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Track how Ghana's 261 Districts spend public funds

PAL consolidates MMDA budgets, DACF transfers, IGF collections, and project data into one transparent platform — making fiscal data accessible to every citizen, journalist, and policymaker.

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GH₵ 2.4BCumulative Revenue
1,247Active Projects
261Districts Live
2024 Fiscal Overview
Revenue Sources
Live
DACFGH₵612M
IGFGH₵378M
DonorGH₵210M
OtherGH₵140M
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GH₵ 2.4B
Cumulative Revenue
All 261 MMDAs · FY 2024
GH₵ 1.8B
Cumulative Expenditure
75% execution rate
GH₵ 612M
DACF Transfers
80% direct to MMDAs
1,247
Active Projects
Across 16 regions
Budget Explorer

Top Spending Districts by Revenue

Compare internally generated revenue against total expenditure across Ghana's top-performing assemblies.

Data as of Q4 2024 · Source: Ministry of Finance / LGSS

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District Profiles

Featured Assemblies

Explore fiscal performance across Ghana's top metropolitan and municipal assemblies.

Accra Metropolitan
Greater Accra
89%
GH₵ 312M
Revenue
184
Projects
89%
Execution
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Kumasi Metropolitan
Ashanti
87%
GH₵ 278M
Revenue
156
Projects
87%
Execution
FY 2024View profile
Sekondi-Takoradi Metro
Western
87%
GH₵ 198M
Revenue
112
Projects
87%
Execution
FY 2024View profile
Tamale Metropolitan
Northern
88%
GH₵ 156M
Revenue
98
Projects
88%
Execution
FY 2024View profile
Cape Coast Municipal
Central
88%
GH₵ 134M
Revenue
87
Projects
88%
Execution
FY 2024View profile
Ho Municipal
Volta
85%
GH₵ 87M
Revenue
64
Projects
85%
Execution
FY 2024View profile
How It Works

From opaque PDFs to actionable intelligence

PAL runs a fully automated ETL pipeline that turns Ghana's fragmented MMDA documents into a clean, comparable, and searchable data layer.

STEP 01

Access

We ingest raw MMDA composite budgets, DACF transfer files, and IGF returns directly from source — PDFs, Excel, and government portals.

  • AI-powered OCR extraction
  • Schema validation
  • 261 assemblies covered
STEP 02

Analyze

Raw data is cleaned, standardised to GFS/COFOG codebooks, adjusted for inflation, and loaded into structured dashboards and APIs.

  • GFS/COFOG standardization
  • Currency & inflation adjustments
  • Comparative benchmarking
STEP 03

Act

Citizens, journalists, CSOs, and donors use PAL data to hold assemblies accountable, inform policy, and direct resources to highest-impact projects.

  • Public dashboards & CSV exports
  • Email alerts & subscriptions
  • Open REST API
Who Uses PAL

Built for everyone who needs answers

Whether you track budgets, write stories, build policy, or fund development — PAL gives you the layer you've been missing.

MMDA Staff

Assembly Finance Officer

Before

Manual consolidation, hard to generate reports for central review

With PAL

Auto-generated Excel & visual QA dashboards in one portal

MMDA Portal →
Media

Journalist

Before

Hard to verify spending claims; data buried in PDFs

With PAL

One-click chart exports, CSV downloads, source citations

Explore Data →
Civil Society

CSO / Think-Tank

Before

Limited cross-district data for evidence-based advocacy

With PAL

Comparative dashboards, time-series panels, Open API access

View Analytics →
International

Donor Agency

Before

Project overlap risk; no single view of district-level needs

With PAL

Geo-tagged capex tracking, DACF reliance benchmarks

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Open Data for Ghana

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Free dashboards and CSV downloads for citizens. Advanced analytics and bulk API access for researchers and institutions.

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