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Ghana

First and Second Agriculture Development Policy Operations Project

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Ratings for the First and Second Agriculture Development Policy Operations Project for Ghana were as follows: outcomes were moderately satisfactory; risk to development outcome was moderate; Bank performance was satisfactory and borrower performance was moderately satisfactory. Some lessons learned includes: sector development policy lending for the agriculture sector has proven to be an effective, flexible instrument that empowered the Government of Ghana to implement a country-owned policy and the related programs. An important lesson for future operations is to ensure that the policy agenda underlying the operation is complementary to the Bank's and other development partners' investment lending operations, thus creating synergies that enhance the policy making process as well as program implementation. The design of Agriculture Development Policy Operation (AgDPO) policy matrices and the tracking of prior actions are major undertakings that need to be better integrated in Ministry of Food and Agriculture's (MoFA's) planning process. Coordination between the World Bank's and Canadian International Development Agency's (CIDA's) budget support programs prevented duplication and contributed to sector planning and coordination.