The World Bank Group in Ghana has convened Civil society organisations, policy analysts, and sector experts to deepen discussions on the priorities that will shape the institution’s next six-year engagement with Ghana.
The discussion was focused on reforms, investments, and measurable outcomes the forthcoming partnership should deliver.
The second thematic consultation, held on September 25, 2026, brought together representatives from different organisations for a day-long session focused on the World Bank Group’s proposed Country Partnership Framework (CPF) for Ghana covering the 2027 to 2032 fiscal years.
The current framework builds on the World Bank Group’s outgoing five-year Country Partnership Framework for Ghana, covering fiscal year 2022 to 2026, which was discussed by the WBG’s Board of Executive Directors in February 2022 and valued at roughly $4.5 billion, jointly prepared by the World Bank, the International Finance Corporation, and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency.
That framework was built around three focus areas: enhancing conditions for private sector development and quality job creation, improving inclusive service delivery, and promoting resilient and sustainable development, with digital transformation as a cross-cutting theme. It was designed largely to support Ghana’s recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and its medium-term development agenda, at a time when the country’s progress on poverty reduction had begun to slow despite decades of steady economic growth.
The new fiscal year 2027 to 2032 framework now under consultation is expected to carry forward and recalibrate these priorities in light of Ghana’s more recent economic stabilisation and the lessons of the outgoing CPF period.
The Country Partnership Framework is the World Bank Group’s principal strategic instrument for aligning its support with a country’s national development priorities over a multi-year period.
Friday’s engagement marked the second stage of consultations with civil society on the FY2027–FY2032 framework, providing stakeholders a further opportunity to examine priorities identified during the initial engagement in greater depth and to shape recommendations ahead of the CPF’s finalisation.
Discussions were structured around two thematic topics centred on institutions, accountability and resources, with particular attention to governance, corruption, and the environmental and economic toll of illegal mining, or galamsey.
The second theme centred on jobs, skills, and inclusion, examining the types and levels of employment expected to emerge from future CPF-supported investments and the skills required to meet that demand.
Beyond these thematic anchors, participants were also invited to name the specific reforms, investments, and partnerships the new framework should commit to, and to identify measurable results and the populations they must ultimately reach, including persons with disabilities, women, young people, and other underserved groups.
The Country Partnership Framework is also a joint instrument of the World Bank Group’s constituent institutions — the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), the International Development Association (IDA), the International Finance Corporation (IFC), and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), working in coordination with the Government of Ghana.
Beyond the Bank Group and government counterparts, the framework’s preparation draws on continuous engagement with civil society organisations, private sector actors, development partners, and academic and research institutions, reflecting the World Bank’s stated approach of grounding country strategies in broad-based national consultation rather than institutional priorities alone.
Story by: Hussein Habibata Maltiti
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