| Sanitation Verdict | 15/20 |
| Water Verdict | 13/20 |
| WASH % of gov. budget | 1.76% (2010) |
| Key Facts | |
|---|---|
| HDI Position (UNDP) | 152/177 |
| Population (millions, World Bank) | 23.4 |
| Child mortality rate (UNICEF) | 76/1000 |
| Annual child diarrhoea deaths (UNICEF) | 5,700 |
The majority of data on this country page was provided by Lamisi Dabire from WaterAid Ghana lamisidabire@wateraid.org
(Monitoring the eThekwini declaration)
Last edited by Traffic Lights Publication 2011 at UNICEF/WaterAid/WSP 10 months ago
See regional summary| Category | Criteria | Rating | Justification |
|---|---|---|---|
| Verdict (out of 20) | 15 | ||
| Policy | Did they sign eThekwini? | 2 | |
| Is there a national sanitation policy? | 2 | Cabinet has approved the draft Revised National Environmental Sanitation Policy and it will be published for dissemination soon. | |
| Is there one national sanitation plan to meet the MDG target? | 2 | The Environmental Health Directorate has recently finalized Strategic Environmental Sanitation Investment Plan(SESIP) for Ghana. The SESIP aims at achieving minimum service options by 2015 | |
| Institutions | What profile is given to sanitation within the PRSP? | 2 | The Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategy (GPRS) 2006-2009 has not given sanitation much prominence.The strategy however mentions sanitation in several portions under water. |
| Is there a principal accountable institution to take leadership? | 2 | An Environmental Health and Sanitation Directorate exists under the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development.The directorate is responsible for policy formulation and coordination.It is the lead institution championing processes for increasing access. | |
| Is there one coordinating body involving all stakeholders? | 2 | A National Sanitation Task has been formed since 2009 comprising key sector players.Whose main role is to monitor and document implementation challenges from the field.This is then used to advise the Sanitation Directorate on sanitation policy review processes. | |
| Finance | Is there a specific public sector budget line for sanitation? | 2 | For the very first in Ghana, sanitation was allocated a budget of GH 30 Million Ghana cedis in the 2009 budget for service delivery. |
| Is 0.5% of GDP allocated to sanitation? | 0 | ||
| Is there a sanitation monitoring and evaluation (M+E) system? | 0 | The National Sanitation Task Force is currently performing monitoring and supervisory role. But there is provision in the Revised Environmental Sanitation Policy to establish and strengthen a monitoring and evaluation unit | |
| Monitoring | Do institutional sanitation programs include gender aspects? | 1 | |
| Verdict (out of 20) | 15 | ||
(Monitoring the Sharm el-Sheikh declaration)
See regional summary| Category | Criteria | Rating | Justification |
|---|---|---|---|
| Verdict (out of 20) | 13 | ||
| Policy | Is there a comprehensive policy for water supply? | 2 | A National Water Policy was enacted in 2007 |
| Is there a plan for meeting the water MDG target or equivalent? | 1 | The Ministry of Water Resource,Works and Housing is in the process of developing an implementation plan for the Water Policy | |
| Are there specific measures in the plan for targeting poor people, and addressing the interests of women? | 1 | The Public Utility Regulatory Commission(PURC) is implementing a tariff regime for poor consumers,but the unavailability and unreliability of water supply makes it effective. | |
| Institutions | Is there a lead ministry responsible for water supply? | 2 | The Public Utility Regulatory Commission |
| Is there clear separation of institutional roles? | 2 | The water sector is managed by the Water Directorate which has oversight over the Community Water and Sanitation Agency(CWSA),the Water Resource Commission and Ghana Water Company . CWSA is responsible for rural water service delivery while,the Ghana Water Company is in-charge of Urban water supply. | |
| Is there provision within the policy for water supply sector capacity development? | 2 | ||
| Are donors harmonising their support behind national sector plans? | 0 | The SWAP is still at its infancy stage and yey to take full shape.There is therefore no sector harmonization and coordination. | |
| Finance | Is there a sector investment plan for water supply? | 2 | CWSA has a five-year Strategic Investment Plan for rural and Small Town Water Systems. |
| Are actors responsible for delivering water supply services adequately resourced, particularly if local governments? | 1 | ||
| Monitoring | Is there an effective framework for performance monitoring? | 0 | |
| Verdict (out of 20) | 13 | ||
| Financial indicators | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gov. WASH Budget as % of total budget | N/A | N/A | 1.63 | 1.54 | 1.76 | N/A |
| Gov. WASH budget as % of GDP | 0.88 | 0.822 | 0.64 | 0.473 | 0.513 | 0.79 |
| Gov. WASH budget (current $US, millions) | 112 | 123 | 106 | 72.5 | 92.7 | 185 |
| Gov. WASH Budget (local currency, millions) | 100 | 111 | 116 | 101 | 129 | 277 |
| Gov. budget for sanitation only (local currency, millions) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Total Gov. budget (local currency, millions) | N/A | N/A | 7,110 | 6,580 | 7,360 | N/A |
| GDP (current $US, millions, IMF) | 12,700 | 15,000 | 16,500 | 15,300 | 18,100 | 23,400 |
| Average $US exchange rate for that year (xe.com) | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.5 |
2006-9 are actual expenditure, 2010-11 are budgeted
| Water | Sanitation |
|---|---|
| 82% | 13% |
There are a number of ways to measure the proportion of people that have access to sanitation and water in a country. Governments often use a combination of management information systems and household surveys.
The official data which the UN uses to monitor progress on the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) comes from the WHO / UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP). JMP aggregates data from household surveys carried out by governments.
WASHwatch.org shows JMP data because it is comparable across countries and uses the MDG definitions of access to sanitation and water. Some Governments prefer to quote the latest data from their household surveys, the best source of this information is the national statistics bureau or equivalent.