This study is a contribution to DFID's sustainable rural livelihood (SRL) theme which seeks among other objectives to increase knowledge and awareness of vital cross-cutting planning issues and to develop and test innovative local planning approaches with the view to provide support to rural district planning in selected African countries such as South Africa, Zimbabwe and Ghana where extensive decentralisation process is on-going. The main objective of the Ghana study therefore is to identify the key principles of strategic and partnership approaches to the development of rural areas of the country from a Sustainable Livelihood perspective. In line with this objective, the study assessed the current practice in rural district planning in Ghana and explored opportunities for improving strategic and participatory approaches to such planning.

Type of Case
Printed publication (book, sourcebook, journal article…)

Publisher
International Institute for Environment and Development, IIED

Region
Africa

Biome
Tropical

Forest Type
All forest types (natural and planted)

Primary Designated Function
All