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Date
2022-04
Authors
Novignon, Jacob
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Abstract
The ISELDA project sought to assess the nature and availability of socio economic land data in Ghana. The specific objectives of the study were to:
identify key stakeholders in land and socio-economic land data, assess data
availability and provide suggestions for improving socio-economic land data in
Ghana. To achieve these objectives, we first conducted a desk review to identify
what kind of data were available and their accessibility. We also identified and
engaged with various stakeholders in land administration in Ghana. Seven
(7) key stakeholders were identified. In terms of data availability, we found
that, Ghana’s statistical service hosts a majority of the countries national level
socio-economic data online and provides easy access to most of these datasets.
The summary statistics presented focused mostly on agricultural land and showed
some interesting variations across gender and location of the household in terms
of land ownership and use. We recommend that government expand available
socio-economic data to cover non-agricultural land ownership and use. Also,
there is need to create a land help desk where socio-economic land data from all
stakeholders can be managed for easy access. This will be helpful for policy decisions
and implementations.