National Medium-Term Development Policy Framework

National Medium-Term Development Policy Framework

Sustainable Development
Policy
2021
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Year of publication
2021
Specific thematic area
Development
Sector of governance
Sustainable Development
Type of human mobility
Displacement
Characteristics of human mobility
Internal
Type of environmental driver
Coastal floods
Local governance marker
Not Available
Sudden-onset/slow-onset
Sudden-onset
Type of provision related to human mobility in disaster and climate change contexts
INDIRECT GENERAL - Recognizes impacts of floods on displacement. It addresses environmental impacts of slums resulting from rural-urban migration.
Sub-region
Western Africa
Region
Western Africa
Macro-region
Africa
Author/issuing body
National Development Planning Commission (NDPC)
Relevant GCM objective
    GCM Objective 2 - Minimize adverse drivers
Child marker
Not Available
Gender marker
Not Available
Human rights marker
Not Available

Flooding also occurs in the northern part of Ghana as a result of heavy rainfall and the opening of the Bagre dam in Burkina Faso which causes the White Volta to overflow its banks leading to displacement of people, destruction of farm lands and loss of livelihood.

Ps. 148, 220 (Appendix 1.3 p. 46)

Coastal and marine management: Key issues: Internal displacements of people.

Ps. 148, 220 (Appendix 1.3 p. 46)

*References to Kosovo shall be understood to be in the context of United Nations Security Council resolution 1244 (1999).