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| Title: | Public sector records systems in Ghana: some lessons in development management |
| Author: | Akotia, Pino |
| Year: | 2003 |
| Periodical: | African Journal of Library, Archives and Information Science |
| Volume: | 13 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| Pages: | 107-117 |
| Language: | English |
| Geographic term: | Ghana |
| Subjects: | information management information national archives |
| Abstract: | The origins of the decline of the National Archives of Ghana go a long way back. By the late 1970s, the National Archives were on the verge of collapse. The result was a progressive deterioration in the management of recorded information, key to the efficiency and effectiveness of government. This article argues that the Ghana Records Management Improvement Programme, introduced in 1991 as part of the initiative to strengthen the civil service, marked a paradigm shift in the development management strategies of Ghana. Restructuring the records management systems of government was crucial for improving the efficiency of development management interventions. The strengthened National Archives have been transformed into a department exercising a wider remit. New systems and procedures have been put in place to provide a sound records management programme. Unable, however, to address the management of financial records alongside records of other sectors, public financial management has remained weak due to the unstructured and poor state of the existing financial records systems. This remains so despite the several policy measures introduced to strengthen financial management. Bibliogr., sum. [Journal abstract] |
