{"query_echo":{"q":"","filters":{"organization":["Good Governance Africa"]},"warnings":[]},"total":{"value":109,"relation":"eq"},"page":5,"page_size":20,"self":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/api/v1/search?organization=good-governance-africa&page=5","next":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/api/v1/search?organization=good-governance-africa&page=6","stability":"beta","ai_marking":{"digital_source_type":{"uri":"http://cv.iptc.org/newscodes/digitalsourcetype/trainedAlgorithmicMedia","name":"Created using Generative AI"},"notice":"Summary and key insights are generated using artificial intelligence."},"results":[{"id":"gga-000215","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/gga-000215","title":"A STUDY TOWARDS DEEPENING FISCAL DECENTRALIZATION FOR EFFECTIVE LOCAL SERVICE DELIVERY IN GHANA","publisher":{"name":"Good Governance Africa","organization":"good-governance-africa"},"document_type":"report","language":"en","date_published":"2020-05","source_url":"https://digitalmallblobstorage.blob.core.windows.net/wp-content/2020/06/FISCAL-DECENTRALIZATION_co.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The study finds that Ghana's fiscal decentralization is undermined by a heavy reliance on unpredictable central government transfers, fragmented allocation mechanisms, and weak local capacity to mobilize Internally Generated Funds (IGF). It recommends synchronizing fund release cycles with local budget preparation, reviewing laws governing the District Assemblies Common Fund (DACF) and Stool Lands revenue, and investing in revenue management technology and staff training.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gga-000215#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"There is no single 'best practice' system of fiscal decentralization in sub-Saharan Africa for wholesale adoption; instead, structures must be designed based on a country's specific context and objectives.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gga-000215#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Intergovernmental transfer mechanisms in Ghana are fragmented and poorly understood by MMDAs. 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Based on research in Accra and Sekondi-Takoradi, it highlights the severe lack of sanitation, healthcare, and secure housing, as well as the negative impacts on children and the environment. It argues that current housing policies are deficient because they ignore the needs of the poor and the role of social networks. The brief recommends against forced evictions, calling instead for slum upgrading, strategic private-sector partnerships for affordable housing, and the integration of slum dwellers' perspectives into urban planning.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gga-000162#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Slums and informal settlements in Ghana are driven by rapid urban population growth through migration and natural increase, combined with a lack of basic infrastructure. 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It details government measures such as the state of emergency, financial support for banks, and public health campaigns, while highlighting critical gaps in digital governance and the risk of increased poverty.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gga-000216#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Ethiopia's health response included establishing dedicated COVID-19 hospitals, creating laboratory centers across various regions, and providing specialized training for health professionals.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gga-000216#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The government implemented economic support measures including a 15 billion birr support package for private banks to assist affected businesses and a 3.3 billion birr allocation for the tourism sector.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gga-000216#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The pandemic caused significant macroeconomic instability, with the GDP growth for the 2013 budget year projected to potentially decrease by 11.1% in an average scenario.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gga-000216#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Poverty levels are expected to rise sharply, with estimates suggesting an increase of 15 million people falling below the poverty line.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gga-000216#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The pandemic's impact was disproportionately felt by women, who faced higher rates of job loss in the hotel, tourism, and informal sectors.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gga-000216#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Political instability, specifically the postponement of the sixth general election in August 2020 and subsequent conflicts in Tigray, complicated the pandemic response and led to a decrease in the enforcement of health protocols.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gga-000216#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The government significantly expanded its diagnostic capacity, establishing a factory in collaboration with a Chinese company to produce 10 million test kits per year.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gga-000216#insight-7","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["public health","food security","tourism industry"],"geography_discussed":["Addis Ababa","Tigray Region","Somali Region","Africa","People's Republic of China","United States"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["impact assessment","policy evaluation","scenario analysis"]},{"id":"gga-000101","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/gga-000101","title":"The Buhari Administration and Economic Governance: Assessing Progress of Nigeria’s Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB)","publisher":{"name":"Good Governance Africa","organization":"good-governance-africa"},"document_type":"report","language":"en","date_published":null,"source_url":"https://digitalmallblobstorage.blob.core.windows.net/wp-content/2020/01/23.01-PIB-Final-Draft_OB-final-reviewd-7April.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The report details the long-term struggle to pass the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) in Nigeria, starting from 2000. 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It highlights a problematic bias toward large-scale hydroelectric dams, which the author suggests may be a way for China to export its own domestic overcapacity in dam building while ignoring environmental and geopolitical risks. The document calls for African agency in agenda-setting to transition toward greener technologies like solar and fuel cells, ensuring that investments create local jobs and support structural transformation rather than merely facilitating resource export.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gga-000103#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"China's energy investments in Africa are split between upstream sectors, which primarily facilitate the export of resources to China and global markets, and downstream power sectors focused on generation and distribution. For example, in Angola, China's investment has been heavily focused on \"upstream oil extraction\" through the China Sonangol \"Queensway\" syndicate, resulting in a failure to improve the country's manufacturing capacity.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gga-000103#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"There is a significant bias toward hydroelectric power in China's African investments, particularly in Nigeria and Uganda. The author suggests this may be an attempt by China to find an \"outlet for its own overcapacity in dam building,\" noting that hydro is becoming less price-competitive than solar and often relies on Chinese rather than African labour.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gga-000103#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Chinese-funded dam projects often disregard environmental and geopolitical impacts. The Ethiopian Grand Renaissance dam is cited as a project that could provoke \"serious environmental challenges\" and stoke tensions with Nile basin neighbors like Egypt. In Nigeria, China is providing 85% of the $5.8bn cost for the Mambilla hydroelectric project.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gga-000103#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The document recommends that the Africa-China partnership transition to a \"sustainability-­‐focused phase\" where African leaders co-determine strategic agendas. 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It identifies a 'hybrid security environment' comprising the Mozambican Republican Police (PRM), Mozambique Defense Armed Forces (FADM), community-based Força Locale, Rwandan Security Forces (RSF), and Private Security Companies (PSCs). The analysis highlights systemic human rights abuses by national forces, the relative effectiveness and trust associated with Rwandan forces, and the governance risks inherent in the private security sector. 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The brief argues that the state's current combative posture should be replaced by a formalization strategy involving the creation of cooperatives, decentralized permitting, and the enforcement of environmental reclamation laws to balance livelihood needs with ecological protection.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gga-000164#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Artisanal small-scale mining, including illegal 'galamsey', is a major economic driver in Ghana, accounting for more than 30% of the country's gold exports and providing livelihoods for nearly one million people, roughly 10% of the national workforce.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gga-000164#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Despite a regulatory framework existing since 1989, the sector remains overwhelmingly informal, with over 70% of miners operating without licenses or documentation, partly due to long delays in the licensing process.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gga-000164#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Small-scale mining causes significant environmental damage, including deforestation, soil erosion, and river siltation, and these impacts are being exacerbated by an increasing number of miners, improved extraction technology, and the arrival of foreign operators, specifically from China.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gga-000164#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The socio-economic profile of the sector is characterized by low education levels—with over 70% of miners having only basic or no formal education—and extreme income inequality, leaving many miners with little bargaining power and vulnerable to losses.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gga-000164#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"State enforcement is hindered by unharmonized policies, inadequate geological data, and a lack of capacity to enforce health and safety standards, resulting in a 'combative posture' from the government toward the sector.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gga-000164#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["deforestation","land degradation","soil erosion","air pollution"],"geography_discussed":["Africa"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["policy analysis","socio-economic impact assessment","environmental impact assessment"]},{"id":"gga-000203","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/gga-000203","title":"The Escalation of Extremist Violence in Southern Africa and the Need for More Collaborative Security Responses","publisher":{"name":"Good Governance Africa","organization":"good-governance-africa"},"document_type":"report","language":"en","date_published":null,"source_url":"https://digitalmallblobstorage.blob.core.windows.net/wp-content/2020/11/BUCHANAN-CLARKE-FINAL-16.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","geography_discussed"],"summary":{"text":"The report examines the escalation of extremist activity in southern Africa, highlighting the dual threats of far-right militancy and Islamist insurgency. 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The document concludes with recommendations for integrated national strategies, improved inter-agency collaboration, and a shift toward preventative governance to address the root causes of extremism.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gga-000203#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"South Africa faces a dual threat from Islamist networks and far-right extremist movements, with the latter often leveraging narratives of 'white victimhood' and 'reverse apartheid' on social media to fuel militancy.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gga-000203#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"In November 2019, South African authorities arrested Harry Johannes Knoesen, leader of the National Christian Resistance Movement (NCRM), following a two-year investigation into a plot to bomb shopping malls, informal settlements, and national key points.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gga-000203#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The insurgency in northern Mozambique, led by Alu Sunna Wa-Jama (ASWJ), has escalated through attacks on government and security forces, with the group increasingly aligning itself with the Islamic State (IS) to gain global recognition and funding.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gga-000203#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The insurgency in northern Mozambique is deeply linked to transnational criminal networks, specifically the 'southern migration route' for human smuggling and a maritime heroin trade that ships drugs from Afghanistan through Mozambique to South Africa.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gga-000203#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The Mozambican government's response to the insurgency has been erratic, characterized by initial denial, a heavy-handed military crackdown, and the controversial employment of the Russian Wagner Group.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gga-000203#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has been largely inactive regarding the Mozambique insurgency due to structural constraints and a historical reluctance to intervene in the internal affairs of member states governed by liberation parties.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gga-000203#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Effective counter-terrorism in the region requires a shift from reactive military responses to preventative measures, including improving good governance to address marginalization and corruption, which extremist actors exploit.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gga-000203#insight-7","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":[],"geography_discussed":["Zimbabwe","Lesotho","Madagascar","Democratic Republic of the Congo","Tanzania","Somalia","Kenya","Ethiopia","Afghanistan","Mocímboa da Praia","Cabo Delgado Province"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":[]},{"id":"gga-000207","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/gga-000207","title":"RACING TO RESCUE GHANA FROM ECONOMIC DOWNTURN: POST COVID 19 AND MATTERS ARISING","publisher":{"name":"Good Governance Africa","organization":"good-governance-africa"},"document_type":"report","language":"en","date_published":null,"source_url":"https://digitalmallblobstorage.blob.core.windows.net/wp-content/2022/08/Economic-downturn-in-Ghana.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The report details Ghana's economic crisis in 2022, characterized by credit rating downgrades from Moody's, S&P, and Fitch, and a sharp depreciation of the cedi. It identifies the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2017 banking sector clean-up, and the Russia-Ukraine war as primary drivers, with the latter specifically impacting fertilizer costs and agriculture. Inflation rose to 31.7% by July 2022, driven by imported inflation and rising food prices. The government responded with policy rate hikes by the Bank of Ghana, increasing the rate from 14.5% in January to 22% by August 2022, and attempted to curb forex irregularities. 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