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HUMAN DEVELOPMENTPRODUCTIVITY ANDEMPLOYMENT

OUTLINE

Introduction

1. Summary of issues

2.What is working

3.Looking ahead: Focus on outcomes

4.What makes progress achievable

5.Creating circumstances for change

INTRODUCTION

• Well educated, skilled and healthy population essentialfor any strategy of national development

• In Ghana this should occur within a decentralised systemof planning and implementation

• Specifically in the area of human resources, criticalissues revolve around their development, deployment andmanagement

• Thematic area includes: education, human resourcedevelopment, productivity & employment, healthpromotion including HIV, AIDS and STDS, populationmanagement including migration, youth and sportsdevelopment , poverty reduction and social protection

INTRODUCTION

SUMMARY OF ISSUES - I

• Education: Uneven access and gender disparity at alllevels; Poor quality of teaching and learning; Governanceand management constraints

• Human resource development, productivity andemployment: inadequate employment opportunities, lowproductivity, inadequate labour market information system,occupational health and safety issues

• Health:child and maternal survival, sustainable financingarrangements, maldistribution of health sector workers;Stigma and discrimination associated with HIV and AIDS

SUMMARY OF ISSUES - I

• Population management: reprioritising family planning,inadequate database for planning, and optimising impact ofmigration

• Youth and Sports development: weak institutionalframework, under-mobilisaion and utilisation of youth talent;sports policy, infrastructure and management

• Poverty reduction: spatial, gender and income inequalities

• Social policy: framework, equity, social protection, the careeconomy and common targeting mechanism

SUMMARY OF ISSUES - II

Primarycompletion rates

GEOGRAPHICAL DISPARITIES

POVERTY MATTERS!

Source: GDHS 2003, 2008

GENDER INEQUALITY

Cf. Ratios of trained health personnel/population

HUMAN RESOURCE ISSUES

Education: Ghana is on track to meet MDG 2.(See map)

Health: steady progress on MDG 4 on childsurvival and MDG 6 on HIV and AIDS, Malariaand TB; NHIS

Human resource development, Employmentand Productivity: draft policies in HR andEmployment, NYEP; establishment of Fair Wagesand Salaries, Labour Commissions; SocialDialogue mechanism

WHAT IS WORKING - I

Population management: Integration ofpopulation variables in development planningprocesses; declining fertility rate

•Poverty reduction: Ghana has met MDG 1 onhalving poverty

• Social policy: draft Social Protection Strategy,LEAP, Capitation grant, school feeding

WHAT IS WORKING - II

Looking ahead …..

Quality

•Implement teacherprofessionaldevelopment policy

•Improve thedeployment and %trained teachers

•Provision oftextbooks andalternative learningmaterials

•School report cardsto increaseaccountability

Focus on outcomes in education

Equity in access

•Complementarybasic education

•Construction ofclassrooms,water andsanitationfacilities

•Mix of incentivesfor teachers inrural areas

•Commontargetingmechanism

Gender equality

•Girlsscholarships andwork with theGirls’ EducationUnit

•Counselling andguidance atschool level

•Child and girlfriendly schoolstandards

Employment

• Adopt nationalemployment policy

• Addressoccupationalhealth and safety

• Promote decentwork in theinformal economy

Productivity and employment

Humanresource

• Labour marketinformationsystem

• National HRdevelopmentplan

• Smart Use ofincentives

Productivity

• Establishmechanisms toenhance jobsecurity

• Nationalproductivitymeasurementframework

• Adopt nationalincome policy

Establish frameworkand strengthen systems

•Expansion of adequatesocial security anddisability provision

• Mainstream and financechild rights issues

•Updating the nationalsocial protection strategy

•Progress the commontargeting mechanismaimed at linking povertyreduction programmes

Evidence based

•Strengthening the evidencebase by emphasising M&Efunctions and products

•Strengthening nationalownership of the national socialpolicy by:i) high level cross- Ministerialparliamentary forums

ii) Regional, district andcommunity level engagement

iii) Building GoG/civil society/DPs dialogue

Outcomes in social policy

Priorities

•Improvedaccess toquality healthservices for allGhanaians

•Measurableprogress inreducing childand maternalmortality

Joint Strategies and Actions

•Strengthening health systems

•Improving the national-level healthsector partnership

•Joint action plan on maternal and childhealth

•Continued involvement by non-residentpartners e.g. The Global Fund and GAVI

•Implementing the Sector Medium TermDevelopment Plan

•Improving intra-sectoral collaboration

Focus on outcomes in health

Improvedsituation(results)

Policylevel

Institutionallevel

Humanlevel

intervention

How do we reform?

• Wage bill

• Unit costs

• Human resources

• Address Migration

• Targeting

• Inclusive strategies

Creating the circumstances for change

intervention

• Significant financial investment from the government 31% education, 17% health

• Retention of adequate skilled staff motivated to adoptprofessional development policies for careers

• Strengthened role for Parliament, MMDAs and CSOs toensure greater accountability

• Improvements in data collection and monitoring

• Enhance the quality of dialogue between DPs and theGovernment through sector working groups

•Incorporating evidence in policy and programming

What makes progress achievable?