A National Policy Framework for Climate-Resilient Housing in Ghana
Roughly 90 per cent of the housing units Ghana added between 2000 and 2021 were built outside any formal mortgage program, much of it on floodplains and drainage corridors. This policy paper traces that exposure to four interconnected drivers — constrained construction finance, an inaccessible mortgage market, weak code enforcement, and fragmented disaster-response institutions — and sets out a sequenced package of regulatory, financial, and institutional reforms built around the agencies Ghana already has.
Infrastructure Governance and Urban Flood Resilience: A Policy Perspective on Ghana’s Built Environment Crisis
When the Ministry of the Interior issues emergency “stay home” orders during downpours, it isn’t just severe weather—it’s an institutional confession. Prof. F.K. Bondinuba exposes the enforcement gaps failing Ghana’s cities and details three critical policy shifts required to transform our drainage networks from costly maintenance afterthoughts into resilient macroeconomic assets.