The Plan provides the analytical, macroeconomic and cross-cutting frameworks to guide sectoral infrastructure investment over a 30-year horizon, in alignment with Ghana’s Long-term National Development Plan (“Ghana Rising”). It presents demographic and economic projections, benchmarks national infrastructure performance against international standards, and positions infrastructure as a core driver of industrialisation, urbanisation and structural economic transformation. The document explicitly integrates infrastructure planning with national and international commitments on climate change, disaster risk reduction and environmental sustainability, framing resilience as essential to Ghana’s transition to high-income status by 2057.
The document places strong emphasis on climate resilience and environmental sustainability, analysing greenhouse gas emissions, climate risks and impacts across key sectors, and reviewing relevant international agreements and national policy instruments. It proposes priority actions to strengthen climate information systems, institutional capacity, resilience of built and natural infrastructure, and mainstreaming of climate considerations into sectoral planning, budgeting, monitoring and investment frameworks, to access to climate finance. In addition, the volume assesses structural challenges in Ghana’s construction industry and infrastructure workforce, and sets out reforms to improve regulation, financing, skills development and technology adoption, including the proposed establishment of a Construction Industry Development Authority (CIDA-Ghana) and a national human resources planning framework to support sustainable infrastructure delivery.