastructure is provided in the District and hence pressure on the existing infrastructure. Due to the high population growth rate, the District has a very high youthful economically active age (people between the ages of 15-64). This group of people constitute 66.1% of the total population in the District.

With respect to family planning in the District, the participation rate from the survey conducted is 13.9% for both male and females. The major family planning methods used in the District include condom use, pills, natural methods (such as withdrawal and safe periods) and ingestion. Among these methods, condom use is the most patronised (71.9% of households). This is largely attributed to the relative low cost and ease of getting condoms. However, condoms have been examined to be a less than 100 percent means of preventing pregnancy. In other words, one can still get pregnant even if condom(s) is/are used for sex. The implication is that, the population of the d District still stands the chance of increasing if much effective measures (other than only condom use) are not put in place to control child birth.

Table 1.35: Methods of Birth Control in the District

METHOD NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS PERCENTAGE Condom 19,707 71.9 Pills 4,276 15.6 Natural 3097 11.3 Ingestion 247 0.9 Others 82 0.3 Total Households 27,409 100.0 Source: Kwahu Afram Plains South District Field Survey, May 2014

1.9.2 Causes of Admission to Health Facilities On the incidence of diseases in the District, Malaria is the highest reported case with 1561 cases constituting 25.5 percent of all reported cases and Septicaemia being the least cause of admission with 113 cases which also constitutes 1.8 percent of all reported cases.

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Table 1.36: Top 10 Causes of Admissions

NO. DISEASES TOTAL PERCENTAGE 1. Malaria 24,685 58.4 2. Acute Respiratory Infection 5,578 13.2 3. Rheumatism & Joint Condition 2,742 6.5 4. Intestinal Worms 1,672 4.0 5. Eye Infection 1,410 3.3 6. Home / Occupational Injuries 1,311 3.1 7. Diarrhoea 1,773 4.2 8. Urinary Tract Infections 815 1.9 9. Skin Diseases 1,774 4.2 10. Anaemia 516 1.2 Source: Kwahu Afram Plains South District Health Service, 2014 1.9.3 Causes of Death Although malaria is the most reported case (12.7percent) in the District, Table 3.35 indicates that it is the sixth causes of death (causing 6.3.percent deaths) in the District. This is primarily due to the availability of advance curative treatments to treat malaria patients. However, Peritonitis (which is the least reported case, 3.1 percent) and Meningitis are the main causes of death (causing 17.5percent deaths) in the District.

Table 1.37: Top 10 Causes of Death

NO. DISEASES TOTAL PERCENTAGE 1. Anaemia 9 14.4 2. HIV 5 7.9 3. Hypertension 10 15.9 4. Meningitis 6 9.6 5. Pneumonia 11 17.5 6. Malaria 8 12.7 7. Tuberculosis 4 6.3 8. CVA 4 6.3 9. Sepsis 4 6.3 10. Peritonitis 2 3.1 Source: Kwahu Afram Plains South District Health Service, May, 2014

1.9.3 Nutrition The nutrition division collaborates with the medical care and RCH staff in educating patients and attendants at the outpatient department, child welfare clinic, Ante –Natal and outreach clinics.

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At the clinic, mothers are educated on the importance of exclusive breast feeding, diet during pregnancy and the importance of growth monitoring and its interpretation in malnourished children. Inadequate personnel and logistics have hampered high coverage of nutritional activities in the District.

1.9.4 Health Services Delivery and Coverage Indicators

Table 1.38: Health Services Delivery and Coverage

INDICATORS LEVEL Under five mortality rate 17.0 per 1000 live births

Maternal Mortality ratio 2.1 per 1000 live births % Under five years who are malnourished 4.4 Doctor to population ratio 1:21,529 Nurse to population ratio 1:1,435 Outpatient visit per capita 0.23 Hospital admission rate 0.38% % tracer drug availability 56.3 % ANC coverage 39.6 % PNC coverage 31.7 % Supervised deliveries (skilled attendants) 17.7 Bed occupancy rate 0.19 EPI coverage DPT 3 50.6 EPI coverage Measles 50.3 Source: Kwahu Afram Plains South District Field Survey, May 2014

1.9.5 National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) The NHIS is one of the newly introduced policies in the health sector. The various Districts in the nation are being charged to establish their own mutual funds with assistance from the national level. The District Health Insurance Scheme Committee was established and inaugurated on 29th January 2003. The committee started with sensitization of the people in the District to get on board the scheme. The Committee zoned the entire District into three (3).

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Tease and its villages including Odomase, Dedeso, Foso, Kwame Dwamena, Takoratwene, etc. Mame Krobo and areas including Kwaekese No. 2, Kwasi Fante, , Asanyansu, Nyame Bekyere and others.

Vigorous house to house sensitization activities have been undertaken. Registration of members followed and the breakdown of people to in the various communities in the District is as follows: Ekye-Amanfrom 70 people, Adukrom 29, Tease 25, Mame Krobo 16, Bebuso 5 , Kwasi Fante 9. Kayera 10, Takoratwene 8, Nton-Aboma 9 , Segblekofe 9 and Kwaekese 19.

The committee expects more to register after October when farmers would have harvested their farm produce to register after October when farmers would have harvested their farm produce.

Table 1.39: Registration with NHIS

STATUS NUMBER OF PEOPLE PERCENTAGE Registered 61,353 46

Not Registered 132,247 54

Total 193600 100

Source: Kwahu Afram Plains South District Field Survey, May 2014

From Table 3.39, although 31.7 percent are registered, 98.5 percent (61,353, people) have paid their premiums and have been issued with Identification (ID) cards. An amount of GH¢ 858,942 have been collected as premiums from subscribers

The survey revealed that about 93.7 % of the people are aware of the National health Insurance Scheme whilst 6.3 % are unaware. This implies that there is high awareness rate on the National Health Insurance Scheme, even though about 93.7 % are aware of the scheme and its usefulness, only 46 % people have registered. The 54 % of the people are not on the scheme attributed it to reasons like financial, political, poor access, time factor, ignorance and scheme does not cover all ailment constituting 65.6 %, 5.0 %, 19.4 %, 3.1 % 6.3 % and 0.6 % respectively. This implies that even though the awareness rate is high, the participation rate is low due to the reason explains above thus the need to intensify public education on the need to register for the NHIS.

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1.9.6 Water Over the past decade, the rural water and sanitation sector in Ghana has been transformed from a centralized supply-driven model to a system in which local government and communities plan together, communities operate and maintain their own water services, and the private sector is active in providing goods and services. This reform started with an extended dialogue with the major stakeholders in the sector, which led to a new rural water, sanitation, and hygiene education policy.

Table 1.40: Major Sources of Water in the District

FACILITY NUMBER OF PEOPLE PERCENTAGE Small Town Water 87,120 45 Supply system Borehole 77440 40 Streams 29040 15 Total 193,600 100 Source: Kwahu Afram Plains South District Field Survey, May 2014

Water supply is generally inadequate, considering the difficulty women and children have to go through to meet their water requirement. This situation is however pronounced in the rural areas. The implications are that the communities face serious water problems when the rivers and streams dry up. The situation forces households to depend on other sources, which are contaminated, and are susceptible to water borne diseases.

In response to the above, each settlement has a form of water supply system with the predominant being Small Town Water Supply System (45percent) and borehole (40percent). In most remote villages irrespective of size, boreholes have been provided. The achievement is due to the collaborative effort between the District Assembly, Ghana Water Company’s and other development partners such as DANIDA District Based Water and Sanitation Program and Oboaba Rural Action Program (ORAP). Most households use a combination of water supply systems because of water shortage.

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1.9.7 Waste Management and Sanitation On the issue of sanitation in the District, it appears that a number of people have access to some type of sanitation facilities either public or private. Others also resort to indiscriminate defecation in gutters, school compound and public refuse dumps. Total sanitation coverage is estimated at 40 percent for domestic and 20 percent for institutions. The types of facilities in use include WC toilets, KVIPs, and Cartage. Pit latrine even though not approved by the Assembly is being used by some households even in the urban community (Tease). The District Assembly is currently participating in the District Based Water and Sanitation Component of the Community Water and Sanitation Programme to improve the provision of such facilities in the various institutions in the District. Under the Community Based Rural Development Project, some sanitation facilities are also being constructed in selected schools. In all these projects the Assembly contributes to the capital cost.

The integration of the three complementary elements of safe water, improved sanitation and hygiene promotion is to ensure that the health benefits are maximized for increase in productivity in the District.

1.9.8 Type of Toilet Facility Used As indicated in Table 3.40, although Cartage (0.4 percent) is phasing out, there are few houses still relying on pan latrines. Due to the unhygienic nature of this type of toilet and the scarcity of conservancy labourers, by the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development directive, users are being compelled to adopt acceptable technologies. Water Closets are being encouraged to replace the cartage type. Presently, about 7.6 percent of households in the District have some toilet facilities of this type. This figure is far inadequate for a District with over 10,000 houses in the 20 major towns in the urban and area council settlements.

Public pit latrines are mostly used in the rural communities in the District. The survey indicates that about 35.5 percent of inhabitants are using this facility. The unhygienic nature of these toilet facilities prompts the shift to the use of household water closets. About 41 per cent of this facility used in the District is in very bad conditions. The KVIP (54.5 per cent) has the widest usage within the District with about 32.5 percent also in bad condition.

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Apart from these toilet facilities, over 2.2 percent of the populations use the bush as their toilet facility (Free-Range). The indiscriminate defecation along obscure streets, open spaces, roadsides raises a matter of environmental concern in the District.

Table 1.41: Types of Human Excreta Disposal Methods TYPE NUMBER OF PEOPLE PERCENT

Cartage 504 0.4

KVIP 68,713 54.5

Pit Latrines 44,506 35.3

Water Closet 9,582 7.6 Free range 2,774 2.2

Total 193600 100

Source: Kwahu Afram Plains South District Field Survey, May 2014

1.9.9 Solid Waste Management Based on the survey, solid waste generation levels in the District could be sub-divided as below: I. Industrial Waste, (Saw dust/wood shavings, metal scraps, rice mill husks etc). In all, 15 percent of the total District waste is generated; II. Institutional Waste from institutions such as schools, offices, stores, department, health Care Waste (Surgical Waste, Swabs Materials, etc). In all, 12 percent of waste is also generated here; and III. Household waste, public or general waste (in markets, lorry parks, open spaces, streets among others). This accounts for 79 percent of the total waste generated in the District. Under the household waste, dumping at specified dumping sites is the predominant mode of rubbish disposal. From Table 3.41, majority of households (76.3 percent) use specified public dump sites in the District.

Method of Refuse Disposal From table 3.41, 7.6 percent of households burn their refuse. House to House collection, as executed by the Zoomlion is adopted by 6.2 percent of households in the disposal of their refuse.

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However, the aspect of irregularity of refuse disposal by refuse conveying trucks was pointed out as a major challenge which requires attention.

Table 1.42: Method of Refuse Disposal

Disposal Method NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS PERCENTAGE

Burying 5227 2.7 Public Dump site 147717 76.3 Burning 14714 7.6 House to House Collection 12003 6.2 Open space 13746 7.1 Total 193600 100 Source: Kwahu Afram Plains South District Field Survey, May 2014

Liquid Waste Disposal From Table 3.42, organised drains constitute 29.9 per cent of the liquid waste disposal means. Soak away, Compound Disposal and Catch Pits constitutes 27.7 percent, 27.7 percent and 10.3 percent respectively as other means of liquid waste disposal. These three means (Soak away, Compound Disposal and Catch pits) contributes to the poor healthy conditions in the District since these methods lead to the stagnation of water. This has consequential effects of malaria and other water-borne diseases confronting the District.

Table 1.43: Types of Liquid Waste Disposal Modes

DISPOSAL METHOD NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS PERCENTAGE

Soak away 53627 27.7 Catch pits 19941 10.3 Sewers 8712 4.5 Organised drains 57886 29.9 Compound disposal 53627 27.7 Total 193600 100 Source: Kwahu Afram Plains South District Field Survey, May 2014

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2.7.3 Energy The issue of energy in this study is captured under two broad categories: energy for cooking and energy for lighting. Table below shows the major sources of energy for lighting in the study District.

Energy for Lighting Kerosene is the major (73.4 percent of households) source of energy for lighting in the District (as indicated in Table 3.43). This is mostly due to the rural nature of the District resulting in the limited extension of electricity from Tease to the other rural areas. On the average, households spend Gh¢36.00 on kerosene every month. The people however complain of the increasing prices of kerosene as the major problem.

Table 1.44: Sources of Energy for Lighting TYPE NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS PERCENTAGE Electricity 51498 26.6 Kerosene 142102 73.4 Total 193600 100 Source: Kwahu Afram Plains South District Field Survey, May 2014 Energy for Cooking From Table 3.44, the major source of energy for cooking is firewood (62.5 percent of households). This goes a long way to buttress the fact that the District is primarily rural. The major source of firewood for most households is from farms. From the survey conducted, almost all the households do not incur cost in accessing firewood for cooking except households in the major towns in the District. The use of charcoal is the second major source of energy for cooking. In all, 26.7 percent of households use this source of energy for cooking. From the information above, it could be realized that, kerosene is used both for cooking and lighting.

Table 1.45: Energy for Cooking TYPE NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS PERCENTAGE Kerosene 15875 8.2 Gas 5034 2.6 Firewood 121000 62.5 Charcoal 51691 26.7

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Total 193600 100 Source: Kwahu Afram Plains South District Field Survey, May 2010 2.7.4 Housing This aspect of the report takes into consideration all the housing details in the District. Issues to be discussed include: the average room per house, average household size, housing classification, habitable rooms in the District and housing conditions. The total households out of a total population of 193600 people are 27409 households and a total housing stock of 17,131 housing units.

2.7.5 Types of Housing Table 3.45 indicates that compound houses dominate the District forming 51.5 percent of the total housing stock. This is followed by detached houses which form 28.6 percent. Semi detached houses and flats also form 10.8 percent and 3.7 percent respectively of the housing stock in the District with storey buildings consisting of only 5.4 percent.

The dominance of the compound houses is as a result of the strong family ties among family members especially the extended family. The need for security has also accounted for the people living in compound houses in the District. Some people feel more secured living with family members because they can be assisted in times of need. These are characteristics mostly exhibited by folks in the rural areas. This thereby confirms the rural nature of the District. It should be noted however that, the high patronage of compound houses exerts pressure on existing household facilities and can possibly lead to congestion in rooms.

Table 1.46: Types of Housing HOUSING STRUCTURE NUMBER OF HOUSES PERCENTAGE Storey 925 5.4 Detached 4,900 28.6 Flat 634 3.7 Semi detached 1,850 10.8 Compound 8,822 51.5 Total 17,131 100 Source: Kwahu Afram Plains South District Field Survey, May 2014

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2.7.6 Housing Materials and Conditions Housing materials here refers to the building and roofing materials used in the construction of the houses identified in the District.

2.7.7 Types of Building Materials and Condition of Walls Baseline survey conducted in the District indicates that most people in the District use durable building materials in constructing their houses. The use of materials such as Sandcrete, Landcrete and Bricks which are relatively durable building materials form 59.8 percent of the total housing stock. Relatively weaker materials such as wattle and daub also form 40.2 percent of the total housing stock. Buildings constructed with the wattle and daub are mostly found in the rural communities. The inability of the weaker materials to withstand harsh weather conditions has contributed to the forming of crack in walls and in the foundations of these buildings. From Table 3.46, 48.3 percent of walls of the total housing stock are cracked. These conditions threaten the very lives of the people living these buildings.

Table 1.47: Condition of Walls

WALL CONDITION NUMBER OF HOUSES PERCENTAGE Not cracked 8,857 51.7 Cracked 8,274 48.3 Total 17,131 100 Source: Kwahu Afram Plains South District Field Survey, May 2014

2.7.8 Condition of Building Foundation From 3.47, 55.2 percent of the houses in the District have their foundations not exposed while 44.8 percent of the buildings have their foundations exposed. This condition is mainly caused by erosion as a result of the heavy rainfall in the District. It is also caused by inadequate organized drains in the District.

Table 1.48: Condition of Foundation

FOUNDATION CONDITION NUMBER OF HOUSES PERCENTAGE Exposed 7,675 44.8 Not exposed 9,456 55.2 Total 17,131 100

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Source: Kwahu Afram Plains South District Field Survey, May 2014

2.7.9 Types of Roofing Materials The type of roofing used in building goes a long way to determine the condition of the roof as to whether it will leak with time or not. Table 3.48 shows that 49.1 percent and 48.2 percent of houses use Iron sheets and Aluminium Sheets as roofing. The only disadvantage is that, iron sheets get corroded easily and starts to leak. This is even much severe since the District lies in the rainfall zone of the nation. Hence, Table 3.49 indicates that 46.5 percent of roofs of houses in the District are leaking. Painting might help reduce the rate of corrosion for some time, but will surely corrode with time.

Table 1.49: Types of Roofing Materials

ROOFING MATERIALS NUMBER OF HOUSES PERCENTAGE Iron sheets 8411 49.1 Aluminium 377 2.2 Tiles 86 0.5 Others 8257 48.2 Total 17,131 100 Source: Kwahu Afram Plains South District Field Survey, May 2014

Table 1.50: Conditions of Roofing Materials CONDITION OF ROOFING NUMBER OF HOUSES PERCENTAGE Leaking 7966 46.5 Not leaking 9,165 53.5 Total 17,131 100 Source: Kwahu Afram Plains South District Field Survey, May 2014 2.8.0 Number of Habitable Rooms in a House and Room Occupancy Habitable rooms account for the number of rooms that are in good conditions for living. The essence of this however is to know the number of habitable rooms with respect to the total number of rooms. Table 3.50 shows that most houses (35.6 percent) in the District have rooms of five and above. This is followed by houses with four room’s forming about 27 percent of the

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total number of houses in the District. This is attributed to the fact that most of the houses in the District are compound houses.

With a total of 67,907 habitable rooms in a total of 17131 houses in the District and considering a population of 193600people, the room occupancy rate in the District therefore stands at 5 persons per room. This figure presents earlier warnings to the District in finding lasting solution to the housing situation in the District. Congestion in rooms and its associated effects of easy spread of communicable diseases should be avoided at all cost by seeking for means of providing additional houses to shelter the people.

Table 1.51: Number of Habitable Rooms in a House

HABITABLE ROOMS NUMBER OF HOUSES PERCENTAGE 1 737 4.3 2 2,381 13.9 3 3,272 19.1 4 4,625 27 5 2,604 15.2 6 and above 3,512 20.4 Total 17,131 100 Source: Kwahu Afram Plains South District Field Survey, May 2014

2.8.1 GREEN ECONOMY AND CLIMATIC CHANGE ISSUES As awareness about the ecological crisis and climate change has increased in recent years there is growing agreement we need to make changes to the global economy Hence Kwahu Afram Plains south has incorporated issues of the ecological and environmental in the Medium term Plan using the green economy and climatic changes strategic approaches.

A green economy is essentially an economy whose aim is to create a sense of social unity and equality while keeping in mind the impact on the environment. Its main goals are to uphold these values while maintaining economic growth by investing in eco-sustainable practices. This is done through governmental means, such as legislation, creation of policy and private and public

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funding. A strong emphasis is put on helping those people who rely on nature to earn a living and who don’t have a lot of other resources or wealth

Climate change is the gradual, long-term alteration of worldwide weather patterns, especially increases in temperature and storm activity, attributable to the increased accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. This increases the temperature of the earth and carries with it a series of repercussions for the environment. The earth’s atmospheric temperature is maintained by greenhouse gases, whose duty it is to form an insulating blanket around the earth and regulate the amount of solar radiation that stays in its atmosphere. Chief among these gases are water vapour (most abundant), carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O)

One of the major strategies to address the climatic change in Kwahu Afram Plains South is the promotion of re-forestation programme due to high cutting of timber log and charcoal burning by the indigenes for livelihood since the issue of deforestation is a major challenge in the District. The fact cannot be overlooked as deforestation through bush burning is a major contributor to the increasing CO2 concentration in the atmosphere. Until the late 1940s, rain forests covered about 8.7million square miles (22.5 million square kilometres) of the earth’s land. Today, less than half this area remains covered though the risk to their continued existence is as high as ever. Massive deforestation has cut out the ability of forests to regenerate at any meaningful rate. The loss of vegetative cover in such alarming proportions means that the amount of carbon dioxide that would have been taken up by plants in their photosynthetic cycle remains in the atmosphere. The amount of oxygen that would have been produced as a by-product of photosynthesis to renew the existing stock and vitalise the survival of oxygen-breathing microorganisms is lost. The increasing accumulation of CO2 gives rise to an increased trapping of the solar heat that warms the earth and constitutes global warming. Rainwater normally trapped by forests is now left on rampage and is causing more floods around the world. It is estimated that Ghana is depleting its remaining forest cover at a rate of 62,000 hectares per annum and the annual forest depletion is quantified to be 3% of GDP.

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2.8.2 Governance of the Kwahu Afram Plains South District Governance comprises the interaction between the formal institutions and those in civil society. It also refers to a process whereby elements in society wield power, authority, resources and influence and enact policies and decisions concerning public life and social upliftment (South Africa National Party, 1996).

Establishment The Kwahu Afram Plains South District Assembly is one of the newly created District. The District was established by Legislative Instrument (No.2045) in 2012. Under Section 10 of the Local Government Act of 1993(Act 462), the Assembly exercises deliberative and legislative functions in the District which created it mission statement “The overall development goal of the Kwahu Afram Plains South District Assembly is to provide an enabling environment to ensure a higher standard of living for the people of the District through the formulation and implementation of sound policies and programmes in support of human, agriculture development and infrastructure development by qualified and motivated staff. The Assembly is also enjoined by Section 2 of the National Development Planning System Act 1994(Act 480) to initiate the preparation of the District Development Plan and its related budget, which is to serve as a development direction of the District. It is vested with the power to formulate, implement, monitor and evaluate programmes and projects in the plan to enhance effective and efficient mobilization of human, physical and financial resources for development.

2.8.3 The Administrative Structure of the District Assembly The administrative structure of the District Assembly entails those administrative departments of the Assembly. These departments of the Assembly are responsible for the day to day activities of the District. Tasks of education, sports, revenue generation and expenditure and others are all administrative functions of the Assembly. By the provisions of the Local Government Act of 1993, Act 462, the District Assembly is supposed to establish 11 departments as specified in the first schedule of this Act for the purpose of performing its administrative functions. It has also enabled the District Assembly to create other departments as may be deemed necessary.

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Figure 1.7: Administrative Structure of the District Assembly

Source: Kwahu Afram Plains South Assembly, May, 2014

The organogram above is an indication of the administrative departments of the District. The District Chief Executive (DCE) serves as the political head of this setup. By virtue of his political appointment, the District Chief Executive is very much accountable to the incumbent government. The decentralized departments of the District Assembly are expected to form a coordinative network providing an avenue for efficient development.

For administrative effectiveness, the District Chief Executive (DCE) is supported by a secretariat or the Central Administration referred to as the office of the District Assembly, which is headed by a District Co-ordinating Director (DCD) who reports to the District Chief Executive and is in charge of the day-to-day administration of the Assembly. The District Co-ordinating Director is also in charge of all Heads of Decentralized Departments in the District.

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2.8.4 Political Structure of the District Assembly The political structure of the Assembly places the District Assembly as the main institution about which every other institution revolves. The current local government system has a three (3) tier structure at the District level, which is made up of the following:

i. District Assembly; ii. Town /Area Councils; and iii. Unit Committees The Kwahu Afram Plains South District Assembly has Four (4) Area Councils (Tease, Forifori, Ekye- Amanfrom, and Samanhyia) and 90 Unit Committees. The Area Councils are partially function to support the Assembly in its development efforts. Unfortunately the Councils are all housed in rented apartments with the exception of Tease Area Council which has its own office.

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Figure 1.8: Political Structure of the District Assembly

Source: Kwahu Afram Plains District Assembly, May, 2014

2.8.5 Composition of the District Assembly The District Assembly consists of Fourty- one (41) electoral areas. These areas are represented in the General Assembly by their respective elected members. The composition of the Assembly is therefore made up of thirty (30) elected members, Eleven (11) appointed members, a member of parliament and the District Chief Executive. The General Assembly is headed by an elected Presiding Member with the District Coordinating Director as the Secretary.

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2.8.6 The Decentralized Departments of the District Assembly In pursuance of the District’s functions and the constitutional provisions, the Kwahu Afram Plains South District Assembly honours its administrative functions through a number of decentralized departments. These include:

Department of Agriculture; Town and Country Planning Department; Department of Social Welfare; Ghana Education Service – District Office; Ghana Health Services – District Office; National Commission on Civic Education; Department of Feeder Roads; Department of Forestry; Department of Trade and Industry Department of Community Development 2.8.7 Development Partners The Assembly recognizes the enormous contribution of its development partners which includes the private sector, Donors and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs). Some of the Development partners and their areas of operation are listed as follows:

DANIDA - Water and Sanitation APDO Water and Sanitation ADRA - Agriculture – capacity building World Vision International. - Education, HIV/AIDS AGRIC

2.8.8 Community Participation Community participation in decision making as well as issues towards contribution (in any form) towards developmental projects has been of prior concern as far as contemporary paradigm to community planning for development is concerned. Hence, key words such as ‘bottom-up’

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planning ‘grass root participation’, ’self-help’ projects are gaining increasing grounds in Local Level (Metropolitan, District and District Levels) Planning.

Table 1.52: Peoples Contribution to Development at the Community Level

Contribution to development Total Percentages

People who contribute to development 315 70.8

People who do not contribute to development 130 29.2

Total 445 100

Source: Kwahu Afram Plains South District Field Survey, May, 2014

Table 3.52: Community Members’ Awareness to District Assembly’s Decisions (at the community level)

Table 1.53:

Awareness to District Assembly’s Decisions Total Number Percentages

People who are aware of District Assembly’s 312 70.1 decisions

People who are not aware of District 133 29.9 Assembly’s decisions

Total 445 100

Source: Kwahu Afram Plains South District Field Survey, May, 2014

The survey in the Kwahu Afram Plains Sout District (as shown in Table 3.51) indicates that 70.8percent, of the people in this District contribute (labour, foods, money, etc) to development

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projects with the remaining 29.2percent not contributing. These percentages clearly shows the extent to which the people in the District are prepared to support the concept of ‘self-help’ projects as it is always advocated for by policy makers. Among some of the numerous projects that these people have contributed to include; Rural Electrification Projects for communities and the construction of schools, boreholes and health facilities in communities.

The general reasons as to why these people do not contribute to developmental projects were that: students, and the unemployed cannot afford to pay development levies whilst the aged cannot serve as labour; and some people were just not interest in the development projects being undertaken. In support of the reasons as to why community participation is a challenge to the District Assembly is the fact that 29.9percent of the people are not aware of the District Assembly’s decisions in development issues affecting the District

2.8.9 Security and Justice Safety and peace is needed for improved wellbeing within any geographical location. security within the District is ensured by the District Security Committee (DISEC) comprising; the District Chief Executive, the Police Service, the Immigration Service, the Bureau of National Investigation (BNI), the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS), Customs and Excise Preventive Service (CEPS) and the Prison Service.

The District Security Committee is charged with the responsibility of formulating plans to combat crime within the District and to take actions it deems fit in time of security threats to forestall peace within the District. As a proactive measure in ensuring the safety of the people, there is the need for multifaceted approaches including the formation of watch committees in communities to aid the security agency (police) in the combating crime in the District.

2.9.0 Spatial Analysis Land Use Distribution The Kwahu Afram Plains South District measures about 2, 5040sq. km, and is about 26.8% of the total land area of the Eastern Region. The major land uses which can be identified within the District are;

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 Agricultural and economic land use  Settlements and developments  Rivers/water bodies and forest reserves  Difficult/Terrain and steep slopes; and  Roads, -and high-tension lines Settlement Patterns In the Kwahu Afram Plains South District, there are only three urban settlement in the District these are ,Tease the capital, Maame Krobo, a nd Ekye-Amanfrom, the rest of the settlements are peri-urban, towns and small communities. However, there is a very strong economic, social and political interaction between the smaller settlements and the urban centres. These settlements are separated from each other by a distance of about 1-9km and mostly spread along the main trunk roads within the District and from the District capital by an average distance of about 20km.The remaining smaller settlements are scattered all over the District.

Spatial Distribution of Facilities and Services The distribution of services in space, especially in Districts determines the accessibility to basic necessities. In the Kwahu Afram Plains District, distribution of services and facilities most of the higher order services in the District are located in the District Capital. This is because 45 percent of the people in the District are located in this settlement. The above situation can be explained by the District status of the District.

It is therefore obvious from the scalogram that most of the higher order services such as hospital, second-cycle education, water closet and police station are situated at Tease.

Scalogram (Functional) Analysis A scalogram is used to depict the centrality level (sphere of influence) of selected facilities in a particular space and the relative functionality of each settlement within space. It consists of a matrix, with the columns occupied by the facilities/services/functions found in the District and rows occupied by the settlements in the District arranged in the descending order of population.

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In this scalogram analysis, thirty (30) services are used to determine the functionality of each settlement. The services were weighted and assigned centrality indices to depict their centrality levels. From the functional analysis, four (4) settlement orders can be derived. The criteria for the classification together with the settlements are shown in Table 3.53.Again, Table 3.54 is a scalogram indicating these orders of settlement.

Table 1.54: Hierarchy of Settlements in Kwahu Afram Plains South District Orders Number of Total Centrality Names of settlements settlements Score 1st 1 Above 2000 Tease 2nd 4 200-2000 Kwaekese, Forifori,, Dedeso ,Asanyanso, Dodi, Nton-Aboma Nsogyaso .Kwasi Fante, Samanhyia

3rd 7 100-199 Agya Atta Odomasua

4th 8 Below 100 All other settlements Source: Kwahu Afram Plains South District Assembly, 2014.

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Table 1.55: A Scalogram of selected settlements in Kwahu Afram Plains South District EDUCATION HEALTH WATER & ENERG SECUR OTHERS ROADS ADMIN SANITATI Y, ITY & ISTRA ON POST. JUDIC. TION &TELE COM.

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Pop. (est.) 10 KG Pri J.HS S.HS Voc/Tech Homes M. Clinic H. Centre Hosp Bor Pipe borne KVIP W C Tel Elect P. Office P. Station Court W. Market Bank F. Station G House 3 2 1 A. Council U Council District Administrat FunsNo. of ion Rank

Weight (w) 1 2 3 5 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 1 2 3 Tease 4,865 X X x x - - - - x x x - x x X x x x X X x X X X - X - X - x 22 1st

EkyeAmanfrom 7,086 X X x - - - - x - x - X - x X - - - - X x X - X - X - X - - 14 3rd MaameKrobo 5,307 X X x - - - - x - x - X - x X - - - - X x - - x - x - - - - 12 6th X X x x - - - x - x - X - x X x x - - X x X - - - x - X - - 16 2nd Nkwantia 3,008 X X x x - - - x - x - X - x X - x - - X - - - - - x - X - - 13 4th Kwaekese 2,765 X X x - - - - x - x - X - x X - - - - X - - - - - x - - - - 10 9th Adiembra 2,280 X X x - x - - - - x - - - x X - - - - X - - - - - x - - - - 9 11th Forifori 2,269 X X x - - - - x - x - X - x x - x - X X - - - - - x - X - - 13 4th KwameDawuen 2,131 X X x - x - - - - x - - - x x - - - - X - - - - - x - - - - 9 11th Dedeso 2,089 X X ------x - X - x x - - - - X - - - - - x - - - - 8 14th Asanyanso 1,998 X X x ------x - - - x x - - - - X - - - - - x - - - - 8 14th Dodi 1,826 X X - - - - - x - x - - - x x - - - - X - - - - - x - - - - 8 14th Ntonaboma 1,806 X X x ------x - X - x x - - - - X - - - - - x - X - - 10 9th

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Nsogyaso 1,597 X X x ------x - - - x x - - - - X - - - - x - - - - 8 14th KwasiFante 1,515 X X x - - - x - - x - - - x x - - - - X - - - - - x - - - - 9 11th Samanhyia 1,443 X X x - - - - x - x - X - x x - - - - X x - - - - x - - - - 11 7th MemKyemfere 1,302 X X x - - - - x - x - - x x x - - - - X - - - - - x - X - - 11 7th Agya Atta 1,269 X X x ------x - - - x x - - - - X - - - - - x - - - - 8 14th Odomasua 1,268 X X ------x - - x x x - - - - X - - - - - x - - - - 8 14th Abomsarefo 1,251 X X x x - - x - - x ------X - - - - - x - - - - 8 14th

Source: Kwahu North District Assembly, 2010

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The scalogram indicates that the first three settlement- Tease Maame krobo and Ekye Amanfrom -provides higher order services to its inhabitants and the rest of the District. These services range from education, health, security, whilst Tease renders the administrative services.

The order settlements namely Forifori, Samanhyia Kwesi Fanti provide other lower order services in their catchment areas.

The third order settlements comprise of the other Area Council Capitals and other major settlements in the District. These settlements have populations within above 1000 and provide minor services to surrounding villages.

The forth order settlements are those settlement that do not provide any special functions to order settlements. They are rather the recipients and the beneficiaries of the high order services provided by the settlements in the other orders of the hierarchy. These can be seen from Figure 3.10

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Figure: 1.9:

Source: Kwahu District May, 2014

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Transportation There are two main types of transportation systems in the District. These are Roads and Water transport systems with the road system being the most patronized system. The Kwahu Afram Plains South District has about 690 km of feeder roads. However, only 270 km have been engineered and gravelled, and are in maintainable state. Many tracks exist and constitute the missing link in the road network. There is one central trunk road in Kwahu Afram Plains South District, that is, that from Ekye Amanfrom to Tease and conitinues to Donkrokrom; a distance of 91.2 km. There are on-going contracts for the bituminous surfacing of this road so far there is 26.5km outstanding which yet to be surfaced to complete the total length. The central truck road has also proposed under Eastern Corridor Programme for resurfacing .The 270km engineered will be reshaped under DFR routine/ recurrent maintenance programme every year.

2.9.1 Ferries The Volta Lake Transport Company (VLTC) provides ferry services on the Lake and currently operates one ferry in the Afram Plains between Adawso and Ekye Amanfrom to the south of the District. It has a capacity of 360 tonnes. When using a single engine it takes about 30 minutes to cross. The peak periods in its services are during the yam and maize harvesting period September – March; when up to six trips could be undertaken in a day.

The ferry takes about 2 hours to cover the distance of 18 nautical miles on one engine. There is only one return trip a day, with scheduled

commencement at 8.00 am and return journey starting at 2.00 pm.

The District Assemblies do not have the capacity to provide the required manpower to manage the ferries and the VLTC has provided the needed support.

The small boats also serve as alternative water transport for the people despite the risk involved there some of the operator have life jacket but these are inadequate.

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Table 1.56: Summary of Road Network and Condition in the District. Classes of roads Criteria Total length (km) % engineered and gravelled -Motrorableall year round 270 39.1 -graveled -absence of potholes Engineered -Motorable all year round 98 14.2 -few potholes Unengineered -seasonally motorable -untarred and full of pot 322 46.7 holes Total 690 100.00 Source: Adapted from Town and Country Planning Department, KNDA, 2010

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Figure: 1.10:

Source: Kwahu District May, 2014

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KWAHU AFRAM PLAINS SOUTH DISTRICT 2014 2.9.2 Surface Accessibility to Services This is the ease of reach of service or facility. Human beings need basic facilities to satisfy their basic needs; however, the provision of these facilities is not a sure guarantee that their needs are satisfied. These facilities need to be accessible both economically and physically. In this regard, attention is given to the latter. The basic facilities and services considered are health, educational, postal, police, agricultural extension, banking and market services. Standardized time for accessing facilities are provided in Table 3.56

Table 1.57: Accessibility Standards with Respect to Travel Time to Selected Facilities Service or Facility High Access Medium Access Low Access Least Access Health, postal and Up to 25 mins 25-30 mins 30-35 mins Abovge 35 mins security services Education and periodic Up to 30 mins 30-40 mins 30-40 mins Above 45 mins markets Agriculture and Up to 25 mins 25-35mins 35-40 mins Above 40 mins banking service Source: GTZ- Programme for Rural Action/Nkum Associates Based on the above standards, various basic calculations were made to arrive at the distances for the various services and on the various classes of roads. The observed average speed for the various roads is shown in Table 3.57

Table 1.58: Average Speed on Classes of Roads Classes of roads Average speed(kilometres per hour) Graveled and Engineered 80 Engineered 45 unegineered 20 Foot 4 Source: KAPSDA Baseline Survey, 2014. Using the standard travel times and the average speeds on the various classes of roads together with their waiting time, the various access zones were generated. The coverage area under each of the access zones have been indicated in Table 3.58whiles Figures 3.12 to 3.20show the accessibility maps of all the services.

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Table 1.59 Areas in Different Accessibility Zones in the Kwahu Afram Plains South District.

Facilities / Services High Medium Low Least

Area(km²) % Area(km²) % Area(km²) % Area(km²) %

Health 61.27 14.8 24.01 5.8 23.59 5.7 305.12 73.7

Education 67.07 16.2 38.50 9.3 24.84 6.0 283.59 68.5

Periodic market 127.09 30.7 44.71 10.8 16.97 4.1 225.22 54.4

Banking 85.69 20.7 41.4 10.0 20.29 4.9 266.62 64.4 Agric Extension 61.27 14.8 44.29 10.7 16.56 4.0 290.21 70.1

Postal 79.49 19.2 25.67 6.2 21.53 5.2 287.32 69.4

Police 61.27 14.8 24.01 5.8 23.59 5.7 305.12 73.7 Aggregate 149.04 36 58.79 14.2 23.59 5.7 182.57 44.1 accessibility Optimum 61.27 14.8 24.01 5.8 23.59 5.7 305.12 73.7 accessibility Source: KAPSDA, 2014

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Table 1.59 indicates that accessibility to services in the District is low. This stems from the fact that a large area in the District (44.1%) has no or little access to these necessities. Communities such as Fosu, Boadua, and Konadu have no access to at least one of the services. Furthermore, only 14.8 percent of the area in the District has access to all the services considered. A major part of the District (73.7%) has no access to all the facilities.

However, taking population into consideration, majority of the population in the District have access to at least one of the services. That is, about 90 percent of the people living in the District can reach at least one of the services within 40 minutes. Again, 57 percent of the populace has access to all the facilities and services under consideration.

The above indicates that 43 percent of the people in the District do not have access to all the facilities in the District. Using basic needs concepts, it can be said that the level of human development in the District is low. Since the distribution of facilities and services has been skewed towards Donkorkrom, efforts should be aimed at improving upon the spatial linkages and interactions in the District. This will help reduce the inaccessibility in the District.

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Figure 1.11: Accessibility to Health Services in the Kwahu Afram Plains South District

Source: Adapted from Town and Country Planning Department, KAPSDA, 2014

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Figure 1.12: Accessibility to Educational Services in the Kwahu Afram Plains South District

Source: Adapted from Town and Country Planning Department, KAPSDA, 2014

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Figure 1.13: Accessibility to Police Services in the Kwahu Afram Plains South District

Source: Adapted from Town and Country Planning Department, KAPSDA, 2014

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Figure 1.14: Accessibility to Periodic Markets in the Kwahu Afram Plains South District

Source: Adapted from Town and Country Planning Department, KAPSDA, 2014

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Figure 1.15: Accessibility to Banking Services in the Kwahu Afram Plains South District

Source: Adapted from Town and Country Planning Department, KAPSDA, 2014

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Figure 1.16: Accessibility to Postal Services in the Kwahu Afram Plains South District

Source: Adapted from Town and Country Planning Department, KAPSDA, 2014

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Figure 1.17: Accessibility to Extension Services in the Kwahu Afram Plains South District

Source: Adapted from Town and Country Planning Department, KNDA, 2010

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Figure 1.18: Aggregate Accessibility to Services in the Kwahu Afram Plains South District

Source: Adapted from Town and Country Planning Department, KAPSDA, 2014

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Figure 1.19: Optimum Accessibility to Services in the Kwahu Afram Plains South District

Source: Adapted from Town and Country Planning Department, KAPSDA, 2014

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KWAHU AFRAM PLAINS SOUTH DISTRICT 2014 . 2.9.3 Commodity flow Kwahu Afram Plains South District engages in the exchange of goods and services within and outside the District. Here, consideration is made to merchandised trade (trade in visible goods). The types of goods that flow within and outside the District are classified in agricultural and industrial goods. Tease, Ekye Amanfrom, Dome and Foroifori are the major market centres in the District. Maame krobo serves as a commercial hub in the Kwahu Afram Plains South District and thus attracts a large quantity of goods. A day’s volume of trade for Maame Krobo is shown in Table 3.59.

Table 1.60: A day’s Volume of trade in Donkorkrom Type of goods Exogenous Endogenous Total (Gh¢) Percentage Inflow Outflow Inflow Outflow (Gh¢) (Gh¢) (Gh¢) (Gh¢) Agricultural goods 19293 12993 6792 9851 41525 70.66 Industrial goods 17456 10896 1225 3468 40449 29.34 Total 36749 23889 8017 13319 81974 100 44.83 29.14 9.78 16.25 100 Source: Kwahu Afram Plains South District Assembly, 2014

Table 3.59 indicates that Maame krobo trades in more agricultural commodities than industrial commodities. Industrial goods constitute 70.66 percent of the total quantity of mechanised trade in a market day at Maame krobo. More goods from outside the Kwahu Afram Plains South District enter Tease. The major trade partners of the Kwahu Afram Plains South District include Kumasi, Accra, Kwahu South District, Asante Akim North and South, and others as shown in Figures 3.21 to 3.24Table 3.60 gives a summary of these trade partners and the types of goods they trade with the District.

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Table 1.61: Major Trade Partners of Kwahu Afram Plains District Major Trade Types of commodities traded partners Inflows Outflows

Kumasi Clothes & footwear, domestic Maize,yam,tubers,vegetables, goods, processed food, cosmetics, plantains, snails, , fruits, sculpture jewellery, others, Accra Clothes & footwears, domestic Tubers, vegetables, snails, fruits, maize goods, processed food, cosmetics, jewellery, others, Kwahu South Clothes & footwears, domestic Tubers, vegetables, eggs, plantains, goods, processed food, cosmetics, snails, legumes, cereals, fruits, jewellery, others sculpture Kwahu West Clothes & footwears, domestic Maize,yam,Tubers,vegetables, goods, processed food, cosmetics, plantains, snails, , fruits, sculpture jewellery, others, Asante Akim Clothes&footwears, domestic goods, Maize,yam,Tubers,vegetables, North processed food, cosmetics, plantains, snails, , fruits, sculpture jewellery, others Asante Akim Clothes&footwears, domestic goods, Maize,yam,Tubers,vegetables, South processed food, cosmetics, plantains, snails, , fruits, sculpture jewellery, others Birim North Clothes&footwears, domestic goods, Maize,yam,Tubers,vegetables, processed food, cosmetics, plantains, snails, , fruits, sculpture jewellery, others East Akim Clothes&footwears, domestic goods, Maize,yam,Tubers,vegetables, processed food, cosmetics, plantains, snails, , fruits, sculpture jewellery, others Source: Kwahu Afram Plains South Assembly, 2014

The above scenario indicates that with Maame krobo serving as a commercial hub between the various Districts, there is ready market for commodities in the District. Thus it is imperative to develop production centres to feed this trade hub.

Figures 3.21 to 3.24 are maps of the Kwahu Afram Plains South District showing the trade patterns. These are commodity flow maps that indicate the quantum of trade using arrows. The bases of the arrows have been scaled to reflect the quantity of goods from each origin.

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Figure 1.20: Exogenous Inflow of Commodities into Kwahu Afram Plains District

Scale for arrows: 1mm=GH¢2000

Source: Adapted from Town and Country Planning Department, KAPSDA, 2014

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Figure 1.21: Exogenous outflow of goods from the Kwahu Afram Plains District

Scale for arrows: 1mm=GH¢2000

Source: Adapted from Town and Country Planning Department, KAPSDA, 2014

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Figure 1.22: Endogenous Inflow of Commodities in the Kwahu Afram Plains District

Scale for arrows: 1mm=GH¢2000

Source: Adapted from Town and Country Planning Department, KAPSDA, 2014

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Figure 1.23: Endogenous Outflow of Commodities in the Kwahu Afram Plains District

Scale for arrows: 1mm=GH¢2000

Source: Adapted from Town and Country Planning Department, KAPSDA, 2014

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2.9.4 Functional Region and Poverty Pockets The functional District encompasses Tease and its surrounding areas, including the communities. This is an area with the most socioeconomic interaction and accessibility to the entire services considered in the accessibility analysis. The functional region covers an area of 108.88km2 (26.295) in the District. It also harbours 57 percent of the total population in the District.

This is an area that should be targeted by profit oriented investors within and outside the District. This is because majority of the population are located within this zone. Again, since socioeconomic interaction is highest in the region, siting of business enterprises in the area will be more economical and profitable.

Despite the high socioeconomic interaction in the functional region of the District, there are some areas in the District which lack access to services and facilities to improve their livelihoods. These areas in the District are called poverty pockets since they have little access to the basic services such as health, education, market, security, banking, agricultural extension and others.

As shown in Figure 3.25 these areas should be the target areas of interventions aimed at poverty reduction in the District. In so doing, the plight of about 12600 people in the District will be improved.

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Figure 1.24: Functional Region and Poverty Pockets in the Kwahu Afram Plains South District.

Source: Adapted from Town and Country Planning Department, KAPSDA, 2014

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CHAPTER TWO PRIORITZATION OF DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK 2.1.0 Introduction Having understood the current development situation from the District development profile in Chapter one of this Medium-Term Plan, the responsibility then lies on the District to develop prioritization of progrmmes and projects issues for the District’s development. Critical to this development framework is the understanding of the current development situation inter-liaised with what the people want the District to be by the end of the plan period (2014-2017). In brief, the development framework would serve as a guide in the development of the District for the 2014-2017 plan periods.

In acquaintance of the above, the development framework for the District in this sense comprises of prioritized needs and aspirations of the people in the District; application of potentials, opportunities, constraints and challenges (POCC) to key development issues in the District; District’s goal for the plan period based on the needs and aspirations; development projections for the 2014-2017 plan period; development of objectives and strategies for the attainment of the District’s goal; and project planning matrix in the form of logical framework.

2.1.1 Community Needs and Aspirations With reference to the Guidelines for the Preparation of District Medium-Term Development Plan under the Medium-Term Development Policy Framework 2014-2017; the community needs and aspirations were identified based on Sub-District Council Plans, which were prepared through participatory processes. This was relevant since these Sub-District Council Plans represented community perspective on current needs and aspirations of the Sub-Districts.

Community needs and aspirations identified were harmonized by relating them to the key gaps/problems or issues identified under the review of performances of the GSGDA I, other interventions and the District’s profile. To ensure harmony, each community need and aspiration was scored against the key gaps/problems or issues identified under the review of performances in a scale as indicated in Table 4.1.

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2.1.2 Harmonization of Community Needs and Aspirations

Table 2.1: Score for the Harmonization of Community Needs and Aspirations Definition Score Strong relationship 2 Weak relationship 1 No relationship 0 Source: Guidelines for Preparing NMTDPF 2014-2017

Table 4.2 indicates the harmonization of the community needs and aspirations with the key gaps/problems or issues identified under the review of performances of the GSGDA I, other interventions and the District’s profile

Table 2.2: Harmonizing the Needs with the Gaps in the GSGDA II

Key Community Needs development Gaps 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Private Sector Competitiveness 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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7 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Table 2.3: Community Needs

Key Community Needs development Gaps 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Human Resource Development 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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8 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Table 2.4: Good Governance and Civic Responsibility Good Governance and Civic Responsibility

1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 TOTAL 22 12 8 6 4 2 0 2 5 11 1 10 22 17 0 2 0 4 22 9 4 5 2 2 Total = 172 Average score = 172/24 =7.17; The needs have strong relationship with the gaps identified in the DMTDP (2010-2013) under the GSGDA I Source: KAPDA, 2014

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2.1.3 Linking the Harmonized Needs with the Issues in the Medium Term Policy Framework (2014-2017 4.4: Linking the Harmonized Needs with the Issues in the Medium Term Policy Framework (2014-2017).

Table 2.5: Harmonized Community Needs

Key HARMONISED COMMUNITY NEEDS development Gaps 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Ensuring and Sustaining of Macro-economic Stability 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Infrastructure and Human Settlement 1 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 2 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 2 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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6 0 2 2 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 2 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 2 2 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Accelerated Agriculture Modernization and Sustainable Natural Resource Management 1 2 2 1 0 0 2 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 0 2 2 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Enhancing Competitive of Ghana’s Private Sector 1 2 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Human Development, Productivity and Employment 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 1 1 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Transparent and Accountable Governance 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Reducing poverty and Income Inequalities 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 2 1 2 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Total 29 22 18 9 19 26 11 5 6 8 13 13 11 10 0 0 8 2 10 6 2 8 2 2 Total = 240 Average score = 240/24 =10.0 This means the needs/issues have a strong linkages with the issues in the Medium Term Policy Framework (2010-2013)

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Source: KAPSDA, 2014

Table 4.3 shows the linkages of the Community Needs and Aspirations with the Issues of the thematic areas of the MTDPF 2014-2017

2.1.4 Prioritization of Development Needs

Table 2.6: Prioritization of Development Needs

Criteria Impact on Large Proportion Significant Linkage Significant Total Ranking of Population Especially the Effect on Meeting Multiplier weight Vulnerable and Poor People Basic Effect on the Local Development Needs Human Needs/Rights. Economy. Provision of Basic Facilities 2 2 2 6 1st in all Major Settlement Improvement of Road 2 2 2 6 1st Network and Condition Improvement in Water 2 2 2 6 1st Supply in the District Encouraging the cultivation 2 1 1 4 13th of wood log for charcoal Improvement of 2 2 2 6 1st Environmental Sanitation Expansion of Electricity 2 2 1 5 9th Supply Construction of Market 2 2 2 6 1st Facilities Provision of Irrigation 2 1 1 4 13th Facilities Support to farmers and small 1 1 1 3 18th

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scale enterprises Promotion of small scale 1 1 1 3 18th industrial activities Promotion of Environmental 1 1 1 3 18th Sustainability Tourism Promotion 1 0 2 3 18th Improvement of Education in 2 2 2 6 1st the District Improvement in the status of 2 2 2 6 1st Health in the District Construction of ICT Centre 1 1 1 3 18th and post office Facilitating the formation of 0 0 0 0 24th Panels Increasing grassroot 2 2 2 6 1st participation in the District Promotion of Women 2 1 1 4 13th Empowerment Promotion of efficient and 2 1 2 5 9th effective District administration Improvement in the plight of 2 2 1 5 9th street children Identify and register the 2 1 1 4 13th vulnerable (PWDs, poor aged orphans) in the District Provision of vocational skills 2 2 1 5 9th for 10 unskilled people with disabilities annually Monitor the activities of 2 0 0 2 23rd NGOs, CBOs, and FBOs on

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handling vulnerable groups Assist an average of 50 2 2 0 4 13th needy (women) to file cases at the family tribunal annually Provision of Outboard Motor 2 2 0 4 13th for the Assembly Source: KAPSDA, 2014

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The harmonized community needs and aspirations were linked to the relevant issues of the thematic areas of the MTDPF 2014-2017. The score for the linkages is represented in Table 4.2.

Table 2.7: Score for Linking the Harmonized Community Needs and Aspirations

Definition Score strong linkage 2 weak linkage 1 no linkage 0 Source: Guidelines for Preparing NMTDPF 2014-2017

Finally, the Identified issues/needs were prioritized through consensus at a stakeholder workshop, which was guided by the following criteria as per the guidelines:  impact on a large proportion of the citizens especially, the poor and vulnerable;  significant linkage effect on meeting basic human needs/rights – e.g. immunization of children and quality basic schooling linked to productive citizens in future, reduction of gender discrimination linked to sustainable development, etc.;  Significant multiplier effect on the local economy – attraction of enterprises, job creation, increases in incomes and growth, etc.

The prioritization of the identified community needs and aspirations.

2.1.5 Identification of District’s Needs and Aspirations I. ENSURING AND SUSTAINING MACROECONOMIC STABILITY 1. Increasing the local revenue base of the District

II. INFRASTRUCTURE AND HUMAN SETTLEMENTS 2. Improvement of road network and condition

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3. Improvement in water supply in the District 4. Encouraging the cultivation of wood log for charcoal 5. Improvement of environmental sanitation 6. Expansion of electricity supply 7. Construction of market facilities

III. ACCELERATED AGRICULTURE MODERNIZATION AND SUSTAINABLE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 8. Provision of irrigation facilities 9. Support to farmers and small scale enterprises 10. Promotion of small scale industrial activities 11. Promotion of environmental sustainability

IV. ENHANCING COMPETITIVENESS OF GHANA’S PRIVATE SECTOR Promotion of Public Private Partners in the provision services in all the sectors in the District eg (Housing, Agro processing and marketing, Artisan industry )

Tourism promotion

V. HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTIVITY AND EMPLOYMENT 12. Improvement of education in the District 13. Improvement in the status of health in the District. 14. Identify and register the vulnerable ( PWDs, poor aged orphans) in the District

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15. Provision of vocational skills for 10 unskilled people with disabilities annually 16. Monitor the activities of NGOs, CBOs, and FBOs on handling vulnerable groups 17. Assist an average of 50 needy ( women) to file cases at the family tribunal annually

VI. TRANSPARENT AND ACCOUNTABLE GOVERNANCE 18. Facilitating the formation of panels 19. Ensure sub District structures and grassroots participation in decision making process in the District. 20. Promotion of Women empowerment 21. Promotion of efficient and effective District administration.

2.1.6 Identified Development Gaps

I. PRIVATE SECTOR COMPETITIVENESS Provide 10 sets of irrigation equipment to 10 farmer groups annually Conduct periodic maintenance of some selected roads Rehabilitate roads in farming communities Conduct routine / recurrent maintenance of some selected feeder roads Train and provide micro credit facilities to 25 small scale enterprises annually Establish Light Industrial Site for Artisans Organized capacity building workshop for potential craft men group formation and business management

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II. HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTIVITY AND EMPLOYMENT Sponsor 20 teacher Trainee annually Sponsor 30 untrained Teachers annually Organize quarterly meeting between DHMT, DA and beneficiaries communities on implementation of projects Establish 50 HIV/ AIDs material point at libraries, market and public places Organize annual fund raising activities to support HIV/AIDs programme Rehabilitate / redevelop affected water facilities Construct 10 boreholes with pumps Enforced relevant environmental byelaws to protect the environment at all levels Encourage re-forestation of degraded forest reserved areas Encourage the cultivation of wood log for charcoal Organize training for 150 untrained KG& Nursery attendance and proprietress annually Provision of employable skills to delinquent and street children Identify and register the vulnerable ( PWDs, poor aged orphans) in the District Provision of vocational skills for 10 unskilled people with disabilities annually Monitor the activities of NGOs, CBOs, and FBOs on handling vulnerable groups Identify and recruit 10 street children for enrolment into vocational schools annually Assist an average of 50 needy ( women) to file cases at the family tribunal annually Organize educational programme on national policies Organize training for 20 women groups in income generating activities

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III. TRANSPARENT AND ACCOUNTABLE GORVENANCE Train Officers in data collection and analysis Provide revenue collectors with relevant logistics- rain coats, Wallington boats, transport facilities Institute incentives schemes and reward system s for collectors Collectors update revenue data base Organize half yearly for a / interface in the District on KNDA Medium Development Plan and other developmental programmes/ projects Strengthen the M&E system of the Assembly Organize the formation of 3 literacy groups in 3 communities Organize forums for all unit committees on the need to participate in good governance at the local level.

2.1.7 Issues under the National Medium Term Development Policy Framework

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Table 2.8: Thematic Areas

NMTDPF 2014-2017 GSGDA FOCUS AREA ADOPTED DEVELOPMENT THEMATIC AREA DEVELOPMET ISSUES ISSUES 2010-2013 2014-2017 ENSURING AND SUSTAINING MACROECONOMIC STABILITY Weak budget formulation Monetary Policy Management and implementation Fiscal Policy Management Fiscal Policy Management Weak revenue base InternationalTradeManagement Leakages in revenue Macroeconomic Policy Reviews collection

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ENHANCING Limited exploitation of Limited exploitation COMPETITIVENESS OF Developing the Tourism potentials in the tourism of potentials in the GHANA’S PRIVATE SECTOR Industry for Jobs and Revenue Sector tourism Sector Private Sector Development Generation Limited attention to the Limited attention to Good Corporate Governance development of tourism at the development of Developing the Tourism Industry the local level tourism at the local for Jobs and Revenue Generation level Promoting culture the Creative Inadequate promotion of Industry for Economic Development domestic tourism

ACCELERATED Agricultural Productivity Low level of Agricultural Inadequate Tractots AGRICULTURAL mechanization for farmers MODERNIZATION AND Limited Multiplication Absence of extension SUSTAINABLE NATURAL and production of planting officers to teach RESOURCE MANAGEMENT materials and certification farmes on modern Agricultural Productivity of seeds farming techniques Job creation and seedling Agricultural competitivensss and Inadequate private intergration into domestic and investment in agric Unfavourable market international markets business ventures opportunities for Production risks and bottlenecks in Job creation Private investment High dependence on

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Agriculture Industry seasonal and erratic Unfavourable rain Irrigation Development rainfall season and bushes Agricultural Financiering Production risks and fire threats and Inadequate access to Sustainable Environment, land and bottlenecks in Agriculture nlimited access to appropriate financial water management Industry agricultural due to products Crops Development for food security risk in low yield due export and industry to dry season Development of Agricultural estates Inadequate irrigation Lack of personnel to Livestock and poultry development Irrigation Development scheme to support off manage irrigation Fisheries and Aqua cultural Livestock and poultry season farming schemes development for food security and development income generation Inadequate legal and Inadequate personnel Improve institutional co-ordination Fisheries and Aqua cultural institutional arrangement to manage the fishery development for food security for fisheries development department in the and income generation District

Negative impact of some SUSTAINABLE NATURAL Natural resource management Negative cultural

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RESOURCE MANAGEMENT and mineral extraction farm practices farming practices Natural resource management and Degradation of the mineral extraction national forest Biodiversity management Cuting of timber log Protected areas management Weak information system by illegal chain saw Land management and Restoration of for natural resource operation and timber Degraded forest management contractors Intergrated marine and coastal

management Wet land and water resources Protected areas management High incidence of bush management fires High incidence of Waste management , pollution and High risk to life and safety Bush fire noise reduction of field staff Community participation in natural Land management and Demand for land for resource management Restoration of Degraded forest Increase population on real estate and Climate variability and change land loss of soil fertility investment due to Natural disasters risk and vulnerability high population General indiscipline in the

purchase and sale of land

High pollution of water resources by

fisherman Lack of

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Wet land and water resources Dwindling water resource environmental bye management and water pollution law enforcement

Non participation of

citizen in resource

management Waste management , pollution Negative attitudinal and and noise reduction Lack of political will behavioral orientations in climate change towards proper waste

disposal

Community participation in Limited involvement of NADMO not well natural resource management stakeholders in natural resource to manage

resource management disaster risk

initiative at the local level

Climate variability and change Limited awareness and

human resource capacity

in climate change issues

Natural disasters risk and

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vulnerability Vulnerability to natural disaster

OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT Local Content development Inadequate local content Inadequate participation in the oil knowledge of the Oil and Gas industry development and industry limited local content among it linkages to the rest of the economy availability of financial people and lack of Local Content development resources to support fund tio invest in the

investment in the oil oil industry Employment creation industry

Protection of the environment Employment creation High unemployment level High unemployment Transparency in revenue management especially among the due lack of job in the youth market

INFRASTRUCTURE AND HUMAN Poor quality and Poor road network Transport Infrastructure: Road, inadequate road transport

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SETTLEMENT Water and Air Tran sport network

Transport Infrastructure: Road, Water

and Air Tran sport Inadequate ICT Information and communication Information and infrastructure base technology development Low Knowledge in communication technology Science, Technology and Innovation to Limited access to public ICT by the the people development Support Productivity and Development information

Energy Supply to Support Industries

and Households

Social, community and recreational Inadequate space Social, community and infrastructure designated for the recreational infrastructure Spatial land use planning management development of

Urban and Rural Development And recreational infrastructure

Management Inadequate maintenance Housing and shelter leading to low patronage Slum Upgrading and prevention of Parks and green areas Water enviormemtnal and sanitation and hygiene

Inadequate and Lack of facilities for HUMAN

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DEVELOPMENT,PRODUCTIVITY inequitable access pupils with special AND EMPLYOMENT Education particularly after the basic need at basic to JHS Education level and for persons with

Youth And Sports Development special needs

Manpower Development Employment ,

Productivity and labour relation Lack of logistics for Nutrition Weak Management and circuit supervisor to Health supervision of teachers carry out effective HIV/AIDS, STDs, and TB supervision Population Management and migration

for national Development Social Policy and social protection Poor quality of teaching Inadequate teaching The Aged and learning especially at and learning Child development and protection the basic level materials to promote Disability effective teaching Poverty Reduction and income

inequalities Lack of data on Lack of a comprehensive Manpower Development human resource National Human Resource Employment , Productivity and capacity for policy Development policy labour relation formulation

Persistent High under

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Nutrition nutrition and mal nutrition Inadequate food especially among children security programme older people pregnant to enhance nutiriton women of reproductive status of the age vulnerable groups

Huge gaps in geographical Difficult in Access to Health access to quality health health facilities due

carePersistent high to lack of access

neonatal infant and roads,Low attendance

maternal mortality to antenatal clinic

leading to high

mortality rate

High HIV prevalence HIV/AIDS, STDs, and TB Lack of political will among the youth and in to combat HIV some communities /AIDS epidemic

High Stigmatization Stigmatization affect dignity of people

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Periodic shortage of Inadequate fund to HIV/AIDS procure ART to

commodities(ARV, Kits support PLWHIV Condom

Youth And Sports Inadequate and poor Lack of Development quality infrastructure and incorporating absence of disability disability friendly friendly facilities in facilities in Projects communities and schools implementation

Inadequate promotion of Low awareness and lesser known sports promotion of other High level of youth lesser sport in the unemployment Districts

Inadequate training skills High rate of

development employment due to noavilabity of job

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opportunities

Absence of Inadequate Technical comprehensive social and Vocational

development policy Institutes to train framework youth to acquire skill for the job market

Lack of data on social Social Policy and social Ineffective targeting of policy interventions protection social protection policies and programmes Inadequate fund for social protection Inadequate funding for programmes social protection

intervention

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The Aged Inadequate knowledge Lack of data on the dissemination and Aged Lack of implementation of the comprehensive National Policy on the poverty profile Aged

High incidence of poverty

among older people

Child development and Low awareness of and protection regard for the right of Inadequate children information on child trafficking

Lack of data on child High incidence of abuse by DOVVSU

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violation of children rights

Inadequate of

information from Significant number of DSW children of school going age not in school

Lack of data on children development Inadequate child policy. development data for

policy making and

planning , programming ,

monitoring and evaluation

Disability Lukewarm attitude

towards PWD and Lack of appreciation of lack co-ordination of issues affecting Person the PWD activities with Disability (PWDs) Lack of data on

people with disability

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for planning and monitoring Lack of reliable and

timely data on disability

for planning and policy Lack of appropriate making pro-poor social intervention

High incidence of poverty

among food crop farmers Lack of poverty and fisher folk Poverty Reduction and income profile to identify inequalities extreme poor people

Growing income disparities among socio-

economic group and

between geographical area Inadequate fund to Population Management and undertake population

migration for national census Development Inadequate co-ordination

and integration of population concerns into Inadequate data on the development planning

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process migration issues

Increase internal migration flows into urban centres leading to slums development and poverty

TRANSPARENT AND Deepening the Practice of Inadequate responsiveness Apathy and non ACCOUNTABLE GOVERNANCE Democracy and Institutional to civil society and involvement of CSO Deepening the Practice of Democracy Reform Agenda private sector initiative in in decision making and Institutional Reform Agenda governance process process Strengthening Local Governance and

Decentralization Special development Zones Strengthening Local Conflicting Legal and Lack of adequate Public Policy Management and Public Governance and policy framework and human resource Sector Reforms Decentralization inherent challenges in Act capacity to Development Communication 462 implement the Promoting Gender equity and Women framework of the Weak leadership and Empowerment decentralization managerial capacity at Fighting Corruption and Economic process MMDA Level Crimes

Enhancing Rule of Law and access to Limited implementation of

Justice fiscal decentralization Political interference

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Ensuring public Safety and Security policy including in leadership National Cultural for development composite budgeting appointment Improving Access to Rights and Gaps in communication Lack of co-ordination Entitlement and accountability among th other Promotion of National Culture for between MMDAs and department Development citizens Strengthening Domestic and International Relations (Partnership)

for Development Weak evidence based Promoting Evidenced-Based Decision Lack of Citizen development policy Making demand for formulation Inefficient Managing Migration for National accountability from and ineffective Development MMDAs implementation of

development policies and

plans Public Policy Management Ineffective supervision Lack of accurate and human resource information for management monitoring and

Lack of reliable human evaluation

resources database.

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Lack of Personel with Public Sector Reforms requisite managerial Limited communication skills for effective flow between Government supervision and public including

absence of established

feedback mechanism at all

levels.

Development Communication Lack of effective Slow progress in the dissemination of elimination of gender information to the based inequalities public by MMDAs

Promoting Gender equity and Low recognition of gender Lack of gender Women Empowerment equity in public sector mainstreaming

profile to address

gender issues

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Fighting Corruption and High perception of Lack of Economic Crimes corruption in public sector dissemination of

public fund to

General Public

Enhancing Rule of Law and Inadequate structures access to Justice Barriers in accessing to accommodated law

justices (physical enforcement agencies

economic social) and judicial personnel

Ensuring public Safety and Inadequate human and Inadequate structures Security institutional capacity to accommodated law enforcement agencies

Lack of adequate National Cultural for Lack of comprehensive information to development National culture policy document cultural Improving

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issues

Access to Rights and

inadequate access to Inadequate access to essential social services essential social services

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A. ENSURING AND SUSTAINING MACROECONOMIC STABILITY 1. Monetary Policy Management 2. Fiscal Policy Management 3. International Trade Management 4. Macroeconomic Policy Reviews B. ENHANCING COMPETITIVENESS OF GHANA’S PRIVATE SECTOR 1. Private Sector Development 2. Good Corporate Governance 3. Productive Employment Generation, and Improvement and Expansion in Social Protection 4. Developing the Tourism Industry for Jobs and Revenue Generation 5. Promoting the Creative Industry for Economic Development.

C. ACCELERATED AGRICULTURAL MODERNIZATION AND SUSTAINABLE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 1. Agricultural Productivity 1 Job creation 2 Agricultural competitivensss and intergration into domestic and international markets 3 Production risks and bottlenecks in Agriculture Industry 4 Irrigation Development 5 Agricultural Financiering 6 Sustainable Environment, land and water management 7 Crops Development for food security export and industry 8 Development of Agricultural estates 9 Livestock and poultry development 10 Fisheries and Aquacultural dvelopment for food security and income generation 11 Improve institutional co-ordination 12 Improving and ensuring effective sustainable resource management.

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E. OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT

1. Oil and Gas industry development and it linkages to the rest of the economy

2. Local Content development

3. Employment creation

4. Protection of the environment

5. Transparency in revenue management

1 INFRASTRUCTURE AND HUMAN SETTLEMENT 1. Transport Infrastructure: Road, Water and Air Tran sport 2. Information and communication technology development 3. Science, Technology and Innovation to Support Productivity and Development 4. Energy Supply to Support Industries and Households 5. Social, community and recreational infrastructure 6. Spatial land use planning management 7. Urban and Rural Development And Management 8. Housing and shelter 9. Slum Upgrading and prevention 10. Water enviormemtnal and sanitation and hygiene

HUMAN DEVELOPMENT,PRODUCTIVITY AND EMPLYOMENT 1. Education 2. Youth And Sports Development 3. Manpower Development Employment , Productivity and labour relation 4. Nutrition 5. Health 6. HIV/AIDS, STDs, and TB 7. Population Management and migration for national Development 8. Social Policy and social protection

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9. The Aged 10. Child development and protection 11. Disability 12. Poverty Reduction and income inequalities

2 TRANSPARENT AND ACCOUNTABLE GOVERNANCE 1. Deepening the Practice of Democracy and Institutional Reform Agenda 2. Strengthening Local Governance and Decentralization 3. Special development Zones 4. Public Policy Management and Public Sector Reforms 5. Development Communication 6. Promoting Gender equity and Women Empowerment 7. Fighting Corruption and Economic Crimes 8. Enhancing Rule of Law and access to Justice 9. Ensuring public Safety and Security 10. National Cultural for development 11. Improving Access to Rights and Entitlement 12. Promotion of National Culture for Development 13. Strengthening Domestic and International Relations (Partnership) for Development 14. Promoting Evidenced-Based Decision Making 15. Managing Migration for National Development

2.1.8 Prioritized Community Needs and Aspirations  Provision of Basic Facilities in all Major Settlement;  Improvement of Road Network and Condition;  Improvement in Water Supply in the District;  Improvement in the plight of street children;  Provision of vocational skills for 10 unskilled people with disabilities annually;  Encouraging the cultivation of wood log for charcoal;  Provision of Irrigation Facilities;  Promotion of Women Empowerment;

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 Identify and register the vulnerable (PWDs, poor aged orphans) in the District;  Assist an average of 50 needy (women) to file cases at the family tribunal annually;  Support to farmers and small scale enterprises;  Promotion of small scale industrial activities;  Promotion of Environmental Sustainability;  Tourism Promotion;  Construction of ICT Centre and post office;  Monitor the activities of NGOs, CBOs, and FBOs on handling vulnerable groups; and  Facilitating the formation of panels.  Improvement of Environmental Sanitation;  Improvement of Education in the District  Improvement in the status of Health in the District;  Increasing grassroots participation in the District;  Expansion of Electricity Supply;  Promotion of efficient and effective District administration;

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2.1.9 Application of Potentials, Opportunities, Constraints and Challenges (POCC) Identified priority issues based on the prioritized needs and aspirations are further subjected to the analysis of the Potentials, Opportunities, Constraints and Challenges (POCC) of the District with respect to each of the thematic areas of the NMTDPF 2014- 2017. This enhanced the formulation of appropriate strategies for more implementation-oriented plans.

The POCC analysis of the prioritized issues necessary for the formulation of strategies that can be implemented is shown in Table 4.6

Table 2.9: Application of POCC to the Prioritized Needs under the Thematic Areas

Issues to be Addressed Potentials Opportunities Constraints Challenges AND SUSTENANCE OF MACROECONOMIC STABILITY Inadequate local Availability of the Availability of Untimely release of the revenue base of the human resource base to consultants and agencies of community DACF to help pay on District be trained for revenue to train revenue members to payment time for the District’s collection. collectors of their taxes consultancy services to train revenue collectors revenue collectors by the personnel people. INFRASTRUCTURE AND HUMAN SETTLEMENT Poor road conditions Existence of the Feeder Poor internal revenue High cost of road DACF. Road Improvement generation by the construction and Programme (FRIP). District. bureaucracies in Department of feeder accessing GOG funds roads. limits adequate and timely release of funds. Conclusion: The improvement of the surface condition of road is a very feasible issue which has the availability of the DACF as conditions which may help its realization. The presence of timber and heavy trucks in the District and change of government may however reduce the life span of the roads and continuity of projects.

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Limited Access to Presence of Small Town Inadequate funds from Potable Water Supply community water and water System. of households to pay the government and sanitation agency water bills other external sources (CWSA) in the District. for the Financing of bodies in the District water projects to help construct boreholes Conclusion: If both external and internal funds are made available as well as effective performance of works of both CWSA, the extension of potable water to all communities in the District would be realized within the shortest possible time. Ineffective Untimely release of management of Refuse Zoomlion Ghana DACF to procure skip skip containers funds (DACF) and Human Excreta Limited to help convey containers and trucks disposal skip istence of containers and refuse containers development partners as disposal trucks sources of funding in environmental health maintaining a sanitary disposal of waste department to enforce environment by-laws toilet facilities in houses and in communities Waste Management Dept. of the Assembly Conclusion: The desire of the District like all Ghanaians in maintaining a sanitary environment can be realized if a proportion of the DACF can be set aside to procure the necessary equipments for the Waste Management Dept. to function effectively and also assist landlords to construct toilet facilities in their houses. Limited Access to The existence of the Electricity Supply in willingness to Self-Help Electrification populace and their some communities in support electricity Programme (SHEP) inability to pay the District the District extension electricity bills legal electricity Communities to connections Crisis Contribute (Labour) Conclusion: The extension of electricity to the rural areas in the District would be easier through the SHEP. The implementation of this programme would further be propelled by the fact that the communities are willing to contribute since communities support is a basic

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requirement of this programme.. ACCELERATED AGRICULTURE MODERNIZATION AND SUSTAINABLE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT Limited Support to Increasing interest rates farmers and small Banks to give Loans scale enterprises security and DADU assessing loans Conclusion: The DADU and BAC represents much potential and hope in making the farmers and small scale industry owners realize the need to adopt new and improved methods of production and thereby benefit from loan facilities that are enjoyed by large farm operators and industries. Low production of Over concentration on small scale industrial BAC and DACF level the agricultural sector Activities people to adopt new and material to promote improved methods of agro- industrial activities production. Conclusion: The availability of internal and external institutions as listed above can be seen to be worth the course of providing the necessary financial and human resources support necessary for an increment in the capacity of the local cottage industries hence an increase in their output. However, the conservativeness of the people can affect their degree to respond to technological changes. Ineffective Existence of High demand for timber management and Forestry department Environmental Chain-saw operators on the international protection of the forest -laws Protection Agency markets. reserve. to protect the charcoal environment Conclusion: Proper management and protection of the forest in the District is feasible so far as the District enforces the environment’s by-laws and issues severe sanctions on offenders.

ENHANCING COMPETITIVENESS OF GHANA’S PRIVATE SECTOR

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Limited development Availability of local Ministry of Tourism and Inadequate supporting of the tourism potential building materials and Ghana Tourist Board facilities (hotels and of the District potentials restaurants) Conclusion: The provision of tourist facilities and seeking for investors will enhance the patronage and further development of the tourist sites which will help to generate revenue for the District and generate other developmental projects. HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTIVITY AND EMPLYOMENT Relatively low quality Availability of Delay and bureaucracies of education and its teachers to teach NGOs to assist in support from the in accessing the Get infrastructure providing funds and people Fund teacher Association and logistics school management bureaucracies in the committee. GETFUND release of the DACF

Conclusion: The Assembly and the PTAs of schools must assist in offering further training to the teachers. The PTAs and the other Development partners must assist in providing the needed infrastructure and logistics for effective teaching and learning in the District. Relatively low quality Presence of NGO’s to Political instability at the of Health and its personnel assist in providing infrastructure in certain national level has the infrastructure logistics and funds communities in the tendency to change for construction towards the achievement District thereby deterring policies of governments. xistence of other of quality health care in the posting of health private health facilities the District. personnel to those to satisfy the health communities needs of District DACF Conclusion: The needed funds and logistics needed to be sought by the Assembly in collaboration with the District Health Directorate to provide the needed health infrastructure as well as incentives for health staff who accept postings to remote places in the District. The persistent plight of the vulnerable and institutions responsible Disability Act which logistical limitations of considerations for the excluded in the for enforcing laws such prevents discrimination the institutions vulnerable especially in District as the police service, and against people with private industries and DOVVSU disability citizens to report cases companies

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and abuses involving the District programme to which protects the rights vulnerable release of funds give training to the and privileges of Physically challenged. children. participation of children in school and those who social Welfare Dept. to MOWAC to champion are subjected to labour cater for the vulnerable the cause of women and and excluded in the children. District. International Labour CBO’s and NGO’s who Organization which has could contribute in the conventions to protect development of the children from ‘The Worst vulnerable and excluded Forms of Child in the District. Labour’(Convention No. 182) Conclusion: The Social Welfare Dept. should be equipped with all the necessary logistics to cater for the vulnerable in society. The Assembly must also embark on series of training programmes to build the capacity of women to participate in decision-making. Efforts must be made by the Assembly to identify and register all the vulnerable people in the District to have a database of the vulnerable people in order to tailor measures that can address their needs in the District.

TRANSPARENT AND ACCOUNTABLE GOVERNANCE

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Limited infrastructure The existence of IGF Availability of DACF -Low internal revenue Untimely release and and logistics for the generation. inadequacy of DACF Assembly and its -Inadequate funding and other GOG funds -Untimely and substructures inadequate release of funding. Conclusion: Efficiency of the Assembly would be enhanced, if adequate logistics are provided: this need would be more viable, if funds arrive on time and the assembly adopts measures which can help increase the IGF. Ineffective 1. Availability of 1. Presence of the 1. Low IGF Untimely release of the participation of women Internally generated Ministry of Women and 2. Inadequate budgetary DACF to help support in Governance issues. funds and the DACF to Girl Child Education. allocation for funding of education and support education and 2. The commitment of Sensitization and Sensitization Sensitization the Government of education programmes. programmes. programmes. Ghana in helping to 2. Willingness of the achieve the Global goal women to be educated. of empowering women as stated in the Third MDG. Conclusion: The feasibility of this development issue rests on the willingness of the women to be educated as a potential with its associate opportunities to overcome the constraints and challenge identified. Source: KAPSDA , 2014

2.1.9 The Project Planning Matrix (PPM) Logical Framework This primarily a four by four (4x4) matrix which espouses the District goal and bring out theh various objectives, activities to be carried to achieve the various objectives as well as the outputs of the various activities. The matrix goes further to give aid innthe following areas How to objectively verify as to whether the goal, objectives activities and output have been achieved through specified indicators (Objectively Verifiable indicators OVI) the mean to verify the indicators(Means of Verification MOV) and finally states some important assumptions that need to either be or not be in place for the successful achievemnent of the goal, objectives activities and outputs stated as indicated in the table below

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Table 2.10: Project Planning Matrix (PPM)/Logical Framework.

NARRATIVE SUMMARY OBJECTIVELY MEANS OF VERIFICATION ASSUMPTIONS VERIFIABLE (MOV) INDICATORS (OVI) GOAL: Poverty reduced through the People without access to Monitoring and Evaluation Funds will be available to enhancement of sustainable services reduced from 40% to 20 Reports implements poverty reduction production; accelerated sector percent by 2017 Poverty Profiling/Mapping programmes growth; and the development of Report human resource within the District in an accountable and transparent governance framework Thematic Area: Ensuring and Sustaining Macroeconomic Stability PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE: To Share of IGF in local revenue Monitoring and Evaluation Funds will be available increase the percentage of IGF in increased from 20.% to 50% Reports Good political atmosphere local revenue from 20 percent in Revenue department Annual 2014 to 50 percent by the end of the Reports plan period. OUTPUT: Logistics provided to revenue Monitoring and Evaluation Funds will be available 1. Provide the needed logistics to the department by 2017 Reports Funds will be available revenue department. At least 2 training programmes Revenue department Annual 2. Build the capacity of the staff organized for revenue collection Reports in the revenue department on officers by the end of 2017 effective means of revenue collection ACTIVITIES: Revenue data base updated in Monitoring and Evaluation Logistics will be available 1.1 Update revenue data base 2017 Reports Funds will be available 1.2 Provide revenue collectors Rain coats, Wallington boots Revenue department Annual with relevant logistics- rain coats, and transports facilities supplied reports Wallington boots, transport to revenue collectors by the end Annual Progress Reports facilities of 2017 2.1Train Officers in data Two training sessions organized

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collection and analysis in 2017 2.2 Institute incentives schemes An award scheme instituted in and reward system for collectors 2017 Thematic Area: Infrastructure and Human Settlement PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE: Feeder roads rehabilitated and Monitoring and Evaluation Through Good political will, Funds 1.To improve road network and bridges and culverts constructed Reports will be available condition in the District by by 2017 PWD Annual Reports Favorable weather condition 2017 People drinking from streams DFR Reports People will be willing to use 2. To increase access to potable reduced from 2.2% to 0% in CWSA Reports water and sanitation facilities water and safe sanitation in the 2017 ECG Reports provided District by 2017. People without safe sanitation Communities will support 3. To enhance access to reduced from 7.% to 3% in 2017 electrification projects sustainable energy supply by the end Wood logs cultivated and of the plan period. electricity expanded to deprived 4. To provide market communities through SHEP by infrastructure by 2017 2017 OUTPUT: Urban roads and feeder roads Monitoring and Evaluation Funds will be available 1.1 Construct and upgrade existing rehabilitated and bridges and Reports Favorable weather condition roads linking communities. culverts constructed by 2017 PWD Annual Reports People will be willing to use 2. 1Drill boreholes and hand dug Boreholes and wells drilled by DFR Reports water and sanitation facilities wells in areas deprived of potable 2017 CWSA Reports provided water. Broken pipes and boreholes ECG Reports Communities will support 2.2 Repair and fix broken down fixed electrification projects pipes and boreholes by 2017 2.3 Improve sanitation situation People without safe sanitation in the District reduced from 6.2% to 5% in 3.1 Co-ordinate and liaise with 2017 the government to provide Wood logs cultivated and electricity through the Self-Help electricity expanded to deprived Electrification Programme communities through SHEP by (SHEP). 2017 4.1 Construct markets and expand New markets constructed and

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existing markets to accommodate old ones rehabilitated. increasing number of traders ACTIVTIES: Access roads rehabilitated Monitoring and Evaluation Funds will be available 1.1.1 Rehabilitate roads in crop Feeder Roads within Tease Reports Favorable weather condition producing communities resurfaced and rehabilitated 10 PWD Annual Reports People will be willing to use 1.1.2 Rehabilitate and resurface culverts constructed by 2017 DFR Reports water and sanitation facilities selected Tease town road 2 steel bridges constructed by CWSA Reports provided 1.1.3 Construct 10 number 2017 ECG Reports Communities will support culverts Selected feeder roads upgraded electrification projects 1.1.4 Construct 2 steel bridges by 2017. 1.1.5 Conduct routine / recurrent maintenance of some selected feeder roads 2.1.1 Construct 10 hand- dug 10 hand-dug wells constructed Funds will be available wells with pumps and pumps fixed by 2017. Favorable weather condition 2.2.1 Rehabilitate / redevelop Broken Stand pipes and People will be willing to use affected water facilities boreholes maintained and water and sanitation facilities 2.2.2 Extend pipe lines to new operated by 2017. provided developed communities in the Pipelines in Tease extended by Communities will support Tease township 2017 electrification projects 2.3.1 Provide Toilet Facilities At least 10 toilet facilities 2.3.2Construction of Drainage provided by the end of 2017. 2.3.3 Provision of refuse containers Refuse containers provided by 2.3.4 Support landlords to 2017 construct 50 VIP latrines annually 200 landlords supported by 2017 2.3.5 Procure sanitation Sanitary equipments procured by equipments including septic/ solid 2017 waste van, tools At least 5 communities 3.1.1 Encourage the cultivation of connected wood log for charcoal to the national grid by 2017 3.1.2 Expansion of Electricity 3 markets constructed by 2017 Supply 3 rehabilitated by 2017. 4.1.1 Construct Market Facilities

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4.2.2 Rehabilitate Existing Market Facilities Thematic Area: Accelerated Agriculture Modernization and Sustainable Natural Resource Management PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE: Enabling environment created Monitoring and Evaluation Funds will be available To promote sustainable private for private sector growth by Reports Good private sector cooperation sector growth by the end of the 2017 plan period OUTPUT: 4 sets of irrigation equipments Monitoring and Evaluation Farmers will use equipments 1. Provision of irrigation facilities provided Reports effectively and efficiently. 2. Support to farmers and small Farmers and entrepreneurs BAC Annual Reports Entrepreneurs will fulfill the scale enterprises supported MOFA Annual Reports conditions of micro-credit 3. Promotion of small scale Small scale and agro-processing Reports from Forestry Laws will be obeyed industrial activities industries established. department 4. Promotion of environmental Sustainable ecosystem promoted Sustainability ACTIVITIES: 20 farmers supported with four Monitoring and Evaluation Availability of funds 1.1 Provide 20 sets of irrigation set of irrigation facilities Reports Farmers will use equipments equipment to 20 farmer groups 25 small scale enterprises trained BAC Annual Reports effectively and efficiently. annually and provided with credit MOFA Annual Reports Entrepreneurs will fulfill the 2.1 Train and provide micro facilities. Reports from Forestry conditions of micro-credit credit facilities to 25 small scale A light industrial site established Laws will be obeyed department enterprises annually by 2017. 3.1 Establish Light Industrial Site for At least 10 small scale industries Artisans established. 3.2 Establishment of small scale 2 agro-processing industries industries established 3.3 Establishment of agro processing Environmental bye-laws enacted industries and enforced 4.1 Enforced relevant environmental byelaws to protect the environment at all levels

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4.2 Encourage re-forestation of degraded forest reserved areas Thematic Area: Enhancing Competitiveness of Ghana’s Private Sector PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES: Tourism promoted in the Monitoring and Evaluation Tourist sites and activities are To promote tourism development in medium term Reports, available the District by 2017 Reports from Department of Funds will be available Culture Reports from Ministry of Tourism OUTPUTS: Tourism development plan Monitoring and Evaluation Tourist sites and activities are 1. Prepare a tourism development prepared by 2016 Reports, available plan/ procure for the District A tourist site established and 2 Reports from Department of Funds will be available 2. Develop tourist sites in the others operationalized by 2017 Culture Investors are available District Workshops organized for Reports from Ministry of 3. Organized workshop for artisans and investors Tourism potential craft men and investors ACTIVITIES: Tourism development plan Monitoring and Evaluation Tourist sites and activities are 1.1 Prepare a tourism prepared by 2016 Reports, available development plan/ procure for the 2 Workshops organized for Reports from Department of Funds will be available District artisans in 2015 Culture Potential craft men will form 2.1 Organized capacity building Reports from Ministry of groups and adopt business 2 Workshops organized for workshop for potential craft men management skills. investors by in 2016 Tourism group formation and business Investors are available management 2.2 Encourage investors to participate in tourism

Thematic Area: Human Development, Productivity and Employment

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PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES: Quality of education and health Monitoring and Evaluation Funds will be available To improve the quality of increased in the District Reports

education and health in the GES Annual Reports

District by 2017 GHS Annual Reports GAC Reports

The vulnerable empowered in Monitoring and Evaluation To reduce considerably the plight of Political willingness Reports the vulnerable in the the District Reports from DSW District by the end of the plan period DOVVSU Reports Reports from NGOs OUTPUT: The quality of education Monitoring and Evaluation Funds will be available 1. To improve the quality of improved by 2017 Reports education. Health status of the people GES Annual Reports 2. To improve the quality of raised by 2017. GHS Annual Reports Health GAC Reports The Vulnerable empowered 3. Improve the plight of the Monitoring and Evaluation vulnerable. Reports 4. Assist an average of 50 needy Reports from DSW (women) to file cases at the DOVVSU Reports family tribunal annually Reports from NGOs ACTIVITIES: 20 teacher trainee and 30 Monitoring and Evaluation Funds will be available 1.1 Sponsor 20 teacher Trainee untrained teachers sponsored Reports

annually annually. GES Annual Reports

1.2 Sponsor 30 untrained A Vocational/technical GHS Annual Reports

Teachers annually institution established by 2017 GAC Reports

1.3 Construct/ establish 1 150 untrained KG and Nursery

vocational / technical institution attendants and proprietress

1.4 Organize training for 150 trained annually.

untrained KG& Nursery At least 10 school facilities

attendants and proprietress rehabilitated by 2017.

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annually Construct teachers’ bungalows Monitoring and Evaluation 1.5 Rehabilitation of educational by 2013. Reports facilities CHPS compounds constructed Reports from DSW 1.6 Construction of teachers by2017. DOVVSU Reports bungalow 4 CHPS compounds supplied Reports from NGOs 2.2 Construction of CHPS with water and electricity by compounds 2017 2.3 Extend electricity and water Quarterly meetings organized supply to 4 CHPS compounds annually from 2010 to 2017 2.4 Organize quarterly meeting 50 HIV/AIDS material points between DHMT, M.A and established by 2017 beneficiaries communities on

implementation of projects 2.5 Establish 50 HIV/ AIDs material point at libraries, market and

public places 2.6 Organize annual fund raising activities to support HIV/AIDs

programme Street children catered for within 2.7 Provision of employable skills to the plan period The street children will stay in delinquent and street children All vulnerable persons registered school 2.8 Identify and register the by 2017. The PWD will boldly come out to vulnerable ( PWDs, poor aged 10 unskilled people with be registered orphans) in the District disabilities trained in vocational Organizations for vulnerable will 2.9 Provision of vocational skills skills by 2017 be existing in the District for 10 unskilled people with Organizations dealing with Women will accept assistance disabilities annually vulnerable monitored throughout 2.10 Monitor the activities of the plan period and beyond. NGOs, CBOs, and FBOs on handling 50 women assisted to file cases vulnerable groups 2.11 Identify and recruit 10 street at the tribunal annually, from children for enrolment into 2015 to 2017. vocational schools annually

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2.12 Assist an average of 50 needy (women) to file cases at the District Thematic Area: Transparent and Accountable Governance PURPOSE/ OBJECTIVES: The capacity of the KAPSDA Monitoring and Evaluation Political willingness 1. To improve the institutional improved. Reports Willingness to participate capacity of the District Assembly by Grassroot participation KAPSDA Reports the end of the plan intensified by 2017. NCCE Reports period Area Council Reports 2. To increase grass roots participation in decision-making

OUTPUTS: Logistics supplied to the Monitoring and Evaluation Political willingness 1.1 Provide infrastructure for the KAPSDA Reports Favorable weather conditions District Assembly. Grass root participation KAPSDA Reports Willingness to participate 1.2 Build the capacity of staff of intensified in the Women NCCE Reports the Assembly through training and supported in the District Area Council Reports logistical support. 2.1 Increase grass root participation in decision-making in the District. 2.2 Promote women Empowerment ACTIVITIES: Capacity building and logistics Monitoring and Evaluation Political willingness 1.2.1 Strengthen the M&E system of for M&E provided Annual fora Reports Funds will be available the Assembly and meetings organized on KAPSDA Reports Favorable weather conditions 1.2.2 Organize half yearly forum / MTDP from 2010 to 2017 NCCE Reports Willingness to participate interface in the District on 3 literacy groups formed in 3 Area Council Reports KAPSDA Medium Development communities by 2017 Plan and other developmental Sub-District structures programmes/ projects empowered to participate in 1.2.3 Organize 2no. Mid- term decision making Offices and

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Review meetings on the MTDP logistics provided for the four 2014-2017 sub-District structures in the 2.1.1 Organize the formation of 3 District. literacy groups in 3 communities People sensitized on national 2.1.2 Organize fora for all unit policies throughout the plan committees on the need to period. 20 women trained in participate in good governance at the income generating activities. local level 2.1.3 Provision of permanent office structure for area councils 2.1.4 Provision of logistics and office equipment for Town/Area councils and unit committees 2.1.5 Organize educational programme on national policies 2.2.1 Organize training for 20 women groups in income generating activities Source: KAPSDA , 2014

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CHAPTER THREE DEVELOPMENT GOALS, OBJECTIVES AND STRATEGIES 3.1.0 District Development Goal The District goal formulated as per the Guidelines of the NMTDPF reflects the thematic areas of and in relation to the national goal of the NMTDPF 2014-2017. In this regard, having in mind the current situation, the needs and aspirations of the District, the District’s goal for the 2014- 2017 plan period is geared: “Towards the reduction of poverty through the enhancement of sustainable production; accelerated sector growth; and the development of human resource within the District in an accountable and transparent governance framework”.

3.1.1 Goal Compatibility Analysis In order to ascertain as to the degree of compatibility of the District’s goal and that of the nation, there needs to a compatibility analysis of these two goals. This is to ensure that the achievement of the District’s goal would in the long run aid in the achievement of the national goal of: “addressing the economic imbalances, re-stabilizing the economy and placing it on a path of sustained accelerated growth and poverty reduction towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals and middle income status”.

In the final analysis, Table 4.8 indicates that the District’s goal is strongly compatible with the national goal. This in essence gives an indication that the achievement of the District’s goal would undoubtedly lead aid in the achievement of the nation’s goal for the 2014-2017 plan periods.

Table 3.1: Definition of Score

Definition Score Strongly compatible 2 Weakly compatible 1 Not compatible 0 Weakly incompatible -1 Strongly incompatible -2 Source: Guidelines for Preparing MTDPF 2014-2017

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Table 3.2 Goal Compatibility Matrix

Goal National Medium-Term Development Policy Framework (2014-2017) Goal:- addressing the economic imbalances, re-stabilizing the economy and placing it on a path of sustained accelerated growth and poverty reduction towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals and middle income status Score District Goal: “Towards the reduction of 2 - Strongly Compatible poverty through the enhancement of sustainable production; accelerated sector growth; and the development of human resource within the District in an accountable and transparent governance framework”. Source: Kwahu Afram Plains South District , 2014

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3.1.2 : Development Projections and Needs Assessment for 2014–2017 Development projections are very crucial for the attainment of District’s goal. Knowledge relating to the current and future needs of the District is very vital for informed decision making regarding the kind of interventions required for 2014-2017.

In light of the above and using the prioritized issues as basis, projections into the future (2014-2017) have been made taking into consideration, demographic projections and service standards. Hence, needs assessment for the various social facilities have been equally been considered.

3.1.3 Demographic Projections  Population size; 115,574  Sex ratio; 100:108

Table 3.3: Projected population by age cohort, 2017 AGE MALES FEMALES TOTAL Frequency % Frequency % Frequency % 0-4 8753 7.6 6507 6.5 15284 7.1 5-9 12669 11 8208 8.2 20881 9.7 10-14 10250 8.9 11311 11.3 21527 10.0 15-19 11171 9.7 8408 8.4 19590 9.1 20-24 12208 10.6 11011 11 23249 10.8 25-29 10826 9.4 10810 10.8 21742 10.1 30-34 8177 7.1 7207 7.2 15284 7.1 35-39 6910 6 7608 7.6 14638 6.8 40-44 8177 7.1 4805 4.8 12916 6.0 45-49 7025 6.1 5806 5.8 12701 5.9

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50-54 4952 4.3 5005 5.0 9902 4.6 55-59 3225 2.8 2903 2.9 6028 2.8 60-64 3455 3 2703 2.7 6243 2.9 65+ 7372 6.4 7808 7.8 15284 7.1 TOTAL 115170 100 100101 100 215271 100 Source: Kwahu Afram Plains South District Assembly, 2014

Table 3.4: Projected population by broad age cohort, 2017

AGE GROUP MALE FEMALE TOTAL Frequency % Frequency % Frequency Total 0-14 31557 27.4 26026 26 57693 26.8 15-64 76243 66.2 66267 66.2 142294 66.1 65+ 7370 6.4 7808 7.8 15284 7.1 TOTAL 115170 100 100101 100 215271 100 Source: Kwahu Afram Plains South District Assembly, 2014

 Population density; 35 persons per square kilometres  Age dependency ratio; 1:0.5  Potential labour force: 42,294  Urban population: 10,988

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3.1.4 Educational Needs Assessment by 2017

Table 3.5: Educational facilities by 2017 Type of facility Number existing Number Surplus Backlog required Primary 61 30 31 - JHS 20 20 0 - SHS/Tech/Voc 1 2 2 Source: Kwahu Afram Plains District Assembly, 2014

3.1.5 Health facilities Needs Asseement by 2017

Table 3.6: Health facilities by 2017 Type of facility Number existing Number Surplus Backlog required Hospital 0 1 - 1 Health centres 6 10 4 4 Clinics /Health post 16 43 - 5 Source: Kwahu Afram Plains South District Assembly, 2014 3.1.6 Water Needs Assessment by 2017

Table 3.7: Major sources of drinking water by population, 2017

FACILITY NUMBER OF PEOPLE PERCENTAGE Small Town water System 6872 45 Borehole 8108 40

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Streams 3091 15 Total 18071 100 Source: KAPSDA, 2014

3.1.7 Toilet facilities patronized by households

Table 3.8: Toilet facilities patronized by households, 2017

TYPE NUMBER OF PEOPLE PERCENT

Cartage 61084 0.4

KVIP 1173 54.5

Pit Latrines 5091 35.3

Water Closet 361 7.6 Free range 4736 2.2

Total 72445 100

Source: KAPSDA, 2014 3.1.8 Solid waste disposal by households, 2017

Table 3.9: Solid waste disposal by households, 2017

Disposal Method NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS PERCENTAGE

Burying 3812 2.7 Public Dump site 6452 76.3

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Burning 1635 7.6 House to House Collection 1347 6.2 Open space 10284 7.1 Total 215271 100 Source: KAPSDA, 2014 3.1.9 Liquid waste disposal by households, 2017

Table 3.10: Liquid waste disposal by households, 2017

DISPOSAL METHOD NUMBER OF PERCENTAGE HOUSEHOLDS Soak away 5930 27.7 Catch pits 2213 10.3 Sewers 9687 4.5 Organised drains 4366 29.9 Compound disposal 5630 27.7 Total 27826 100 Source: KAPSDA, 2014

3.2.0 : Energy for lighting by households, 2017

Table 3.11: Energy for lighting by households, 2017

TYPE NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS PERCENTAGE Electricity 7262 26.6 Kerosene 150239 73.4 Total 157501 100

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Source: KAPSDA, 2014

3.2.1. Energy for cooking by households, 2017

Table 3.12: Energy for cooking by households, 2017 TYPE NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS PERCENTAGE Kerosene 17652 8.2 Gas 5597 2.6 Firewood 134544 62.5 Charcoal 57477 26.7 Total 215271 100 Source: KAPSDA, 2014

 Number of households by 2017 : 28270  Average household size: 5 people

3.2.2 Relevant Policy Objectives and Strategies adopted from the NMTDP 2014-2017 To achieve District Objectives

District Development Objectives and Strategies for the Thematic Areas

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In the achievement of the District’s goal, the following under listed Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Time-bound (SMART) objectives have been set under the various thematic areas in consonance with the NMTDP 2014-2017 Objectives and strategies. The above notwithstanding, the achievement of these objectives have been enhanced through the formulation of strategies to achieve these objectives.

LINKING THE ADOPTED NMTDPF 2014-2017 ISSUES OBJECTIVES AND STRATEGIES TO DMTDP 2014-2017 OBJECTIVE AND STRATEGIES

Table 3.13:

GSGDA II THEMATIC FOCUS ADOPTED ISSUES ADOPTED POLICY ADOPTED STRATEGIES AREA OBJECTIVES

ENSURING AND SUSTAINING NMTDPF ISSUES NMTDPF POLICY NMTDPF STRATEGIES MACROECONOMIC STABILITY OBJECTIVE Weak budget formulation and Eliminate revenue implementation Improve fiscal revenue collection leakage mobilization and Fiscal Policy Management Leakages in revenue Strengthen mobilization management collection and management of non tax

revenue

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DMTDP ADOPTED ISSUES DMTDP ADOPTED DMTDP STATEGIES Low revenue generation OBJECTIVE Provide the needed Ineffective budget To increase the percentage infrastructures and logistic implementation of IGF in local revenue to the revenue department from 20% to 60% by the Build the capacity of the end of th plan period staff in the revenue department on effective means of revenue collection

ENHANCING NMTDPF ISSUES NMTDPF POLICY NMTDPF STRATEGIES COMPETITIVENESS OF OBJECTIVE Limited exploitation of Enusre tourism Planning in GHANA’S PRIVATE SECTOR potentials in the tourism Diversify and expand the District Development Plans Developing the Tourism Industry for Sector. tourism industry for to promote tourism Jobs and Revenue Generation economic development development Limited attention to the development of tourism at the Intensify the promotion of Develop sustainable eco- local level domestic tourism tourism ,cultural and

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Inadequate promotion of historical sites domestic tourism

DMTDP ISSUE DMTDP POLICY DMTDP STRATEGIES To promote the growth of OBJECTIVE Develop a tourism Plan for tourism in the distirct To promote tourism the District development in the distirct Develop tourst site in the by 2017 District

Orgainise workshop for potential craftsmen and investor

ACCELERATED AGRICULTURAL

MODERNIZATION AND SUSTAINABLE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT NMTDPF ISSUES NMTDPF POLICY NMTDPF STRATEGIES Irrigation Development OBJECTIVES Position Private sector to effectively attract private

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Job creation Inadequate irrigation scheme sector investment in to support off season farming agriculture Community participation in natural Promote development of Irrigation scheme of all Develop programmes to

year round farming increase the participation of Inadequate private investment th youth in agriculture in agric business ventures

Increase Private sector investment in agriculture Enforcement of

environmental laws to

Limited involvement of protect the environment stakeholders in natural

resource management

initiative at the local level Encourage participation

of stakeholders in DMTDP ISSUES environment and resource management Erratic rainfall affect agric production due high depaence

on rainfed for farming in the

District DMTDP STRATEGIES

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DMTDP POLICY OBJECTIVES Provision of irrigation facilities Support farmers in small scale enterprise T o promote sustainable private sector growth in Promote small scale agriculture for food industrial activities security by the end of th Promotion of plan period Environmental sustainability

INFRASTRUCTURE AND HUMAN NMTDPF ISSUES NMTDPF POLICY NMTDPF STRATEGIES SETTLEMENT OBJECTIVES Improve and develop the Transport Infrastructure: Road, Water physical infrasture across Poor quality and inadequate and Air Tran sport all modes for transport . road transport network Establish Ghana as a transportation hub for the

west African sub region Information and communication Inadequate ICT infrastructure technology development base Promote rapid Limited access to public Create the enabling development and environment to promote the

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information deployment of national mass use of ICT ICT infrastructure

Ineffective and inefficient spatial /land use planning Increase in the use of ICT Spatial /land use planning and implementation particularly in all sectors of the management in urban area economy

Spatial /land use planning and Integrated land use management planning into the Medium

term Development Plans

Streamline spatial and at all levels Unregulated exploitation of land use planning system Expand the use of rural economic Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and GPS in

spaitial /land use planning

at all levels

Promote the establishment of rural service centres to Facilitate the sustainable promote agriculture , non Low collaboration among use and management of farm enterprises abd agro MDAs and institutions with natural resources that

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Rural Development and Management statutory responsibility for support the development based industries human settlement of rural communities and Promote the regulated and development livelihood non exploa=iatative

utilization of natural resource endowments for

the development of rural

communities within the framework of local

economic development Institutional arrangement for

implementing Human Settlement Development Establish an institutional Establish land use and framework for effective co- Haphazard land spatial planning authority ordination of human development as anational human settlement development settlement commission to Poor quality of rural co-ordinate activitiesd of housing all institutions involve in Housing and shelter Weak enforcement of housing development planning laws Facilitate the passage of the land use and spatial planning bill into law

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Water enviormemtnal and sanitation Weak water resources Promote orderly growth of and hygiene management and Pollution settlement through Improve and accelerate of water bodies ,Inadequate effective land use planning housing delivery in the access to quality and and management rural areas affordable water Inadequate Promote the transformation access to environmental of the rural economy to sanitation facilities encourage the growth of

quality settlements

Support Relevant State

Agencies MMDAs and local

improve management of communities to undertake water resources reforestation programmes for the protection of water Accelerate the provision of sheds adequate safe and

affordable water Ensure sustainable funding for rural water delivery Accelerate the provision improved environmental Develop and manage

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DMTDP ISSUES sanitation facilities alternative sources of water including rain water Pppor road network harvesting Inadeauate potable water Promote the construction Inadequate energy supply and use of modern household and institutional Lack of modern market tolet facilities structure for economic and

revenue generation Expand disability friendly sanitation facilities Poor environment management DMTDP POLOCY OBJECTIVES DMTDP STRATEGIES To improve road net work Construct and upgrade the and condition in the existing roads linking District by 2017 communities

Drill boreholes and hand To increase access to dug wells in areas deprives

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potable water and safe of potable water sanitation in the District Repairs and fix broken by 2017 down pipes and boreholes

To co-ordinate and liaises To enhance access to i=with Ministry of energy sustainable energy supply to supply affordable solar by the end of the plan energy lamps to the rural period poor and connection to the national grid

To construct modern

market to eh=nahnce the To provide market wellbeing of th trader and infrastructure by 2017 ensure evenue collection

To Promote the use of To facilitate the street spatial land use in naming and property

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development of settlement addressing in the District

To promote effective To procure sanitation environment management equipments and tools to Improve sanitation

situation in the District

NMTDPF ISSUES

Inadequate and inequitable access particularly after the HUMAN NMTDPF POLICY NMTDPF STRATEGIES basic level and for persons DEVELOPMENT,PRODUCTIVITY OBJECTIVE with special needs AND EMPLYOMENT

Weak Management and Education supervision of teachers Increase inclusive and Remove the physical and equitable access to, and

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participation in education social barriers and at all levels constraints to access to Poor quality of teaching and education at all levels learning especially at of the

basic level

Strengthen the capacity for Improve management of education management Inadequate and poor quality education service delivery ,ensure efficient infrastructure and absence of development , deployment disability friendly facilities in and supervision of teachers communities and schools Improve quality of teaching and learning Ensure adequate supply of Inadequate promotion of teaching and learning lesser known sports materials High level of youth

unemployment Sports Development Provide adequate and

disability friendly

infrastructure for sports in Enforce planning provision Inadequate training and skills communities and schools for establishment of development and support the community based sports

development of lesser

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known sports facilities

Expand opportunities for the participation of PWDs Youth development in sports

Popularize the lesser known sports with support of all relevant stakeholders

Ensure integration of youth concerns into Persistent High under national development nutrition and mal nutrition Mainstream youth planning processes and especially among children development issues into programme older people pregnant women National Development of reproductive age Policy frameworks plans

and programme in all

sectors and at all levels

Nutrition Stream line the Ensure provision of recruitment and skills

adequate training and development under self

skills development in line employment modules of

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Huge gaps in geographical with global trends GYEEDA access to quality health care Promote career counseling centre

Health

Reduce under nutrition Persistent high neonatal infant and malnutrition related Accelerate the adoption

and maternal mortality disorders and deaths and implementation of among infants and young approved nutrition policy

children and women in as well as the food Safety

their reproductive ages. policy

Enhance access to adequate nutiriton and related

services to all especially

women during preganancy underserved communities High HIV prevalence among Bridge the equity gaps in and vulnerable groups the youth and in some geographical access to communities and High health services HIV/AIDS, STDs, and TB Stigmatization Strengthen the District

health systems as th bed

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rock of the national primary health care

strategy

Accelerated the Periodic shortage of implementation of the HIV/AIDS commodities(ARV, revised CHPS strategy Enhanced national Kits Condom especially underserved capacity for the attainment areas of the health related MDGs and sustain the Accelerated the

gains. implematnation of

Maillienium Accelerated

Freamework (MAF)

Scale up community and Absence of comprehensive facility based interventions social development policy for the management of framework Social Policy and social protection childhood and neonatal illness

Ineffective targeting of social

protection policies and Ensure the Reduction of programmes new HIV /AIDS /STI

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infection, especially among the vulnerable groups. Inadequate funding for social Expand and intensify HIV protection intervention counseling and testing

(HTC) programmes.

Intensify the education to

reduce stigmatization Inadequate knowledge Intensify behavioural dissemination and change strategies especially implementation of the for high risk groups for National Policy on the Aged Improve HIV and The Aged HIV & AIDS and TB AIDS/STIs case Discrimination and violence management against older persons especially women

High incidence of poverty Scale up and sustain quality among older people HIV/AIDS treatment . care

and support activities

including ART and Low awareness of and PMTCT Sites

regard for the right of Support the local children and High incidence

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of violation of children rights. production of ART Drugs

Significant number of children Develop a comprehensive Strengthens logistic of school going age not in social development policy management and

school framework forecasting

Inadequate child development Make social protection data for policy making and more effective in targeting Mainstream social planning , programming , the poor and the Child development and protection protection into sector and monitoring and evaluation vulnerable District planning processes

Lack of appreciation of issues Improve targeting of Disability affecting Person with existing social protection Disability (PWDs). programmes and Enhance funding and cost progressively expand social effectiveness in social protection interventions to Lack of reliable and timely protection delivery cover the poor and the data on disability for planning vulnerable and policy making

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Mainstream issues on Provide adequate resources aging into development for the implementation ,

planning process monitoring and evaluation Manpower Development Employment , Lack of a comprehensive of social policy and

Productivity and labour relation National Human Resource dedicate fund for social Development policy protection interventions

Enhance national capacity Improve funding of

for protection of the aged programmes for the older

persons

Develop a programme to Accelerate the High incidence of poverty create awareness on Poverty Reduction and income implementation of social among food crop farmers and National Policy on the inequalities and health interventions fisher folk Aged. targeting the aged

Promote information

dissemination and dialogue Growing income disparities Promote effective child around aging and the the among socio-economic group development in all Aged and between geographical communities especially area Enhanced social protection deprived areas interventions for the Aged

Population Management and migration Formulate and implement

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for national Development Inadequate co-ordination and Advance the key policies and integration of population implementation of appropriate programmes to

concerns into the development compulsory component of enhance child proetection planning process FCUBE and development

Mainstream children’s issues in development

planning at all levels Provide timely and reliable especially those of children child development data with special

for policy making and

planning Ensure the implementation

of the compulsory component of FCUBE and expand school feeding

programme DMTDP ISSUES Ensure effective

appreactiaion of and Inadequate educational inclusion of disability Develop reliable systems for facilities issues. the collection analysis and Lack of access to health care dissemination of relevant

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Discrimination against women data on child development

High poverty rate Provide timely and reliable and disaggregated data on Lack of data on PWD PWDs HIV /AIDS stigmatization Mainstream issues of

disability into development

planning processes at all levels

Improve funding of Improve the policy disability programme environment and institutional capacity for Develop a reliable system effective human capital for the collection , development and compilation analysis and employment policy dissemination of relevant management data on PWDs for planning and policy making

Develop capacity for

effective use of data on Reduce poverty among PWDs for decision making food crop farmers and Develop database on

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fisher folks human resources capacity needs at all level

Reduce income disparities among socio economic groups and between Develop and implement geographical areas programmes to expand access to complimentary inputs and services by Integrate population extremely poor farmers and variables into all aspect of fisher folks development planning at all levels

Enhance income generating opportunities

for the poor and vulnerable

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Implement local economic development activities to

generate employment and ensure social protection

Strengthen capacity of relvant stakeholders to

integrate population issues DMTDP POLICY into development planning OBJECTIVES and policy making,

To improve the quality of Coordinate monitor and education and health in the evaluate population District by 3017 programmes

Implement Local Economic Development LED policy To reduce the considerably initiatives to improve the plight of the livelihood in place of origin vulnerable in the District by the end of the plan

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period DMTDP STRATEGIES

To improve the quality of education

To improve the quality of health

To improve the plight of vulnerable

Assist an average of 100 needy (women) to access fund form leap programmes

TRANSPARENT AND

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ACCOUNTABLE GOVERNANCE NMTDPF ISSUES NMTDPF POLICY NMTDPF STRATEGIES OBJECTIVES

Deepening the Practice of Democracy Inadequate responsiveness to and Institutional Reform Agenda civil society and private Enhance platforms for Institute regular dialogue sector initiative in governance engagement with civil between CSOs private process society and private sector sector and Government and improve agencies state institutions responsiveness by and decentralized levels Conflicting Legal and policy governance institutions Strengthening Local Governance and framework and inherent Ensure clarity in the roles

Decentralization challenges in Act 462 and and responsibility of CSOs weak leadership and

managerial capacity at Ensure effective MMDA Level Implement National implementation of the Decentralization Action decentralization policy and Plan programme Limited implementation of

fiscal decentralization policy

including composite

budgeting

Gaps in communication and

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accountability between MMDAs and citizens Integrate and Deepen fiscal institutionalize District Decentralization ensure

level planning and finalization and

budgeting through the implementation of the Slow progress in the participatory process at all inter-governmental fiscal

elimination of gender based level transfers Promoting Gender equity and Women inequalities Strengthen engagement Empowerment Low recognition of gender between Assembly and

equity in public sector members and citizens Promote gender equity in Limited availability and integrate gender into political social and analysis of relevant data on government policy and economic development gender issues on all segment planning systems and systems and outcomes of society financial framework and their implementation at all

levels

Limited communication flow

between Government and Development Communication public including absence of

established feedback Standardize the

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mechanism at all levels. compilation of gender statistics from routine

administrative processes Fighting Corruption and Economic High perception of corruption

Crimes in public sector Enhance development

communication across the public sector and policy Strengthen the capacity of

cycle ISD to effectively Lack of comprehensive implement and co-ordinate

National culture policy its public relations role in Promotion of National Culture for MMDAs Development Enhance participatory

Budgeting , revenue and

expenditure tracking at all levels DMTDP ISSUES Expand communication Inability to involve the public platform for civil society to in budget and planning enhance participation in the process policy process Lack of public accountability Promote transparency and

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Chieftaincy disputes hinder accountability culture development Review and enforce the Low public hearing on Internal Audit Agency Act

development planning process and other Public Financial management laws and Inadequate data on gender regulations to combat isses Harness culture for corruption and wastage national development

Mainstream culture in the

nation social and economic development agenda

Assist less endowed

traditional authorities to DMTDP POLICY document their culture and OBJECTIVES history

To improve the DMTDP STRATEGIES institutional capacity of the District Assembly by the

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end of Plan period Build the capacity of staff of th Assembly through To increase grass root training and logistical participation inn decision support making process

Increase grassroots

participation in the decision making process

Promote women empowerment

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A. Ensuring and Sustaining of Macroeconomic Stability

Objective

1. To increase the percentage of IGF in local revenue from 20.8 percent in 2014 to 60 percent by the end of the plan period 2017. Strategies

1. Provide the needed infrastructure and logistics to the revenue department. 2. Build the capacity of the staff in the revenue department on effective means of revenue collection. B. Infrastructure and Human Development

Objectives

1. To improve road networks and condition in the District by 2017. 2. To increase access to potable water and safe sanitation in the District by 2017. 3. To enhance access to sustainable energy supply by the end of the plan period. 4. To provide market infrastructure by 2017. Strategies

1. Construct and upgrade existing roads linking communities. 2. Drill boreholes and hand dug wells in areas deprived of potable water. 3. Repair and fix broken down pipes and boreholes 4. Improve sanitation situation in the District 5. Co-ordinate and liaise with the government to provide electricity through the Self-Help Electrification Programme (SHEP). 6. Construct markets and expand existing markets to accommodate increasing number of traders.

C. Accelerated Agriculture Modernization and Sustainable Natural Resource Management

Objective

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1. To promote sustainable private sector growth by the end of the plan period. Strategies

1. Provision of irrigation facilities 2. Support to farmers and small scale enterprises 3. Promotion of small scale industrial activities 4. Promotion of environmental sustainability

D. Enhancing Competitiveness of Ghana’s Private Sector

Objectives

1. To promote tourism development in the District by 2017 Strategies

1. Prepare a tourism development plan/ procure for the District 2. Develop tourist sites in the District 3. Organized workshop for potential craft men and investors.

E. Human Development, Productivity and Employment

Objectives

1. To improve the quality of education and health in the District by 2017. 2. To reduce considerably the plight of the vulnerable in the District by the end of the plan period.

Strategies

1. To improve the quality of education. 2. To improve the quality of health. 3. Improve the plight of the vulnerable. 4. Assist an average of 50 needy (women) to file cases at the family tribunal annually.

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F Oil and Gas

Objectives

To promote sound environmental friendly for green economy

Strategies

1. To promote local content in oil and gas and support the local people to take advantage in oil and gas related actives such as establishment of fuel and gas station in the district

2. Procure fibre cylinder and distribute at subsidize price to the people as alternative to charcoal buring to promote green economy in the district

G. Transparent and Accountable Governance

Objectives

 To improve the institutional capacity of the District Assembly by the end of the plan period  To increase grass roots participation in decision-making Strategies

1. Build the capacity of staff of the Assembly through training and logistical support. 2. Increase grass root participation in decision-making in the District. 3. Promote women empowerment.

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CHAPTER FOUR

DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES AND SUB PROGRAMME

4.1.0 Introduction The preparation and implementation of the Programme of Action has a very vital relationship with the success of the whole planning process. The Programme of Action provides systematic steps for ease of implementation, monitoring, and evaluation and also promotes a cross departmental/ sectoral approach to the solution of problem.

These development programmes have been formulated taking into consideration the following:

 The Profile of the District;  Appropriate sections of the MTDPF 2014-2017 where DAs have been identified as either lead or collaborating agencies;  Poverty profiling, mapping and pro-poor programming;  Mainstreaming/Integrating cross cutting issues in District Programmes;  Local economic development; and  Inputs from the District Sectoral Directorates, Town and Area Councils.

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GSGDA II THEMATIC FOCUS AREA: ENSURING AND SUSTAINING MACROECONOMIC STABILITY

NMTDPF POLICY OBJECTIVE: Improve fiscal revenue mobilization and management

DMTDP ADOPTED POLICY OBJECTIV: To increase the percentage of IGF in local revenue from 20% to 60% by the end of the plan period

ADOPTED STRATEGIES Programmes/ Locatio TIME FRAME INDICATIVE IMPLEMENTING sub n BUDGET AGENCY Programme 2014 2015 2016 2017 DA IGF DDF LEAD COLLOBORAT CF ORS

NMTDPF STRATEGIES Train DA FINANCE Officers in DEPT Eliminate revenue collection leakage Tease X X X X 20 data

Strengthen mobilization and collection and management of non tax revenue analysis

DMTDP STATEGIES Provide

revenue Provide the needed infrastructures and

logistic to the revenue department collectors

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Build the capacity of the staff in the with relevant revenue department on effective means logistics- rain Tease X X X X 10 DA FINANCE of revenue collection coats, DEPT

Wallington

boats,

transport

facilities

Institute incentives

schemes and Tease X X X X DA reward FINANCE

system for DEPT collectors

Update

revenue data Tease X X X X

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GSGDA II THEMATIC FOCUS AREA: ENHANCING COMPETITIVENESS OF GHANA’S PRIVATE SECTOR

NMTDPF POLICY :Diversify and expand the tourism industry for economic development Intensify the promotion of domestic tourism

DMTDP ADOPTED POLICY OBJECTIVE To promote tourism development in the district by 2017

ADOPTED STRATEGIES Programmes/su Location TIME FRAME INDICATIVE IMPLEMENTING b Programme BUDGET AGENCY

2014 2015 2016 2017 DA IGF DDF LEAD COLLOBORAT CF ORS

NMTDPF STRATEGIES Prepare a tourism Ensure tourism Planning in District Tease X X X X 10 5 DA MINISRY development Development Plans to promote OF plan for the tourism development TOURISM District Develop sustainable eco-tourism ,cultural and historical sites

Organized

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DMTDP STRATEGIES capacity

Develop a tourism Plan for the building Tease X X X X 10 5 district workshop for BAC Develop tourst site in the district potential craft

men group Organize workshop for potential

craftsmen and investor formation and business

management

Encourage PRIVATE investors to SECTOR Tease X X X X participate in tourism

development

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GSGDA II THEMATIC FOCUS AREA: ACCELERATED AGRICULTURAL MODERNIZATION AND SUSTAINABLE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT NMTDPF POLICY Promote development of Irrigation scheme of all year round farming as well as increase Private sector investment in agriculture.

DMTDP ADOPTED POLICY : To promote sustainable private sector growth in agriculture for food security and also to encourage participation of stakeholders in environment and resource management.

by the end of the plan period

ADOPTED STRATEGIES Programmes/su Locati TIME FRAME INDICATIVE IMPLEMENTING b Programme on BUDGET AGENCY

2014 2015 2016 2017 DA IGF DDF LEAD COLLOBORAT CF ORS

NMTDPF STRATEGIES Provide 20 sets of Position Private sector to effectively Distric X X X X 20 10 DA AGRIC attract private sector investment in irrigation t wide DEPT

agriculture equipment to 20

Develop programmes to increase the farmer groups

participation of th youth in annually

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agriculture

Enforcement of environmental laws to protect the environment Train and provide micro

DMTDP STRATEGIES credit facilities Distric X X X X 15 5 DA DEHO to 20 t wide DEPT

small scale Provision of irrigation facilities enterprises Support farmers in small scale

enterprise

Promote small scale industrial Establish Light activities Industrial Distric X X X X 20 DA t wide Promotion of Environmental Site for Artisans BAC

sustainability

Establishment of X X X small

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scale industries Tease

Establishment of X X X X 5 DA agro processing RTFBACA Industries GRIC Tease DEPT

Enforce relevant

environmental X X X X 5 DA bye-laws to Distric protect the DEHO t wide environment DEPT

Enforcement of environmental laws at all levels to protect the environment Encourage re- forestation X X X X 20 DA of degraded Distric FORESTR forest t wide Y DEPT

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reserved areas

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GSGDA II THEMATIC FOCUS AREA: INFRASTRUCTURE AND HUMAN SETTLEMENT NMTDPF POLICY OBJECTIVE Establish Ghana as a transportation hub for the west African sub region

DMTDP ADOPTED POLICY OBJECTIVE: To improve 150 kilometre road net work and condition in the district by 2017

ADOPTED STRATEGIES Programmes/sub Location TIME FRAME INDICATIVE IMPLEMENTING Programme BUDGET AGENCY

201 2015 2016 2017 DA IGF DDF LEAD COLLABORA 4 CF TING

NMTDPF STRATEGIES Rehabilitate roads in crop Improve and develop the physical District X X X X 100 300 DA DFR producing infrastructure across all modes for wide communities transport .

Rehabilitate and DMTDP STRATEGIES resurface

Construct and upgrade the existing selected Tease Tease 100 roads linking communities town roads X X X X 500 DA DFR

Conduct routine

/ recurrent 100 maintenance of District X X X X 200 DA DFR some selected wide

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feeder roads

Spot improvement at

Kwami Damnue Jn Faso Kwami Junction F/R Damwan

ph1 lot 1 ue (KM0.00-5.30) X X X X DA DFR

Spot

Improvement

on Tease – Tease Maame krobo Maamekr F/R ph11 lot2 obo X X X X DA DFR (KM 5.30-10.60

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GSGDA II THEMATIC FOCUS AREA: INFRASTRUCTURE AND HUMAN SETTLEMENT NMTDPF POLICY OBJECTIVE Promote rapid development and deployment of national ICT infrastructure and Increase in the use of ICT in all sectors of the economy

DMTDP ADOPTED POLICY OBJECTIVE: To Promote the use of ICT for development in the district.

ADOPTED STRATEGIES Programmes/sub Location TIME FRAME INDICATIVE BUDGET IMPLEMENTING Programme AGENCY

2014 2015 2016 2017 DA IGF DD GOG LEAD COLLABORA CF F TING

NMTDPF STRATEGIES \

X X 350 Create the enabling Construction of Tease GIFIC DA

environment to promote the ICT Centre and

mass use of ICT Post Office Tease X X X 20 Provide IT GIFIC

equipment and DA DMTDP STRATEGIES

accessories

To facilitate the establishment X X X 20 50 DA Installation of GIFIC of ICT for development in the Tease internet district by 2017 connectivity

satellite X X X 15 Tease DA

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Design IT GIFIC Training Module for ICT Centre

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GSGDA II THEMATIC FOCUS AREA: INFRASTRUCTURE AND HUMAN SETTLEMENT NMTDPF POLICY OBJECTIVE Streamline spatial and land use planning system

DMTDP ADOPTED POLICY OBJECTIVE: To Promote the use of spatial land use in development of settlement to facilitate effective Planning for socio economic development

ADOPTED STRATEGIES Programmes/s Location TIME FRAME INDICATIVE IMPLEMENTING AGENCY ub Programme BUDGET

2014 2015 2016 2017 DA IGF DDF GOG LEAD COLLOBO CF RATING

NMTDPF STRATEGIES

X X 50 DA TCP Integrated land use planning into Procurement Tease

the Medium term Development of GIS

Plans at all levels Equipment to

resource TCP

office

Expand the use of Geographical

Information Systems (GIS) and X X X X 5 10 DA TCP GPS in spaitial /land use planning Sponsor Tease at all levels Technical Officers to Promote orderly growth of attend

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settlement through effective land capacity

use planning and management building in

GIS and

LUPMIS

techniques X X X X 50 DA TCP

Promote the transformation of District the rural economy to encourage wide the growth of quality settlements

Designing of DMTDP STRATEGIES X X X X 50 DA TCP Master Plan

To promote the use of GIS and layout for the LUMPIS in land management for District District

development in the district by wide

2017 X X X X 50 DA TCP Digitization of Promote orderly growth of lay out for settlement in the district through Street Naming District effective land use planning and management by 2017 eide X X X X 200 200 DA TCP

To facilitate the street naming and Undertake the property addressing in the district implementatio

n of Street

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naming and District

Property wide X X X X DA TCP

addressing

Installation of District street sign post wide and property addressing

Design MIS for data base management of all property owners for revenue collection

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GSGDA II THEMATIC FOCUS AREA: INFRASTRUCTURE AND HUMAN SETTLEMENT NMTDPF POLICY OBJECTIVE Accelerate the provision improved environmental sanitation facilities and facilitate the sustainable use and management of natural resources that support the development of rural communities and livelihood

DMTDP ADOPTED POLICY OBJECTIVE: To promote effective environment management

ADOPTED STRATEGIES Programmes/su Location TIME FRAME INDICATIVE IMPLEMENTI b Programme BUDGET NG AGENCY

2014 2015 2016 2017 DA IGF DD GOG LEAD COLLABOR CF F ATING

NMTDPF STRATEGIES

Promote the regulated and non Encourage the Distric X X X X 10 100 DA FORESTRY exploitative utilization of natural cultivation of t wide resource endowments for the wood log for

development of rural communities charcoal

within the framework of local

economic development

Provision of Promote the construction and use of X X X X 20 10 40 DA DEHO refuse containers Distric modern household and institutional t wide

toilet facilities

Expand disability friendly Provide Toilet X X X X 10 5 20 DA DEHO

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sanitation facilities Facilities Distric CWSA

t wide DMTDP STRATEGIES

To procure sanitation equipments

and tools to Improve sanitation

situation in the district X X X X 10 3 15 DA Environmental

Management and Distric DEHO

Waste disposal t wide

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GSGDA II THEMATIC FOCUS AREA: INFRASTRUCTURE AND HUMAN SETTLEMENT NMTDPF POLICY OBJECTIVE Improve management of water resources

DMTDP ADOPTED POLICY OBJECTIVE: To promote the increase in access to potable water and safe sanitation in the district by 2017

ADOPTED STRATEGIES Programmes/ Locati TIME FRAME INDICATIVE IMPLEMENTIN sub on BUDGET G AGENCY Programme 2014 2015 2016 2017 DA IGF DD GOG LEAD COLLABO CF F RATING

NMTDPF STRATEGIES

X X X X 30 10 100 200 DA CWSA Support Relevant State Agencies Rehabilitation Distric

MMDAs and local communities to of 20 N0. t wide undertake reforestation programmes Boreholes

for the protection of water sheds

Community

Ensure sustainable funding for rural Animation X X X X 10 5 DA DEHO water delivery and Training Distric

of Water and t wide Develop and manage alternative Sanitation sources of water including rain water Communities

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harvesting for 10 points

source DMTDP STRATEGIES communities Promote the provision of potable water Hydrological for the communities in the district investigation Distric X X X X 100 200 DA CWSA

and drilling t wide supervision of Drill boreholes and hand dug wells in 10 N0. areas deprives of potable water Boreholes

Distric Construction X X X X 200 10 300 DA WVI Repairs and fix broken down pipes of Small t wide CWSA and boreholes Town Water

System Promotion of Hygiene education

Rehabilitate / X X X X 50 10 100 DA CWSA

redevelop Distric affected water t wide facilities

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GSGDA II THEMATIC FOCUS AREA: INFRASTRUCTURE AND HUMAN SETTLEMENT NMTDPF POLICY OBJECTIVE Promotion of expansion of energy to all Communities in the country

DMTDP ADOPTED POLICY OBJECTIVE: To enhance access to sustainable energy supply by the end of the plan period

ADOPTED STRATEGIES Programmes/sub Location TIME FRAME INDICATIVE IMPLEMENTIN Programme BUDGET G AGENCY

2014 2015 2016 2017 DA IGF DD GOG LEAD COLLABOR CF F ATING

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To Connect all communities to Expansion of District X X X X 100 400 DA ECG national gride to ensure sustainable Electricity Supply wide energy supply

DMTDP STRATEGIES

To co-ordinate and liaises with Provision of street Ministry of energy to supply light X X X X 20 100 ECG affordable solar energy lamps to Tease

the rural poor and connection to

the national grid

Procure and X X X X 20 200 Ministry of District

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supply wide Energy subsidized

energy lamp

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GSGDA II THEMATIC FOCUS AREA: HUMAN DEVELOPMENT EMPLOYMENT AND PRODUTIVITY NMTDPF POLICY OBJECTIVE Increase inclusive and equitable access to, and participation in education at all levels

DMTDP ADOPTED POLICY OBJECTIVE: To improve the quality of education and health in the district by 2017

ADOPTED STRATEGIES Programmes/su Locatio TIME FRAME INDICATIVE IMPLEMENTING AGENCY b Programme n BUDGET

2014 2015 2016 2017 DA IGF DD GO LEAD COLLAB CF F G ORATING

NMTDPF STRATEGIES

Remove the physical and social Construction 8

barriers and constraints to access No 6-unit District to education at all levels classroom, X X X X 200 10 500 200 DA GES wide block, office, Strengthen the capacity for store, and 10- education management ,ensure seater KVIP efficient development , deployment and supervision of teachers

X X X X 100 10 300 200 DA GES Construction of District 8 No Ensure adequate supply of teaching wide Kindergarten and learning materials

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Enforce planning provision for Girls’ Dormitory District X X X X 200 10 300 300 DA GES establishment of community based with Sanitary wide sports facilities Ancillaries for St

Fidelis SHS Expand opportunities for the

participation of PWDs in sports

Rehabilitation of

6 No 3-unit Popularize the lesser known sports Classroom block with support of all relevant District X X X X 200 10 100 DA GES stakeholders Construction of wide

5No 6-unit Mainstream youth development Teachers issues into National Development Accommodation Policy frameworks plans and

programme in all sectors and at all X X X X 300 10 400 200 DA GES levels District Provide sporting Stream line the recruitment and Costume , wide

skills development under self equipment and

employment modules of GYEEDA jersey to

promote sports

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Promote career counseling centre

DMTDP STRATEGIES

To improve the quality of

education

To improve the quality of health

To improve the plight of vulnerable

Assist an average of 100 needy (women) to access fund form leap programmes

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GSGDA II THEMATIC FOCUS AREA: HUMAN DEVELOPMENT EMPLOYMENT AND PRODUTIVITY NMTDPF POLICY OBJECTIVE Bridge the equity gaps in geographical access to health services

DMTDP ADOPTED POLICY OBJECTIVE: To promote accessible, affordable and quality health services in the district by 2017

ADOPTED STRATEGIES Programmes/su Locatio TIME FRAME INDICATIVE IMPLEMENTING AGENCY b Programme n BUDGET

2014 2015 2016 2017 DA IGF DD GOG LEAD COLLAB CF F ORATING

NMTDPF STRATEGIES Bridge equity

gaps in access to Strengthen the district health health care and systems as th bed rock of th nutrition services District national primary health care X X X X 10 4 50 DHS DA and ensure wide strategy sustainable

Accelerated the implementation of financing the revised CHPS strategy arrangements especially underserved areas that protect the

poor. Scale up community and facilitiy District based interventions for the X X X X 100 300 200 DA DHS To construct 8 wide management of childhood and No CHPS neonatal illness Compound for

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DMTDP STRATEGIES easy access to

quality health Collaborate with the District

Health Services to provide

adequate and quality health service Improve and delivery District X X X X 20 40 50 DHS DA Strengthen wide efficiency in health service To ensure the construction on more delivery, CHPS Compound for easy including accessibility of health care services medical in the community emergencies.

X X X X 20 10 20 DHS DA Intensify District

prevention and wide control of

communicable

and non- communicable

diseases and

promote healthy

lifestyles.

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Improve Institutional Care

Including Mental

Health Service

Delivery.

Improve access X X X X 10 20 DHS DA

to quality District wide maternal, neonatal, child

and adolescent

health services. X X X X 20 50 DHS DA

District

wide

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GSGDA II THEMATIC FOCUS AREA: HUMAN DEVELOPMENT EMPLOYMENT AND PRODUTIVITY NMTDPF POLICY OBJECTIVE Ensure the Reduction of new HIV /AIDS /STI infection, especially among the vulnerable groups.

DMTDP ADOPTED POLICY OBJECTIVE: To resource and strengthen the DAC and DHMT to promote HIV/AIDS programmes in the district by 2017

ADOPTED STRATEGIES Programmes/su Locatio TIME FRAME INDICATIVE IMPLEMENTING AGENCY b Programme n BUDGET

2014 2015 2016 2017 DA IGF DD GOG LEAD COLLAB CF F ORATING

NMTDPF STRATEGIES

Expand and intensify HIV Establishment Tease X X X X 10 2 20 DA DHS counseling and testing (HTC) of VCT centre

programmes. to help people

know their HIV Intensify the education to reduce status stigmatization X X X X 20 2 40 DHS DA Intensify behavioural change Tease

strategies especially for high risk Procurement of

groups for HIV & AIDS and TB ART Drugs to support Scale up and sustain quality PLWHIV X X X X 2 2 DHS DA HIV/AIDS treatment . care and

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support activities including ART Organise fund Tease

and PMTCT Sites raising

programme for

Care and

Support

DMTDP Organize X X X X 5 5 NGO DA District sensitization To promote awareness of wide programmes HIV/AIDS issues and formation To support the DHS response and of HIV/AIDS

mitigation programme to combat Clubs in schools HIV /AIDS

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GSGDA II THEMATIC FOCUS AREA: HUMAN DEVELOPMENT EMPLOYMENT AND PRODUTIVITY NMTDPF POLICY OBJECTIVE Make social protection more effective in targeting the poor and the vulnerable

DMTDP ADOPTED POLICY OBJECTIVE: To reduce considerably the plight of the vulnerable in the district by the end of the plan period

ADOPTED STRATEGIES Programmes/su Locatio TIME FRAME INDICATIVE IMPLEMENTING AGENCY b Programme n BUDGET

2014 2015 2016 2017 DA IGF DD GOG LEAD COLLAB CF F ORATING

NMTDP STRATEGIES

Ensure effective appreactiaion of Identification DSW DA and inclusion of disability issues. and registration District of vulnerable X X X X 30 3 Provide timely and reliable and wide groups disaggregated data on PWDs CDO DA Design Gender DMTDP mainstream District X X X X 30 2 To reduce the considerably the profile wide

plight of the vulnerable in the X X X X 50 2 DSW DA Organized skills District district by the end of the plan training for

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period identified PWD wide X X X X 100 2 DSW DA

Enhance income generating Disbursement opportunities for the poor and of PWD fund Tease vulnerable to identified groups

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GSGDA II THEMATIC FOCUS AREA: HUMAN DEVELOPMENT EMPLOYMENT AND PRODUTIVITY NMTDPF POLICY OBJECTIVE Reduce income disparities among socio economic groups and between geographical areas

DMTDP ADOPTED POLICY OBJECTIVE: To create enable environment for job opportunities for the youth in the district by 2017

ADOPTED STRATEGIES Programmes/su Locatio TIME FRAME INDICATIVE IMPLEMENTING AGENCY b Programme n BUDGET

2014 2015 2016 2017 DA IGF DD GOG LEAD COLLAB CF F ORATING

NMTDPF STRATEGIES

X X X X 20 5 DA BAC Implement Local Economic Emark land Tease

Development LED policy initiatives bank for small

to improve livelihood in place of scale industrial

origin activities

Ensure provision of adequate Training of training and skills development in Artisans in X X X X 10 3 BAC DA Tease line with global trends skills

enhancement DMTDP STRATEGIES programme

Implement local economic

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development activities to generate District X X X X 30 6 DA BAC employment and ensure social wide Provide credit protection support to beneficiaries to expand their SME

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GSGDA II THEMATIC FOCUS AREA: HUMAN DEVELOPMENT EMPLOYMENT AND PRODUTIVITY NMTDPF POLICY OBJECTIVE Provide timely and reliable child development data for policy making and planning/

DMTDP ADOPTED POLICY OBJECTIVE: To promote child welfare to mitigate child labour and trafficking in the district by 2017

ADOPTED STRATEGIES Programmes/su Locatio TIME FRAME INDICATIVE IMPLEMENTING AGENCY b Programme n BUDGET

2014 2015 2016 2017 DA IGF DD GOG LEAD COLLAB CF F ORATING

NMTDPF STRATEGIES

Formulate and implement key Organize

policies and appropriate sensitization District programmes to enhance child programme to X X X X 10 5 DSW DA wide protection and development educate parent

against child Mainstream children’s issues in labour development planning at all levels especially those of children with Enforcement of X X X X 5 2 DSW DA District special needs child protection

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DMTDP STRATGIES policy wide

X X X X 20 3 DSW DA To promoted child welfare Rescue and programmes to ensure that rehabilitate District children enjoy parental care and children in wide support child slavery

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GSGDA II THEMATIC FOCUS AREA: HUMAN DEVELOPMENT EMPLOYMENT AND PRODUTIVITY NMTDPF POLICY OBJECTIVE Develop a comprehensive social development policy framework on the Aged

DMTDP ADOPTED POLICY OBJECTIVE: Mainstream issues on aging into development planning process in the district by 2017

ADOPTED STRATEGIES Programmes/su Locatio TIME FRAME INDICATIVE IMPLEMENTING AGENCY b Programme n BUDGET

2014 2015 2016 2017 DA IGF DD GOG LEAD COLLAB CF F ORATING

NMTDPF STRATEGIES

Improve funding of programmes Organise

for the older persons programme on District the challenges X X X X 10 3 4 DSW DA Develop a programme to create wide affecting the awareness on National Policy on Aged in the the Aged. district

Promote information dissemination

and dialogue around aging and the X X X X 15 3 10 DA DSW Aged Establishment Tease of the senior Enhanced social protection citizen award interventions for the Aged scheme for the

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Aged on

Republic

Holidays DMTDP STRATEGIES celebration

Mainstream social protection into

sector and district planning X X X X 10 5 10 DSW DA Registration of District processes the Aged for wide Promote the regristration of the financial

Aged to NHIS to access quality support to health service by the Aged access NHIS

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GSGDA II THEMATIC FOCUS AREA: OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT

NMTDPF POLICY OBJECTIVE: To promote local content participation in oil and gas and the protection of environment an

DMTDP ADOPTED POLICY OBJECTIV: To encourage local participation in oil and gas related activities

ADOPTED STRATEGIES Programmes/sub Location TIME FRAME INDICATIVE BUDGET IMPLEMENTING Programme AGENCY

2014 2015 2016 2017 DA IG DD GOG LEAD COLLOBOR

CF F F ATORS

NMTDPF STRATEGIES

Ensure accelerated and integrated Encourage

development of the oil and gas industry local Distric participation X X X X 20 50 MEST DA Ensure locl content local participation t wide in fuel and across the oil and gas value chains gas station to DMTDP STRATEGIES move the

district To create opportunity for local economy participation in oil and gas through establishment of fuel and gas station in Procure fibre the district gas cylinder

and To promote the protection of the X X X X 30 100 MOE DA Distric

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environment to ensure green economy distribute to t wide of the district people at subsidize rate as an alternative to charcoal to promote green economy

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GSGDA II THEMATIC FOCUS AREA: TRANSPARENT AND ACCOUNTABLE GOVERNANCE NMTDPF POLICY OBJECTIVE Enhance platforms for engagement with civil society and private sector and improve responsiveness by governance institutions

DMTDP ADOPTED POLICY OBJECTIVE: To promote citizen participation in decision making process in the district

ADOPTED STRATEGIES Programmes/su Locatio TIME FRAME INDICATIVE IMPLEMENTING AGENCY b Programme n BUDGET

2014 2015 2016 2017 DA IGF DD GOG LEAD COLLAB CF F ORATING

NMTDPF STRATEGIES

Institute regular dialogue between Organize the Tease

CSOs private sector and formation of 3 Maame Government agencies state literacy groups X X X X 5 5 DA krobo institutions and decentralized in 3 communities

levels Ekye

Ensure clarity in the roles and Organize fora for responsibility of CSOs X X X X 5 5 DA all unit District

Enhance participatory Budgeting , committees on wide revenue and expenditure tracking the need to

at all levels participate in

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Expand communication platform good governance

for civil society to enhance at the local level.

participation in the policy process Provision of Tease permanent office X X X X 30 10 DA

structure for area Samanh DMTDP POLICY OBJECTIVES councils yia To improve the institutional Forifori capacity of the District Assembly

by the end of Plan period Ekye

To increase grass root participation

in decision making process Provision of Tease X X X X 10 5 DA

logistics and Samanh office equipment yia for Town/Area

councils and unit Forifori

committees Ekye

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GSGDA II THEMATIC FOCUS AREA: TRANSPARENT AND ACCOUNTABLE GOVERANCE NMTDPF POLICY OBJECTIVE Promote transparency and accountability

DMTDP ADOPTED POLICY OBJECTIVE: Promotion of public forum at sub structures for transparency and accountability in the district

ADOPTED STRATEGIES Programmes/su Locatio TIME FRAME INDICATIVE IMPLEMENTING AGENCY b Programme n BUDGET

2014 2015 2016 2017 DA IGF DD GOG LEAD COLLAB CF F ORATING

NMTDPF STRATEGIES Organize public

forum and Strengthen engagement between debars on Assembly and members and decentralization District citizens X X X X 6 3 DA process in the wide

Deepen fiscal Decentralization substructures

ensure finalization and Organise fora for implementation of the inter- Participation on governmental fiscal transfers X X X X 5 4 DA Planning and Tease

DMTDP STRATEGIES Budgeting

Formulation Build the capacity of staff of the

Assembly through training and Organize

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logistical support capacity building

for ARIC X X X X 5 4 DA Increase grassroots participation in Tease members in the decision making process internal auditing

procedures

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GSGDA II THEMATIC FOCUS AREA: TRANSPARENT AND ACCOUNTABLE GOVERANCE NMTDPF POLICY OBJECTIVE Promote gender equity in political social and economic development systems and outcomes

DMTDP ADOPTED POLICY OBJECTIVE: Design Gender profile and Promote Gender programmes in the district by 2017

ADOPTED STRATEGIES Programmes/su Locatio TIME FRAME INDICATIVE IMPLEMENTING AGENCY b Programme n BUDGET

2014 2015 2016 2017 DA IGF DD GOG LEAD COLLAB CF F ORATING

NMTDPF STRATEGIES

Integrate gender into government Establish a

policy and planning systems and Gender desk Tease financial framework and their officer and X X X X 15 3 DA

implementation at all levels resource it with

logistics for the Standardize the compilation of promotion of gender statistics from routine gender issues administrative processes

DMTDP STRATEGIES Organize Promote women empowerment training for 20 X X X X 20 4 DA Tease Prepare Gender mainstream women groups in

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profile and promote women income participation in decision making generating

process in the district activities

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GSGDA II THEMATIC FOCUS AREA: TRANSPARENT AND ACCOUNTABLE GOVERANCE NMTDPF POLICY OBJECTIVE Enhance development communication across the public sector and policy cycle

DMTDP ADOPTED POLICY OBJECTIVE: To promote dissemination of Development Agenda in the district

ADOPTED STRATEGIES Programmes/su Locatio TIME FRAME INDICATIVE IMPLEMENTING AGENCY b Programme n BUDGET

2014 2015 2016 2017 DA IGF DD GOG LEAD COLLAB CF F ORATING

NMTDPF STRATEGIES

Strengthen the capacity of ISD to Procure

effectively implement and co- information van

ordinate its public relations role in for ISD for DA ISD

MMDAs information Tease X X X X 8 6

dissemination DMTDP STRATEGIES Resource NCCE Support ISD and NCCE in and ISD to X X X X 10 4 DA NCCE dissemination of information to the /ISD Organize Tease public educational

programme on

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national policies

X X X X 5 5 DA Engage CSO in CSO dialogue on Tease developmental issues in the district

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GSGDA II THEMATIC FOCUS AREA: TRANSPARENT AND ACCOUNTABLE GOVERANCE NMTDPF POLICY OBJECTIVE Harness culture for national development

DMTDP ADOPTED POLICY OBJECTIVE: To promote Development of Culture in the district

ADOPTED STRATEGIES Programmes/su Locatio TIME FRAME INDICATIVE IMPLEMENTING AGENCY b Programme n BUDGET

2014 2015 2016 2017 DA IGF DD GOG LEAD COLLAB CF F ORATING

NMTDPF STRATEGIES

Mainstream culture in the nation Collaboration X X X X 5 4 DA CORPRA social and economic development with Corporate Tease TE agenda organisation to ORGANIS ATIONS support cultural Assist less endowed traditional TRADITO programmes X X X X 5 3 authorities to document their Tease NAL COUNCIL culture and history Empowerment

of traditional

authorities to DMTDP STRATEGIES promote district

cohesion To ensure promotion of culture for X X X X 5 5 MINISTR Y OF

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development for cohesion and unity Design Festival Tease TOURISM among the traditional authorities in brochures for the district promotion of Kwahu Easter

festival celebration

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Indicative financial Plan and Budget for 2014-2017

THEMATIC AREA NUMBER OF SOURCE OF FUND BUDGET PROGRAMMES ESTIMATE /PROJECTS DDF DACF IGF GOG GRANT

Ensuring and sustaining 75,000 Macroeconomic stability 30 30 45 Enhanced competitiveness 30,000 of Ghana Private Sector 20 20 10 Accelerated Agricultural Modernization and Natural Resource 40 55 45 100,000 Management

Oil and Gas Development 3 100 25 150 275,000 Infrastructure and Human Settlements Development 50 1,375 1,290 38 2,060 4,763,000

Human Development, Productivity and Employment 40 1,950 1,557 109 1,374 4,990,0 Transparent and Accountable Governance 10 89 10 99,000 Grand Total 173 3,325 3,141 282 3,584 10.332,000

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CHAPTER FIVE DISTRICT ANNUAL ACTION PLAN 5.1 Introduction This section of the plan sets out the action to be taken by the District Assembly in more details. These are actions to be taken by the public and private sectors in the implementation of the projects selected from the MTDP (2014-2017). The Annual Action Plan indicates sets of projects to be implemented in the consecutive years of the plan period. It specifies the specific projects, its locations, timeframe, annual budgets and implementing agencies for that specific project.

5.2 Annual Action Plan Matrices The annual projects together with their timeframes, locations, budgets and implementing agencies are presented in the form of matrix or Gantt Charts. The criteria adopted in selecting the projects into the Annual Plan include.

 Roll over projects  Projects with high potential for employment generation and high poverty reduction potential  Projects that support the basic infrastructure  Project with potential to empower the vulnerable  Projects which satisfy the needs of the people Tables6.1 to 6.41 presents the annual plans.

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ANNUAL ACTION PLAN

Thematic Area: Ensuring and Sustaining of Macroeconomic Stability District Objective: To increase the percentage of IGF in local revenue from 20 Percent in 2013 to 50 percent by the end of the plan period.

Table 5.1: Annual Plan for 2014

Activities Location Timeframe (2014) Annual Budget Implementing Agencies

1st 2nd 3rd 4th Local External Lead Collaborating Train Officers in data collection Tease 5,000 D.A Finance Dept. and analysis Provide revenue collectors with Tease 7,000 D.A Finance Dept. relevant logistics- rain coats, Wallington boats, transport Facilities DA Organize Capacity building in Tease 10,000 DA Finance Dept Revenue Mobilization strategy Source: KAPSDA, 2014

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Thematic Area: Infrastructure and Human Settlement District Objective 1: To improve road networks and condition in the District by 2017

Table 5.2: Annual Plan, 2014

Activities Location Timeframe (2014) Annual Budget Implementing Agencies

1st 2nd 3rd 4th Local External Lead Collaborating Rehabilitate roads in crop producing District wide 20,000 D.A MOFA/ communities DFR/ PWD Rehabilitate and resurface selected Tease 100,000 DFR/ PWD. Tease town roads Conduct routine / recurrent 100,000 D.A Urban Roads maintenance of some selected Dept./ feeder roads Spot improvement at Kwami Damnue Kwami Damnue 200,000 DA FDR Dept Jn Faso Junction F/R ph1 lot 1 Jn Faso (KM0.00-5.30) Spot Improvement on Tease – Maame Tease Maame 500,000 DA FDR Dept krobo F/R ph11 lot2 (KM 5.30-10.60) krobo Source: KAPSDA, 2014

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District Objective 2: To increase access to potable water and safe sanitation in the District by 2014.

Table 5.3: Annual Plan, 2014 Activities Location Timeframe (2014) Annual Budget Implementing Agencies

1st 2nd 3rd 4th Local External Lead Collaborating Provision of refuse containers District wide 150,000 D.A ZOOMLION Rehabilitate / redevelop affected Distict wide 200,000 D.A DEHO water facilities Provide Toilet Facilities D.A DEHO Construction of KVIP Tease 100,000 DA

Environmental Management and Distirct Wide 200,000 DA ZOOMLOIN Waste disposal Rehabilitation of 20 N0. Boreholes 300,000 DA WVI/ADPO

Community Animation and Training Maame Krobo 10,000 DA DEHO of Water and Sanitation Communities for 10 points source communities Drilling of 10 N0. boreholes District wide 200,000 DA WVI/ADPO Hydrological investigation and District wide 150,000 DA CWSA drilling supervision of 10 N0. Boreholes. Construction of Small Town Water Tease 300,000 DA CWSA System Maamkrobo Construction of 1N0. 8 seater KVIP Tease 100,000 DA DEHO with Hand washing facilities Construction of Water Closet Toilet Ekye Amanfrom 150,000 DA DEHO

Source: KAPSDA, 2014.

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District Objective 3: To enhance access to sustainable energy supply by the end of the plan period

Table 5.4: Annual Plan, 2014 Activities Location Timeframe (2014) Annual Budget Implementing Agencies

1st 2nd 3rd 4th Local External Lead Collaborating Encourage the cultivation of District 100,000 D.A Forestry wood log for charcoal wide Department Expansion of Electricity Supply District 500,000 D.A ECG wide Provision of street light Fori 100,000 DA ECG Maamekro bo Source: KAPSDA, 2014.

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Thematic Area: Accelerated Agriculture Modernization and Sustainable Natural Resource Management District Objective: To promote sustainable private sector growth by the end of the plan period.

Table 5.5. Annual Plan, 2014 Activities Location Timeframe (2014) Annual Budget Implementing Agencies

1st 2nd 3rd 4th Local External Lead Collaborating Establish Light Industrial Site District 200,000 D.A BAC for Artisans wide Establishment of small scale 150,000 D.A BAC Industries Enforce relevant environmental District 10,000 D.A DEHO byelaws to protect the environment at all wide Forestry dept. levels Encourage re-forestation of District 200,000 D.A Forestry dept. degraded forest reserved areas wide Source: KAPSDA, 2014

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Thematic Area: Enhancing Competitiveness of Ghana’s Private Sector District Objective: To promote tourism development in the District by 2017

Table 5.6: Annual Plan, 2014

Activities Location Timeframe (2014) Annual Budget Implementing Agencies

1st 2nd 3rd 4th Local External Lead Collaborating Prepare a tourism development plan/ Tease 10,000 D.A Dept. of procure for the District Culture Organized capacity building workshop for Tease 10,000 D.A BAC potential craft men group formation and business management Encourage investors to participate in District 15,000 D.A Ministry of tourism development wide Tourism Source: KAPSDA, 2014

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Thematic Area: Human Development, Productivity and Employment District Objective: To improve the quality of education and health in the District by 2017.

Table 5.7: Annual Plan, 2014

Activities Location Timeframe (2014) Annual Budget Implementing Agencies

1st 2nd 3rd 4th Local External Lead Collaborating Construction of CHPS compounds District 10,000 50,000 D.A GHS wide Extend electricity and water supply to 4 District 20,000 D.A GHS CHPS compounds wide Organize quarterly meeting between Tease D.A GHS DHMT, D.A and beneficiaries communities on implementation of projects Establish 50 HIV/ AIDs material point at Tease 10,000 15,000 D.A GHS, GAC libraries, market and public places forifori Maamekrob o Organize annual fund raising activities to Tease 10,000 D.A GHS, GAC support HIV/AIDs programme. Support to National Immunization DHS DA Programs Support to DAC HIV/AIDS activities tease 10,000 DA Supply of students’ beds and dual desks 100,000 DA GES Procurement of school jersey and balls 10,000 DA GES Support to Student /Nurses 20,000 DA GHS Construction of 6-unit classroom, block, Tweerfour 300,000 DA office, store, and 10-seater KVIP faso Girls’ Dormitory with Sanitary Ancillaries Tease 300,000 GETFUND DA for St Fidelis SHS

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Construction of classroom 6 unit block Odumusua 200,000 GETFUND GES Construction of 6-unit classroom block, Catapilar GETFUND GES office, store and common room with KVIP Tornu/Kokr obuta Rehabilitation of Clinic Aygata 150,000 DDF GHS Rehabilitation of 3-unit Classroom block Tailorkope 150,000 DDF GES Rehabilitation of 3-unit Classroom Block Hwanyaso 150,000 DDF GES Construction of 6-unit classroom block, Maame 200,000 DA GES office, store and 10-seater KVIP Krobo Rewiring of Teachers’ Quarters Tease DA Construction of Kindergarten 200,000 GOG DA Construction of 1N0 6-unit Teachers Tease 250,000 DDF DA Accommodation

Source: KAPSDA 2014

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District Objective 2: To reduce considerably the plight of the vulnerable in the District by the end of the plan period

Table 5.8: Annual Plan, 2014

Activities Location Timeframe (2014) Annual Budget Implementing Agencies 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Local External Lead Collaborating Provision of employable skills to delinquent Tease 10,000 D.A BAC, DSW and street children Identify and register the vulnerable ( PWDs, Entire 10,000 D.A MLGRD poor aged orphans) in the District District Provision of vocational skills for 10 unskilled Entire 15,000 D.A BAC, DSW people with disabilities annually District Monitor the activities of NGOs, CBOs, and Entire 5,000 D.A DSW FBOs on handling vulnerable groups District Identify and recruit 10 street children for Tease 5,000 D.A DSW, GES enrolment into vocational schools annually Assist an average of 50 needy (women) to file Entire 5,000 D.A DSW, cases at the family tribunal annually District DOVVSU Source: KAPSDA, 2014

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Thematic Area: Transparent and Accountable Governance District Objective: To improve the institutional capacity of the District Assembly by the end of the plan period

Table 5.9: Annual Plan, 2014 Activities Location Timeframe (2014) Annual Budget Implementing Agencies

1st 2nd 3rd 4th Local External Lead Collaborating Organize half yearly forum / interface in Tease 10,000 D.A All the District on KAPSDA Medium Department Development Plan and other developmental programmes/ projects Organize 2no. Mid- term Review meetings Tease 5,0000 D.A All on the MTDP 2014-2017 Department Strengthen the M&E system of the Tease 8,000 D.A MLGRD Assembly Construction of Assembly Office DA MLGRD

Training Workshop on Records keeping Tease 5,000 DA and Report writing Procurement of 2N0 pick-ups 5,000 DA Refurbishment of Administration Block Tease 10,000 DA Renovation of residential accomodation 10,000 DA Maintenance of Official vehicles Tease 5,000 DA Production documentaries, brochures, and 5,000 DA certificates Labeling of offices doors, equipment 5,000 DA

Source: KAPSDA, 2014

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District Objective 2: To increase grass roots participation in decision-making

Table 5.10: Annual Plan, 2014

Activities Location Timeframe (2014) Annual Budget Implementing Agencies 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Local Externa Lead Collaboratin l g Organize the formation of 3 literacy groups in 3 District 20.000.00 D.A GES communities wide Organize fora for all unit committees on the need 500.00 D.A NCCE to participate in good governance at the local level. Provision of permanent office structure for area District 3,000.00 D.A Urban/Area councils wide Councils Provision of logistics and office equipment for District 15,000.00 D.A Town/Area Town/Area councils and unit committees wide Councils Organize training for 20 women groups in income 1,000.00 D.A BAC generating activities Resource NCCE and ISD to Organize District 950.00 D.A NCCE educational programme on national policies wide Source: KAPSDA, 2014

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Thematic Area: Ensuring and Sustaining of Macroeconomic Stability District Objective: To increase the percentage of IGF in local revenue from 20. percent in 2013 to 50 percent by the end of the plan period.

Table 5.11: Annual Plan for 2015

Activities Location Timeframe (2015) Annual Budget Implementing Agencies

1st 2nd 3rd 4th Local External Lead Collaborating Provide revenue collectors with Tease 1,000.00 D.A Revenue Dept. relevant logistics- rain coats, Wallington boats, transport Facilities Institute incentives schemes and District wide 12,000.00 D.A Revenue Dept. reward system for collectors Update revenue data base Tease 500.00 D.A Revenue Dept Source: KAPSDA, 2014.

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Thematic Area: Infrastructure and Human Settlement District Objective 1: To improve road networks and condition in the District by 2017

Table 5.12: Annual Plan, 2015

Activities Location Timeframe (2015) Annual Budget Implementing Agencies

1st 2nd 3rd 4th Local External Lead Collaborating Rehabilitate roads in crop producing District wide 4,000.00 D.A MOFA/ communities DFR/ PWD Rehabilitate and resurface selected Tease 4,000.00 D.A Urban Roads Tease town roads Dept./ PWD Construct 10 number culverts District wide 3,500.00 D.A PWD/DFR Conduct routine / recurrent District wide 5,000.00 D.A PWD/DFR maintenance of some selected feeder roads Source: KAPSDA, 2014.

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District Objective 2: To increase access to potable water and safe sanitation in the District by 2017.

Table 5.13: Annual Plan, 2015 Activities Location Timeframe (2015) Annual Budget Implementing Agencies

1st 2nd 3rd 4th Local External Lead Collaborating Construction of Drainage District 25,000.00 D.A PWD/DFR wide Provision of refuse containers District 1,500.00 D.A CWSA/DWS wide T/WATSAN Rehabilitate / redevelop affected 5,000.00 D.A CWSA/DWS water facilities T/WATSAN Construct 10 hand- dug wells with pumps District 3,000.00 D.A CWSA/DWS and Provision of Small Town Water wide T/WATSAN Systems Extend pipe lines to new Tease 950.00 D.A CWSA/DWS developed communities in the T/WATSAN Tease township Support landlords to construct District 12,000.00 D.A CWSA/DWS 50 VIP latrines annually wide T/WATSAN Procure sanitation equipments 1,000.00 D.A CWSA/DWS including septic/ solid waste T/WATSAN van, tools Provide Toilet Facilities District 10,000.00 D.A CWSA/DWS wide T/WATSAN Source: KAPSDA, 2014.

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District Objective 3: To enhance access to sustainable energy supply by the end of the plan period

Table 5.14: Annual Plan, 2015 Activities Location Timeframe (2015) Annual Budget Implementing Agencies

1st 2nd 3rd 4th Local External Lead Collaborating Encourage the cultivation of District 25,220.00 D.A Forestry wood log for charcoal wide Department Expansion of Electricity Supply District 30,000.00 D.A VRA/ECG wide Source: KAPSDA, 2014.

Thematic Area: Accelerated Agriculture Modernization and Sustainable Natural Resource Management District Objective: To promote sustainable private sector growth by the end of the plan period.

Table 5.15: Annual Plan, 2015

Activities Location Timeframe (2015) Annual Budget Implementing Agencies

1st 2nd 3rd 4th Local External Lead Collaborating Construct Market Facilities District 30.000.00 D.A PWD wide Rehabilitate Existing Market District 25,000.00 D.A PWD Facilities wide Construction of 3 unit and 1N0. Yam Shed Maamekro 40,000.00 DA DA at Maame Krobo bo Construction of market shed and stall at Kwesifanti 30,000.00 DA DA kwesi fanti Rehabilitation of Ekye Market Ekye 20,000.00 DA

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Source: KAPSDA, 2014

District Objective 2: To increase grass roots participation in decision-making

Table 5.16: Annual Plan, 2015 Activities Location Timeframe (2015) Annual Budget Implementing Agencies

1st 2nd 3rd 4th Local External Lead Collaborating Provide 4 sets of irrigation District 12,000.00 D.A MOFA equipment to 4 farmer groups wide annually Train and provide micro credit District 1,000.00 D.A BAC/ Rural facilities to 25 small scale wide Banks enterprises annually Establish Light Industrial Site District 10.000.00 D.A BAC. for Artisans wide Establishment of small scale industries 20,000.00 D.A BAC. Establishment of agro processing District 20,000.00 D.A MOFA/BAC Industries wide Enforce relevant environmental District 10.00 D.A Forestry dept. byelaws to protect the wide environment at all levels Encourage re-forestation of District 50,000.00 D.A Forestry dept. degraded forest reserved areas wide Source: KAPSDA , 2014

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Thematic Area: Enhancing Competitiveness of Ghana’s Private Sector District Objective: To promote tourism development in the District by 2017

Table 5.17: Annual Plan, 2015

Activities Location Timeframe (2015) Annual Budget Implementing Agencies

1st 2nd 3rd 4th Local External Lead Collaborating Prepare a tourism development plan/ District 5,000.00 D.A Dept. of procure for the District wide Culture Organized capacity building workshop for 3,500.00 D.A BAC potential craft men group formation and business management Encourage investors to participate in District 1,000.00 D.A Ministry of tourism development wide Tourism Source: KAPSDA, 2014.

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Thematic Area: Human Development, Productivity and Employment District Objective: To improve the quality of education and health in the District by 2017.

Table 5.18: Annual Plan, 2015

Activities Location Timeframe (2015) Annual Budget Implementing Agencies

1st 2nd 3rd 4th Local External Lead Collaborating Sponsor 20 teacher Trainee District 2,000.00 D.A GES Annually wide Sponsor 30 untrained Teachers District 2,000.00 D.A GES Annually wide Construct/ establish 1 vocational 4,000.00 D.A GES / technical institution Organize training for 150 District 8,500.00 D.A GES untrained KG& Nursery wide attendance and proprietress annually Rehabilitation of educational facilities 11,500.00 D.A GES Construction of teachers bungalow District D.A GES wide Construction of CHPS compounds and District 30,000.00 D.A GHS Nurses bungalow wide Extend electricity and water supply to 4 District 4,000.000 D.A GHS CHPS compounds wide Organize quarterly meeting between Tease 35,200.00 D.A GHS DHMT, D.A and beneficiaries communities on implementation of projects Establish 50 HIV/ AIDs material point at Tease 900.00 D.A GHS, GAC libraries, market and public places Organize annual fund raising activities to Tease 10,000.00 D.A GHS, GAC support HIV/AIDs programme

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12,734.00 Source: KAPSDA 2014.

Table 5.19: Annual Plan, 2015 Activities Location Timeframe (2015) Annual Budget Implementing Agencies 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Local Externa Lead Collaborating l Provision of employable skills to delinquent tEASE 1,500.00 D.A BAC, DSW and street children Identify and register the vulnerable ( PWDs, Entire 500.00 D.A MLGRD poor aged orphans) in the District District Provision of vocational skills for 10 unskilled Entire 799.00 D.A BAC, DSW people with disabilities annually District Monitor the activities of NGOs, CBOs, and Entire 950,00 D.A DSW FBOs on handling vulnerable groups District Identify and recruit 10 street children for tease 1,000.00 D.A DSW, GES enrolment into vocational schools annually Assist an average of 50 needy ( women) to Entire 11,500.00 D.A DSW, file cases at the family tribunal annually District DOVVSU Source: KAPSDA, 2014

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Thematic Area: Transparent and Accountable Governance District Objective: To improve the institutional capacity of the District Assembly by the end of the plan period

Table 5.20: Annual Plan, 2015 Activities Location Timeframe (2015) Annual Budget Implementing Agencies 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Local External Lead Collaborating Organize half yearly forum interface in the District 10,000 D.A MLGRD District on KAPSDA Medium Development Plan wide and other developmental programmes/ projects Organize 2no. Mid- term Review meetings on the Tease 5,000 D.A MLGRD MTDP 2014-2017 Strengthen the M&E system of the Assembly District 800.00 D.A MLGRD wide Procure vehicle for Monitoring and Evaluation District 10,000.00 D.A wide Source: KAPSDA, 2014

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District Objective 2: To increase grass roots participation in decision-making

Table 5.21: Annual Plan, 2015

Activities Location Timeframe (2011) Annual Budget Implementing Agencies 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Local External Lead Collaboratin g Organize the formation of 3 literacy groups in 3 District 20.000.00 D.A GES communities wide Organize fora for all unit committees on the need District 500.00 D.A NCCE to participate in good governance at the local wide level. Provision of permanent office structure for area District 3,000.00 D.A Town/Area councils wide Councils Provision of logistics and office equipment for District 15,000.00 D.A Town/Area Town/Area councils and unit committees wide Councils Organize training for 20 women groups in income District 1,000.00 D.A BAC generating activities wide Organize educational programme on national District 950.00 D.A NCCE policies wide Source: KAPSDA, 2014

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Thematic Area: Infrastructure and Human Settlement

Table 5.22: Annual Plan, 2016 Activities Location Timeframe (2016) Annual Budget Implementing Agencies

1st 2nd 3rd 4th Local External Lead Collaborating Rehabilitate roads in crop producing District wide 10,000.00 D.A MOFA/ communities DFR/ PWD Rehabilitate and resurface selected Maame krobo 10,000.00 D.A Urban Roads Maamekrobo town roads Dept./ DWD Construct 10 number culverts District wide 150,000 D.A DWD/DFR Conduct routine / recurrent District wide 5,000.00 D.A PWD/DFR maintenance of some selected feeder roads Source: KAPSDA, 2014

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Table 5.23: Annual Plan, 2016 Activities Location Timeframe (2016) Annual Budget Implementing Agencies

1st 2nd 3rd 4th Local External Lead Collaborating Construction of Drainage District 25,000.00 D.A PWD/DFR wide Provision of refuse containers District 1,500.00 D.A CWSA/DWS wide T/WATSAN Rehabilitate / redevelop affected District 5,000.00 D.A CWSA/DWS water facilities wide T/WATSAN Construct 10 hand- dug wells with pumps District 300,000 D.A CWSA/DWS and Provision of Small Town Water wide T/WATSAN Systems Extend pipe lines to new Foridori 150,000 D.A CWSA/DWS developed communities in the T/WATSAN Forofori township Support landlords to construct District 120,000 D.A CWSA/DWS 50 VIP latrines annually wide T/WATSAN Procure sanitation equipments District 10,000 D.A CWSA/DWS including septic/ solid waste wide T/WATSAN van, tools Provide Toilet Facilities 10,000.00 D.A CWSA/DWS T/WATSAN Source: KAPSDA, 2014

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Thematic Area; Accelerated agricultural modernization and natural resource management

Table 5.24: Annual Plan, 2016 Activities Location Timeframe (2016) Annual Budget Implementing Agencies

1st 2nd 3rd 4th Local External Lead Collaborating Provide 4 sets of irrigation District 12,000.00 D.A MOFA equipment to 14 farmer groups wide annually Train and provide micro credit District 1,000.00 D.A BAC/ Rural facilities to 25 small scale wide Banks enterprises annually Establish Light Industrial Site District 10.000.00 D.A BAC. for Artisans wide Establishment of small scale District 20,000.00 D.A BAC. Industries wide Establishment of agro processing District 20,000.00 D.A MOFA/BAC Industries wide Enforce relevant environmental District 10,000 D.A Forestry dept. byelaws to protect the wide environment at all levels Encourage re-forestation of District 20,000 D.A Forestry dept. degraded forest reserved areas wide

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Table 5.25: Annual Plan, 2016.

Activities Location Timeframe (2016) Annual Budget Implementing Agencies

1st 2nd 3rd 4th Local External Lead Collaborating Encourage the cultivation of 25,220.00 D.A Forestry wood log for charcoal Department Expansion of Electricity Supply 30,000.00 D.A VRA/ECG

Source: KAPSDA, 2014

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District Objective 4: To provide market infrastructure by 2017.

Table 5.26: Annual Plan 2016 Activities Location Timeframe (2016) Annual Budget Implementing Agencies

1st 2nd 3rd 4th Local External Lead Collaborating Construct Market Facilities District 30,000.00 D.A DWD wide Rehabilitate Existing Market District 20,000.00 D.A DWD Facilities wide Source: KAPSDA, 2014

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Thematic Area: Human Development, Productivity and Employment

Table 5.27: Annual Plan, 2016

Activities Location Timeframe (2016) Annual Budget Implementing Agencies

1st 2nd 3rd 4th Local External Lead Collaborating Sponsor 20 teacher Trainee annually District 2,000.00 D.A GES wide Sponsor 30 untrained Teachers annually District 4,000.00 D.A GES wide Construct/ establish 1 vocational / Maame 8,500.00 D.A GES technical institution krobo Organize training for 150 untrained KG& District 11,500.00 D.A GES Nursery attendance and proprietress wide Annually Rehabilitation of educational facilities District D.A GES wide Construction of teachers bungalow District 30,000.00 D.A GES wide Construction of CHPS compounds and District 4,000.000 D.A GHS Nurses bungalow wide Extend electricity and water supply to 4 District 35,200.00 D.A GHS CHPS compounds wide Organize quarterly meeting Tease 900.00 D.A GHS between DHMT, D.A and beneficiaries communities on implementation of projects Establish 50 HIV/ AIDs material point at Tease 10,000.00 D.A GHS, GAC libraries, market and public places Organize annual fund raising activities to Maame 12,734.00 D.A GHS, GAC support HIV/AIDs programme krobo Source: KAPSDA, 2014

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Table 5.28: Annual Plan, 2016

Activities Location Timeframe (2016) Annual Budget Implementing Agencies 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Local Externa Lead Collaborating l Provision of employable skills to delinquent Maame krob 15,000 D.A BAC, DSW and street children Identify and register the vulnerable ( PWDs, Entire 5,000 D.A MLGRD poor aged orphans) in the District District Provision of vocational skills for 10 unskilled Entire 10,000 D.A BAC, DSW people with disabilities annually District Monitor the activities of NGOs, CBOs, and Entire 50,000 D.A DSW FBOs on handling vulnerable groups District Identify and recruit 10 street children for Tease 10,000 D.A DSW, GES enrolment into vocational schools annually Assist an average of 50 needy ( women) to Entire 50,000 D.A DSW, file cases at the family tribunal annually District DOVVSU Source: KAPSDA, 2014

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Table 5.29: Annual Plan, 2016

Activities Location Timeframe (2016) Annual Budget Implementing Agencies 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Local External Lead Collaborating Organize half yearly forum interface in the 500.00 D.A MLGRD District on KNDA Medium Development Plan and other developmental programmes/ projects Organize 2no. Mid- term Review meetings on the 500.00 D.A MLGRD MTDP 2010-2013 Strengthen the M&E system of the Assembly 800.00 D.A MLGRD Source: KAPSDA, 2014

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District Objective: To provide market infrastructure

Table 5.30: Annual Plan, 2017 Activities Location Timeframe (2017) Annual Budget Implementing Agencies

1st 2nd 3rd 4th Local External Lead Collaborating Construct Market Facilities District 30,000.00 D.A PWD wide Rehabilitate Existing Market District 20,000.00 D.A PWD Facilities wide Source: KAPSDA, 2014

Table 5.31: Annual Plan, 2017 Activities Location Timeframe (2017) Annual Budget Implementing Agencies

1st 2nd 3rd 4th Local External Lead Collaborating Rehabilitate roads in crop producing District wide 10,000.00 D.A MOFA/ communities DFR/ DWD Rehabilitate and resurface selected forifori 100,,000.0 D.A Urban Roads Forifori town roads Dept./ DWD Construct 10 number culverts 3,500.00 D.A DWD/DFR Conduct routine / recurrent 5,000.00 D.A DWD/DFR maintenance of some selected feeder roads Source: KAPSDA, 2014

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Table 5.32. Annual Plan, 2017

Activities Location Timeframe (2017) Annual Budget Implementing Agencies

1st 2nd 3rd 4th Local External Lead Collaborating Construction of Drainage 25,000.00 D.A PWD/DFR District wide Rehabilitate / redevelop affected District 1,500.00 D.A CWSA/DWS water facilities wide T/WATSAN Construct 10 hand- dug wells with pumps District 5,000.00 D.A CWSA/DWS and Provision of Small Town Water wide T/WATSAN Systems Extend pipe lines to new District 3,000.00 D.A CWSA/DWS developed communities in the wide T/WATSAN Donkorkrom township Support landlords to construct District 950.00 D.A CWSA/DWS 50 VIP latrines annually wide T/WATSAN Provide Toilet Facilities District 12,000.00 D.A CWSA/DWS wide T/WATSAN Source: KAPSDA, 2014

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Table 5.33: Annual Plan 2017

Activities Location Timeframe (2017) Annual Budget Implementing Agencies

1st 2nd 3rd 4th Local External Lead Collaborating Encourage the cultivation of District 25,220.00 D.A Forestry wood log for charcoal wide Department Expansion of Electricity Supply District 30,000.00 D.A VRA/ECG wide Source: KAPSDA, 2014.

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Table 5.34: Annual Plan, 2017.

Activities Location Timeframe (2017) Annual Budget Implementing Agencies

1st 2nd 3rd 4th Local External Lead Collaborating Provide 4 sets of irrigation District 12,000.00 D.A MOFA equipment to 4 farmer groups wide annually Train and provide micro credit District 1,000.00 D.A BAC/ Rural facilities to 25 small scale wide Banks enterprises annually Establish Light Industrial Site District 10.000.00 D.A BAC. for Artisans wide Establishment of small scale District 20,000.00 D.A BAC. Industries wide Establishment of agro processing District 20,000.00 D.A MOFA/BAC Industries wide Enforce relevant environmental District 979.00 D.A Forestry dept. byelaws to protect the wide environment at all levels Encourage re-forestation of District 1,000.00 D.A Forestry dept. degraded forest reserved areas wide Source: KAPSDA, 2014

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Table 5.35: Annual Plan, 2017.

Activities Location Timeframe (2017) Annual Budget Implementing Agencies

1st 2nd 3rd 4th Local External Lead Collaborating Sponsor 20 teacher Trainee annually District 2,000.00 D.A GES wide Sponsor 30 untrained Teachers annually District 4,000.00 D.A GES wide Construct/ establish 1 vocational ekye 8,500.00 D.A GES / technical institution Organize training for 150 untrained KG& District 11,500.00 D.A GES Nursery attendance and proprietress wide Annually Rehabilitation of educational facilities District D.A GES wide Construction of teachers bungalow District 30,000.00 D.A GES wide Construction of CHPS compounds and District 4,000.000 D.A GHS Nurses bungalow wide Extend electricity and water supply to 4 District 35,200.00 D.A GHS CHPS compounds wide Organize quarterly meeting between Tease 900.00 D.A GHS DHMT, D.A and beneficiaries communities on implementation of projects Establish 50 HIV/ AIDs material point at Tease 10,000.00 D.A GHS, GAC libraries, market and public places Organize annual fund raising activities to Tease 12,734.00 D.A GHS, GAC support HIV/AIDs programme Source: KAPSDA, 2014.

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Table 5.36: Annual Plan, 2017

Activities Location Timeframe (2017) Annual Budget Implementing Agencies 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Local Externa Lead Collaborating l Organize half yearly forum interface in the Tease 2,500.00 D.A MLGRD District on KAPSDA Medium Development Plan and other developmental programmes/ projects Organize 2no. Mid- term Review meetings on the Tease 2,000.00 D.A MLGRD MTDP 2014-2017 Strengthen the M&E system of the Assembly 15,000.00 D.A MLGRD Source: KAPSDA, 2014

Table 5.37: Annual Plan, 2017

Activities Location Timeframe (2017) Annual Budget Implementing Agencies 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Local Extern Lead Collaborating al Provision of permanent office structure for area All 10,000.00 D.A Urban/Area councils Town Councils Councils Capitals Provision of logistics and office equipment for All 1,250.00 D.A Urban/Area Town/Area councils and unit committees Town Councils Councils Capitals Organize educational programme on national 1,000.00 D.A NCCE policies Source: KAPSDA, 2014

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Table 5.38; Annual Plan, 2017

Activities Location Timeframe (2017) Annual Budget Implementing Agencies 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Local External Lead Collaborating Provision of permanent office All 20,000.00 D.A Urban/Area structure for area councils Town Councils Councils Capitals Provision of logistics and office All 10,000.00 D.A Urban/Area equipment for Urban/Area Town Councils councils and unit committees Councils Capitals Organize educational 1,500.00 D.A NCCE programme on national policies Source: KAPSDA, 2014

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Table 5.39: Annual Plan, 2017

Activities Location Timeframe (2017) Annual Budget Implementing Agencies 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Local External Lead Collaborating Provision of employable skills to delinquent Tease 2,032.0 D.A BAC, DSW and street children 0 Identify and register the vulnerable ( PWDs, Entire 950.00 D.A MLGRD poor aged orphans) in the District District Provision of vocational skills for 10 unskilled Entire 500.00 D.A BAC, DSW people with disabilities annually District Monitor the activities of NGOs, CBOs, and Entire 1,100.0 D.A DSW FBOs on handling vulnerable groups District 0 Identify and recruit 10 street children for Donkorkrom 930.00 D.A DSW, GES enrolment into vocational schools annually Assist an average of 50 needy ( women) to Entire 700.00 D.A DSW, file cases at the family tribunal annually District DOVVSU Source: KAPSDA, 2014

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MONITORING AND EVALUATION Introduction The importance of monitoring in the implementation of Medium-Term Development Plans, Programmes and Projects cannot be over-emphasized. The M & E framework of MTDPF 2014- 2017 is being developed as a set of planning, information gathering, synthesis, reflection and reporting processes and capacities required for the results to make a valuable contribution to decision-making and learning.

In view of the fact that resources are limited, result-based Monitoring and Evaluation is being used in most parts of the world. This situation is not different in Ghana, with increasing emphasis on public sector transparency and accountability.

Results-based monitoring would help to measure progress towards explicit short, intermediate and long-term results. It can provide feedback on progress (or lack of progress) to staff and decision-makers who can use the information in various ways to improve performance.

The Monitoring and Evaluation Plan would help institute effective and efficient system for tracking the progress of programmes, plans and projects of the MMDAs.

Systematic monitoring and evaluation of the strategic plan of Kwahu Afram Plains South District will show the extent of progress made towards the implementation of Government development priorities and will further help to:

 Assess whether the District developmental targets are being are being met.  Identify achievement, constraints and failures so that improvements can be made to the Plan and Project designs to achieve better impact in the future.  Provide information for effective coordination of the decentralized department  Improve service delivery and influence allocation of resources to District.  Prove Council Members, the Government, Development Partners, RCCs, MMDAs and the general public with better means for learning from past experience.

Monitoring of DMTDP activities would be conducted from the Sub-structures levels and the decentralize department. As a management tool, monitoring would be organized at each level of

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management, thus the DPCUs at the District level, would be expected to keep track of the activities and carry out correction action where possible.

Monitoring and Evaluation at the District level would be aimed at two broad goals, that is, tracking project performance and building strong and effective M&E capacity within the decentralized District assemblies.

The National Development Planning Commission (NDPC) and Regional Co-ordinating Council will monitor periodically programmes and projects undertaken by the District , especially financed from DDF and District Assemblies Common Fund.

Monitoring and Evaluation reports will be co-ordinated by the DPCU

Detailed Monitoring and Evaluation Plan would be prepared for the 2014-2017 Medium-Term Development Plan based on the guidelines provided by NDPC.

Control and Monitoring & Evaluation Mechanism

 Monitoring and Evaluation will help to check whether the performance/results of activities in the action plan are on course (to meet the target) or there is deviation particularly negative ones.  To compare the set objectives and strategies against actual performance.  Where the differences are significant, there is the need to find out whether the objectives or strategies are right and realistic.

COMMUNICATION STRATEGY Introduction The chapter presents in details the strategy for dissemination of this plan to all key stakeholders.

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stakeholders about the programmes, sub-programmes and activities that the Districct intends to implement during the period 2014-2017. The programmes are strategically mapped out to enable the District contribute to the achievement of the goal of the National Medium-Term Policy Framework 2014-2017. In this strategy, efforts will be made to foster greater collaboration and coordination with all stakeholders in the achievement of set targets. There would be greater emphasis on transparency and accountability so as to maximum benefits to be derived from the implementation of planned interventions.

Objectives of the Communication Strategy The objective of the Communication Strategy is to:

a. create awareness, eliminate any misunderstanding and distortions, and foster greater understandings, appreciation and acceptance of the District and bring the bureaucracy towards decentralization; b. communicate effectively the Mission, Goals and Objectives of Decentralization Policy in general and the District in particular; c. develop a process to promote and sustain stakeholder involvement-participation, consultation, support, and collaboration with stakeholders ; d. promote donor orientation, support, involvement, and coordination; e. build and equip organizational participants with requisite knowledge, skills and attitudes to cope the challenges and to enhance the performance of technical staff. Target Groups The Communication Strategy identified the following as major target groups on account of their involvement in legislation, policy, funding, implementation, monitoring, evaluation and reporting arrangements. The major stakeholders / institutions identified include:

a. Members of Parliament and relevant Parliamentary Sub-Committees, especially the Committees on Local Government and Rural Development, Finance, and Manpower, Youth and Employment b. Ministers and Deputy c. Regional Co-ordinating Councils, Regional Ministers and Heads of Departments d. Chief Executives and Heads of Departments, and Sub-District Councils

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e. Traditional Leaders, Opinion Leaders and General Public

f. Development Partners g. Private Sector h. NGOs / CSOs

Table 5.40:

Target Institutions Target Stakeholders Basic Objective of Communication Ministries,  Ministers  Create politically enabling Departments and  Deputy Ministers environment and ensure top Agencies  Chief Directors/Directors management support  Develop co-operative atmosphere for a breakdown of barriers for successful implementation Parliament  Members of Parliament  Create political goodwill and  Members of Select Committees legislative support and on Local Government, and resource allocation  Members of other Select Committees especially Committee on Finance Regional Co-ordinating  Regional Ministers  Ensure preparedness, capacity Councils  Deputy Regional Ministers availability, and ownership of  Regional Co-ordinating Directors project  Heads of Department of RCC District Assemblies  District Chief Executives  Impart knowledge, abilities  Presiding Members and skills necessary for  Heads of Department successful implementation  Assembly Members and sustainability Sub-District Councils  Traditional Authorities  Sub-District Councillors

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 Sub-District Officers  People NALAG/LGWU and  Leadership of Organizations  Advocacy other Civil Society and  Support and Non-Governmental  Training at community levels Organizations Development Partners  Multi-Lateral Agencies  Inform on developments and  Bilateral Agencies progress towards agreed  CSOs / NGOs objectives  Financing support Universities and  Academics  Provide general knowledge Institutes  Researchers and database  Training, support and feedback Private Sector  Businessman  Provide general knowledge and awareness on area of private sector participation in service delivery

Approaches / Channels The approaches outlines below focus on group and individual approaches or organizational change through interaction, information dissemination, training, management development programmes, team building and survey feedback techniques. The training programmes would be designed to improve stakeholder’s awareness and understanding of problems, the develop employees job skills, to help them to adapt. Team building programmes would be designed so as to define goals or priorities, analyze task and the way they are performed, and examine the relationship among the employees.

The approaches identified to be used to achieve the above objectives are:

a. Newspapers / Newsletter Publications

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 Local Dailies

 Local Government Information Digest

b. Broadcast Media, TV and Radio, public service announcements and panel discussions and call-ins;

c. Workshops / Seminars (including LGS Launch Workshop)

d. Focus Group Discussions

e. Consultative Meetings

f. Follow-ups

g. Briefing of RCCs and MMDAs during meetings

h. Website Development

The Communication channels envisaged are:

Using Discussion Programmes:

a. Electronic Media: Radio (National Radio G.B.C. and Selected FM Stations and other stations available in the Districts) and Television:

b. Using Information Services Division of the Ministry of Local Government

In all, Seminars, Radio, TV Discussion programmes, newspaper articles, brochures and flyers would be used to reach out generally to the various stakeholders. The specifics for the respective target groups / institutions are shown in the matrix below:

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Matrix Showing Target Institutions, Stakeholders and Approaches

Table 5.41:

Target Institutions Target Stakeholders Means of Communication Parliament  Members of Parliament  Seminars  Members of Select Committees on  Policy Fora Local Government,  Workshops  Members of other Select  Consultative Committees especially: Committee Meetings on Finance, Manpower, Youth & Employment Ministries, Departments and  Ministers  Seminars Agencies  Deputy Ministers  Policy Fora  Chief Directors  Workshops  Directors  Consultative Meetings  Follow-ups Regional Co-ordinating  Regional Ministers  Seminars Councils  Deputy Regional Ministers  Workshops  Regional Co-ord. Directors  Consultative  Heads of Department of RCC Meetings  Follow-ups District Assemblies  District Chief Executives  Seminars  Presiding Members  Workshops  Heads of Departments  Follow-ups  Assembly Members Sub-District Councils  Traditional Authorities  Training Workshops  Sub-District Councillors  Follow-ups

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 Sub-District Officers  Durbars  People  Call-ins, etc. NALAG/LGWU and other  Leadership of Organizations  Seminars Civil Society and Non-  Workshops Governmental Organizations  Consultative Meetings  Follow-ups Development Partners  Multi-Lateral Agencies  Seminars  Bilateral Agencies  Consultative  CSOs / NGOs Meetings  Follow-ups Universities and Institutes  Academics  Seminars  Researchers  Policy Fora  Workshops Private Sector  Businessman  Seminars  Workshops  Meetings

Implementation Time-Table The following activities to be carried out during the planned period 2014-2017:

a. institute quarterly meeting withDecentralized departments to identify and agree on the functions, personnel and resources to transfer to the DA and RCCs;

b. undertake stakeholders consultations and discussions to accelerate the decentralization process;

c. constitute Inter-Service Working Committee(s) to facilitate and strengthen the exchange of information between services quarterly;;

d. undertake policy dialogues monthly for the purposes of education, communication, information, common understanding, deepening the process and advocacy;

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e. institute quarterly DA /NGO/CSO/Private Sector Interface;

Recommendation / Way Forward In the light of the fore-going it is recommended as follows:

o Designing of Appropriate Message: Appropriate messages are designed with the view of reaching out to the various stakeholders: Parliamentarian,, RCCs, MMDAs, Developments Partners, Private Sector, etc.

o Briefing of RCC and Assembly Meetings: DA should consider undertaking briefing sessions during RCC and Assembly Meetings.

o Attracting Right Calibre of Staff into the District Assembly: It is further recommended for improved conditions to be instituted to attract the right calibre of staff into the District. In this respect, there is the need to start with interviews to recruit, retain and attract others into the Service.

In conclusion, we envisage that the Medium-Term Development Plan of the Service would be implemented judiciously to enhance the growth and Better Ghana Agenda.

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SUSTAINABILITY TEST In the preparation of the District SEA report, sustainability appraisal test was used to subject each activity to a simple test of the overall sustainability of the policies, plans or programmes of the District. Four criteria namely; effect on natural resources, effect social and cultural conditions, effect on the economy and institutional issues were the parameters used. These criteria have various components, which could be either favour or otherwise by the various activities. The individual matrices for the activities and their record sheets are attached as appendix. A summary of the performance of individual activities against the sustainability tests are also outlined below;

1. Construction of 10 No Six Unit classroom block store and office at some selected communities the District Wide .

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The activity is favourable with all the criteria except its effect on degraded land, thus weakening its sustainability, but lightly.

2. Construct of 2 No. Council offices at Tease and Samanhyia Area Councils. The activity is highly favourable with respect to all the criteria and therefore sustainable

3. Construction of 10 NO six Number Kindergarten classroom block, office and store at selected communities in the District wide The activity is favourable with all the criteria except its effect on degraded land, thus weakening its sustainability

4. Construct 8 No 6-seater KVIP at Some selected communities in the District wide The activity is favourable with all the criteria except its effect on degraded land, pollution, rivers and water bodies and access to water and therefore reducing its sustainability.

5. Construct small town water system at Maamekrobo and Tease townships The activity is highly favourable with respect to all the criteria and therefore sustainable, through not without some slight degrading of the environment.

6. Construct of market in the District The activity is favourable with all the criteria except its effect on degraded land, energy and sanitation, socio-cultural thus making it unsustainable.

7. Tar 8km Ekye to Tease township roads

The activity is favourable with all the criteria except its effect on degraded land, energy, pollution and access to land therefore, reducing its sustainability

8. Rehabilitate of Old world vision office

The activity is favourable with all the criteria except its effect on degraded land, pollution and sanitation and thereby impacting negatively on its sustainability.

9. Construct 3-Unit classroom blocks with offices, Common rooms and stores at Selected Communities in the District

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This activity is favourable with all the criteria except its effect on degraded land, thus weakening its sustainability

10. Construct teacher quarters in the District

This activity is favourable with all the criteria except its effect on degraded land, thus weakening its sustainability

11. Drill 30 boreholes in the District The activity is favourable with respect to some of the criteria except access to land, access to water, sanitation, vulnerability and risk and thus weakening its sustainability 12. Spot improvement of feeder roads of (13.15 km),and others

The activity is favourable with all the criteria except its effect on degraded land, energy, pollution and access to land thus weakening its sustainability

13. Dislodgment of 10 Public Toilet

The activity is favourable with all the criteria except its effect on land, pollution, rivers and water bodies, health and well being and access to water. Thereby, impacting negatively on its sustainability

14. Construct of Assembly office

This activity is favourable with all the criteria except its effect on degraded land, thus weakening its sustainability 15. Construct 10 school blocks by World Vision

This activity is favourable with all the criteria except its effect on degraded land, thus weakening its sustainability 16. Construct of 2 junior and senior officers’ quarters for District Assembly staffs

This activity is favourable with all the criteria except its effect on degraded land, thus weakening its sustainability

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17. Rehabilitation of DCD and DCE’s bungalow

This activity is favourable with all the criteria except its effect on degraded land, thus weakening its sustainability 18. Construct Police Post at Maame krobo .

This activity is favourable with all the criteria except its effect on degraded land, thus weakening its sustainability

19. Construct 8 No. foot bridges and 10 No culverts The activity is highly favourable with respect to all the criteria and therefore sustainable 20. Procure additional 10 refuse containers for solid waste disposal and distribute District wide

The activity is highly favourable with respect to all the criteria and therefore sustainable 21. Reafforestatation of 50 hectares of degraded land annually

The activity is highly favourable with respect to all the criteria and therefore sustainable 22. Construct 15 institutional latrines, six public toilets and 60 household latrines

This activity is favourable with all the criteria except its effect on degraded land, pollution and rivers and water bodies, thus weakening its sustainability 23. Rehabilitate and expansion of water system

The activity is highly favourable with respect to all the criteria and therefore sustainable 24. Construct 4 Cement Ferro Tank rainwater harvesting system

The activity is highly favourable with respect to all the criteria and therefore sustainable 25. Construct four (4) irrigation facilities in the District

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6.3 MEASURES TO ADDRESS IMPACTS Using the sustainability tools and marching the policies / programmes /activities against the four main criteria will involve a series of practical measures or interventions to address the impacts. The overall performance of the 24 policies /programmes/activities in the four criteria was quiet encouraging and interesting. A few negative impacts recorded during the sustainability tests need to be addressed.

In general, most of the constructional activities showed red indicating that they could have negative impacts on the environment (Natural Resources), especially on the forests, degraded land, water resources etc. An activity such as: Feeder Roads spot improvement scored negative against degraded land, energy, pollution and access to land. Some activities such as the construction of a market at Kete lake side will have negative impacts on natural resources specifically on land, water bodies and access to land (under socio-cultural conditions). The indicators are land degradation and pollution of water sources.

Taking these degradation and pollution of water sources negative impacts into consideration, it’s envisaged that project /activities sites will be carefully selected and conserved areas (forest reserves) shall be avoided. Where a project or an activity is to be sited in such an area, proper care and the necessary precautions on the environmental impact will be taken care of and monitored such as the protection of wildlife likely to be affected rodents, birds, snakes, insects, earthworm, termites etc. With regard to interventions to minimize impact, disturbances to adjacent lands not yet developed will be avoided.

To minimize land degradation on project sites, proper landscaping will be executed by the Department of Parks and Gardens to check any further run-offs or erosion of the top soils. It has also been envisaged that in mountainous areas where lands slope and intensive farming activities occur, agro-forestry, ploughing across slopes and the development of steps to break the effects of run-offs and as such effects of erosion shall be promoted through educating farmers on the importance of sustainability.

In the case of water pollution, which will be addressed through the avoidance of siting projects especially sanitary facilities closer to water bodies and the siting of final dumping sites on top of hills which leaches into water bodies.

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Under construction, naturally visual intrusion cannot be avoided from debris, pieces of wood, broken concrete, left over gravels and sand. It is envisaged however that, more skip containers shall be placed at vantage points and transported to final dump sites. Unused site materials shall be conveyed and re-used at other places.

Gravel and sand are the major materials used for constructional purposes. Land degradation is largely caused by the haphazard and indiscriminate manner in which these resources are scooped and utilized. In other to minimize the negative effects on the environment through the creation of borrow pits which becomes the breeding place for mosquito infestation, it is expected that the Assembly will regulate the activities of contractors and sign Memorandum of Understanding with them on land reclamation and educate them on environmental sustainability issues. It is expected that contractors shall adhere to the DA’s guidelines on the environment.

On socio-cultural conditions relating to access to land, which affect farming in the communities, it is expected that when there is the need the authorities shall work out an acceptable compensation for farmers affected.

KEY PLAYERS IN MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF THE STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT

KEY PLAYERS IN MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF THE STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT PLAN

Table 5.42: AGENCY ROLE/ACTIVITIES RESPONSIBLE PERSONS

District Assembly Enacting of bye-laws,and provision DCD, DPO, DWD Head of logistics for DPCU for monitoring

District Environmental Health Enforcement of bye-laws on DEHO Unit environmental issues, good hygiene and environmental sanitation

Ministry of Food and Ensure appropriate farming Dist. Officer of MoFA Agriculture techniques

District Education Office Formation of Environmental Clubs District Director of

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in Basic and Secondary Levels Education

Town and Country Planning Ensure proper land use and Dist. Officer, Town Department registration of building Planning Department

District Health Service Undertake campaign on hygiene and District Director of healthy lifestyles Health Services

Ghana National Fire Service Undertake campaign on the Dist. Officer, Ghana prevention of bushfire National Fire Service

Forestry Department Undertake planting of trees to curb Dist. Officer of Forestry climate change Department

Ghana Navy Ensure safety and prevent water District Navy pollution on the Volta Lake Commander

District Disaster Management Undertake disaster management, Dist. Cordinator, Organisation prevent sand winning, felling of NADMO trees

Judicial Service Enforcement of environmental law District Court Magistrate

Security Agencies Enforcement of law District Commander, Ghana Police Service

Environmental Protection Provision of EIA Forms for all Regional Officer of EPA Agency projects and carry out field inspection

8.2 MONITORING AND EVALUATION STAGE The Monitoring and Evaluation Stage shall focus on:

 Outlining implementation schedule and supervising the implementation process

 Tracking success or failure in plan and programme implementation

 Eliciting lessons on what to and not to do

 Outlining new priorities or options

 Revising and budgeting

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 Generating timely reports

The Monitoring and Evaluation Stage will help in accessing whether the DMTDP development targets are being met and to identify achievements, constraints and failures so that, improvements can be made to the DMTDP and project design.

8.3 MONITORING AND EVALUATION ARRANGEMENTS At the national level, the National Development Planning Commission is responsible for the tracking down of programme and projects objectives and activities, whilst the R.P.C.U and the D.P.C.U are in charge at the regional and District levels, ably supported by departments, subverted organizations and agencies respectively

An example of a programme indicator for the DMTDP (2010-2013) is shown below. The indicators have been developed to access the achievements of the objectives and targets in the plan.

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COMPATIBILITY MATRIX -RECORD SHEET

District Medium Term Development Plan

Table 5.43:

PPP No. PPP No. Score (Column) (Row) REASONS FOR INCOMPATIBILITY 1 5 x Waste from construction activities can pollute the environment 1 21 x Construction activities can impact positively on literacy and educational performance 1 23 x Constructional activities has no linkage to HIV/AIDS prevalence rate 5 1 x Waste from constructional activities can pollute water sources 12 20 x Resources to be used for the building of school structures will be skewed towards the provision of infrastructure for Assembly staffs 12 21 x Resources to be used for the building of school structures will be skewed towards the provision of infrastructure for Assembly staffs 12 22 x Resources to be used for the building of health structures will be skewed towards the provision of infrastructure for Assembly staffs 20 12 x Resources to be used for the building of school structures will be skewed towards the provision of infrastructure for Assembly staffs 21 1 x Constructional activities can impact positively on literacy and educational performance 21 12 x Resources to be used for the building of school structures will be skewed towards the provision of infrastructure for Assembly staffs 22 12 x Resources to be used for the building of health structures will be skewed towards the provision of infrastructure for Assembly staffs 23 1 x Constructional activities has no linkage on HIV/AIDS prevalence rate

KEY Mutually supportive +

Potential to conflict with each other x

No significant interactions

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Table 5.44: Description of Activity: Construction of 10 No 3Unit Classroom Block in the District PERFORMANCE CRITERIA – BASIC AIMS AND OBJECTIVES INDICATORS MEASURE EFFECTS ON NATURAL RESOURCES Protected Areas and Wildlife: should be conserved, and these resources should be enhanced where practical Sensitive areas shown on maps (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Degraded land: and areas vulnerable to degradation should be avoided. Already degraded land should be enhanced Vulnerable areas shown on maps (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Energy: The PPP should encourage efficient energy use and maximize use of Quantity and type of fuel/energy to be identified renewable rather than fossil fuel (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Pollution: Discharges of pollutants and waste products to the atmosphere, water and Quantity and type of pollutants and waste to be identified (0) 1 2 3 4 5 land should be avoided or minimized

Use of raw materials: All raw materials should be used with maximum efficiency and Quantity and type of pollutants and waste to be identified (0) 1 2 3 4 5 recycled where practical

Rivers and water bodies: should retain their natural character Minimum flows / water levels to be set (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Climate Change:Activity should contribute to climate change adaptation strategy Climate Change Report of the District (0) 1 2 3 4 5 and reduce climate change vulnerabilty

EFFECTS ON SOCIAL AND CULTURAL CONDITIONS Local Character: and cohesion of local communities should be maintained and Opinions of local communities to be assessed enhanced where practical (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Health and well-being: The PPP should benefit the work force and local communities Number of people exposed to water borne diseases, or lacking adequate food and in terms of health and well-being, nutrition, shelter, education and cultural excursion (0) 1 2 3 4 5 shelter to be assessed

Gender: The PPP should empower women Number of women to be empowered (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Job creation: Priority should be given to providing jobs for local people and Number of people to be employed (0) 1 2 3 4 5 particularly women and young people Participation: Active participation and involvement of local communities should be Level of participation proposed (0) 1 2 3 4 5 encouraged (especially vulnerable and excluded sections)

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Access to land: should be improved Number of the poor to be assisted (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Access to water: should be improved Number of the poor to be assisted (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Access to transport: should be improved Number of the poor to be assisted (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Sanitation: should be improved Number of the poor to be assisted (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Equity: Adverse and beneficial impacts from development should be distributed equitably and should not be discriminated against any group, especially vulnerable and Number of the poor to benefit on equitable terms (0) 1 2 3 4 5 excluded people

Vulnerability and Risk: of drought, bushfire, flood crises and conflicts and epidemics should be reduced Occurrence to be noted and monitored (0) 1 2 3 4 5

EFFECTS ON THE ECONOMY Growth: The PPP should result in development that encourages strong and stable conditions of economic growth Economic output to be evaluated (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Use of local materials and services: The PPP should encourage the use of raw materials and services from local industries where possible Description of sources (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Local investment of capital: Development should encourage the local retention of capital and the development of downstream industries , utilizing local raw materials, Description of investment strategies (0) 1 2 3 4 5 products and labour

INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES

Adherence to democratic principles: the PPP should promote participation of all Level of participation (0) 1 2 3 4 5 sections especially the grass root Human Rights: rights of the people should not be violated Records of human rights cases (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Access to information: should be improved Records of Information Services Department (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Regulation / Compliance: PPP should ensure best practice and compliance with environmental / industry standards and guidelines (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Description of Activity: Construction of six classroom block, office and store at some selected communities

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA – BASIC AIMS AND OBJECTIVES INDICATORS MEASURE

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EFFECTS ON NATURAL RESOURCES Protected Areas and Wildlife: should be conserved, and these resources should be enhanced where practical Sensitive areas shown on maps (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Degraded land:and areas vulnerable to degradation should be avoided. Already degraded land should be enhanced Vulnerable areas shown on maps (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Energy: The PPP should encourage efficient energy use and maximize use of Quantity and type of fuel/energy to be identified renewable rather than fossil fuel (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Pollution: Discharges of pollutants and waste products to the atmosphere, water and Quantity and type of pollutants and waste to be identified (0) 1 2 3 4 5 land should be avoided or minimized

Use of raw materials: All raw materials should be used with maximum efficiency and Quantity and type of pollutants and waste to be identified (0) 1 2 3 4 5 recycled where practical

Rivers and water bodies: should retain their natural character Minimum flows / water levels to be set (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Climate Change:Activity should contribute to climate change adaptation strategy Climate Change Report of the District (0) 1 2 3 4 5 and reduce climate change vulnerabilty

EFFECTS ON SOCIAL AND CULTURAL CONDITIONS Local Character: and cohesion of local communities should be maintained and Opinions of local communities to be assessed enhanced where practical (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Health and well-being: The PPP should benefit the work force and local communities Number of people exposed to water borne diseases, or lacking adequate food and in terms of health and well-being, nutrition, shelter, education and cultural excursion (0) 1 2 3 4 5 shelter to be assessed

Gender: The PPP should empower women Number of women to be empowered (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Job creation: Priority should be given to providing jobs for local people and Number of people to be employed (0) 1 2 3 4 5 particularly women and young people Participation: Active participation and involvement of local communities should be Level of participation proposed (0) 1 2 3 4 5 encouraged (especially vulnerable and excluded sections) Access to land: should be improved Number of the poor to be assisted (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Access to water: should be improved Number of the poor to be assisted (0) 1 2 3 4 5

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Access to transport: should be improved Number of the poor to be assisted (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Sanitation: should be improved Number of the poor to be assisted (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Equity: Adverse and beneficial impacts from development should be distributed equitably and should not be discriminated against any group, especially vulnerable and Number of the poor to benefit on equitable terms (0) 1 2 3 4 5 excluded people

Vulnerability and Risk: of drought, bushfire, flood crises and conflicts and epidemics should be reduced Occurrence to be noted and monitored (0) 1 2 3 4 5

EFFECTS ON THE ECONOMY Growth: The PPP should result in development that encourages strong and stable conditions of economic growth Economic output to be evaluated (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Use of local materials and services: The PPP should encourage the use of raw materials and services from local industries where possible Description of sources (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Local investment of capital: Development should encourage the local retention of capital and the development of downstream industries , utilizing local raw materials, Description of investment strategies (0) 1 2 3 4 5 products and labour

INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES

Adherence to democratic principles: the PPP should promote participation of all Level of participation (0) 1 2 3 4 5 sections especially the grass root Human Rights: rights of the people should not be violated Records of human rights cases (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Access to information: should be improved Records of Information Services Department (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Regulation / Compliance: PPP should ensure best practice and compliance with (0) 1 2 3 4 5 environmental / industry standards and guidelines Description of Activity: Construction of 14 seater Aqua-Privy at Borae, Chinderi, Grubi and Banda

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA – BASIC AIMS AND OBJECTIVES INDICATORS MEASURE EFFECTS ON NATURAL RESOURCES Protected Areas and Wildlife: should be conserved, and these resources should be enhanced where practical Sensitive areas shown on maps (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Degraded land: and areas vulnerable to degradation should be avoided. Already degraded land should be enhanced Vulnerable areas shown on maps (0) 1 2 3 4 5

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Energy: The PPP should encourage efficient energy use and maximize use of Quantity and type of fuel/energy to be identified renewable rather than fossil fuel (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Pollution: Discharges of pollutants and waste products to the atmosphere, water and Quantity and type of pollutants and waste to be identified (0) 1 2 3 4 5 land should be avoided or minimized

Use of raw materials: All raw materials should be used with maximum efficiency and Quantity and type of pollutants and waste to be identified (0) 1 2 3 4 5 recycled where practical

Rivers and water bodies: should retain their natural character Minimum flows / water levels to be set (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Climate Change:Activity should contribute to climate change adaptation strategy Climate Change Report of the District (0) 1 2 3 4 5 and reduce climate change vulnerabilty

EFFECTS ON SOCIAL AND CULTURAL CONDITIONS Local Character: and cohesion of local communities should be maintained and Opinions of local communities to be assessed enhanced where practical (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Health and well-being: The PPP should benefit the work force and local communities Number of people exposed to water borne diseases, or lacking adequate food and in terms of health and well-being, nutrition, shelter, education and cultural excursion (0) 1 2 3 4 5 shelter to be assessed

Gender: The PPP should empower women Number of women to be empowered (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Job creation: Priority should be given to providing jobs for local people and Number of people to be employed (0) 1 2 3 4 5 particularly women and young people Participation: Active participation and involvement of local communities should be Level of participation proposed (0) 1 2 3 4 5 encouraged (especially vulnerable and excluded sections) Access to land: should be improved Number of the poor to be assisted (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Access to water: should be improved Number of the poor to be assisted (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Access to transport: should be improved Number of the poor to be assisted (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Sanitation: should be improved Number of the poor to be assisted (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Equity: Adverse and beneficial impacts from development should be distributed equitably and should not be discriminated against any group, especially vulnerable and Number of the poor to benefit on equitable terms (0) 1 2 3 4 5 excluded people

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Vulnerability and Risk: of drought, bushfire, flood crises and conflicts and epidemics should be reduced Occurrence to be noted and monitored (0) 1 2 3 4 5

EFFECTS ON THE ECONOMY Growth: The PPP should result in development that encourages strong and stable conditions of economic growth Economic output to be evaluated (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Use of local materials and services: The PPP should encourage the use of raw materials and services from local industries where possible Description of sources (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Description of investment strategies Local investment of capital: Development should encourage the local retention of

capital and the development of downstream industries , utilizing local raw materials, (0) 1 2 3 4 5 products and labour

INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES

Adherence to democratic principles: the PPP should promote participation of all Level of participation (0) 1 2 3 4 5 sections especially the grass root Human Rights: rights of the people should not be violated Records of human rights cases (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Access to information: should be improved Records of Information Services Department (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Regulation / Compliance: PPP should ensure best practice and compliance with (0) 1 2 3 4 5 environmental / industry standards and guidelines Description of Activity: Construction of small town water system at Chinderi Banda and Ehiamankyene

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA – BASIC AIMS AND OBJECTIVES INDICATORS MEASURE EFFECTS ON NATURAL RESOURCES Protected Areas and Wildlife: should be conserved, and these resources should be enhanced where practical Sensitive areas shown on maps (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Degraded land: and areas vulnerable to degradation should be avoided. Already degraded land should be enhanced Vulnerable areas shown on maps (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Energy: The PPP should encourage efficient energy use and maximize use of Quantity and type of fuel/energy to be identified renewable rather than fossil fuel (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Pollution: Discharges of pollutants and waste products to the atmosphere, water and Quantity and type of pollutants and waste to be identified (0) 1 2 3 4 5 land should be avoided or minimized

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Use of raw materials: All raw materials should be used with maximum efficiency and Quantity and type of pollutants and waste to be identified (0) 1 2 3 4 5 recycled where practical

Rivers and water bodies: should retain their natural character Minimum flows / water levels to be set (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Climate Change:Activity should contribute to climate change adaptation strategy Climate Change Report of the District (0) 1 2 3 4 5 and reduce climate change vulnerabilty

EFFECTS ON SOCIAL AND CULTURAL CONDITIONS Local Character: and cohesion of local communities should be maintained and Opinions of local communities to be assessed enhanced where practical (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Health and well-being: The PPP should benefit the work force and local communities Number of people exposed to water borne diseases, or lacking adequate food and in terms of health and well-being, nutrition, shelter, education and cultural excursion (0) 1 2 3 4 5 shelter to be assessed

Gender: The PPP should empower women Number of women to be empowered (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Job creation: Priority should be given to providing jobs for local people and Number of people to be employed (0) 1 2 3 4 5 particularly women and young people Participation: Active participation and involvement of local communities should be Level of participation proposed (0) 1 2 3 4 5 encouraged (especially vulnerable and excluded sections) Access to land: should be improved Number of the poor to be assisted (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Access to water: should be improved Number of the poor to be assisted (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Access to transport: should be improved Number of the poor to be assisted (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Sanitation: should be improved Number of the poor to be assisted (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Equity: Adverse and beneficial impacts from development should be distributed equitably and should not be discriminated against any group, especially vulnerable and Number of the poor to benefit on equitable terms (0) 1 2 3 4 5 excluded people

Vulnerability and Risk: of drought, bushfire, flood crises and conflicts and epidemics should be reduced Occurrence to be noted and monitored (0) 1 2 3 4 5

EFFECTS ON THE ECONOMY Growth: The PPP should result in development that encourages strong and stable conditions of economic growth Economic output to be evaluated (0) 1 2 3 4 5

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Use of local materials and services: The PPP should encourage the use of raw materials and services from local industries where possible Description of sources (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Local investment of capital: Development should encourage the local retention of capital and the development of downstream industries , utilizing local raw materials, Description of investment strategies (0) 1 2 3 4 5 products and labour

INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES

Adherence to democratic principles: the PPP should promote participation of all Level of participation (0) 1 2 3 4 5 sections especially the grass root Human Rights: rights of the people should not be violated Records of human rights cases (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Access to information: should be improved Records of Information Services Department (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Regulation / Compliance: PPP should ensure best practice and compliance with (0) 1 2 3 4 5 environmental / industry standards and guidelines Description of Activity: Construction of one market at Kete lake side and Bejamase

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA – BASIC AIMS AND OBJECTIVES INDICATORS MEASURE EFFECTS ON NATURAL RESOURCES Protected Areas and Wildlife: should be conserved, and these resources should be enhanced where practical Sensitive areas shown on maps (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Degraded land: and areas vulnerable to degradation should be avoided. Already degraded land should be enhanced Vulnerable areas shown on maps (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Energy: The PPP should encourage efficient energy use and maximize use of Quantity and type of fuel/energy to be identified renewable rather than fossil fuel (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Pollution: Discharges of pollutants and waste products to the atmosphere, water and Quantity and type of pollutants and waste to be identified (0) 1 2 3 4 5 land should be avoided or minimized

Use of raw materials: All raw materials should be used with maximum efficiency and Quantity and type of pollutants and waste to be identified (0) 1 2 3 4 5 recycled where practical

Rivers and water bodies: should retain their natural character Minimum flows / water levels to be set (0) 1 2 3 4 5

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Climate Change:Activity should contribute to climate change adaptation strategy Climate Change Report of the District (0) 1 2 3 4 5 and reduce climate change vulnerabilty

EFFECTS ON SOCIAL AND CULTURAL CONDITIONS Local Character: and cohesion of local communities should be maintained and Opinions of local communities to be assessed enhanced where practical (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Health and well-being: The PPP should benefit the work force and local communities Number of people exposed to water borne diseases, or lacking adequate food and in terms of health and well-being, nutrition, shelter, education and cultural excursion (0) 1 2 3 4 5 shelter to be assessed

Gender: The PPP should empower women Number of women to be empowered (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Job creation: Priority should be given to providing jobs for local people and Number of people to be employed (0) 1 2 3 4 5 particularly women and young people Participation: Active participation and involvement of local communities should be Level of participation proposed (0) 1 2 3 4 5 encouraged (especially vulnerable and excluded sections) Access to land: should be improved Number of the poor to be assisted (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Access to water: should be improved Number of the poor to be assisted (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Access to transport: should be improved Number of the poor to be assisted (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Sanitation: should be improved Number of the poor to be assisted (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Equity: Adverse and beneficial impacts from development should be distributed equitably and should not be discriminated against any group, especially vulnerable and Number of the poor to benefit on equitable terms (0) 1 2 3 4 5 excluded people

Vulnerability and Risk: of drought, bushfire, flood crises and conflicts and epidemics should be reduced Occurrence to be noted and monitored (0) 1 2 3 4 5

EFFECTS ON THE ECONOMY Growth: The PPP should result in development that encourages strong and stable conditions of economic growth Economic output to be evaluated (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Use of local materials and services: The PPP should encourage the use of raw Description of sources (0) 1 2 3 4 5 materials and services from local industries where possible Local investment of capital: Development should encourage the local retention of capital and the development of downstream industries , utilizing local raw materials, Description of investment strategies (0) 1 2 3 4 5 products and labour

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INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES

Adherence to democratic principles: the PPP should promote participation of all Level of participation (0) 1 2 3 4 5 sections especially the grass root Human Rights: rights of the people should not be violated Records of human rights cases (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Access to information: should be improved Records of Information Services Department (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Regulation / Compliance: PPP should ensure best practice and compliance with (0) 1 2 3 4 5 environmental / industry standards and guidelines Description of Activity: Tarring of Kete township roads

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA – BASIC AIMS AND OBJECTIVES INDICATORS MEASURE EFFECTS ON NATURAL RESOURCES Protected Areas and Wildlife: should be conserved, and these resources should be enhanced where practical Sensitive areas shown on maps (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Degraded land: and areas vulnerable to degradation should be avoided. Already degraded land should be enhanced Vulnerable areas shown on maps (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Energy: The PPP should encourage efficient energy use and maximize use of Quantity and type of fuel/energy to be identified renewable rather than fossil fuel (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Pollution: Discharges of pollutants and waste products to the atmosphere, water and Quantity and type of pollutants and waste to be identified (0) 1 2 3 4 5 land should be avoided or minimized

Use of raw materials: All raw materials should be used with maximum efficiency and Quantity and type of pollutants and waste to be identified (0) 1 2 3 4 5 recycled where practical

Rivers and water bodies: should retain their natural character Minimum flows / water levels to be set (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Climate Change:Activity should contribute to climate change adaptation strategy Climate Change Report of the District (0) 1 2 3 4 5 and reduce climate change vulnerabilty

EFFECTS ON SOCIAL AND CULTURAL CONDITIONS Local Character: and cohesion of local communities should be maintained and Opinions of local communities to be assessed enhanced where practical (0) 1 2 3 4 5

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Health and well-being: The PPP should benefit the work force and local communities Number of people exposed to water borne diseases, or lacking adequate food and in terms of health and well-being, nutrition, shelter, education and cultural excursion (0) 1 2 3 4 5 shelter to be assessed

Gender: The PPP should empower women Number of women to be empowered (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Job creation: Priority should be given to providing jobs for local people and Number of people to be employed (0) 1 2 3 4 5 particularly women and young people Participation: Active participation and involvement of local communities should be Level of participation proposed (0) 1 2 3 4 5 encouraged (especially vulnerable and excluded sections) Access to land: should be improved Number of the poor to be assisted (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Access to water: should be improved Number of the poor to be assisted (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Access to transport: should be improved Number of the poor to be assisted (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Sanitation: should be improved Number of the poor to be assisted (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Equity: Adverse and beneficial impacts from development should be distributed equitably and should not be discriminated against any group, especially vulnerable and Number of the poor to benefit on equitable terms (0) 1 2 3 4 5 excluded people

Vulnerability and Risk: of drought, bushfire, flood crises and conflicts and epidemics should be reduced Occurrence to be noted and monitored (0) 1 2 3 4 5

EFFECTS ON THE ECONOMY Growth: The PPP should result in development that encourages strong and stable conditions of economic growth Economic output to be evaluated (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Use of local materials and services: The PPP should encourage the use of raw Description of sources (0) 1 2 3 4 5 materials and services from local industries where possible Local investment of capital: Development should encourage the local retention of capital and the development of downstream industries , utilizing local raw materials, Description of investment strategies (0) 1 2 3 4 5 products and labour

INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES

Adherence to democratic principles: the PPP should promote participation of all Level of participation (0) 1 2 3 4 5 sections especially the grass root Human Rights: rights of the people should not be violated Records of human rights cases (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Access to information: should be improved Records of Information Services Department (0) 1 2 3 4 5

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Regulation / Compliance: PPP should ensure best practice and compliance with (0) 1 2 3 4 5 environmental / industry standards and guidelines Description of Activity: Rehabilitation and expansion of Feeder roads at Zongo Mancheri

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA – BASIC AIMS AND OBJECTIVES INDICATORS MEASURE EFFECTS ON NATURAL RESOURCES Protected Areas and Wildlife: should be conserved, and these resources should be enhanced where practical Sensitive areas shown on maps (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Degraded land: and areas vulnerable to degradation should be avoided. Already degraded land should be enhanced Vulnerable areas shown on maps (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Energy: The PPP should encourage efficient energy use and maximize use of Quantity and type of fuel/energy to be identified renewable rather than fossil fuel (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Pollution: Discharges of pollutants and waste products to the atmosphere, water and Quantity and type of pollutants and waste to be identified (0) 1 2 3 4 5 land should be avoided or minimized

Use of raw materials: All raw materials should be used with maximum efficiency and Quantity and type of pollutants and waste to be identified (0) 1 2 3 4 5 recycled where practical

Rivers and water bodies: should retain their natural character Minimum flows / water levels to be set (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Climate Change:Activity should contribute to climate change adaptation strategy Climate Change Report of the District (0) 1 2 3 4 5 and reduce climate change vulnerabilty

EFFECTS ON SOCIAL AND CULTURAL CONDITIONS Local Character: and cohesion of local communities should be maintained and Opinions of local communities to be assessed enhanced where practical (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Health and well-being: The PPP should benefit the work force and local communities Number of people exposed to water borne diseases, or lacking adequate food and in terms of health and well-being, nutrition, shelter, education and cultural excursion (0) 1 2 3 4 5 shelter to be assessed

Gender: The PPP should empower women Number of women to be empowered (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Job creation: Priority should be given to providing jobs for local people and Number of people to be employed (0) 1 2 3 4 5 particularly women and young people

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Participation: Active participation and involvement of local communities should be Level of participation proposed (0) 1 2 3 4 5 encouraged (especially vulnerable and excluded sections) Access to land: should be improved Number of the poor to be assisted (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Access to water: should be improved Number of the poor to be assisted (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Access to transport: should be improved Number of the poor to be assisted (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Sanitation: should be improved Number of the poor to be assisted (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Equity: Adverse and beneficial impacts from development should be distributed equitably and should not be discriminated against any group, especially vulnerable and Number of the poor to benefit on equitable terms (0) 1 2 3 4 5 excluded people

Vulnerability and Risk: of drought, bushfire, flood crises and conflicts and epidemics should be reduced Occurrence to be noted and monitored (0) 1 2 3 4 5

EFFECTS ON THE ECONOMY Growth: The PPP should result in development that encourages strong and stable conditions of economic growth Economic output to be evaluated (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Use of local materials and services: The PPP should encourage the use of raw Description of sources (0) 1 2 3 4 5 materials and services from local industries where possible Local investment of capital: Development should encourage the local retention of capital and the development of downstream industries , utilizing local raw materials, Description of investment strategies (0) 1 2 3 4 5 products and labour

INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES

Adherence to democratic principles: the PPP should promote participation of all Level of participation (0) 1 2 3 4 5 sections especially the grass root Human Rights: rights of the people should not be violated Records of human rights cases (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Access to information: should be improved Records of Information Services Department (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Regulation / Compliance: PPP should ensure best practice and compliance with (0) 1 2 3 4 5 environmental / industry standards and guidelines Description of Activity: Construction of six classroom blocks at Borae No. 2, Banda, Gyato Akura, Chinderi, Anyinamae and Abrewankor

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA – BASIC AIMS AND OBJECTIVES INDICATORS MEASURE

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EFFECTS ON NATURAL RESOURCES Protected Areas and Wildlife: should be conserved, and these resources should be enhanced where practical Sensitive areas shown on maps (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Degraded land:and areas vulnerable to degradation should be avoided. Already degraded land should be enhanced Vulnerable areas shown on maps (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Energy: The PPP should encourage efficient energy use and maximize use of Quantity and type of fuel/energy to be identified renewable rather than fossil fuel (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Pollution: Discharges of pollutants and waste products to the atmosphere, water and Quantity and type of pollutants and waste to be identified (0) 1 2 3 4 5 land should be avoided or minimized

Use of raw materials: All raw materials should be used with maximum efficiency and Quantity and type of pollutants and waste to be identified (0) 1 2 3 4 5 recycled where practical

Rivers and water bodies: should retain their natural character Minimum flows / water levels to be set (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Climate Change:Activity should contribute to climate change adaptation strategy Climate Change Report of the District (0) 1 2 3 4 5 and reduce climate change vulnerabilty

EFFECTS ON SOCIAL AND CULTURAL CONDITIONS Local Character: and cohesion of local communities should be maintained and Opinions of local communities to be assessed enhanced where practical (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Health and well-being: The PPP should benefit the work force and local communities Number of people exposed to water borne diseases, or lacking adequate food and in terms of health and well-being, nutrition, shelter, education and cultural excursion (0) 1 2 3 4 5 shelter to be assessed

Gender: The PPP should empower women Number of women to be empowered (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Job creation: Priority should be given to providing jobs for local people and Number of people to be employed (0) 1 2 3 4 5 particularly women and young people Participation: Active participation and involvement of local communities should be Level of participation proposed (0) 1 2 3 4 5 encouraged (especially vulnerable and excluded sections) Access to land: should be improved Number of the poor to be assisted (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Access to water: should be improved Number of the poor to be assisted (0) 1 2 3 4 5

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Access to transport: should be improved Number of the poor to be assisted (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Sanitation: should be improved Number of the poor to be assisted (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Equity: Adverse and beneficial impacts from development should be distributed equitably and should not be discriminated against any group, especially vulnerable and Number of the poor to benefit on equitable terms (0) 1 2 3 4 5 excluded people

Vulnerability and Risk: of drought, bushfire, flood crises and conflicts and epidemics should be reduced Occurrence to be noted and monitored (0) 1 2 3 4 5

EFFECTS ON THE ECONOMY Growth: The PPP should result in development that encourages strong and stable conditions of economic growth Economic output to be evaluated (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Use of local materials and services: The PPP should encourage the use of raw Description of sources (0) 1 2 3 4 5 materials and services from local industries where possible Local investment of capital: Development should encourage the local retention of capital and the development of downstream industries , utilizing local raw materials, Description of investment strategies (0) 1 2 3 4 5 products and labour

INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES

Adherence to democratic principles: the PPP should promote participation of all Level of participation (0) 1 2 3 4 5 sections especially the grass root Human Rights: rights of the people should not be violated Records of human rights cases (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Access to information: should be improved Records of Information Services Department (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Regulation / Compliance: PPP should ensure best practice and compliance with (0) 1 2 3 4 5 environmental / industry standards and guidelines Description of Activity: Construction of 5 NO KGs at Kete, Bommonden, Borae, Kpatchu, Bejamse

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA – BASIC AIMS AND OBJECTIVES INDICATORS MEASURE EFFECTS ON NATURAL RESOURCES Protected Areas and Wildlife: should be conserved, and these resources should be enhanced where practical Sensitive areas shown on maps (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Degraded land:and areas vulnerable to degradation should be avoided. Already degraded land should be enhanced Vulnerable areas shown on maps (0) 1 2 3 4 5

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Energy: The PPP should encourage efficient energy use and maximize use of Quantity and type of fuel/energy to be identified renewable rather than fossil fuel (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Pollution: Discharges of pollutants and waste products to the atmosphere, water and Quantity and type of pollutants and waste to be identified (0) 1 2 3 4 5 land should be avoided or minimized

Use of raw materials: All raw materials should be used with maximum efficiency and Quantity and type of pollutants and waste to be identified (0) 1 2 3 4 5 recycled where practical

Rivers and water bodies: should retain their natural character Minimum flows / water levels to be set (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Climate Change:Activity should contribute to climate change adaptation strategy Climate Change Report of the District (0) 1 2 3 4 5 and reduce climate change vulnerabilty

EFFECTS ON SOCIAL AND CULTURAL CONDITIONS Local Character: and cohesion of local communities should be maintained and Opinions of local communities to be assessed enhanced where practical (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Health and well-being: The PPP should benefit the work force and local communities Number of people exposed to water borne diseases, or lacking adequate food and in terms of health and well-being, nutrition, shelter, education and cultural excursion (0) 1 2 3 4 5 shelter to be assessed

Gender: The PPP should empower women Number of women to be empowered (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Job creation: Priority should be given to providing jobs for local people and Number of people to be employed (0) 1 2 3 4 5 particularly women and young people Participation: Active participation and involvement of local communities should be Level of participation proposed (0) 1 2 3 4 5 encouraged (especially vulnerable and excluded sections) Access to land: should be improved Number of the poor to be assisted (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Access to water: should be improved Number of the poor to be assisted (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Access to transport: should be improved Number of the poor to be assisted (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Sanitation: should be improved Number of the poor to be assisted (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Equity: Adverse and beneficial impacts from development should be distributed equitably and should not be discriminated against any group, especially vulnerable and Number of the poor to benefit on equitable terms (0) 1 2 3 4 5 excluded people

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Vulnerability and Risk: of drought, bushfire, flood crises and conflicts and epidemics should be reduced Occurrence to be noted and monitored (0) 1 2 3 4 5

EFFECTS ON THE ECONOMY Growth: The PPP should result in development that encourages strong and stable conditions of economic growth Economic output to be evaluated (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Use of local materials and services: The PPP should encourage the use of raw Description of sources (0) 1 2 3 4 5 materials and services from local industries where possible Local investment of capital: Development should encourage the local retention of capital and the development of downstream industries , utilizing local raw materials, Description of investment strategies (0) 1 2 3 4 5 products and labour

INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES

Adherence to democratic principles: the PPP should promote participation of all Level of participation (0) 1 2 3 4 5 sections especially the grass root Human Rights: rights of the people should not be violated Records of human rights cases (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Access to information: should be improved Records of Information Services Department (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Regulation / Compliance: PPP should ensure best practice and compliance with (0) 1 2 3 4 5 environmental / industry standards and guidelines Description of Activity: Drill 30 boreholes in the District

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA – BASIC AIMS AND OBJECTIVES INDICATORS MEASURE EFFECTS ON NATURAL RESOURCES Protected Areas and Wildlife: should be conserved, and these resources should be enhanced where practical Sensitive areas shown on maps (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Degraded land: and areas vulnerable to degradation should be avoided. Already degraded land should be enhanced Vulnerable areas shown on maps (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Energy: The PPP should encourage efficient energy use and maximize use of Quantity and type of fuel/energy to be identified renewable rather than fossil fuel (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Pollution: Discharges of pollutants and waste products to the atmosphere, water and Quantity and type of pollutants and waste to be identified (0) 1 2 3 4 5 land should be avoided or minimized

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Use of raw materials: All raw materials should be used with maximum efficiency and Quantity and type of pollutants and waste to be identified (0) 1 2 3 4 5 recycled where practical

Rivers and water bodies: should retain their natural character Minimum flows / water levels to be set (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Climate Change:Activity should contribute to climate change adaptation strategy Climate Change Report of the District (0) 1 2 3 4 5 and reduce climate change vulnerabilty

EFFECTS ON SOCIAL AND CULTURAL CONDITIONS Local Character: and cohesion of local communities should be maintained and Opinions of local communities to be assessed enhanced where practical (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Health and well-being: The PPP should benefit the work force and local communities Number of people exposed to water borne diseases, or lacking adequate food and in terms of health and well-being, nutrition, shelter, education and cultural excursion (0) 1 2 3 4 5 shelter to be assessed

Gender: The PPP should empower women Number of women to be empowered (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Job creation: Priority should be given to providing jobs for local people and Number of people to be employed (0) 1 2 3 4 5 particularly women and young people Participation: Active participation and involvement of local communities should be Level of participation proposed (0) 1 2 3 4 5 encouraged (especially vulnerable and excluded sections) Access to land: should be improved Number of the poor to be assisted (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Access to water: should be improved Number of the poor to be assisted (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Access to transport: should be improved Number of the poor to be assisted (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Sanitation: should be improved Number of the poor to be assisted (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Equity: Adverse and beneficial impacts from development should be distributed equitably and should not be discriminated against any group, especially vulnerable and Number of the poor to benefit on equitable terms (0) 1 2 3 4 5 excluded people

Vulnerability and Risk: of drought, bushfire, flood crises and conflicts and epidemics should be reduced Occurrence to be noted and monitored (0) 1 2 3 4 5

EFFECTS ON THE ECONOMY Growth: The PPP should result in development that encourages strong and stable conditions of economic growth Economic output to be evaluated (0) 1 2 3 4 5

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Use of local materials and services: The PPP should encourage the use of raw Description of sources (0) 1 2 3 4 5 materials and services from local industries where possible Local investment of capital: Development should encourage the local retention of capital and the development of downstream industries , utilizing local raw materials, Description of investment strategies (0) 1 2 3 4 5 products and labour

INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES

Adherence to democratic principles: the PPP should promote participation of all Level of participation (0) 1 2 3 4 5 sections especially the grass root Human Rights: rights of the people should not be violated Records of human rights cases (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Access to information: should be improved Records of Information Services Department (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Regulation / Compliance: PPP should ensure best practice and compliance with (0) 1 2 3 4 5 environmental / industry standards and guidelines Description of Activity: Spot improvement of Bejamse (8.15 km),

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA – BASIC AIMS AND OBJECTIVES INDICATORS MEASURE EFFECTS ON NATURAL RESOURCES Protected Areas and Wildlife: should be conserved, and these resources should be enhanced where practical Sensitive areas shown on maps (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Degraded land: and areas vulnerable to degradation should be avoided. Already degraded land should be enhanced Vulnerable areas shown on maps (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Energy: The PPP should encourage efficient energy use and maximize use of Quantity and type of fuel/energy to be identified renewable rather than fossil fuel (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Pollution: Discharges of pollutants and waste products to the atmosphere, water and Quantity and type of pollutants and waste to be identified (0) 1 2 3 4 5 land should be avoided or minimized

Use of raw materials: All raw materials should be used with maximum efficiency and Quantity and type of pollutants and waste to be identified (0) 1 2 3 4 5 recycled where practical

Rivers and water bodies: should retain their natural character Minimum flows / water levels to be set (0) 1 2 3 4 5

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Climate Change:Activity should contribute to climate change adaptation strategy Climate Change Report of the District (0) 1 2 3 4 5 and reduce climate change vulnerabilty

EFFECTS ON SOCIAL AND CULTURAL CONDITIONS Local Character: and cohesion of local communities should be maintained and Opinions of local communities to be assessed enhanced where practical (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Health and well-being: The PPP should benefit the work force and local communities Number of people exposed to water borne diseases, or lacking adequate food and in terms of health and well-being, nutrition, shelter, education and cultural excursion (0) 1 2 3 4 5 shelter to be assessed

Gender: The PPP should empower women Number of women to be empowered (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Job creation: Priority should be given to providing jobs for local people and Number of people to be employed (0) 1 2 3 4 5 particularly women and young people Participation: Active participation and involvement of local communities should be Level of participation proposed (0) 1 2 3 4 5 encouraged (especially vulnerable and excluded sections) Access to land: should be improved Number of the poor to be assisted (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Access to water: should be improved Number of the poor to be assisted (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Access to transport: should be improved Number of the poor to be assisted (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Sanitation: should be improved Number of the poor to be assisted (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Equity: Adverse and beneficial impacts from development should be distributed equitably and should not be discriminated against any group, especially vulnerable and Number of the poor to benefit on equitable terms (0) 1 2 3 4 5 excluded people

Vulnerability and Risk: of drought, bushfire, flood crises and conflicts and epidemics should be reduced Occurrence to be noted and monitored (0) 1 2 3 4 5

EFFECTS ON THE ECONOMY Growth: The PPP should result in development that encourages strong and stable conditions of economic growth Economic output to be evaluated (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Use of local materials and services: The PPP should encourage the use of raw Description of sources (0) 1 2 3 4 5 materials and services from local industries where possible Local investment of capital: Development should encourage the local retention of capital and the development of downstream industries , utilizing local raw materials, Description of investment strategies (0) 1 2 3 4 5 products and labour

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INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES

Adherence to democratic principles: the PPP should promote participation of all Level of participation (0) 1 2 3 4 5 sections especially the grass root Human Rights: rights of the people should not be violated Records of human rights cases (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Access to information: should be improved Records of Information Services Department (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Regulation / Compliance: PPP should ensure best practice and compliance with (0) 1 2 3 4 5 environmental / industry standards and guidelines Description of Activity: Construction of landfill for waste disposal at Banda

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA – BASIC AIMS AND OBJECTIVES INDICATORS MEASURE EFFECTS ON NATURAL RESOURCES Protected Areas and Wildlife: should be conserved, and these resources should be enhanced where practical Sensitive areas shown on maps (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Degraded land: and areas vulnerable to degradation should be avoided. Already degraded land should be enhanced Vulnerable areas shown on maps (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Energy: The PPP should encourage efficient energy use and maximize use of Quantity and type of fuel/energy to be identified renewable rather than fossil fuel (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Pollution: Discharges of pollutants and waste products to the atmosphere, water and Quantity and type of pollutants and waste to be identified (0) 1 2 3 4 5 land should be avoided or minimized

Use of raw materials: All raw materials should be used with maximum efficiency and Quantity and type of pollutants and waste to be identified (0) 1 2 3 4 5 recycled where practical

Rivers and water bodies: should retain their natural character Minimum flows / water levels to be set (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Climate Change:Activity should contribute to climate change adaptation strategy Climate Change Report of the District (0) 1 2 3 4 5 and reduce climate change vulnerabilty

EFFECTS ON SOCIAL AND CULTURAL CONDITIONS Local Character: and cohesion of local communities should be maintained and Opinions of local communities to be assessed enhanced where practical (0) 1 2 3 4 5

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Health and well-being: The PPP should benefit the work force and local communities Number of people exposed to water borne diseases, or lacking adequate food and in terms of health and well-being, nutrition, shelter, education and cultural excursion (0) 1 2 3 4 5 shelter to be assessed

Gender: The PPP should empower women Number of women to be empowered (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Job creation: Priority should be given to providing jobs for local people and Number of people to be employed (0) 1 2 3 4 5 particularly women and young people Participation: Active participation and involvement of local communities should be Level of participation proposed (0) 1 2 3 4 5 encouraged (especially vulnerable and excluded sections) Access to land: should be improved Number of the poor to be assisted (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Access to water: should be improved Number of the poor to be assisted (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Access to transport: should be improved Number of the poor to be assisted (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Sanitation: should be improved Number of the poor to be assisted (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Equity: Adverse and beneficial impacts from development should be distributed equitably and should not be discriminated against any group, especially vulnerable and Number of the poor to benefit on equitable terms (0) 1 2 3 4 5 excluded people

Vulnerability and Risk: of drought, bushfire, flood crises and conflicts and epidemics should be reduced Occurrence to be noted and monitored (0) 1 2 3 4 5

EFFECTS ON THE ECONOMY Growth: The PPP should result in development that encourages strong and stable conditions of economic growth Economic output to be evaluated (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Use of local materials and services: The PPP should encourage the use of raw Description of sources (0) 1 2 3 4 5 materials and services from local industries where possible Local investment of capital: Development should encourage the local retention of capital and the development of downstream industries , utilizing local raw materials, Description of investment strategies (0) 1 2 3 4 5 products and labour

INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES

Adherence to democratic principles: the PPP should promote participation of all Level of participation (0) 1 2 3 4 5 sections especially the grass root Human Rights: rights of the people should not be violated Records of human rights cases (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Access to information: should be improved Records of Information Services Department (0) 1 2 3 4 5

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Regulation / Compliance: PPP should ensure best practice and compliance with (0) 1 2 3 4 5 environmental / industry standards and guidelines Description of Activity: Construction of 8 No 10 Seater Institutional latrine

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA – BASIC AIMS AND OBJECTIVES INDICATORS MEASURE EFFECTS ON NATURAL RESOURCES Protected Areas and Wildlife: should be conserved, and these resources should be enhanced where practical Sensitive areas shown on maps (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Degraded land:and areas vulnerable to degradation should be avoided. Already degraded land should be enhanced Vulnerable areas shown on maps (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Energy: The PPP should encourage efficient energy use and maximize use of Quantity and type of fuel/energy to be identified renewable rather than fossil fuel (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Pollution: Discharges of pollutants and waste products to the atmosphere, water and Quantity and type of pollutants and waste to be identified (0) 1 2 3 4 5 land should be avoided or minimized

Use of raw materials: All raw materials should be used with maximum efficiency and Quantity and type of pollutants and waste to be identified (0) 1 2 3 4 5 recycled where practical

Rivers and water bodies: should retain their natural character Minimum flows / water levels to be set (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Climate Change:Activity should contribute to climate change adaptation strategy Climate Change of the District (0) 1 2 3 4 5 and reduce climate change vulnerabilty

EFFECTS ON SOCIAL AND CULTURAL CONDITIONS Local Character: and cohesion of local communities should be maintained and Opinions of local communities to be assessed enhanced where practical (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Health and well-being: The PPP should benefit the work force and local communities Number of people exposed to water borne diseases, or lacking adequate food and in terms of health and well-being, nutrition, shelter, education and cultural excursion (0) 1 2 3 4 5 shelter to be assessed

Gender: The PPP should empower women Number of women to be empowered (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Job creation: Priority should be given to providing jobs for local people and Number of people to be employed (0) 1 2 3 4 5 particularly women and young people

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Participation: Active participation and involvement of local communities should be Level of participation proposed (0) 1 2 3 4 5 encouraged (especially vulnerable and excluded sections) Access to land: should be improved Number of the poor to be assisted (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Access to water: should be improved Number of the poor to be assisted (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Access to transport: should be improved Number of the poor to be assisted (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Sanitation: should be improved Number of the poor to be assisted (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Equity: Adverse and beneficial impacts from development should be distributed equitably and should not be discriminated against any group, especially vulnerable and Number of the poor to benefit on equitable terms (0) 1 2 3 4 5 excluded people

Vulnerability and Risk: of drought, bushfire, flood crises and conflicts and epidemics should be reduced Occurrence to be noted and monitored (0) 1 2 3 4 5

EFFECTS ON THE ECONOMY Growth: The PPP should result in development that encourages strong and stable conditions of economic growth Economic output to be evaluated (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Use of local materials and services: The PPP should encourage the use of raw Description of sources (0) 1 2 3 4 5 materials and services from local industries where possible Local investment of capital: Development should encourage the local retention of capital and the development of downstream industries , utilizing local raw materials, Description of investment strategies (0) 1 2 3 4 5 products and labour

INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES

Adherence to democratic principles: the PPP should promote participation of all Level of participation (0) 1 2 3 4 5 sections especially the grass root Human Rights: rights of the people should not be violated Records of human rights cases (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Access to information: should be improved Records of Information Services Department (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Regulation / Compliance: PPP should ensure best practice and compliance with (0) 1 2 3 4 5 environmental / industry standards and guidelines Description of Activity: Construction of 10 school infrastructure by World Vision

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA – BASIC AIMS AND OBJECTIVES INDICATORS MEASURE

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EFFECTS ON NATURAL RESOURCES Protected Areas and Wildlife: should be conserved, and these resources should be enhanced where practical Sensitive areas shown on maps (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Degraded land:and areas vulnerable to degradation should be avoided. Already degraded land should be enhanced Vulnerable areas shown on maps (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Energy: The PPP should encourage efficient energy use and maximize use of Quantity and type of fuel/energy to be identified renewable rather than fossil fuel (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Pollution: Discharges of pollutants and waste products to the atmosphere, water and Quantity and type of pollutants and waste to be identified (0) 1 2 3 4 5 land should be avoided or minimized

Use of raw materials: All raw materials should be used with maximum efficiency and Quantity and type of pollutants and waste to be identified (0) 1 2 3 4 5 recycled where practical

Rivers and water bodies: should retain their natural character Minimum flows / water levels to be set (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Climate Change:Activity should contribute to climate change adaptation strategy Climate Change Report of the District (0) 1 2 3 4 5 and reduce climate change vulnerabilty

EFFECTS ON SOCIAL AND CULTURAL CONDITIONS Local Character: and cohesion of local communities should be maintained and Opinions of local communities to be assessed enhanced where practical (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Health and well-being: The PPP should benefit the work force and local communities Number of people exposed to water borne diseases, or lacking adequate food and in terms of health and well-being, nutrition, shelter, education and cultural excursion (0) 1 2 3 4 5 shelter to be assessed

Gender: The PPP should empower women Number of women to be empowered (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Job creation: Priority should be given to providing jobs for local people and Number of people to be employed (0) 1 2 3 4 5 particularly women and young people Participation: Active participation and involvement of local communities should be Level of participation proposed (0) 1 2 3 4 5 encouraged (especially vulnerable and excluded sections) Access to land: should be improved Number of the poor to be assisted (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Access to water: should be improved Number of the poor to be assisted (0) 1 2 3 4 5

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Access to transport: should be improved Number of the poor to be assisted (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Sanitation: should be improved Number of the poor to be assisted (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Equity: Adverse and beneficial impacts from development should be distributed equitably and should not be discriminated against any group, especially vulnerable and Number of the poor to benefit on equitable terms (0) 1 2 3 4 5 excluded people

Vulnerability and Risk: of drought, bushfire, flood crises and conflicts and epidemics should be reduced Occurrence to be noted and monitored (0) 1 2 3 4 5

EFFECTS ON THE ECONOMY Growth: The PPP should result in development that encourages strong and stable conditions of economic growth Economic output to be evaluated (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Use of local materials and services: The PPP should encourage the use of raw Description of sources (0) 1 2 3 4 5 materials and services from local industries where possible Local investment of capital: Development should encourage the local retention of capital and the development of downstream industries , utilizing local raw materials, Description of investment strategies (0) 1 2 3 4 5 products and labour

INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES

Adherence to democratic principles: the PPP should promote participation of all Level of participation (0) 1 2 3 4 5 sections especially the grass root Human Rights: rights of the people should not be violated Records of human rights cases (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Access to information: should be improved Records of Information Services Department (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Regulation / Compliance: PPP should ensure best practice and compliance with (0) 1 2 3 4 5 environmental / industry standards and guidelines Description of Activity: Construction of 3 Unit semi detached Teacher quarters at Kete Krachi

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA – BASIC AIMS AND OBJECTIVES INDICATORS MEASURE EFFECTS ON NATURAL RESOURCES Protected Areas and Wildlife: should be conserved, and these resources should be enhanced where practical Sensitive areas shown on maps (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Degraded land:and areas vulnerable to degradation should be avoided. Already degraded land should be enhanced Vulnerable areas shown on maps (0) 1 2 3 4 5

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Energy: The PPP should encourage efficient energy use and maximize use of Quantity and type of fuel/energy to be identified renewable rather than fossil fuel (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Pollution: Discharges of pollutants and waste products to the atmosphere, water and Quantity and type of pollutants and waste to be identified (0) 1 2 3 4 5 land should be avoided or minimized

Use of raw materials: All raw materials should be used with maximum efficiency and Quantity and type of pollutants and waste to be identified (0) 1 2 3 4 5 recycled where practical

Rivers and water bodies: should retain their natural character Minimum flows / water levels to be set (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Climate Change:Activity should contribute to climate change adaptation strategy Climate Change Report of the District (0) 1 2 3 4 5 and reduce climate change vulnerabilty

EFFECTS ON SOCIAL AND CULTURAL CONDITIONS Local Character: and cohesion of local communities should be maintained and Opinions of local communities to be assessed enhanced where practical (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Health and well-being: The PPP should benefit the work force and local communities Number of people exposed to water borne diseases, or lacking adequate food and in terms of health and well-being, nutrition, shelter, education and cultural excursion (0) 1 2 3 4 5 shelter to be assessed

Gender: The PPP should empower women Number of women to be empowered (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Job creation: Priority should be given to providing jobs for local people and Number of people to be employed (0) 1 2 3 4 5 particularly women and young people Participation: Active participation and involvement of local communities should be Level of participation proposed (0) 1 2 3 4 5 encouraged (especially vulnerable and excluded sections) Access to land: should be improved Number of the poor to be assisted (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Access to water: should be improved Number of the poor to be assisted (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Access to transport: should be improved Number of the poor to be assisted (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Sanitation: should be improved Number of the poor to be assisted (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Equity: Adverse and beneficial impacts from development should be distributed equitably and should not be discriminated against any group, especially vulnerable and Number of the poor to benefit on equitable terms (0) 1 2 3 4 5 excluded people

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Vulnerability and Risk: of drought, bushfire, flood crises and conflicts and epidemics should be reduced Occurrence to be noted and monitored (0) 1 2 3 4 5

EFFECTS ON THE ECONOMY Growth: The PPP should result in development that encourages strong and stable conditions of economic growth Economic output to be evaluated (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Use of local materials and services: The PPP should encourage the use of raw Description of sources (0) 1 2 3 4 5 materials and services from local industries where possible Local investment of capital: Development should encourage the local retention of capital and the development of downstream industries , utilizing local raw materials, Description of investment strategies (0) 1 2 3 4 5 products and labour

INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES

Adherence to democratic principles: the PPP should promote participation of all Level of participation (0) 1 2 3 4 5 sections especially the grass root Human Rights: rights of the people should not be violated Records of human rights cases (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Access to information: should be improved Records of Information Services Department (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Regulation / Compliance: PPP should ensure best practice and compliance with (0) 1 2 3 4 5 environmental / industry standards and guidelines Description of Activity: Renovation of DCE’s and DCD bungalow

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA – BASIC AIMS AND OBJECTIVES INDICATORS MEASURE EFFECTS ON NATURAL RESOURCES Protected Areas and Wildlife: should be conserved, and these resources should be enhanced where practical Sensitive areas shown on maps (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Degraded land:and areas vulnerable to degradation should be avoided. Already degraded land should be enhanced Vulnerable areas shown on maps (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Energy: The PPP should encourage efficient energy use and maximize use of Quantity and type of fuel/energy to be identified renewable rather than fossil fuel (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Pollution: Discharges of pollutants and waste products to the atmosphere, water and Quantity and type of pollutants and waste to be identified (0) 1 2 3 4 5 land should be avoided or minimized

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Use of raw materials: All raw materials should be used with maximum efficiency and Quantity and type of pollutants and waste to be identified (0) 1 2 3 4 5 recycled where practical

Rivers and water bodies: should retain their natural character Minimum flows / water levels to be set (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Climate Change:Activity should contribute to climate change adaptation strategy Climate Change Report of the District (0) 1 2 3 4 5 and reduce climate change vulnerabilty

EFFECTS ON SOCIAL AND CULTURAL CONDITIONS Local Character: and cohesion of local communities should be maintained and Opinions of local communities to be assessed enhanced where practical (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Health and well-being: The PPP should benefit the work force and local communities Number of people exposed to water borne diseases, or lacking adequate food and in terms of health and well-being, nutrition, shelter, education and cultural excursion (0) 1 2 3 4 5 shelter to be assessed

Gender: The PPP should empower women Number of women to be empowered (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Job creation: Priority should be given to providing jobs for local people and Number of people to be employed (0) 1 2 3 4 5 particularly women and young people Participation: Active participation and involvement of local communities should be Level of participation proposed (0) 1 2 3 4 5 encouraged (especially vulnerable and excluded sections) Access to land: should be improved Number of the poor to be assisted (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Access to water: should be improved Number of the poor to be assisted (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Access to transport: should be improved Number of the poor to be assisted (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Sanitation: should be improved Number of the poor to be assisted (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Equity: Adverse and beneficial impacts from development should be distributed equitably and should not be discriminated against any group, especially vulnerable and Number of the poor to benefit on equitable terms (0) 1 2 3 4 5 excluded people

Vulnerability and Risk: of drought, bushfire, flood crises and conflicts and epidemics should be reduced Occurrence to be noted and monitored (0) 1 2 3 4 5

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EFFECTS ON THE ECONOMY Growth: The PPP should result in development that encourages strong and stable conditions of economic growth Economic output to be evaluated (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Use of local materials and services: The PPP should encourage the use of raw materials and services from local industries where possible Description of sources (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Local investment of capital: Development should encourage the local retention of capital and the development of downstream industries , utilizing local raw materials, Description of investment strategies (0) 1 2 3 4 5 products and labour

INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES

Adherence to democratic principles: the PPP should promote participation of all Level of participation (0) 1 2 3 4 5 sections especially the grass root Human Rights: rights of the people should not be violated Records of human rights cases (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Access to information: should be improved Records of Information Services Department (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Regulation / Compliance: PPP should ensure best practice and compliance with (0) 1 2 3 4 5 environmental / industry standards and guidelines Description of Activity: Construction of police post at Chinderi and Ntewusae

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA – BASIC AIMS AND OBJECTIVES INDICATORS MEASURE EFFECTS ON NATURAL RESOURCES Protected Areas and Wildlife: should be conserved, and these resources should be enhanced where practical Sensitive areas shown on maps (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Degraded land:and areas vulnerable to degradation should be avoided. Already degraded land should be enhanced Vulnerable areas shown on maps (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Energy: The PPP should encourage efficient energy use and maximize use of Quantity and type of fuel/energy to be identified renewable rather than fossil fuel (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Pollution: Discharges of pollutants and waste products to the atmosphere, water and Quantity and type of pollutants and waste to be identified (0) 1 2 3 4 5 land should be avoided or minimized

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Use of raw materials: All raw materials should be used with maximum efficiency and Quantity and type of pollutants and waste to be identified (0) 1 2 3 4 5 recycled where practical

Rivers and water bodies: should retain their natural character Minimum flows / water levels to be set (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Climate Change:Activity should contribute to climate change adaptation strategy Climate Change Report of the District (0) 1 2 3 4 5 and reduce climate change vulnerabilty

EFFECTS ON SOCIAL AND CULTURAL CONDITIONS Local Character: and cohesion of local communities should be maintained and Opinions of local communities to be assessed enhanced where practical (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Health and well-being: The PPP should benefit the work force and local communities Number of people exposed to water borne diseases, or lacking adequate food and in terms of health and well-being, nutrition, shelter, education and cultural excursion (0) 1 2 3 4 5 shelter to be assessed

Gender: The PPP should empower women Number of women to be empowered (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Job creation: Priority should be given to providing jobs for local people and Number of people to be employed (0) 1 2 3 4 5 particularly women and young people Participation: Active participation and involvement of local communities should be Level of participation proposed (0) 1 2 3 4 5 encouraged (especially vulnerable and excluded sections) Access to land: should be improved Number of the poor to be assisted (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Access to water: should be improved Number of the poor to be assisted (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Access to transport: should be improved Number of the poor to be assisted (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Sanitation: should be improved Number of the poor to be assisted (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Equity: Adverse and beneficial impacts from development should be distributed equitably and should not be discriminated against any group, especially vulnerable and Number of the poor to benefit on equitable terms (0) 1 2 3 4 5 excluded people Vulnerability and Risk: of drought, bushfire, flood crises and conflicts and epidemics should be reduced Occurrence to be noted and monitored (0) 1 2 3 4 5

EFFECTS ON THE ECONOMY Growth: The PPP should result in development that encourages strong and stable conditions of economic growth Economic output to be evaluated (0) 1 2 3 4 5

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Use of local materials and services: The PPP should encourage the use of raw materials and services from local industries where possible Description of sources (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Local investment of capital: Development should encourage the local retention of capital and the development of downstream industries , utilizing local raw materials, Description of investment strategies (0) 1 2 3 4 5 products and labour

INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES

Adherence to democratic principles: the PPP should promote participation of all Level of participation (0) 1 2 3 4 5 sections especially the grass root Human Rights: rights of the people should not be violated Records of human rights cases (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Access to information: should be improved Records of Information Services Department (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Regulation / Compliance: PPP should ensure best practice and compliance with (0) 1 2 3 4 5 environmental / industry standards and guidelines Description of Activity: Construction of 5No foot bridges and 10No culverts

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA – BASIC AIMS AND OBJECTIVES INDICATORS MEASURE EFFECTS ON NATURAL RESOURCES Protected Areas and Wildlife: should be conserved, and these resources should be enhanced where practical Sensitive areas shown on maps (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Degraded land: and areas vulnerable to degradation should be avoided. Already degraded land should be enhanced Vulnerable areas shown on maps (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Energy: The PPP should encourage efficient energy use and maximize use of Quantity and type of fuel/energy to be identified renewable rather than fossil fuel (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Pollution: Discharges of pollutants and waste products to the atmosphere, water and Quantity and type of pollutants and waste to be identified (0) 1 2 3 4 5 land should be avoided or minimized

Use of raw materials: All raw materials should be used with maximum efficiency and Quantity and type of pollutants and waste to be identified (0) 1 2 3 4 5 recycled where practical

Rivers and water bodies: should retain their natural character Minimum flows / water levels to be set (0) 1 2 3 4 5

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Climate Change:Activity should contribute to climate change adaptation strategy Climate Change Report of the District (0) 1 2 3 4 5 and reduce climate change vulnerabilty

EFFECTS ON SOCIAL AND CULTURAL CONDITIONS Local Character: and cohesion of local communities should be maintained and Opinions of local communities to be assessed enhanced where practical (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Health and well-being: The PPP should benefit the work force and local communities Number of people exposed to water borne diseases, or lacking adequate food and in terms of health and well-being, nutrition, shelter, education and cultural excursion (0) 1 2 3 4 5 shelter to be assessed

Gender: The PPP should empower women Number of women to be empowered (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Job creation: Priority should be given to providing jobs for local people and Number of people to be employed (0) 1 2 3 4 5 particularly women and young people Participation: Active participation and involvement of local communities should be Level of participation proposed (0) 1 2 3 4 5 encouraged (especially vulnerable and excluded sections) Access to land: should be improved Number of the poor to be assisted (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Access to water: should be improved Number of the poor to be assisted (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Access to transport: should be improved Number of the poor to be assisted (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Sanitation: should be improved Number of the poor to be assisted (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Equity: Adverse and beneficial impacts from development should be distributed equitably and should not be discriminated against any group, especially vulnerable and Number of the poor to benefit on equitable terms (0) 1 2 3 4 5 excluded people Vulnerability and Risk: of drought, bushfire, flood crises and conflicts and epidemics should be reduced Occurrence to be noted and monitored (0) 1 2 3 4 5

EFFECTS ON THE ECONOMY Growth: The PPP should result in development that encourages strong and stable conditions of economic growth Economic output to be evaluated (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Use of local materials and services: The PPP should encourage the use of raw materials and services from local industries where possible Description of sources (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Local investment of capital: Development should encourage the local retention of capital and the development of downstream industries , utilizing local raw materials, Description of investment strategies (0) 1 2 3 4 5 products and labour

INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES

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Adherence to democratic principles: the PPP should promote participation of all Level of participation (0) 1 2 3 4 5 sections especially the grass root Human Rights: rights of the people should not be violated Records of human rights cases (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Access to information: should be improved Records of Information Services Department (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Regulation / Compliance: PPP should ensure best practice and compliance with (0) 1 2 3 4 5 environmental / industry standards and guidelines Description of Activity: Procure and distribution of 20 refuse containers for solid waste disposal District wide

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA – BASIC AIMS AND OBJECTIVES INDICATORS MEASURE EFFECTS ON NATURAL RESOURCES Protected Areas and Wildlife: should be conserved, and these resources should be enhanced where practical Sensitive areas shown on maps (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Degraded land: and areas vulnerable to degradation should be avoided. Already degraded land should be enhanced Vulnerable areas shown on maps (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Energy: The PPP should encourage efficient energy use and maximize use of Quantity and type of fuel/energy to be identified renewable rather than fossil fuel (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Pollution: Discharges of pollutants and waste products to the atmosphere, water and Quantity and type of pollutants and waste to be identified (0) 1 2 3 4 5 land should be avoided or minimized

Use of raw materials: All raw materials should be used with maximum efficiency and Quantity and type of pollutants and waste to be identified (0) 1 2 3 4 5 recycled where practical

Rivers and water bodies: should retain their natural character Minimum flows / water levels to be set (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Climate Change:Activity should contribute to climate change adaptation strategy Climate Change Report of the District (0) 1 2 3 4 5 and reduce climate change vulnerabilty

EFFECTS ON SOCIAL AND CULTURAL CONDITIONS Local Character: and cohesion of local communities should be maintained and Opinions of local communities to be assessed enhanced where practical (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Health and well-being: The PPP should benefit the work force and local communities Number of people exposed to water borne diseases, or lacking adequate food and (0) 1 2 3 4 5 in terms of health and well-being, nutrition, shelter, education and cultural excursion shelter to be assessed

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Gender: The PPP should empower women Number of women to be empowered (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Job creation: Priority should be given to providing jobs for local people and Number of people to be employed (0) 1 2 3 4 5 particularly women and young people Participation: Active participation and involvement of local communities should be Level of participation proposed (0) 1 2 3 4 5 encouraged (especially vulnerable and excluded sections) Access to land: should be improved Number of the poor to be assisted (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Access to water: should be improved Number of the poor to be assisted (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Access to transport: should be improved Number of the poor to be assisted (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Sanitation: should be improved Number of the poor to be assisted (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Equity: Adverse and beneficial impacts from development should be distributed equitably and should not be discriminated against any group, especially vulnerable and Number of the poor to benefit on equitable terms (0) 1 2 3 4 5 excluded people Vulnerability and Risk: of drought, bushfire, flood crises and conflicts and epidemics should be reduced Occurrence to be noted and monitored (0) 1 2 3 4 5

EFFECTS ON THE ECONOMY Growth: The PPP should result in development that encourages strong and stable conditions of economic growth Economic output to be evaluated (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Use of local materials and services: The PPP should encourage the use of raw materials and services from local industries where possible Description of sources (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Local investment of capital: Development should encourage the local retention of capital and the development of downstream industries , utilizing local raw materials, Description of investment strategies (0) 1 2 3 4 5 products and labour

INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES

Adherence to democratic principles: the PPP should promote participation of all Level of participation (0) 1 2 3 4 5 sections especially the grass root Human Rights: rights of the people should not be violated Records of human rights cases (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Access to information: should be improved Records of Information Services Department (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Regulation / Compliance: PPP should ensure best practice and compliance with (0) 1 2 3 4 5 environmental / industry standards and guidelines

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Description of Activity: Reafforestation of 15 hectares of degraded land annually for charcoal; burning production

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA – BASIC AIMS AND OBJECTIVES INDICATORS MEASURE EFFECTS ON NATURAL RESOURCES Protected Areas and Wildlife: should be conserved, and these resources should be enhanced where practical Sensitive areas shown on maps (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Degraded land: and areas vulnerable to degradation should be avoided. Already degraded land should be enhanced Vulnerable areas shown on maps (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Energy: The PPP should encourage efficient energy use and maximize use of Quantity and type of fuel/energy to be identified renewable rather than fossil fuel (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Pollution: Discharges of pollutants and waste products to the atmosphere, water and Quantity and type of pollutants and waste to be identified (0) 1 2 3 4 5 land should be avoided or minimized

Use of raw materials: All raw materials should be used with maximum efficiency and Quantity and type of pollutants and waste to be identified (0) 1 2 3 4 5 recycled where practical

Rivers and water bodies: should retain their natural character Minimum flows / water levels to be set (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Climate Change:Activity should contribute to climate change adaptation strategy Climate Change Report of the District (0) 1 2 3 4 5 and reduce climate change vulnerabilty

EFFECTS ON SOCIAL AND CULTURAL CONDITIONS Local Character: and cohesion of local communities should be maintained and Opinions of local communities to be assessed enhanced where practical (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Health and well-being: The PPP should benefit the work force and local communities Number of people exposed to water borne diseases, or lacking adequate food and in terms of health and well-being, nutrition, shelter, education and cultural excursion (0) 1 2 3 4 5 shelter to be assessed

Gender: The PPP should empower women Number of women to be empowered (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Job creation: Priority should be given to providing jobs for local people and Number of people to be employed (0) 1 2 3 4 5 particularly women and young people Participation: Active participation and involvement of local communities should be Level of participation proposed (0) 1 2 3 4 5 encouraged (especially vulnerable and excluded sections)

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Access to land: should be improved Number of the poor to be assisted (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Access to water: should be improved Number of the poor to be assisted (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Access to transport: should be improved Number of the poor to be assisted (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Sanitation: should be improved Number of the poor to be assisted (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Equity: Adverse and beneficial impacts from development should be distributed equitably and should not be discriminated against any group, especially vulnerable and Number of the poor to benefit on equitable terms (0) 1 2 3 4 5 excluded people Vulnerability and Risk: of drought, bushfire, flood crises and conflicts and epidemics should be reduced Occurrence to be noted and monitored (0) 1 2 3 4 5

EFFECTS ON THE ECONOMY Growth: The PPP should result in development that encourages strong and stable conditions of economic growth Economic output to be evaluated (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Use of local materials and services: The PPP should encourage the use of raw materials and services from local industries where possible Description of sources (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Local investment of capital: Development should encourage the local retention of capital and the development of downstream industries , utilizing local raw materials, Description of investment strategies (0) 1 2 3 4 5 products and labour

INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES

Adherence to democratic principles: the PPP should promote participation of all Level of participation (0) 1 2 3 4 5 sections especially the grass root Human Rights: rights of the people should not be violated Records of human rights cases (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Access to information: should be improved Records of Information Services Department (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Regulation / Compliance: PPP should ensure best practice and compliance with (0) 1 2 3 4 5 environmental / industry standards and guidelines Description of Activity: Construction of Market shed

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Protected Areas and Wildlife: should be conserved, and these resources should be enhanced where practical Sensitive areas shown on maps (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Degraded land: and areas vulnerable to degradation should be avoided. Already degraded land should be enhanced Vulnerable areas shown on maps (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Energy: The PPP should encourage efficient energy use and maximize use of Quantity and type of fuel/energy to be identified renewable rather than fossil fuel (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Pollution: Discharges of pollutants and waste products to the atmosphere, water and Quantity and type of pollutants and waste to be identified (0) 1 2 3 4 5 land should be avoided or minimized

Use of raw materials: All raw materials should be used with maximum efficiency and Quantity and type of pollutants and waste to be identified (0) 1 2 3 4 5 recycled where practical

Rivers and water bodies: should retain their natural character Minimum flows / water levels to be set (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Climate Change:Activity should contribute to climate change adaptation strategy Climate Change Report of the District (0) 1 2 3 4 5 and reduce climate change vulnerabilty

EFFECTS ON SOCIAL AND CULTURAL CONDITIONS Local Character: and cohesion of local communities should be maintained and Opinions of local communities to be assessed enhanced where practical (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Health and well-being: The PPP should benefit the work force and local communities Number of people exposed to water borne diseases, or lacking adequate food and in terms of health and well-being, nutrition, shelter, education and cultural excursion (0) 1 2 3 4 5 shelter to be assessed

Gender: The PPP should empower women Number of women to be empowered (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Job creation: Priority should be given to providing jobs for local people and Number of people to be employed (0) 1 2 3 4 5 particularly women and young people Participation: Active participation and involvement of local communities should be Level of participation proposed (0) 1 2 3 4 5 encouraged (especially vulnerable and excluded sections) Access to land: should be improved Number of the poor to be assisted (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Access to water: should be improved Number of the poor to be assisted (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Access to transport: should be improved Number of the poor to be assisted (0) 1 2 3 4 5

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Sanitation: should be improved Number of the poor to be assisted (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Equity: Adverse and beneficial impacts from development should be distributed equitably and should not be discriminated against any group, especially vulnerable and Number of the poor to benefit on equitable terms (0) 1 2 3 4 5 excluded people Vulnerability and Risk: of drought, bushfire, flood crises and conflicts and epidemics should be reduced Occurrence to be noted and monitored (0) 1 2 3 4 5

EFFECTS ON THE ECONOMY Growth: The PPP should result in development that encourages strong and stable conditions of economic growth Economic output to be evaluated (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Use of local materials and services: The PPP should encourage the use of raw materials and services from local industries where possible Description of sources (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Local investment of capital: Development should encourage the local retention of capital and the development of downstream industries , utilizing local raw materials, Description of investment strategies (0) 1 2 3 4 5 products and labour

INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES

Adherence to democratic principles: the PPP should promote participation of all Level of participation (0) 1 2 3 4 5 sections especially the grass root Human Rights: rights of the people should not be violated Records of human rights cases (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Access to information: should be improved Records of Information Services Department (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Regulation / Compliance: PPP should ensure best practice and compliance with (0) 1 2 3 4 5 environmental / industry standards and guidelines Description of Activity: Construction of Butcher shop and slaughter house

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA – BASIC AIMS AND OBJECTIVES INDICATORS MEASURE EFFECTS ON NATURAL RESOURCES Protected Areas and Wildlife: should be conserved, and these resources should be enhanced where practical Sensitive areas shown on maps (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Degraded land: and areas vulnerable to degradation should be avoided. Already degraded land should be enhanced Vulnerable areas shown on maps (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Energy: The PPP should encourage efficient energy use and maximize use of Quantity and type of fuel/energy to be identified (0) 1 2 3 4 5 renewable rather than fossil fuel

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Pollution: Discharges of pollutants and waste products to the atmosphere, water and Quantity and type of pollutants and waste to be identified (0) 1 2 3 4 5 land should be avoided or minimized

Use of raw materials: All raw materials should be used with maximum efficiency and Quantity and type of pollutants and waste to be identified (0) 1 2 3 4 5 recycled where practical

Rivers and water bodies: should retain their natural character Minimum flows / water levels to be set (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Climate Change:Activity should contribute to climate change adaptation strategy Climate Change Report of the District (0) 1 2 3 4 5 and reduce climate change vulnerabilty

EFFECTS ON SOCIAL AND CULTURAL CONDITIONS Local Character: and cohesion of local communities should be maintained and Opinions of local communities to be assessed enhanced where practical (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Health and well-being: The PPP should benefit the work force and local communities Number of people exposed to water borne diseases, or lacking adequate food and in terms of health and well-being, nutrition, shelter, education and cultural excursion (0) 1 2 3 4 5 shelter to be assessed

Gender: The PPP should empower women Number of women to be empowered (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Job creation: Priority should be given to providing jobs for local people and Number of people to be employed (0) 1 2 3 4 5 particularly women and young people Participation: Active participation and involvement of local communities should be Level of participation proposed (0) 1 2 3 4 5 encouraged (especially vulnerable and excluded sections) Access to land: should be improved Number of the poor to be assisted (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Access to water: should be improved Number of the poor to be assisted (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Access to transport: should be improved Number of the poor to be assisted (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Sanitation: should be improved Number of the poor to be assisted (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Equity: Adverse and beneficial impacts from development should be distributed equitably and should not be discriminated against any group, especially vulnerable and Number of the poor to benefit on equitable terms (0) 1 2 3 4 5 excluded people Vulnerability and Risk: of drought, bushfire, flood crises and conflicts and epidemics should be reduced Occurrence to be noted and monitored (0) 1 2 3 4 5

EFFECTS ON THE ECONOMY

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Growth: The PPP should result in development that encourages strong and stable conditions of economic growth Economic output to be evaluated (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Use of local materials and services: The PPP should encourage the use of raw materials and services from local industries where possible Description of sources (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Local investment of capital: Development should encourage the local retention of capital and the development of downstream industries , utilizing local raw materials, Description of investment strategies (0) 1 2 3 4 5 products and labour

INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES

Adherence to democratic principles: the PPP should promote participation of all Level of participation (0) 1 2 3 4 5 sections especially the grass root Human Rights: rights of the people should not be violated Records of human rights cases (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Access to information: should be improved Records of Information Services Department (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Regulation / Compliance: PPP should ensure best practice and compliance with (0) 1 2 3 4 5 environmental / industry standards and guidelines Description of Activity: Construction of 4 Ferro cement Reservoir rainwater harvesting system

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA – BASIC AIMS AND OBJECTIVES INDICATORS MEASURE EFFECTS ON NATURAL RESOURCES Protected Areas and Wildlife: should be conserved, and these resources should be enhanced where practical Sensitive areas shown on maps (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Degraded land: and areas vulnerable to degradation should be avoided. Already degraded land should be enhanced Vulnerable areas shown on maps (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Energy: The PPP should encourage efficient energy use and maximize use of Quantity and type of fuel/energy to be identified renewable rather than fossil fuel (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Pollution: Discharges of pollutants and waste products to the atmosphere, water and Quantity and type of pollutants and waste to be identified (0) 1 2 3 4 5 land should be avoided or minimized

Use of raw materials: All raw materials should be used with maximum efficiency and Quantity and type of pollutants and waste to be identified (0) 1 2 3 4 5 recycled where practical

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Rivers and water bodies: should retain their natural character Minimum flows / water levels to be set (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Climate Change:Activity should contribute to climate change adaptation strategy Climate Change Report of the District (0) 1 2 3 4 5 and reduce climate change vulnerabilty

EFFECTS ON SOCIAL AND CULTURAL CONDITIONS Local Character: and cohesion of local communities should be maintained and Opinions of local communities to be assessed enhanced where practical (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Health and well-being: The PPP should benefit the work force and local communities Number of people exposed to water borne diseases, or lacking adequate food and in terms of health and well-being, nutrition, shelter, education and cultural excursion (0) 1 2 3 4 5 shelter to be assessed

Gender: The PPP should empower women Number of women to be empowered (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Job creation: Priority should be given to providing jobs for local people and Number of people to be employed (0) 1 2 3 4 5 particularly women and young people Participation: Active participation and involvement of local communities should be Level of participation proposed (0) 1 2 3 4 5 encouraged (especially vulnerable and excluded sections) Access to land: should be improved Number of the poor to be assisted (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Access to water: should be improved Number of the poor to be assisted (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Access to transport: should be improved Number of the poor to be assisted (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Sanitation: should be improved Number of the poor to be assisted (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Equity: Adverse and beneficial impacts from development should be distributed equitably and should not be discriminated against any group, especially vulnerable and Number of the poor to benefit on equitable terms (0) 1 2 3 4 5 excluded people Vulnerability and Risk: of drought, bushfire, flood crises and conflicts and epidemics should be reduced Occurrence to be noted and monitored (0) 1 2 3 4 5

EFFECTS ON THE ECONOMY Growth: The PPP should result in development that encourages strong and stable conditions of economic growth Economic output to be evaluated (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Use of local materials and services: The PPP should encourage the use of raw materials and services from local industries where possible Description of sources (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Local investment of capital: Development should encourage the local retention of capital and the development of downstream industries , utilizing local raw materials, Description of investment strategies (0) 1 2 3 4 5 products and labour

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INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES

Adherence to democratic principles: the PPP should promote participation of all Level of participation (0) 1 2 3 4 5 sections especially the grass root Human Rights: rights of the people should not be violated Records of human rights cases (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Access to information: should be improved Records of Information Services Department (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Regulation / Compliance: PPP should ensure best practice and compliance with (0) 1 2 3 4 5 environmental / industry standards and guidelines Description of Activity: Construction of irrigation facilities (4) communities in the District

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA – BASIC AIMS AND OBJECTIVES INDICATORS MEASURE EFFECTS ON NATURAL RESOURCES Protected Areas and Wildlife: should be conserved, and these resources should be enhanced where practical Sensitive areas shown on maps (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Degraded land: and areas vulnerable to degradation should be avoided. Already degraded land should be enhanced Vulnerable areas shown on maps (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Energy: The PPP should encourage efficient energy use and maximize use of Quantity and type of fuel/energy to be identified renewable rather than fossil fuel (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Pollution: Discharges of pollutants and waste products to the atmosphere, water and Quantity and type of pollutants and waste to be identified (0) 1 2 3 4 5 land should be avoided or minimized

Use of raw materials: All raw materials should be used with maximum efficiency and Quantity and type of pollutants and waste to be identified (0) 1 2 3 4 5 recycled where practical

Rivers and water bodies: should retain their natural character Minimum flows / water levels to be set (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Climate Change:Activity should contribute to climate change adaptation strategy Climate Change Report of the District (0) 1 2 3 4 5 and reduce climate change vulnerabilty

EFFECTS ON SOCIAL AND CULTURAL CONDITIONS

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Local Character: and cohesion of local communities should be maintained and Opinions of local communities to be assessed enhanced where practical (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Health and well-being: The PPP should benefit the work force and local communities Number of people exposed to water borne diseases, or lacking adequate food and in terms of health and well-being, nutrition, shelter, education and cultural excursion (0) 1 2 3 4 5 shelter to be assessed

Gender: The PPP should empower women Number of women to be empowered (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Job creation: Priority should be given to providing jobs for local people and Number of people to be employed (0) 1 2 3 4 5 particularly women and young people Participation: Active participation and involvement of local communities should be Level of participation proposed (0) 1 2 3 4 5 encouraged (especially vulnerable and excluded sections) Access to land: should be improved Number of the poor to be assisted (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Access to water: should be improved Number of the poor to be assisted (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Access to transport: should be improved Number of the poor to be assisted (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Sanitation: should be improved Number of the poor to be assisted (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Equity: Adverse and beneficial impacts from development should be distributed equitably and should not be discriminated against any group, especially vulnerable and Number of the poor to benefit on equitable terms (0) 1 2 3 4 5 excluded people Vulnerability and Risk: of drought, bushfire, flood crises and conflicts and epidemics should be reduced Occurrence to be noted and monitored (0) 1 2 3 4 5

EFFECTS ON THE ECONOMY Growth: The PPP should result in development that encourages strong and stable conditions of economic growth Economic output to be evaluated (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Use of local materials and services: The PPP should encourage the use of raw materials and services from local industries where possible Description of sources (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Local investment of capital: Development should encourage the local retention of capital and the development of downstream industries , utilizing local raw materials, Description of investment strategies (0) 1 2 3 4 5 products and labour

INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES

Adherence to democratic principles: the PPP should promote participation of all Level of participation (0) 1 2 3 4 5 sections especially the grass root Human Rights: rights of the people should not be violated Records of human rights cases (0) 1 2 3 4 5

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Access to information: should be improved Records of Information Services Department (0) 1 2 3 4 5

Regulation / Compliance: PPP should ensure best practice and compliance with (0) 1 2 3 4 5 environmental / industry standards and guidelines

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Table 5.45: KEY

SCALE: 0 1 2 3 4 5 Effects: Not Works Works On balance Supports Strongly relevant strongly against the has neutral the aim supports the against aim aim effects on aim the aim Colour: Black Red Red Yellow Green Green

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