Ghana Study & Guide - AllRefer

* Table A. Chronology of Important Events
* COUNTRY PROFILE
o Country
o Geography
o SOCIETY
o ECONOMY
o TRANSPORTATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
o GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
o NATIONAL SECURITY
* Introduction
* Historical Setting
o THE PRECOLONIAL PERIOD
o ARRIVAL OF THE EUROPEANS
+ Early European Contact and the Slave Trade
+ Britain and the Gold Coast: The Early Years
o THE COLONIAL ERA: BRITISH RULE OF THE GOLD COAST
+ Colonial Administration
+ Economic and Social Development
o THE GROWTH OF NATIONALISM AND THE END OF COLONIAL RULE
+ Early Manifestations of Nationalism
+ The Politics of the Independence Movements
o INDEPENDENT GHANA
+ Nkrumah, Ghana, and Africa
+ The Growth of Opposition to Nkrumah
o THE FALL OF THE NKRUMAH REGIME AND ITS AFTERMATH
+ The National Liberation Council and the Busia Years, 1966-71
+ The National Redemption Council Years, 1972-79
o GHANA AND THE RAWLINGS ERA
+ The Second Coming of Rawlings: The First Six Years, 1982- 87
+ The District Assemblies
* Society and Its Environment
o PHYSICAL SETTING
+ Location and Size
+ Geographical Regions
# The Low Plains
# Ashanti Uplands
# Akwapim-Togo Ranges
# Volta Basin
# The High Plains
+ Rivers and Lakes
+ Climate
o POPULATION
+ Population Distribution
+ Urban-Rural Disparities
+ Family Planning
o ETHNIC GROUPS AND LANGUAGES
+ Language Diversity
+ Major Ethnic Groups
# The Akan Group
# The Ewe
# The Guan
# The Peoples of the North
# The Ga-Adangbe
# The Central Togo
o SOCIAL ORGANIZATION AND SOCIAL CHANGE
+ Traditional Patterns of Social Relations
+ Social Change
+ Urban Society
+ The Position of Women
o RELIGION AND SOCIETY
+ Christianity and Islam in Ghana
+ Traditional Religion
+ Syncretic Religion
o HEALTH AND WELFARE
+ Health Care
+ Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
o SOCIAL WELFARE
o EDUCATION
+ The Education System
+ Problems in Education
+ Adult Education
* The Economy
o HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
o OVERVIEW OF THE CURRENT ECONOMY
o STRUCTURE OF THE ECONOMY
+ Gross Domestic Product
+ Debt and Inflation
+ Trade
o ROLE OF THE GOVERNMENT
+ The Economic Recovery Program
+ State Enterprises
+ Budgets
o BANKING AND CURRENCY
+ Banking
+ Currency
o LABOR FORCE
+ National Requirements
+ Income and Wages
o AGRICULTURE
+ Cocoa
+ Other Commercial Crops
+ Food Crops and Livestock
+ Forestry
+ Fishing
o MINING AND PETROLEUM INDUSTRIES
+ Gold
+ Diamonds
+ Manganese
+ Petroleum Exploration
o MANUFACTURING AND TOURISM
+ Manufacturing
+ Electrical Power
+ Tourism
o TRANSPORTATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
+ Roads and Railroads
+ Ports and Shipping
+ Civil Aviation
+ Telecommunications
o FOREIGN INVESTMENTS AND ASSISTANCE
+ Investment
+ Foreign Assistance and Loans
+ Balance of Trade and Payments
o GROWTH TRENDS AND POTENTIAL
* Government and Politics
o THE PROVISIONAL NATIONAL DEFENCE COUNCIL
+ The Political Scene Under the PNDC
+ Revolutionary Organs
o THE TRANSITION FROM MILITARY RULE TO DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT
+ Political Ferment Under the PNDC
+ Interest Groups and National Politics
+ District Assembly Elections
+ Charting the Political Transition
+ Presidential Elections
+ Parliamentary Elections
o THE FOURTH REPUBLIC
+ The 1992 Constitution
+ The Judiciary
+ The Civil Service
+ The Media
+ Regional and Local Government
o POLITICAL DYNAMICS UNDER THE FOURTH REPUBLIC
+ Launching the Fourth Republic
+ Developing Democratic Institutions
o FOREIGN RELATIONS
+ Guiding Principles and Objectives
+ Relations with Immediate African Neighbors
# Togo and C�te d'Ivoire
# Burkina
# Nigeria
+ The Organization of African Unity and the Rest of Africa
+ Britain and the Commonwealth
+ The United States
+ Other Countries
+ International Organizations
o FUTURE DEMOCRATIC PROSPECTS
* National Security
o INTERNATIONAL SECURITY CONCERNS
o INTERNAL SECURITY CONCERNS
o THE ARMED FORCES IN NATIONAL LIFE
+ The Armed Forces in the Past
# The Asante Wars
# World War I
# World War II
+ The Development of the Modern Army
o THE MILITARY AND THE GOVERNMENT
+ The National Liberation Council, 1966-69
+ The Acheampong Regime, 1972-78
+ The Akuffo Coup, 1978
+ The 1979 Coup and the First Rawlings Government
+ The 1981 Coup and the Second Rawlings Government
o THE MILITARY AND THE ECONOMY
o ARMED FORCES' MISSION, ORGANIZATION, AND STRENGTH
o MILITARY MANPOWER, TRAINING, AND MORALE
+ Manpower
+ Training
+ Morale
+ Uniforms, Ranks, and Insignia
o FOREIGN MILITARY ASSISTANCE
+ Britain
+ Canada
+ Soviet Union
+ German Democratic Republic
+ China
+ Israel
+ United States
+ Italy
+ Libya
o STATE SECURITY SERVICES
o CRIMINAL JUSTICE
+ Criminal Code and Courts
+ Prison System
o HUMAN RIGHTS
o MILITARY TRENDS
* Appendix. Tables
* Glossary