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Geography, demographics, economy, history, and government
- Form of government: Constitutional democracy, elected president appoints
Cabinet, approved by elected parliament
- Population: 20,467,747 (2003 est.) (33% urban)
- Total area: 239,460 sq. km (16% arable)
- Languages: English (official), Akan, Moshi-Dagomba, Ewe, and Ga
- Religions: Christianity (63%), animist beliefs(21%), Islam (16%)
- Per capita GDP: $2,000 (2002 est.)
- Exports: $2.2bn; gold, cocoa, timber, tuna, bauxite, aluminum, manganese
ore, diamonds
- Literacy: 74.8%
- Life expectancy: 56.5 years (57.4f, 55.7m)
Sources
- CIA World Factbook
| country data - Ghana
- U.S. State Department | Bureau of African Affairs
| country profile - Ghana
- U.S. Library of Congress | country study - Ghana
- Atlapedia Online | country data - Ghana
- E-Conflict World Encyclopedia - Ghana - national anthem, flag, map, people, economy, geography, government, defence, news
and weather
- Index on Africa | country page - Ghana
- Nation by Nation | country data - Ghana - facts, government, geography, history, human rights, people
- World Skip | country data - Ghana
- World Bank | country brief - Ghana
- OneWorld.net | country database - Ghana - news articles selected from around the world
- IRINnews.org | news archive - Ghana - news articles from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
- Africa Confidential
| news articles on Ghana
- UNICEF | children's health & education statistics - Ghana
- U.S. Refugee Committee | World Refugee Survey country report - Ghana
- Human rights:
- Amnesty International | Report 2001 - Ghana
- International Lesbian and Gay Association
| Country Survey - Ghana
| - information for those working to promote lesbian, gay,
bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) rights
- Governance:
- Governments on the WWW - Ghana - comprehensive database of governmental institutions - parliaments, ministries, offices,
law courts, embassies, etc
- Political Resources
| - Ghana
- CIA Library | Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members
| - Ghana
- World Audit.org | national statistics and reports - Ghana - national statistics and reports from Freedom House, Transparency
International, Amnesty International, the International Commission of Jurists and others
- ElectionWorld.org | election results in Ghana
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(Click on map to go to surrounding locations)
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Portals, indexes, guides, searchers, phone directories
- Ghana HomePage - news, sports, facts,
opinions and classifieds
- Akwaaba - Internet
portal
- AfricaOnline.com-Ghana
- news, information, business and finance, computing, sports,
education, health, music, women, kids
- Ghana Forum - aims to foster interaction
between Ghanaians through online communication
- Info-Ghana - information
for repatriates, collected through practical research
- Ghana.co.uk - London-based
portal promoting Ghana throughout the world
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Executive, legislature, judiciary, ministries, departments, agencies, and commissions
- Government of the Republic of Ghana
- official government site
- Governments on the WWW - Ghana - comprehensive database of governmental institutions - parliaments, ministries, offices,
law courts, embassies, etc
- Legislature
- Parliament of Ghana
- Ministries
- Ministry of Education
- Ministry of Finance
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Ministry of Trade and
Industry
- Agencies & Authorities
- Civil Aviation Authority
(GCAA) - the regulatory agency of Government on air transportation
- Customs Excise
And Preventive Service (CEPS) - state organisation responsible
for the collection of taxes levied on imports, exports and some
locally manufactured goods
- Electoral Commission of
Ghana
- Energy Commission
- statutory body tasked with regulating, managing, and developing
the utilization of energy resources in Ghana, and providing
the legal, regulatory and supervisory framework for all providers
of energy in the country
- Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA)
- Forestry Commission
Timber Industry Development Division - works
in support of the logging and wood processing sector and encourages
a skilled and progressive industry based on the sustainable
use of forests and providing a source of secure employment,
income, career and skills development
- Forestry Commission
Wildlife Division - Division of the Ministry of Lands and
Forestry responsible for providing leadership and efficient
services in conserving Ghana's wildlife resources for the benefit
of present and future generations
- Investment Promotion
Centre (GIPC) - government agency whose mission is to encourage,
promote and facilitate investments in all sectors of the
economy except mining and petroleum
- National Petroleum
Corporation (GNPC) - government corporation responsible
for the exploration, development, production and disposal of
petroleum
- National Commission for
Civic Education (NCCE) - constitutional body with the
mission of sustaining constitutional democracy for the achievement
of political, economic and social stability by stimulating the
citizens of Ghana to appreciate their civic rights and responsibilities
- Public Utilities Regulatory
Commission (PURC) - independent body set up to regulate
and oversee the provision of the highest quality of electricity
and water services to consumers
- Survey Department -
Ghana - sole mapping agency for Ghana
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Human rights & civil liberties, humanitarian aid, political parties, activism, environment, and labour
- Africa Action Ghana
- non-profit non-government German organisation concerned with
the blind and other eye patients, which supports local partners,
churches and institutions through the establishment of ophthalmic
clinics, financing operations and training, building optics
workshops, conducting vision and eye tests, rehabilitation,
and the supply of water and medicines
- Agricultural and Rural
Development Association of Ghana (ARA) (Accra) - non-profit
non-governmental organization working to promote sustainable
development and to empower rural poverty in Ghana in order to
enhance food security, income and the welfare of resources-poor
farmers and rural communities
- British Council in Ghana
- connects people with learning opportunities and creative ideas
from the UK, aimed at building lasting relationships between
the UK and Ghana
- Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) West Africa - encourages dialogue and partnerships to channel resources into community
development initiatiatives
- CNBGhana (Tamale)
- voluntary organization situated in Northern Ghana which seeks
volunteers wanting to work in an area of personal interest such
as sports, teaching, nursing or women's aid
- Comprehensive Development
Framework (CDF) - programme of the World Bank that seeks
a better balance in policymaking by highlighting the interdependence
of all elements of development - social, structural, human,
governance, environmental, economic, and financial -- and emphasizes
partnerships among governments, donors, civil society, the private
sector, and other development actors
- European Union Development Programme - Ghana
- Friedrich Ebert
Stiftung (FES) (Accra) - German Foundation and a private
educational institution committed to the concepts and basic
values of social democracy and the labour movement
- Ghana Wildlife Society
(GWS) (Accra) - non-government organisation responsible,
in collaboration with the University of Ghana, for implementing
the Anglophone West Africa component of the Biodiversity Planning
Support Programme (BPSP) in Gambia, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria,
and Sierra Leone
- Hunger Project-Ghana (Accra) - committed to the sustainable end of hunger throughout the nation using The Hunger Project's
methodology of Strategic Planning-in-Action, which works to empower local people to create their own vision of a future free from
hunger, and carry out catalytic projects to achieve that future
- Ibis Ghana - independent
Danish development organisation working globally, nationally
and locally to secure people in Africa and Latin America equal
access to education, influence and resources
- Integrated Social Development
Centre (ISODEC) - non-profit organisation in Ghana
committed to the promotion of human rights, especially social
and economic rights, and social justice for all, especially
those suffering marginalisation, injustice and powerlessness
- Structural Adjustment Participatory
Review International Network (SAPRIN) - Ghana - global
network established to expand and legitimize the role of civil
society in economic policymaking and to strengthen the organized
challenge to structural adjustment programs by citizens around
the globe
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Country Office - Ghana
- Voluntary Workcamps Association
of Ghana (VOLU) (Accra) - nonpolitical, non-sectarian voluntary
organization that offers short (3-4 weeks) camps working on
community-building projects in which a group of both Ghanaian
and international volunteers come together to build a school,
organize an HIV/AIDS awareness campaign, help replenish the
local rainforest, or work on similar such projects
- Environment
- Green Earth Organization
- non-governmental, non-profit making voluntary, environment,
development and peace organization whose aims are to ensure
conservation and rational use of natural resources, to serve
as an environmental watchdog, to ensure sustainable population
growth, to empower and improve life for disadvantaged communities,
and to promote voluntary action for environmental protection
- Rescue Mission
Ghana (Accra) - local chapter of an international youth
organization whose main purpose is to promote the concept of
sustainable development and to enable young people to monitor
how government and others are keeping their promises made at
the Earth summit held in Rio de Janeiro
- Political Parties
- National Democratic Congress
(NDC)
- Women's Issues
- 31st December Women's
Movement (Accra) - non-governmental women's organisation
with a membership of 2.5 million women of all social conditions
which aims to see the emancipation of women at every level of
development to enable them to contribute and benefit from the
socio-economic and political progress of the country
- Women in Progress
(Cape Coast) - international volunteer organization that works
to achieve economic independence of women and alleviate poverty
at a grassroots level in developing nations through the sustainable
growth of small women-owned businesses and at the same time
establishes mutual understanding among people of diverse cultures
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