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WACA News/ Call For Innovation

A summary of different activities and initiatives from WACA and partners.

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Assesment 2016 West Africa Coastal Areas Benin

Auteur: The West African Monetary and Economic Union (UEMOA)

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Évaluation zones côtières d'Afrique de l'Ouest Bénin 2016

Auteur: The West African Monetary and Economic Union (UEMOA)

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Multisectoral Investment Plan Benin

Auteur: Antea Group

The overall objective of the West African Coastal Management Program is to reduce coastal risks to the coasts of Mauritania, Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire, Togo and Benin, taking into account the potential effects of climate change.

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Plan d’investissement multisectoriel pour le Benin

Auteur: Antea Group

Le Programme de gestion du littoral ouest africain vise comme objectif global à réduire les risques côtiers qui menacent le littoral de la Mauritanie, du Ghana, de la Côte d’Ivoire, du Togo et du Bénin, en prenant en compte les effets potentiels du changement climatique.

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Benin plastic country brief

Auteur: World Bank

Benin is a lower-middle-income country in West Africa bordered by Burkina Faso, Niger, Nigeria, and Togo. Its economy is highly dependent on the informal reexport and transit trade with Nigeria, as well as the export of cotton. The country comprises 12 regional departements and runs a unitary presidential republic system with a parliament.

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Bénin : fiche pays sur les plastiques

Auteur: World Bank

Le Bénin est un pays d'Afrique occidentale à revenu moyen inférieur, bordé par le Nigeria, le Togo, le Niger et le Burkina Faso. Son économie est fortement tributaire du commerce informel de réexportation et de transit avec le Nigeria, ainsi que de l'exportation de coton. Le pays comprend 12 départements régionaux et fonctionne selon un système de république présidentielle unitaire avec un parlement.

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A Roadmap for Radical Reduction of Plastic Pollution in Ghana

Auteur: Ghana National Plastic Action Partnership

The impacts of plastic production, use and disposal on the environment and society present a number of challenges along the plastic value chain.

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Gender Analysis of the Plastics and Plastic Waste Sectors in Ghana

Auteur: Ghana National Plastic Action Partnership

In the last three decades, Ghana, like many of its neighbouring countries, has been challenged with the exponential growth of plastics use, coupled with its alarming mismanagement.

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The Accra plastics management pilot a baseline report

Auteur: SEURECA EXPERT ADVISORY CALL DOWN SERVICE, LOT C

This Baseline study is completed under the Accra Plastics Management Pilot (APMP) which started in February 2019 and is funded by the Department for International Development (DFID) of the UK government.

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Ghana plastic country brief

Auteur: World Bank

Ghana is a lower-middle-income country in West Africa bordered by Côte d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, and Togo. As the second-largest economy in the Economic Community of West African States, 1 West Africa’s regional body, Ghana’s economy is driven by its three main export commodities—oil, cocoa, and gold. 2 Ghana comprises 16 administrative regions3 and runs a unitary presidential republic system with a parliament.

Plastic action initiative tracker

Auteur: World Bank

This first edition of the biannual Plastic Action Initiative Tracker is intended to serve as a reference point for the many varied and exciting initiatives happening on the ground across Ghana to address plastic waste and pollution.

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Analysis of the institutional & regulatory framework for plastics/plastic waste management in Ghana

Auteur: Kweku Attafuah-Wadee

This report presents a comprehensive overview and analysis of the prevailing institutional and regulatory framework for plastics management in Ghana, highlighting both the strengths and challenges identified.

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Strategic roadmap for better plastics management in Accra

Auteur: Seureca

The Strategic Roadmap aims to present a timebound plan to implement solutions that will improve plastic
management in Accra and its surroundings at all the stages of the plastic chain (importation, production,
manufacturing, distribution, consumption, collection and recycling) and for all the different types of
stakeholders (international, institutional, private, informal and civil society).

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Technical Report: West Africa Coastal Areas High-Level Platform Benefits of Mangrove Afforestation and Restoration Programs in Ghana

Auteur: WACA, World Bank, GPS, NDF, PROBLUE

The objective of the current study is to estimate the total economic value (TEV) of current mangrove areas in Ghana by considering the whole range of benefits they provide, and to use those estimated values in economic cost‑benefit analyses.