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Getting the state right: think tanks and the dissemination of New Public Management ideas in Ghana

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 July 2005

Frank Louis Kwaku Ohemeng
Frank Louis Kwaku Ohemeng
Affiliation:
Department of Political Science, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
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Abstract

Private research institutions, commonly referred to as think tanks, are a recent phenomenon in the Ghanaian policy environment. They are part of a growing number of NGOs that have emerged with Ghana's political liberalisation and are attempting to influence policymaking. These institutions exert a greater influence on policies affecting the functioning of the ‘administrative state’ than other NGOs. Through their efforts, ideas pertaining to administrative reform appear to have taken root strongly in Ghana. This paper examines the processes and methods that have been adopted by these institutions in developing policies that are being pursued to change the ‘administrative state’ in Ghana. It argues that the ability of these institutions to influence policies geared towards changing the administrative state can be attributed to the calibre of personnel as well as the processes and methods they have adopted.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Modern African Studies , Volume 43 , Issue 3 , September 2005 , pp. 443 - 465
Copyright
© 2005 Cambridge University Press

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Footnotes

I am grateful to Barbara Wake Carroll, Shafiqul Huque, Yakubu Saaka, John Grant, and two anonymous referees for their helpful comments on earlier drafts of the paper.