Mainstreaming climate change into local governance

Financing and budgetary compliance in selected local governments in Ghana

Bibliographic Data

ID4748529
AuthorsJustice Issah Musah-Surugu (0000-0002-3058-169X, Russian State Agrarian Correspondence University, corresponding author), Kwesi Owusu (0000-0003-1322-0566), Kwadwo Owusu, Paul William Kojo Yankson, Emmanuel Kofi Ayisi (0009-0005-1139-6359)
Year2018
Volume28
Issue1
Pages65-80
Publication date2018-01-02
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueDevelopment in Practice (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0961-4524 • E-ISSN: 1364-9213
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09614524.2018.1398717
OpenAlexW2782573263
LanguageEN
Citations received12
References cited34

Through an interpretive research paradigm, we investigated the extent to which six local governments across three administrative regions of Ghana have complied with mandated climate change financing and budgeting guidelines. Five interesting findings emerged. First, there is enormous evidence of climate change budgeting compliance across all six local governments despite weak compliance incentives. Second, local governments that are most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change are more willing to comply and also allocate more resources for adaptation-related activities than those that are less vulnerable. Third, local governments that complied least are likely to take ad hoc adaptation actions which are often uncoordinated and poorly monitored. These local governments are least likely to attract auxiliary funds that could provide additional resources for adaptation financing. Lastly, the evidence of compliance is only quantitative, presented in various local governments’ fiscal documents, with no qualitative or other relevant explanatory factors on the extent of impact on adaptation

Business · Climate change · Climate change adaptation · Corporate governance · Economics · Incentive · Local governance · Local government · Mainstreaming · Political science · Public economics · Economic and Environmental Valuation · Public Administration · Sustainable Building Design and Assessment · Urban and Rural Development Challenges · Finance

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