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The Politics of Discontinuity and Its Medium Term Policy Outcomes: Evidence from Ghana

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  • Charles Wharton Kaye-Essien

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It is common knowledge in Ghana that during political transitions, programs set in previous Medium Term Development Plans (MTDP) by prior governments are abandoned without regard for their wider national implications. While the economic impacts of these political transitions have been researched, till date no known studies have taken a holistic look at the relation between political transition and the level of MTDP target achievement. This article attempts to fill this research gap using Ghana as a case and the policy learning and political business cycle literatures as organizing frames. Using annual MTDP data and semi-structured interviews with 25 officials who were involved in the implementation of MDTPs at the national and local government levels, this article finds that aberrations in target achievements across the entire period between 2001 and 2016 were the result of financial constraints and the pressures to adjust to political change.

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  • Charles Wharton Kaye-Essien, 2020. "The Politics of Discontinuity and Its Medium Term Policy Outcomes: Evidence from Ghana," International Journal of Public Administration, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 43(7), pages 599-610, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:lpadxx:v:43:y:2020:i:7:p:599-610
    DOI: 10.1080/01900692.2019.1644519
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