MODREN TECHNOLOGY CAN IMPROVE LOCAL GOVERNANCE (UNDP Dakar Meeting-Nov-2011) THE CASE OF ASUTIFI AND BIRIMNORTH DISTRICTS OF GHANA (By Bishop Akolgo-ISODEC)
WHY THE INTERVENTION? • Lack of transparent, accountable, equitable and responsive • Local governments near citizens and effectiveness has direct bearing on quality of life • Need capacity in both demand and supply side for transparency , accountability, responsibility and responsiveness • Mining revenues not used to improve citizens quality of life • Natural resource host districts do not engage in long-term planning including visioning • Mining largely enclave to both nat and local economies • Decentralisation does not deal with economic dev, only political decentralisation
WHAT INTERVENTION?
• Introduce and promote norms of participation, transparency, equity, rights and sustainable development as culture and practice • Forum for CSOs, local private sector, traditional authority, mining companies and local authority to meet for accountability • Joint planning and accountability instead of parallel systems by mining companies • Geographic information system and economic and revenue modelling tools • Most important is community conversations and accountability sessions
ISODEC STRATEGIC ENGAGEMENT WITH SUB-NATIONAL LEVEL STAKEHOLDERS Schools and clinics Towns
roads
landuse
1.Planning Georeferenced database
minerals
Participatory budgeting
Participatory planning
water
2.M&E Tools and approaches
Medium-term planning
markets
5.ISODEC Facilitation Training Research Analysis Lobbying
Soiltype
Institute of Local Government Studies
Chiefs royalty
donors
4.Budgeting Mining model Revenue model
savings
Government transfers Running costs Alternative assets
Own Revenue
Dev projects Mine costs
Mining CSR
Radio/tv services Assembly template
Long-term visioning
Quarterly forums TARRAT
Extractives engagement Group
Local economy
Mining royalty investments
Chiefs revenues
Company template
Objective criteria for allocation
Household income/distribution
Non-mining economy
3.Modeling Economic clusters Inputservices output model Industry production Agric production
imports
Mining purchases Economic diversity Mining jobs exports
Simplified Circular Flow View of The Economy Cedi Consumption Spending (Yi) Goods & Services Households
Businesses
Businesses
Labor cedi Wages & Salaries
Households buy the output of business: final demand or Yi
Households sell labor & other inputs to business as inputs to production
Source:Taken from a Power Point presentation prepared by Pam Perlich at the University of Utah. http://www.business.utah.edu/~bebrpsp/IO/IO.ppt
Businesses purchase from other businesses to produce their own goods / services. This is intermediate demand or xij (output of industry i sold to industry j)
COMMUNITY AND DIVERSE ECONOMIES
BOTH COMMUNITY AND MARKET
TOTAL CAPITALIST PRODUCTIVE SYSTEM
SPONSORS • THOSE WHO MADE THIS POSSIBLE 1. OSIWA-DAKAR, Revenue Watch-New York 2. OXFAM-NOVIB –NETHERLANDS 3. HIVOS/ATTI-NAIROBI OFFICE 4. Ghana Institute of Local Government Studies 5. Asutifi District Assembly-Brong Ahafo region 6. Birim-North District Assembly-Eastern region