MINISTRY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT OFFINSO-NORTH DISTRICT ASSEMBLY DISTRICT MEDIUM TERM DEVELOPMENT PLAN (DMTDP) 2014 – 2017 PREPARED BY: DISTRICT PLANNING COORDINATING AND UNIT (DPCU) DECEMBER 2013 i Contents PERFORMANCE REVIEW OF THE 2010-2013 DMTDP ........................................................................ 1 1.0 REVIEW OF THE DMTDP (2010-2013) .......................................................................................... 1 1.1 STATUS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DMTDP (2010 – 2013) ........................................... 18 1.2 FINANCIAL ANALYSIS ................................................................................................................ 28 1.3 KEY PROBLEMS/ISSUES ENCOUNTERED DURING THE IMPLEMENTATION STAGE .... 30 1.4 LESSONS LEARNT WHICH HAVE IMPLICATIONS FOR THE DMTDP (2014-2017) ........... 31 1.5 ANALYSIS OF EXISTING SITUATION AND COMPILATION OF DISTRICT PROFILE .... 32 1.5.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 32 1.5.2 Physical and Natural Environment ............................................................................................ 32 1.6 SPATIAL ANALYSIS ..................................................................................................................... 35 1.6.1 Settlement systems and Linkages .............................................................................................. 35 1.7 FUNCTIONAL HIERARCHY OF SETTLEMENT AND ITS IMPLICATION ............................ 36 1.7.1 Surface Accessibility to Services ............................................................................................... 36 1.7.2Aggregate Accessibility .............................................................................................................. 37 1.7.3 Optimum Accessibility .............................................................................................................. 38 1.7.4Composite Poverty Pockets ........................................................................................................ 39 1.7.5 Commodity Flow ...................................................................................................................... 40 1.7.6 Nature of Physical Development/Development Control ............................................................ 40 1.7.7 Poverty Profiling, Mapping and Pro-Poor Programming........................................................... 40 1.7.8Poverty Pockets/Dimensions in the District ................................................................................ 41 1.7.9 Tentative Poverty Pockets .......................................................................................................... 41 1.8 ECONOMY OF THE DISTRICT..................................................................................................... 45 1.8.1 Structure of the District Economy.............................................................................................. 45 1.8.2 Major Economic Activities ........................................................................................................ 45 1.9.1 Conditions of the Natural Environment ..................................................................................... 52 ii 1.9.2 Conditions of the Built Environment ......................................................................................... 53 1.9.3 Geology and Minerals ................................................................................................................ 55 1.9.4 Relief and Drainage ................................................................................................................... 55 1.9.5 Soil and Agricultural Land Use ................................................................................................. 55 1.9.6 Impact of Human Activities including farming and bushfires ................................................... 56 1.9.7 Aesthetic Features ...................................................................................................................... 57 1.9.8 Land Management...................................................................................................................... 57 1.9.9Implications for Development .................................................................................................... 57 1.9.10 Communication ........................................................................................................................ 58 1.10 DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS ...................................................................................... 59 1.10.1 Population Size and Growth Rate ............................................................................................ 59 1.10.2 Spatial Distribution .................................................................................................................. 59 1.10.3 Population Density ................................................................................................................... 59 1.10.4 Household Size and Characteristics ......................................................................................... 59 1.10.5 Religious Composition ............................................................................................................. 60 1.10.6 Rural-Urban Dichotomy .......................................................................................................... 60 1.10.7 Age Distribution ..................................................................................................................... 60 1.10.8 Sex Specific Ratio .................................................................................................................... 61 1.10.9 Dependency Ratio .................................................................................................................... 62 1.10.10 Labour Force .......................................................................................................................... 62 1.10.11 Occupational Distribution ...................................................................................................... 62 1.10.12 Market Centres in the Offinso North District ........................................................................ 62 1.10.13 Migration Trend ..................................................................................................................... 63 1.11 CLIMATE CHANGE ..................................................................................................................... 63 1.11.1 The National Plantation Development Programme ................................................................. 64 iii 1.11.2 Form Ghana Limited ................................................................................................................ 64 1.12 INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICES ........................................................................................ 65 1.12.1 Road Network .......................................................................................................................... 65 1.12.2 Feeder Road Network .............................................................................................................. 65 1.12.3 Energy ...................................................................................................................................... 65 1.12.4 Telecommunication .................................................................................................................. 66 1.12.5Financial Institutions ................................................................................................................. 66 1.12.6Tourism ..................................................................................................................................... 66 1.13 INCOME LEVELS AND ANALYSIS ........................................................................................... 67 1.13.1 Revenue Generation ................................................................................................................. 67 1.13.2 Administration of Revenue ...................................................................................................... 68 1.13.3Revenue and Expenditure Status ............................................................................................... 69 1.14 EXPENDITURE ITEMS AND EXPENDITURE PATTERNS OF THE ASSEMBLY ................ 70 1.14.1 Expenditure Items .................................................................................................................... 70 1.15 PRUDENT FISCAL MANAGEMENT .......................................................................................... 71 1.16 DISBURSEMENT OF COMMON FUND .................................................................................... 71 1.17 GOOD GOVERNANCE................................................................................................................. 73 1.17.1 Modern Political Administration ............................................................................................. 73 1.17.2 The Assembly .......................................................................................................................... 73 1.17.3 The Executive Committee ........................................................................................................ 74 1.17.4 Key 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