GSSP’s research is organized around two strategic policy areas relevant to the current agricultural policy arena in Ghana. Our research is undertaken in partnership with Ghanaian researchers and implementers. Findings are disseminated to key decision-makers and stakeholders to provide evidence and insights as they weigh difficult policy choices, and we engage with the policy discourse through multiple channels including research publications and briefs, internal and external events, and news and social media. In addition, we work to strengthen the capacity of analysts and policymakers in formulating and implementing pro-poor development strategies and governance reforms.
Our development strategies and governance research theme examines key policy and investment alternatives in Ghana through the application of state-of-the-art analytical methods, including economic modelling techniques that capture economy-wide impacts of policy changes, analysis of public expenditures, and microeconomic evaluative analysis. In addition, we also assess how to create incentives for individual actors, civil society, and public administrations to actively pursue such policies.
Under the agri-food system transformation research theme we examine policy options to support Ghana’s transformation from an agriculture-based economy to a more urbanized industrial service-based one, such that this transformation contributes to poverty reduction, food security, and improved nutrition.
Strengthening capacity for policy analysis is a key component of our work. We aim to strengthen in-country capacity for policy analysis among academics, civil society actors, and key government representatives, we undertake periodic training and participatory research activities.