Prof. George Gyan-Baffour and Dr. Alhaji Abdel-Majeed Haroun with other dignitaries in TamaleThe United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has launched a Human Development Report on Northern Ghana entitled: “Bridging the Poverty Gap and Fostering Socio-Economic Transformation for all”. The report explored development challenges and opportunities in Northern Ghana and offers suggestions for poverty eradication in the zone. The Northern Ghana Human Development Report (NG-HDR) is based on a study that investigated livelihood issues relating to health, education and infrastructural gaps, as well as governance and environmental issues. Moreover, the report emphasizes the importance of resource mobilization and equitable allocation to help address the human development deficits in Northern Ghana to ensure that ‘no one is left behind’. According to him, the human development index of Ghana is about 0.5 but the human development index of the Northern Region is about 0.1 indicating that the poverty levels and the conditions of living in the region are low.

Source: The North Africa Journal August 22, 2018 10:07 UTC