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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Autores principales: Chhokar, Jagdeep S., Babu, Suresh Chandra, Kolavalli, Shashidhara
Formato: Artículo preliminar
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149596
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author 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
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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
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