The Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) approach championed by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund lies at the centre of development assistance, debt relief, and development planning in many developing countries, including Ghana. Ghana has implemented a GPRS (Ghana Poverty Reduction Strategy I, 2003-2005) and a second generation of GPRS (Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategy II, 2006-2009) had just passed its implementation phase in 2009...