By Joe Amoako-Tuffour, Director of Research, ACET Mobilizing domestic resources for development in sub- Sahara Africa has never lacked urgency. Lacking instead is the commitment to action. At the March 2015 Conference of Ministers in…
Agriculture’s share of gross domestic product (GDP) has been declining over the years in many African countries as service sectors have grown. However, agriculture...
Policy makers and development partners are keen to find interventions that are effective in improving smallholder productivity and raising the income and resilience (including...
The overall objective of this study was to identify ways to increase smallholder productivity and improve post-production value (storage, processing, and domestic or foreign...
The Uganda report is a synthesis of ACET’s study of that country’s value chains for cassava, cow, millet and sorghum. Uganda is a landlocked...
Ghana can raise the standard of living of rural farmers, meet the nation’s food needs, and transform the economy through new approaches to farming,...
This working paper seeks to discuss key issues relating to the structuring of public-private partnerships to benefit communities in mining areas in Ghana, the...
With the need for long-term planning and restructuring of the Ghanaian economy now clearer than ever, the African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET) and Ghana’s...
The extractives industry is a major sector in the economies of West Africa. It makes a significant contribution to GDP and constitutes a large...
For centuries, the traditional cereals of millet and sorghum were the key suppliers of calories in West Africa. However, over the past few decades,...