Abstract
This article discusses rural development under the Second Republican government of Ghana. While not directly engaging with the claims of Busia’s unrivalled rural development agenda, this article provides some perspectives as to why the assertions of unqualified success remain popular. Drawing on newspapers and published sources, it discusses the Busia government’s rural development programme and accomplishments, and finds that plans to develop rural Ghana date to several years before the Busia government. By adopting rural development as its flagship programme, Busia directed the government and citizens’ attention towards rapid rural development in the early 1970s. Widespread media publicity has helped to create the impression that Busia’s government was unrivalled in its rural development focus. Busia’s interest in rural development was significant, but future researchers may have to interrogate the assertion that the Progress Party (PP) was responsible for unprecedented progress in Ghana’s rural areas.
Recommended Citation
Adum-Kyeremeh, Kwame
(2022)
"The Rural Development Politics Under Prime Minister K.A. Busia of Ghana, 1969-1972,"
Journal of African Policy Studies: Vol. 28:
No.
1, Article 3.
Available at:
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/joaps/vol28/iss1/3