Improving the food policy process: Lessons from capacity strengthening of parliamentarians in Ghana
In this paper, we document an approach to capacity strengthening of parliamentarians in Ghana and attempt to gauge to what extent and under what conditions such investments could lead to better debates and informed policymaking to promote growth and poverty reduction. We traced a group of Ghanaian p...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
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| author | Chhokar, Jagdeep S. Babu, Suresh Chandra Kolavalli, Shashidhara |
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| author_facet | Chhokar, Jagdeep S. Babu, Suresh Chandra Kolavalli, Shashidhara |
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| description | In this paper, we document an approach to capacity strengthening of parliamentarians in Ghana and attempt to gauge to what extent and under what conditions such investments could lead to better debates and informed policymaking to promote growth and poverty reduction. We traced a group of Ghanaian parliamentarians to draw lessons after their study and exposure visit to India. Exposure visits changed participants’ knowledge, outlook, and thinking toward agricultural policies. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1495962025-11-06T06:46:26Z Improving the food policy process: Lessons from capacity strengthening of parliamentarians in Ghana Chhokar, Jagdeep S. Babu, Suresh Chandra Kolavalli, Shashidhara policies agricultural policies capacity development agricultural development public policies governance In this paper, we document an approach to capacity strengthening of parliamentarians in Ghana and attempt to gauge to what extent and under what conditions such investments could lead to better debates and informed policymaking to promote growth and poverty reduction. We traced a group of Ghanaian parliamentarians to draw lessons after their study and exposure visit to India. Exposure visits changed participants’ knowledge, outlook, and thinking toward agricultural policies. 2014 2024-08-01T02:49:35Z 2024-08-01T02:49:35Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149596 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151164 https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896296787 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149787 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160169 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153427 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Chhokar, Jagdeep S.; Babu, Suresh Chandra and Kolavalli, Shashidhara. 2014. Improving the food policy process: Lessons from capacity strengthening of parliamentarians in Ghana. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1401. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149596 |
| spellingShingle | policies agricultural policies capacity development agricultural development public policies governance Chhokar, Jagdeep S. Babu, Suresh Chandra Kolavalli, Shashidhara Improving the food policy process: Lessons from capacity strengthening of parliamentarians in Ghana |
| title | Improving the food policy process: Lessons from capacity strengthening of parliamentarians in Ghana |
| title_full | Improving the food policy process: Lessons from capacity strengthening of parliamentarians in Ghana |
| title_fullStr | Improving the food policy process: Lessons from capacity strengthening of parliamentarians in Ghana |
| title_full_unstemmed | Improving the food policy process: Lessons from capacity strengthening of parliamentarians in Ghana |
| title_short | Improving the food policy process: Lessons from capacity strengthening of parliamentarians in Ghana |
| title_sort | improving the food policy process lessons from capacity strengthening of parliamentarians in ghana |
| topic | policies agricultural policies capacity development agricultural development public policies governance |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149596 |
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