Country-Led Aid Coordination in Ghana by Harry Sawyerr. Successful Experiences Series. ADEA Secretariat, 1997. Also exists in French. Countries in Africa are hard pressed to provide basic educational services in a context of many demands and scarce resources.
External funding is thus important for African educational development.
However, a major criticism of foreign aid is that it is donor-driven. In the early 1990s, Ghana initiated a process to gradually reform its relationship with funding agencies. The process is documented in this ADEA Successful Experience paper written by Hon. Harry Sawyerr, former Minister of Education of Ghana. The Redeployment of Teachers in Guinea by Alamah Cond .