The changing nature of UK aid in Ghana
UK aid has been “mostly effective” at helping some of the poorest and most vulnerable in Ghana – but as the country works to become less reliant on aid, the UK should take care not to scale back its financial support too quickly.
International Development Committee
Parliament’s International Development Committee (IDC), or its ICAI sub-committee, hold hearings on all ICAI reviews. The IDC hearing on our Ghana country portfolio review is available to watch online. The transcript is also available to read.
ICAI follow-up
Approximately one year after we publish our reports, we follow up on the steps the government has taken in response to our recommendations. This process is a key link in the accountability chain, providing Parliament and the public with an account of how well government departments have responded to ICAI reviews.
ICAI’s follow-up review is available to read now. It found there has been reasonable progress on some of the issues raised. But overall, a combination of an initially vague response to some of ICAI’s recommendations, delays due to contextual challenges, and a reluctance to share documentation or briefings on ongoing strategic work by FCDO, means that it has not been possible to verify reported improvements. We have therefore scored the response to ICAI’s recommendations as inadequate and will return to this review next year.
Read the follow-up
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- Published: 23 Jun 2021
Further follow-up
This review was followed up on again in 2022 as an outstanding issue in our follow-up review of 2020-21 reports: read the ICAI follow-up review of 2020-21 reports.
In addition to following up a new set of ICAI reviews next year, ICAI will return to this review as an outstanding issue in 2023.