Poverty alleviation gets big boost



The Daily Graphic reports that the African Development Bank (AfDB) is contributing $15 million to the Social Investment Fund for poverty reduction programmes in Ghana.



In a centre spread story, the Paper says the World Bank , as an additional support, will contribute $5 million to the fund to aid community-based health programmes.



The Graphic says the fund will make small credits available to communities for capacity-building and income-generating activities. Dr Kobena Erbynn, Director-General of the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC), i1s said to have announced this at a workshop for 40 participants drawn from government agencies, non-governmental organisations and community-based organisations.