Ghana - Priorities for public expenditures, 1986-88

 GHANA: PRIORITIES FOR PUBLIC EXPENDITURES, 1986-88 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page No. COUNTRY DATA SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS i I. MAJOR ISSUES FOR PUBLIC EXPENDITURES POLICIES 1986-88 1 - Methodology used for the PER 1 - The Macro-Economic Framework 2 - Resources Likely To be Available 1986-88 4 - Cocoa Sector Policies 6 - Inter and Intra Sectoral Choices for 9 Public Expenditures II. PRIORITIES FOR CURRENT EXPENDITURES 1986-88 13 - Health Sector Expenditures 16 - Education Sector Expenditures 23 - The Government Wage Bill 33 - Subventions 39 III. PRIORITIES FOR PUBLIC CAPITAL EXPENDITURES 43 - Agriculture 47 - Mining 60 Energy 70 Public Sector Industry 89 Roads and Highways 99 Public Transport 106 Telecommunications and Postal Service 116 Water Supply 125 The "Core tt Development Expenditure Program - An Overview 127 IV. ANNEXES - Annex I Summary Statement - Core Capital Expenditure 1986-88 Period - Annex II The "Core/Non-Core" Program - Project Detail - Annex III The Financing of the "Core" Capital Expenditure Program This report is based on the findings of a World Bank Mission which visited Ghana in April-May 1985. The mission members were Shahid A. Chaudhry (Chief of Mission), R. Anderson, T. Allen, G. Billington, F. Bauer, H. Boehm, J. Cole, A. Cilingiroglu, B. Carlson, S. Cruickshank, S. Hafeez, I. Menezes, S. Mathrani, T. Nayar, T. O'Connor, T. Pankaj, D. Reedy, M. Rasheed, H. Schulte and N. Tin. Tariq Husain, R. Hindle, S. Lateef and L. Fox visited the Mission in the field and contributed substantially to the mission's work. Sherry Keith, S. Brushett, B. Ateng and S. Snell also assisted in the completion of this report.  GHANA - SOCIAL INIHCATORS DATA SHEET GHANA R~FERgNCL GROUPS (~IGHTen AV~RAGES) la HOST (I'[)ST Rt:CENT r.:S'CL'1ATE) 10 R,;CEST LOll INCO!!f: AfRICA fllDOLE INCOME 196dl!. ~ 197dl!. ESTlMAT~/b SOUT!! OF SAHARA A,'RICA S. Ur' SA!!AllA BllOCATIOIf AIlJUSn:I) E~ROLlMENT RATIOS PRI'!AR't': TOTAL 36.0 64.0 76.0 67.l! 95.7 :!ALE 52.0 73.0 85.0 77 .6 [00.0 FmALE 25.0 54.0 66.0 54.9 83.2 SF.CONDARY: TOTAL 5.0 \4.0 34.0 13.5 17.3 MALE 9.0 21.0 42.0 17.9 25.0 FEMALE 1.0 8.0 26.0 9.1 14.M VOCATIONAL (% Of 5ECO~IlAR:{) 3.3 23.3 1.9 13.2 5.9 PUPIL-TEACM~R RATIO PRL'IAK'i 31.0 }O.O 26.0 1/ 44.~ 41.1 SI::CONDARY 16.0 JJ... 17.0 20.0 1/ 27.4 25.5 CONSlI41'TlOIi PASSENGER CARS/THOUSA/lD POP 3.0 4.6 6. a !.