Politics of Oil and Gas in Ghana

Graham, Emmanuel; Ackah, Ishmael; Gyampo, Ransford Edward Van

doi:10.1177/0975087816655015

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“…Hillygus (2009) argues that political ideology greatly affects the voting pattern where parties have defined ideological orientation. Graham et al (2016) confirm that political ideology influences the type of policy proposals and programmes the party would promote after winning an election as captured in party manifesto. But Lo et al (2016) explained that it would be important if party manifesto captured important issues affecting the public, the party leaders provide simplified versions of the party manifesto for public scrutiny and voting based on issues that affect national development.…”

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confidence: 64%

Analysis of political parties ideologies influencing public policy formulation in Ugandas Nascent Hydrocarbon Industry

Ayeta¹,

Maloba²,

Godfrey³

2019

Afr. J. Pol. Sci. Int. Relat.

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This study examined political parties' ideologies influencing public policy formulation in Uganda's nascent hydrocarbon industry. The study followed the four research objectives, research questions and hypotheses. The researcher applied a descriptive cross-sectional survey research design to guide the study. The research adopted both quantitative and qualitative approaches and data was collected from 218 respondents. The researcher collected both quantitative and qualitative data which was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics and thematic content analysis, respectively. The findings of the study have shown that political ideology contributes to public policy formulation in Uganda's nascent hydrocarbon industry by 20.7% and it is significant (P=0.000). It can be concluded that political parties' ideology is an important determinant to public policy formulation. It is recommended that government should ensure the question of ideology is handled from primary education level to university because it is a key factor in public policy formulation. The government should re-introduce civic education in primary schools and political education in secondary and tertiary institutions.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 64%

Analysis of political parties ideologies influencing public policy formulation in Ugandas Nascent Hydrocarbon Industry

Ayeta¹,

Maloba²,

Godfrey³

2019

Afr. J. Pol. Sci. Int. Relat.

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“…PRMA 2011 (Act 815) and its 2015 amendment (Act 893) discussed earlier were intended to help avoid the oil curse and ensure that petroleum revenues promote inclusive development (Ghanney and Amoako-Tuffour 2016: 61-90; Graham et al 2016). The law established processes for the collection, expenditure, investment, and accountability of the use of oil revenues.…”

Section: Petroleum Revenues Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Boom, the Bust, and the Dynamics of Oil Resource Management in Ghana

Aryeetey¹,

Ackah²

2020

Mining for Change

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Oil resources are neither a curse nor a blessing. In order to translate Ghana’s oil resources into inclusive development amid high expectations, several laws and regulations have been passed and new institutions created. Despite the presence of the new institutions, laws, and regulations, spending from petroleum revenues appears to be rather thinly spread and inefficient, defeating the purpose of diversification and leading to high debt and cost over-runs. On a positive note, the government and Bank of Ghana have been complying with most of the transparency requirements. It is essential that spending from petroleum revenues is guided by a medium- to long-term inclusive development strategy based on proper needs assessment, global trends, feasibility studies, and possible growth dynamics. Expenditure needs to be rationalized and investment guidelines developed and implemented.

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“…PRMA 2011 (Act 815) and its 2015 amendment (Act 893) discussed earlier were intended to help avoid the oil curse and ensure that petroleum revenues promote inclusive development (Ghanney and Amoako-Tuffour 2016;Graham et al 2016). The law established processes for the collection, expenditure, investment, and accountability of the use of oil revenues.…”

Section: Petroleum Revenues Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%