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  • Environmental Science
  • Public Policy
  • Development Studies

Background:

  • Ghana seeks sustainable solid waste governance.
  • Private-public partnerships (PPP) are the adopted policy.
  • Existing governance frameworks require evaluation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To assess Ghana's compliance with PPP governance principles for solid waste management.
  • To identify gaps between waste governance theory and practice in Ghana.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized the wasteaware benchmark indicator framework.
  • Examined compliance with nine key PPP governance principles.
  • Analyzed policy focus and actions of national and local stakeholders.

Main Results:

  • Weak compliance observed in competitiveness, accountability, transparency, and value for money.
  • Disconnections identified between national and local policy actions.
  • Ghana's solid waste governance highlights theory-practice voids.

Conclusions:

  • Ghana's PPP approach to solid waste management shows significant implementation gaps.
  • Waste governance is often a buzzword, masking inaction.
  • Effective waste governance requires aligning institutional capacity with responsibilities.