Ghana Natural Resource and Environmental Governance - DPO

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The Second Natural Resources and Environmental Governance Development Policy Operation (DPO-2) Program for Ghana focuses on: (a) ensuring predictable financing and sustainable management of the forest and wildlife resources and effective forest law enforcement; (b) improving mining and forestry sector revenue collection, management, and transparency; (c) addressing social issues in forest and mining communities; and (d) mainstreaming environment into policies for economic growth. The programmatic DPO continue to address governance issues in the forestry and mining sectors and improve environmental management. Currently forestry, wildlife, and mining are a key to Ghana's economy and share common challenges, including revenues that are not well captured and large numbers of people dependent on the sector for their livelihood. In addition, environmental policy needs to be strengthened to effectively control pollution, and to reduce long-term negative health and economic impacts due to environmental degradation and climate change. Ghana has recognized the need to address these important issues. The 2006-2009 Second Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategy (GPRS II) has the overarching goals of sustaining economic growth of at least six percent per year to attain middle-income country status and surpass the 2015 millennium development goal of halving poverty levels to 26 percent of the population and reducing inequalities. The expected outcomes at the end of the DPO series include: (i) improved management of government revenues and finances in the forestry and mining sectors; (ii) reduced illegal logging; (iii) reduced social conflict in forestry and mining communities; and (iv) integration of environmental considerations into policy formulation and implementation across government, including risks associated with climate change.

FY17 - Agriculture, Fishing and Forestry,FY17 - Energy and Extractives,FY17 - Industry, Trade and Services

World Bank Group

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