The World Bank Group Country Director for Ghana, Dr Robert Taliercio, has urged journalists to continue reporting on issues that affect the public, stressing that media coverage provides valuable insights into progress made and areas requiring further attention.
Speaking at the Ghana-World Bank Group engagement with Civil Society Organisations on the proposed Country Partnership Framework, Dr Taliercio acknowledged the role of civil society monitoring and media reporting in promoting accountability and assessing progress on key national and socio-economic issues.
He noted that the World Bank Group relies on reports by journalists and Civil Society Organisations as an important source of independent information and feedback, particularly in assessing development challenges and the impact of interventions.
“We rely quite a bit on your reports. Whenever I see a report that catches my eye about something related to one of the development challenges the government is addressing or we are addressing, I immediately forward it to my team and say, ‘What are we doing on this? What do we know about this? Is this accurate? Is this our assessment?’ So we rely a lot on your monitoring that comes up,” he stated.
Dr Taliercio stated that the World Bank Group also values independent third-party monitoring as it provides additional perspectives on government interventions and development programmes.
He encouraged journalists and civil society organisations to sustain their scrutiny of key development issues, noting that the World Bank Group conducts regular media monitoring to identify emerging concerns and assess issues requiring attention.
The call came as the World Bank Group engaged Civil Society Organisations and journalists on the proposed Country Partnership Framework for Ghana for the 2027–2032 fiscal period. The engagement was chaired by the World Bank’s Regional Vice President for Western and Central Africa, Ousmane Diagana, and formed part of a broader consultation process aimed at shaping the World Bank Group’s future engagement with Ghana.
According to the World Bank Group, a robust and inclusive consultation process is critical to shaping Ghana’s development agenda under the new Country Partnership Framework.
The framework, which will cover the 2027–2032 fiscal period, is expected to be informed by the updated Ghana Systematic Country Diagnostic, the forthcoming Country Growth and Jobs Report, the World Bank Group’s mission to end extreme poverty and boost shared prosperity on a livable planet, and the Government of Ghana’s development priorities.
The Country Partnership Framework will define the strategic priorities for future World Bank Group engagement in Ghana and guide its support for the country’s development agenda over the six-year period.
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