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NPP

   Private sector development through the removal of barriers to private sector growth, provision of loans to small and medium enterprises, and promotion of a culture of entrepreneurship

   Expansion of the Rural Enterprise Development Programme

   Infrastructure improvements to facilitate trade, agriculture and tourism

   The establishment of 10 employment centers to connect job seekers with jobs and the set-up of a National Job Summit

   The continued implementation of the ECOWAS Trade Liberation Scheme

   The removal of import duties and the provision of export incentives for the forestry industry

   Mounting marketing schemes to promote domestic tourism

   Support for mechanized farming

   The establishment of a monitoring system for marine fisheries to minimize post-harvest losses

   The introduction of a special programme to minimize desertification

   The creation of the Ghana Technology Park, to enhance information technology

   Accelerated deregulation of the Petroleum sector

   Restructuring and repositioning of the National Airline

   The establishment of a sub-urban railway system in the Greater Accra Region

 

 

   Enhance access to education and promote technical and vocational training

   The implementation of incentive schemes for teachers

   The upgrading of one Senior High School in each District to the level of a model school

 

 

   The rehabilitation of the Tamale Regional Hospital

   The provision of housing for staff in hospitals that run 24 hours

   Building more hospitals

   Extending access to clean water

   The establishment of a Mortgage Finance Institution to facilitate the ownership of homes

   Additional funding for the Women Development Fund to make women more independent and less vulnerable

 

 

NDC

   Improving revenue collection and responsible spending

   Increased investment in science and technology, including information technology

   The stabilization of prices of goods and services

   Transparency and accountability in the use of donor resources

   Increase in foreign investment

   Moving from agrarian to industrial economy, without disadvantaging the peasant farmer

   Increasing agricultural productivity for both domestic consumption and industry

   Developing new niche products targeted at the ECOWAS sub-region

   Pursuing bilateral trade initiatives to boost South-South cooperation

   Implement ECOWAS protocols for trade

   The establishment of a National Research and Development Fund to be accessed by innovators

   Granting tax concessions to certain companies

   The establishment of Science and Technology Parks to promote scientific excellence

   Organizing trade fairs to exhibit locally developed products

   Promoting non-traditional agricultural exports, like the at the sheanut and the dawadawa tree

   Provision of irrigation facilities

   Improving the management of the fisheries industry, by replenishing stock and exploring different marketing avenues

   Improvement of infrastructure to facilitate agriculture, industry and trade

   Decentralization of the COCOBOD scholarship award scheme

   The implementation of a FAST (Food, Agri-business, Shelter and Technology) action plan, to ensure Ghanaians can feed themselves and produce enough for export

   The implementation of the National Land Policy, first introduced in 1999, to manage the countrys land resources

   The expansion of title registration to including farming communities, not only residential and commercial areas

   Under the Forestry Plantation Project, assisting investors to go into industrial-scale tree farming in depleted forest reserves

   The completion of the Aboadze Thermal plant and the Bui Hydro-Electric Project, to bring them to full capacity, and the promotion of renewable energy

   The construction of additional petroleum pipelines

   The distribution of mining royalties to mining communities

   The integration of the informal sector into the mainstream economy

   Further strengthening of government agencies

   The creation of large commercial farms and plantations to employ thousands of workers

 

   The provision of free basic education, including free tuition, textbooks and uniforms

   Enacting legislation that will make it illegal for parents to not send their children to school

   The outdooring of a FCUBE programme that will set out a target year by which every Ghanaian must be literate

   Special tertiary education scholarships for needy students and incentives for students studying science and technology

   The creation of a Teachers Council to oversee teacher training institutions

   Increased funding for Vocational and Technical Education

   Pursuing a programme for non-formal education

   The possible implementation of a proposal to withdraw professionals put of the Ghana Universal Salary Structure to solve the brain drain problem

   The extension of the student loan scheme to include tertiary education

 

   Establishing a modern regional hospital for each region

   More training programmes to localize medical treatment for which Ghanaians often have to go abroad

   The revision of the National Health Insurance Scheme

   Providing more support to traditional medical practitioners to ensure they play a supportive role in healthcare delivery

   The revival of the Environmental Sanitation policy, with a view to have central government provide more money for sanitation

 

CPP

   The active promotion of national and regional integration policies to augment and complement Ghanas resource endowment

   Increase in the percentage of national income distributed to the District Assemblies

   The development of small irrigation sources for farming

   Coordinate water resources at the national level

   The introduction of land planning policies that ensure efficient delivery of housing

   Increase power production facilities like the Bui project

   The electrification of all rural areas

   Exploring environmentally friendly energy sources

   Supporting the formation of small-scale agricultural organization and mechanizing farming

   Ensuring businesses can access capital cheaply

   Establishing research and development as the backbone to national development

   The creation of a science and technology village

   Protection of the environment and support for responsible and beneficial mining

   Support for public transit systems across the country

   Supporting uninterrupted education to the tertiary level

   Providing one meal a day to all students

   Supporting the use of local languages as a medium of instruction

   The introduction of French in addition to English as compulsory languages

   Supporting ICT training in all secondary schools

   Supporting the Polytechnics to play a greater role in manpower capacity building

 

 

   Ensuring communities have access to potable water

   Ensuring proper sanitation in villages, towns and cities

   Retaining healthcare personnel in Ghana

   Free care for the elderly and poor

   Promoting quality healthcare access nationwide

   Promoting research and development efforts in orthodox and traditional medicine