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This report provides a comprehensive analysis of Ghana's socio-economic trajectory through 2043, evaluating its current path and various development scenarios. It examines the country's transition from a commodity-export dependent economy to potential industrialization, while highlighting critical challenges in governance, infrastructure, and public health.

This briefing by Sustainable Energy for All outlines the critical need for sustainable cooling in Ghana, highlighting the vulnerability of millions to heat risks and the projected increase in energy demand and emissions from refrigeration and air-conditioning (RAC) by 2050.

This briefing analyzes the risks and dynamics surrounding Ghana's general elections on December 7, 2024, where voters will elect a president and 276 members of parliament. The author argues that a combination of severe economic crisis, deepening partisan polarization, and low trust in state institutions—specifically the Electoral Commission and the judiciary—threatens the country's reputation for democratic stability.

This report provides a collection of stakeholder perspectives, interviews, and background data regarding a licensed buying company (LBC) operating within Ghana's cocoa industry. It details the financial challenges facing LBCs, the impact of climate change on cocoa yields, the implementation of digital traceability and certification systems, and the social dynamics of labor and gender in the sector.

This report examines Ghana's efforts to integrate nuclear energy into its power mix to support economic development and industrialisation. It details the country's history of energy crises, the transition from power shortages to excess supply, and the long-term strategic goal of achieving universal electricity access and a highly industrialised economy within four decades.

This case study examines a private Licensed Buying Company (LBC) in Ghana's cocoa industry to assess its compliance with the Committee on World Food Security’s Principles for Responsible Investment in Agriculture and Food Systems (CFS-RAI). The company operates as a trader and distributor, purchasing cocoa from approximately 20,000 farmers via 2,000 purchasing clerks and selling to the state-run Cocoa Board of Ghana (COCOBOD). While the company demonstrates high compliance in inclusive structures and stakeholder treatment, it shows significant gaps in formal strategy, human resource systematization, and environmental impact management.

This 2018 policy brief by the SAIS China-Africa Research Initiative analyzes the nature of Chinese manufacturing investments in Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria, and Tanzania. Based on fieldwork from 2014 to 2016, the authors identify four distinct types of Chinese firms—categorized as 'geese'—investing in African manufacturing, ranging from large global supply chain actors to small opportunistic clusters. The report examines the impact of these investments on local value addition, technology transfer, labor relations, and the environment.

This report by Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL) examines the cooling landscape in Ghana, highlighting the critical need for sustainable cooling to support healthcare, agriculture, and human safety. It identifies significant access gaps, with millions of people at high or medium risk due to heat exposure and lack of electricity. The document provides a roadmap for a just transition, recommending passive cooling strategies, higher energy efficiency standards, the phase-out of HFC refrigerants, and the decarbonization of the power sector to align with Ghana's net-zero emissions target by 2060.

This policy brief from the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) explains the critical links between air pollution, human health, and climate change. It argues that prioritizing the immediate health benefits of reducing air pollutants can drive the policy changes necessary to achieve the IPCC's 1.5°C warming goal. The document highlights the role of short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs) and introduces the Low Emissions Analysis Platform (LEAP) and Integrated Benefits Calculator (IBC) as tools for cities and countries to plan integrated emission reduction strategies.

The research identifies 105 cities with populations over one million across 34 Global South countries suitable for electrification, based on electricity access (>90%) and carbon intensity (<600 tCO2e/GWh). While all South American cities meet these criteria, suitability is low in sub-Saharan Africa (3 of 40 cities) and South and East Asia (26 of 202 cities).