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IMANI's response on Trade Related Aspects of Intelletual Property Rights (TRIPS)
April 2008
In early March of 2008, the National Coordinator of the Ghana National Drugs Programme in consultation with The Ministry of Health ,Access to Medicines Initiative Advisory Committee, UK department for International Development and the World Health Organisation asked IMANI to make suggestions on the administrative guidelines for using the TRIPs flexibilities for government use.Please see IMANI's response here..
Making very positive local impact
Making sound policy arguments
As a contributor to the Civil Society Report on Intellectual Property Rights on Global Health care published in May 2006, Imani made the point to the World Health Organization that access to medicines are not the problem, but overall economic development and its attendants skilled professionals in the health sector is the way to go.
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IMANI's Alcohol Policy Work in the Ghanaian State-Owned Media
Develop National Alcohol Policy - Policy Management Expert
Myjoyonline.com
ModernGhana.com
ThinkGhana.com
How (Not) to Plunder a Nation!
Saturday, November 3, 2007
By Franklin Cudjoe
The Quest for National Sobriety
Friday, April 14, 2007
By Franklin Cudjoe
Please lift the ban on Alchoholic advertisements
Thursday, August 30, 2007
By Franklin Cudjoe
IMANI Wins Alcohol Advertisement Policy Battle
Following recent media, as well as roundtable discussion on advertisement
alcoholic beverages generated by IMANI and the Ghanaian Food and Drugs
Board, Franklin Cudjoe and the F&D Board, successfully wrote, signed and
executed a press release lifting the ban on alcoholic beverage
advertisements on Friday, October 19 2007. Franklin has since been
interviewed by major media houses on how IMANI helped achieved this feat.
The main items of contention covered in the Press Release were that
alcoholic beverages advertisement on radio will be aired after 1:00pm
instead of 10:00pm -5:00am as existed under the old law even before the ban.
Additionally, commercials for the alcoholic beverages industry on TV will be
allowed to be aired 24 hours/day. This gain is a significant departure from
10:00pm-5:00am as existed under the previous law before the ban was imposed.
This is a significant policy battle as it begins the slow process of
de-regulation within the market place.
Imani joins other reality-based think tanks that pressurized the World Health Organization to lift the ban on DDT in the fight against Malaria
Monday, September 25, 2006
John Templeton Prize for IMANI
IMANI is the only think tank to have been awarded the John Templeton Prize twice in Africa for Advancing Freedom.This year, IMANI was the sole recipient in Africa of the Antony & Dorian Fisher Award (Out of 180 think-tanks globally) that recognise thinkanks playing a crucial role to ensure that public policy debates are not dominated by government insiders.
A judge on the Templeton Prize awarded to IMANI commented, "I give them [IMANI] the highest points for being most specific and rigorous in applying free-market solutions to an array of complex social problems. Their submission shows the importance of using rigorously derived, quantifiable research outputs to gain credibility in shaping the policy debate. Crisp, clear, compelling data is the most useful tool to provide to any media outlet, and it's easy for the media to use, without interpretation."
Atlas Fisher Venture Grant Awarded to IMANI
March 25, 2008 - The Atlas Economic Research Foundation announced fisherthat IMANI Center for Policy and Education (Accra, Ghana) is the only African think tank among its first class of recipients of Dorian & Antony Fisher Venture Grants. More than 180 think tanks competed for the grants in this program, but only nine were selected to receive up to $100,000 from Atlas over the next three years. Franklin Cudjoe, the founding director of IMANI Center for Policy and Education, remarked: "Receiving this grant from the Atlas Economic Research Foundation is another great vindication of the important work IMANI began 3 years ago. We are determined to see that public policy debate in Ghana and West Africa involve students who should be informed by principled, non-partisan viewpoints." Read more
Podcast
July 30, 2008 IMANI director discusses Ghanaian Security matters in Ghana. Ghana's Police Chief in charge of Public Relations, DSP, Kwesi OFori, and Dr. Joshua Alabi are co-discussants IMANI director discusses Ghanaian Security matters in Ghana on Ghana's acclaimed Talk Radio, Choice FM. The discussion was held in early July 2008. In April 2008, Franklin also spoke to Atlas Economic Research's' New Intellectual Entrepreneurs about successful strategies for new think tanks.
The event was held in Atlanta, Georgia. IMANI director discusses Ghanaian government's intervention to reduce the economic burden as a result of high fuel and food prices. The discussion was held on TV Africa, June 2008. Please listen to an audio version here Tuesday, April 22, 2008 In April 2008 IMANI's Executive Director, Franklin Cudjoe discussed 'How Trade and Globalization Expand Freedom, Create Jobs, and Improve Lives" with Daniel Griswold, Director, Center for Trade Policy Studies, Cato Institute. The moderator was Ambassador Terry Miller, Director, Center for International Trade and Economics of The Heritage Foundation. The event was held in Atlanta, Georgia. You can hear Franklin's talk here IMANI director discusses Ghanaian government's plan to deepen prisoner rights in Ghana. This week we interview Imani Ghana’s founder and directory Franklin Cudjoe, along with Elyse Speicher, a student at Grove City College, who interned with Imani last year. This interview discusses last year’s inaugural summer seminar in Ghana, Elyse’s internship and work with the institute and Imani’s recent Atlas Shrugged program. Read two of Franklin’s latest articles, Thickheadedness on African Debt and A Libertarian’s Impression of the Stiglitz Performance. |