World Bank2012-06-082012-06-082007-11-02https://hdl.handle.net/10986/7568The Ghana Country Environment Analysis (CEA) has thus been formulated to assist the Government of Ghana and its development partners to: (a) assess the country's environmental priorities in key sectors, the environmental implications of key economic and sector policies, and the country's institutional capacity to address them; and (b) find practical management, institutional, and policy solutions to handle issues of natural resource management, environmental degradation, and sustainability of growth. Based on the results of the sectoral analysis, the key messages of the CEA can be summarized as follows: strengthening environmental governance is key to ensuring that natural resources contribute to greater wealth and sustainable growth; removing policy, regulatory, and institutional bottlenecks is crucial for reducing vulnerability of the poor in both rural and urban areas; reinforcing coordination and dialogue to mainstream ENRM is critical; and ministries, departments, and agencies in all the natural resource and environment sectors face common challenges.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOAFFORESTATIONAGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENTAGRICULTURAL LANDAGRICULTURAL LANDSAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONAGRICULTURAL SECTORAGRICULTUREAIR POLLUTIONBIODIVERSITYBIODIVERSITY CONSERVATIONCAPACITY BUILDINGCHILD MORTALITYCIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONSCLIMATECLIMATE CHANGECOMMON PROPERTYCONSTRUCTIONCROP PRODUCTIONCROPLANDCULTIVATED LANDCULTIVATIONDATA SOURCESDEBTDECISION MAKINGDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCEDEVELOPMENT POLICIESDEVELOPMENT POLICYDEVELOPMENT STRATEGIESDISEASESDISSEMINATIONDROUGHTECONOMIC ACTIVITYECONOMIC BENEFITSECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC VALUEECONOMIC WELFAREECOSYSTEMSENVIRONMENTALENVIRONMENTAL ACCOUNTINGENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGEENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATIONENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONSENVIRONMENTAL ISSUESENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENTENVIRONMENTAL POLICIESENVIRONMENTAL POLICYENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMSENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONENVIRONMENTAL STRESSEXISTING CAPACITYEXPENDITURESEXPLOITATIONFERTILITYFISHFISHERIESFLOODINGFOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTFORESTFOREST DEGRADATIONFOREST INVENTORYFOREST LAWFOREST LAW ENFORCEMENTFOREST LEGISLATIONFOREST PLANTATION DEVELOPMENTFOREST PRODUCTFOREST RESERVESFOREST RESOURCESFOREST SECTORFOREST SERVICESFORESTRYFORESTRY COMMISSIONFORESTRY POLICYFORESTRY RESEARCHFORESTRY SECTORFORESTSFRESHWATERFUTURE GROWTHGEOGRAPHIC INFORMATIONGEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMGEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMSGEOLOGICAL SURVEYGOOD GOVERNANCEGOVERNMENT AGENCIESGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTHABITAT MANAGEMENTHEALTH PROBLEMSHEALTH RISKSHOUSEHOLD LEVELHOUSINGHUMAN ACTIVITIESHUMAN CAPITALHUMAN DEVELOPMENTHUMAN HEALTHHUNTINGINCOMEINDOOR AIR POLLUTIONINDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENTINFLATIONINFORMATION SYSTEMINFORMATION SYSTEMSINSTITUTIONAL CAPACITYINVESTMENT EXPENDITURESJOURNALISTSLAND ADMINISTRATIONLAND AREALAND DEGRADATIONLAND LEGISLATIONLAND MANAGEMENTLAND POLICYLAND RESOURCESLAND TENURELAND USELARGE CITIESLEGISLATIONLIVING CONDITIONSLOCAL AUTHORITIESLOCAL COMMUNITIESLOW-INCOME COUNTRIESMALARIAMANAGEMENT SYSTEMSMANDATESMARGINAL PRODUCTIVITYMARINE RESOURCESMARKET PRICESMETALSMILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALSMINESMORTALITYMULTIPLE PARTNERSNATIONAL ACTIONNATIONAL PRIORITIESNATURAL CAPITALNATURAL RESOURCENATURAL RESOURCE BASENATURAL RESOURCE CONSERVATIONNATURAL RESOURCE DEGRADATIONNATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENTNATURAL RESOURCESNATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENTNATURE RESERVEPLANTATIONPLANTATIONSPLOTSPOLICY DECISIONSPOLICY DEVELOPMENTPOLICY DIALOGUEPOLICY FRAMEWORKPOPULATION GROWTHPOVERTY REDUCTIONPOVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIESPOVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGYPRESERVATIONPRIVATE PROPERTYPRODUCTIVITYPROGRESSPUBLIC POLICYREGULATORY AGENCIESRENEWABLE RESOURCESRESERVE FORESTRESOURCE CONSERVATIONRESOURCE DEPLETIONRESOURCES MANAGEMENTRESPECTRESTORATIONRURAL AREASRURAL DEVELOPMENTRURAL POPULATIONSANITATIONSANITATION FACILITIESSAVINGSSAWMILLINGSECTORAL POLICIESSOCIAL CONCERNSSOCIAL DEVELOPMENTSOCIAL PROBLEMSSOIL DEGRADATIONSOIL EROSIONSOILSSPECIESSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTSUSTAINABLE GROWTHSUSTAINABLE WATERTIMBERTIMBER INDUSTRYTIMBER PROCESSINGTIMBER UTILIZATIONTIMBER-PROCESSING INDUSTRYTRANSACTION COSTSURBAN AIR POLLUTIONURBAN AREASURBAN POPULATIONURBANIZATIONVULNERABILITYWASTE DISPOSALWASTE MANAGEMENTWATER MANAGEMENTWATER PROJECTWATER RESOURCESWATERSHEDWETLANDSWILDLIFEWILDLIFE CONSERVATIONWILDLIFE CONSERVATION PROJECTWILDLIFE POPULATIONSWILDLIFE RESOURCESWOODWOOD PROCESSINGWOOD-PROCESSING INDUSTRYWOODLANDSWorld Bank10.1596/7568