The African continent is often perceived and presented as a homogeneous entity.  This trend is certainly reductive since it erases de facto the differences and socio-cultural, political and even the trajectories of each country.  However, these contextual elements are to be considered in particular in attempts to explain or explain their difficult « take off» or then their «refusal of development».  Therefore, to question the springs of the problematic of the development of African countries is sometimes a complex exercise.  For this exercise, we assume the bias of questioning the place of

We are accepting applications for our MA and PhD programmes in Social Policy Studies and our two-year evening Master of Research and Public Policy (MRPP) Programme.

We are very proud of the 13 MA and MRPP students who graduated in the January 2024 Congregation ceremonies. 

The event on Wednesday, 24 January was made even more special by the fact that the CSPS Director, Professor Nana Akua Anyidoho, presided over the ceremony on behalf of the Chancellor of the University of Ghana. 

Congratulations to our graduates!  🥳

MA in Social Policy Studies  🎓

Stephen AMOAFO

 Grace Kutorkor ANANG

 Ernest AWUTEY

 Roselyn Mawufemor FIAGBE

Ghana is on course to meet the UN target of a 5 per cent reduction in the number of stunted children by 2025. The country has also made some progress in reducing wasting, low birth weight, and anaemia among women of reproductive age. Despite these achievements, it is far from reaching the global targets for exclusive breastfeeding, obesity in the life cycle stages, high blood pressure and diabetes among men and women, and women's sodium intake. Nutrition policies are inevitable to address the growing burden of malnutrition in Ghana.

This paper seeks to assess the extent to which Ghana's free Senior High School (SHS) policy has coincided with an increase in SHS attainment. The paper also examines how participation in SHS has improved since the introduction of the policy by sex and consumption quintiles. The paper uses data from the Ghana Living Standards Surveys (GLSS) 2012, 2017 and from the Annual Household Income and Expenditure Survey (2022). The results suggest that there has been a surge in enrollment at the SHS level since the introduction of the policy in 2017.