A substantial number of GOG ministries and agencies will be involved in the reforms that are to
be carried out with project assistance. Individuals involved in these processes and changes will be
asked for their inputs into the monitoring process and, where needed, will be assisted with
program resources to improve their capabilities for analyzing and monitoring economic reforms
and their impacts on the Ghanaian economy. As a start for this process, a number officials in
public sector agencies were contacted by the program monitoring and evaluation team to obtain
their inputs and to discuss participation in the activities to be carried out under this contract (see
Appendix VIII for a list of the persons and agencies contacted).
B. Private Sector
Since Strategic Objective One is directed at increasing the involvement of the private sector in the
economic development of Ghana, its involvement in monitoring and evaluation of the process is
essential. Private sector firms, trade associations, and business organizations (such as the
American Chamber of Commerce) will be contacted and their inputs solicited to determine the
effects of policy reforms on the business community and on the ease of doing business in Ghana,
i.e., on the attainment of a more nearly hassle free situation for the business community.
However, it also is essential to see how the policy changes are affecting the general public,
microenterprises, farmers and others who might not be represented by the more organized
elements of the community. Therefore, to obtain inputs from these segments of Ghanaian society
a series of focus groups in various areas of the country will be organized and surveyed
periodically. Similarly, rapid rural survey methods may be used to help monitor the perceived
results of financial reforms on farmers, rural area merchants, microenterprises, etc.
VII. Building Monitoring and Evaluation Capacity in Ghana
Contract personnel will work with GOG and private sector entities to encourage and enable them
to implement their own monitoring and evaluation processes (where they do not already exist),
especially as these apply to Vision 2020 objectives. This process will contribute toward creating a
broad based participation in the policy dialogue process and to capacity building. One approach
to this would be to hold a workshop or series of seminars on the topic. A brief outline for a
potential workshop is given beolow:
Brief Outline for a Proposed Seminar/Workshop on Monitoring and Evaluation
I. Introduction: General Concepts of Project Monitoring and Evaluation
II. USAID Program of Monitoring for Results
III. World Bank's Monitoring and Evaluation Program
IV. Preparing Monitoring and Evaluation Reports
V. Economic Data in Ghana
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