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Making the Budget Work for Ghana

Development Objective

The overall project development objective is to improve access and quality of services in priority programs in the health and education sectors in approximately 30 districts in Ghana by strengthening accountability and transparency in the budget process by 2018.

Key Details

Project Details

  • P150856

  • Closed

  • Smile Kwawukume

  • Government of Ghana

  • Ghana

  • July 17, 2014

  • (as of board presentation)

    October 22, 2014

  • November 4, 2014

  • US$ 0.85 million

  • C

  • Not Applicable

  • January 31, 2019

  • BANK APPROVED

  • July 12, 2022

  • Notes

Finances

Financing Plan (US$ Millions)

No data available.
Financier Commitments
Global Partnership for Social Accountability 0.85

Total Project Financing (US$ Millions)

Product Line IBRD/IDA
IBRD Commitment N/A
IDA Commitment N/A
IBRD + IDA Commitment N/A
Lending Instrument
Grant Amount 0.85
Total Project Cost** 0.85

Summary Status of World Bank Financing (US$ Millions) as of July 31, 2025

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Financier Approval Date Closing Date Principal Disbursed Repayments Interest, Charges & Fees

Detailed Financial Activity as of July 31, 2025

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Footnotes

Ratings

IMPLEMENTATION RATINGS

Name Review Date
Overall Moderable 2018-02-06
Progress towards achievement of PDO Satisfactory 2018-02-06
Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Satisfactory 2018-02-06

COMPLETION RATINGS

INDICATORIMPLEMENTATION COMPLETION & RESULTS REPORT: 07-30-2019
OutcomesModerately Satisfactory
Risk to Development Outcome
Bank PerformanceModerately Satisfactory
Borrower Performance
Government Performance
Implementing Agency

INDEPENDENT EVALUATION RATINGS

No data available.

Results Framework

PROJECT DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVE INDICATORS

INDICATORBASELINECURRENTTARGET
  • Percent of PME network members noting increased budget awareness and capacity for analysis by end of projectValue40.7070.0072.00
    DateDecember 15, 2014February 28, 2017January 31, 2019
    Comment
  • Percent increase of citizens/civil society representatives who participated in local budget planning process in target districtsValue2.0030.0041.00
    DateDecember 31, 2014February 28, 2017January 31, 2019
    Comment
  • Percent of PME Network members in target districts aware of allocation and expenditure priorities in the enacted budget in health and educational sector for national and local levelValue2.0085.0089.40
    DateDecember 31, 2014February 28, 2017January 31, 2019
    Comment
  • Percent of PME Network members in target districts noting improvement in service delivery and quality of infrastructure in education and health sector created by local governmentValue49.5085.0074.40
    DateDecember 31, 2014February 28, 2017January 31, 2019
    Comment
  • Number of citizen priorities reflected in the enacted budget of the health and educational sectorValue0.007.0024.00
    DateDecember 31, 2014February 28, 2017January 31, 2019
    Comment

INTERMEDIATE RESULTS INDICATORS

INDICATORBASELINECURRENTTARGET
  • Number of new media reports on national budget linking service delivery outcomes to budget allocations and using data from “citizenbudget” published by PME NetworkValue0.0020.0038.00
    DateOctober 31, 2014February 28, 2017January 31, 2019
    Comment
  • Number of mechanisms developed for learning and sharing (manuals, toolkits, case studies, notes) in the GPSA Knowledge portalValue0.004.004.00
    DateOctober 31, 2014February 28, 2017January 31, 2019
    Comment
  • Number of staff peer learning exchanges between SEND’s project team and the social accountability units of the 3 identified ministries and also with staff of the participating MMDAsValue0.006.0013.00
    DateOctober 31, 2014February 28, 2017January 31, 2019
    Comment
  • Number of advisory support/knowledge exchanges performed with other GPSA grantees and global partners (Peer assists, webinars, trainings, study visits)Value0.006.006.00
    DateOctober 31, 2014February 28, 2017January 31, 2019
    Comment
  • Number of consolidated “citizen budgets’ used to influence district and national budgets to reflect citizens’ priorities in health and education sectorsValue0.004.004.00
    DateOctober 31, 2014February 28, 2017January 31, 2019
    Comment
  • Number of Project Inception/baseline reports preparedValue0.002.0024.00
    DateOctober 31, 2014February 28, 2017January 31, 2019
    Comment
  • Number of meetings held for project preparation, implementation and evaluationValue0.0036.0036.00
    DateOctober 31, 2014February 28, 2017January 31, 2019
    Comment
  • Number of Partnership arrangements and MOUs signed with relevant Government AgenciesValue0.0033.0035.00
    DateOctober 31, 2014February 28, 2017January 31, 2019
    Comment
  • Number of capacity building programs designed and implementedValue0.0011.0011.00
    DateOctober 31, 2014February 28, 2017January 31, 2019
    Comment
  • Number of Trainers/SEND Ghana staff trainedValue0.0040.0039.00
    DateOctober 31, 2014February 28, 2017January 31, 2019
    Comment
  • Number of members of PME Network trainedValue0.00350.00323.00
    DateJune 29, 2018February 28, 2017January 31, 2019
    Comment
  • Number of budget literacy campaign organized and education sessionValue0.00152.00156.00
    DateOctober 31, 2014February 28, 2017January 31, 2019
    Comment
  • Number of participatory budget monitoring exercises conductedValue0.003.003.00
    DateOctober 31, 2014February 28, 2017January 31, 2019
    Comment
  • Number of regional citizen budgets preparedValue0.0016.0016.00
    DateOctober 31, 2014February 28, 2017January 31, 2019
    Comment