Only 27% of Ghana’s 94,200km road network is paved – World Bank

Only 27% of Ghana’s 94,200-kilometre road network is paved, while more than half of the country’s roads are in fair-to-poor condition, the World Bank has disclosed. The Bank says the state of the road network remains a major constraint to Ghana’s economic growth, competitiveness and job creation, particularly in rural areas where feeder roads connect communities and agricultural producers to markets. World Bank Division Director for Ghana, Liberia and Sierra Leone, Robert R. Taliercio, disc...

By Caleb Ahinakwah