with other key stakeholders such as universities, research and technology transfer
institutions and between industry itself. However, these prescriptions are very
general, with no clear guidance or indicative targets and timelines for achieving
this (Bawakyillenuo et al. 2013).
8.3.2.2 Institutions Promoting Research
The Ministry of Trade and Industry (MOTI) is the main government agency mandated with the overall responsibility for the formulation, development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of Ghana's internal and external trade. MOTI
provides policy direction for Ghanaian exports and industrial trade and monitors
and implements national private sector development programmes and activities.
Several of these policies, programmes and special projects are implemented through
various specialized agencies (Table 8.5). Additionally, several institutions provide
support to the industrial sector, including the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI),
Ghana National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GNCCI), Private Enterprise
Foundation (PEF) and the Federation of Association of Ghanaian Exporters (FAGE).
Table 8.4 Key cross-cutting research areas funded through ORID and IAST
Thematic area
ORID
IAST
Age and health
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Agribusiness and material technology
—
✓
Climate change
✓
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Energy and climate change mitigation
✓
✓
Food processing
—
✓
Food security and safety
✓
✓
Gender and women’s studies
✓
—
Health
✓
—
Health and traditional medicine development
✓
✓
Neglected tropical diseases
✓
—
Impacts of dams
✓
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Infrastructure development
✓
✓
Maternal health
✓
—
Mental health
✓
—
Mining
✓
✓
Natural resource management and sustainable exploitation
✓
✓
Non-communicable diseases
✓
—
Policy
✓
—
Policy research
✓
—
Water and sanitation
✓
✓
Source: Annual ORID reports; Pers. comm, IAST 2017
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