Ghana’s decentralisation programme has relied substantially on the creation of new Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) as a strategy for bringing governance, public services and development closer to the people of Ghana. Since the introduction of the decentralisation system, successive governments have created additional districts and municipalities with the stated objectives of improving administrative accessibility, promoting balanced development, strengthening local participation and enhancing the delivery of essential public services. However, the continuous expansion of the number of MMDAs has generated concerns about whether district creation is consistently driven by objective developmental and administrative considerations or whether political, electoral and other interests have increasingly influenced the process. Against this background, the Centre for Local Governance Advocacy (CLGA) undertook this Survey to examine the rationale, processes, outcomes and implications of the continuous creation of districts in Ghana.


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