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Barnes, Willie. "Teachers' participation in community development activities in Ghana." Thesis, University of Sussex, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.289236.

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Teachers are being encouraged in Ghana to facilitate local level development. No attempt has however been made to explore their views, concerns and expectations regarding such involvement, nor the impact that this could have on their role as teachers and their status in the community, nor on the community's own participation in the school. The research examined these issues, alongside the type of development activities engaged in by teachers and their motivation for doing so. The study focused on teachers working in deprived areas across eight regions of Ghana. It involved a combination of qua

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Botchwey, Gabriel Kofi Akomanyi. "Intersections in community development and decentralisation : experiences from Ghana." Thesis, University of Leeds, 2011. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.558794.

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This study examines intersections in community development and decentralisation. Democratic decentralisation programmes have been interpreted as tackling voicelessness and powerlessness. They are therefore seen as an important dimension of political development, by giving voice to the voiceless, empowering the powerless and enabling them to participate in their governance. Critical community development also involves giving a more effective voice to groups and interests who are hardly heard, to articulate their concerns and get them addressed. Ghana introduced democratic decentralisation refor

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Gyogluu, Sylvester Yinubah. "Infrastructure delivery in rapidly urbanising communal lands : case studies in Ghana." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/1448.

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Thesis (MTech (Town and Regional Planning))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Cape Town, 2006<br>The research focuses on urbanising communities in the peri-urban areas of the Tamale Metropolitan Area (TAMA) of Ghana and the inability of the urban authorities to provide adequate basic infrastructure services. Using a mix of qualitative and quantitative research approaches, the author observed that the development planning paradigms practiced over the years placed urban planning and service delivery in a centralised paradigm which cannot respond adequately to the increasing pressure

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Boakye-Agyei, Kwame. "Fostering civic engagement stakeholder participation in rural projects in Ghana /." Fairfax, VA : George Mason University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1920/4543.

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--George Mason University, 2009.<br>Vita: p. 233. Thesis director: Susan Crate. Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Environmental Science and Public Policy. Title from PDF t.p. (viewed June 10, 2009). Includes bibliographical references (p. 216-232). Also issued in print.

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Gyogluu, Sarah. "Planning and development of mining towns in Ghana: an exploration of mining and urban development frameworks and practices." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/1446.

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Thesis submitted in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Master of Technology: Town and Regional Planning in the Faculty of Informatics and Design at the Cape Peninsula University Of Technology 2013<br>Ghana has had a long history of mining especially with respect to gold, dating back to the Trans-Saharan Trade where gold precipitated civilisations and was a main commodity of trade among Europeans, merchants and ancient kingdoms. In the 21st century, globalisation coupled with increasing urbanisation has been driving demand for mineral resources and thus the resurging commodity booms

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Sanyare, Francis Nangbeviel. "Decentralised local governance and community development : empirical perspectives from Northern Ghana." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2013. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/decentralised-local-governance-and-community-development-empirical-perspectives-from-northern-ghana(faebf351-d451-44d9-bfbe-078f3731f70e).html.

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The efficacy of decentralised local governance to transform rural communities into vibrant modern communities has often been highlighted. The Constitution of Ghana lends a strong hand to decentralised local governance as key to achieving rural development and poverty reduction. Achieving the above is however premised on the basis that local authorities would function effectively; promote effective community participation; and are functionally autonomous. However, some conceptual and practical challenges appear to limit the achievement of the stated benefits of local governance in Ghana. This t

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Grischow, Jeff D. "Shaping tradition : civil society, community and development in colonial Northern Ghana, 1899-1957 /." Leiden : Brill, 2006. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb411368211.

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Dakubo, Crescentia Y. "Participatory action research as a tool for community development, experiences from northwestern Ghana." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp01/MQ33356.pdf.

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Cobbinah, J. E. "Barriers in community participation and rural development." Thesis, University of Bradford, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/5263.

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The concept of participation seems to reflect in most development programmes that involve people at the grassroots level. In Ghana, the introduction of the decentralization programme in the late 1980s that aimed at promoting effective, comprehensive and rapid development, more especially in the rural areas also adopted participatory approach. The approach led to the introductory of district assembly system which was to enhance the involvement of people at the grassroots in participatory activities. However, since the introduction of the decentralisation system to promote grassroots level parti

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Clarke, Jemima. "The everyday lived experiences of faith and development : an ethnographic study of the Christian faith community in Ayigya, Ghana." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2016. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/the-everyday-lived-experiences-of-faith-and-development-an-ethnographic-study-of-the-christian-faith-community-in-ayigya-ghana(6fffa0e5-3880-43eb-b99c-9052fd015ff7).html.

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After decades of marginalisation, there is a resounding assertion that 'faith matters' in development. A growing body of evidence suggests that religion promotes developmental values of social justice, equity, and compassion for the poor, it shapes people's identities and is an important source of welfare provision. Nevertheless, studies on faith and development have been restricted to the instrumental approach; a developmentalised version of religion which biases faith based organisations and other formalised organisations that conform to the mainstream development agenda. This thesis departs

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Laird, Siobhan Elizabeth. "Experiences and perceptions of social workers in Ghana with comparisons with community and social development professionals." Thesis, SOAS, University of London, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.417090.

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Kaye-Essien, Charles Wharton. "Beneficiary particpation in community cased development : challenges and implications :a case of the Takoradi - Apremdo informal market project in Ghana." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2010. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_6175_1299561646.

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<p>The paper investigates the challenges of consolidating beneficiary participation in the planning and implementation of projects, the effects on project outcomes and the implications for community based development. It examines one of such projects in Sekondi- Takoradi Metropolis of Ghana by assessing the entire planning and implementation of the project, the participatory mechanisms used and the current state of the project in terms of its sustainability. The paper critically investigates a broad arena of literature relating to the evolution of the participatory concept and its relation to

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Akwetey, Lawrence Mensah. "Investment attraction and trade promotion in economic development : a study of Ghana within the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)." Thesis, Middlesex University, 2002. http://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/7982/.

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At the first ever talks between leaders from developing countries and the G7 group of leading industrial nations in the year 2000, James Wolfensohn, President of the World Bank, said "it is important that when the G7 address the issue of debt they address a range of inter-related questions including investment in developing countries and technology transfers." To this end a call for partnership between the developed and the developing nations was made. This thesis evaluates the importance of foreign investment and trade promotion in the economic development of Ghana as a country within the Eco

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Kadfak, Alin. "An analysis of the social relations inwaste management : Two case studies on Somanya and Agormanya in Ghana." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för geovetenskaper, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-160841.

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This thesis presents the analysis of how the social relations shape the situation ofwaste management in developing countries. The towns of Somanya and Agormanya,which are both located in the Eastern Region of Ghana, have been selected as casestudies for this thesis. Qualitative research methods were applied to collect theinformation during the fieldwork. The thesis applies different social science concepts,such as the concept of community, gender relations, corruption and space, to analyzethe social relations among the actors within waste management in the two study areas.The thesis aims to lo

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Adusei-Asante, Kwadwo. "Towards Aid Effectiveness : Contested Theories and Concepts : A Case Study of Ghana’s Community–Based Rural Development Project." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2013. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/526.

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The discussion of aid effectiveness continues to gain prominence in international development policy discourse and analysis. However, the question of why aid seems to be ineffective is far more complicated and remains largely unanswered. While the notions that aid drives donors’ interests and creates dependency are still relevant, this thesis confronts the problem, by examining the issues that influenced the operationalisation and effectiveness of aid programs in the context of Ghana’s Community-Based Rural Development Project (CBRDP) (2005-2011). By arguing that aid dependency and “aid as a c

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Nkansah, Theophilus. "An exploration of the role of adult literacy in community development : a comparative study of perceptions and experiences in Juaso and Saaman in Ghana." Doctoral thesis, University of Cape Town, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20788.

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This study explored the relationship between adult literacy and community development in Ghana from a social practices perspective of literacy and people- centred development. The study adopted an interpretive qualitative case study methodology, using the perceptions and experiences of research participants in two neighbouring communities. Primary data were collected using four ethnographic methods of data collection namely: in-depth interviews, participant observation, informal conversations, and document review. The data was then analysed using the constant comparative method. Consistent wi

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Proulx, Geneviève. "Male Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Schools: Barriers to Community Action and Strategies for Change. The Case of Awaso, Ghana." Thèse, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/20569.

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Efforts to increase girls‘ access to quality education focus mostly on removing obstacles linked to poverty and discrimination, and often fail to acknowledge the violence many of them suffer in, around, and on the way to and from school. The objective of the present research is to examine the barriers to combating male sexual and gender-based violence in schools at the community level, and to consider community and expert-issued suggestions on removing these obstacles in the Ghanaian context. It does so through the lens of the Gender and Development approach and uses the Ecological Model of Ge

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Nyako, Felix Agyei. "A study of the agricultural extension service in the United States (North Carolina) and the agricultural extension service in Ghana." Diss., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/71165.

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The objectives of the study were as follows: 1. To investigate the following of the Agricultural Extension Service in the United States (North Carolina) and Ghana: A. Background and History; B. Organization; C. Program Areas; D. Communication Proceses and Methods Used; and E. Reporting and Evaluation of Frog rams. 2. To write a descriptive comparison of the two extension systems. 3. To make recommendations for the improvement of the Ghanain Extension Service based on the findings. Ghana has an Agricultural Extension Service which has not been successful in changing the life of the pe

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Akushie-Wittmann, Sophia [Verfasser]. "The role of Civil Society in the Promotion of Small and Medium Scale Enterprenuerial Development : A community level empirical study in the Western Region of Ghana / Sophia Akushie-Wittmann." Bonn : Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Bonn, 2014. http://d-nb.info/1059476347/34.

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Akushie, Wittmann Sophia [Verfasser]. "The Role of Civil Society in the Promotion of Small and Medium Scale Entrepreneurial Development : - A community level empirical study in the Western Region of Ghana / Sophia Akushie Wittmann." Aachen : Shaker, 2014. http://d-nb.info/1060623277/34.

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Wombeogo, Michael. "The influence of the poor in pro-poor activities : a case study of community participation in development intervention programmes in Northern Ghana." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/18473.

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The aim is to explore how community participation can situate beneficiaries to discover and commit to what they need for the future in northern Ghana. The methodology used was observational, descriptive, qualitative and quantitative, cross-sectional and longitudinal survey. A convenient sampling method was used for the community and district selection process. Respondents were randomly selected to ensure equal opportunity for all those available at the time of the interview. Eight communities were used from the three regions of northern Ghana in which community-based pro-poor interventions by

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Agyare, Andrew Kyei. "Polycentric Governance and Social-Ecological Performance of Community Resource Management Areas in Ghana." Thesis, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1828/4930.

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Biodiversity secures long term flows of benefits from nature by providing resilience to disturbance and environmental change. Nevertheless, climate change, fragmentation and habitat destruction among other anthropogenic drivers, are inadvertently, causing continued decline of global biodiversity, at a rate that is 100-1000 times more than what can be considered as natural, sending it virtually to the brink. Protected Areas (PAs) remain the core strategy for biodiversity conservation, but they have been challenged for “denying” local communities, the flow of their bona fide benefits and contrib

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Owusu, Erasmus Larbi. "Financial liberalisation and economic growth in ECOWAS countries." Thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/6032.

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The thesis examines the comprehensive relationship between all aspects of financial liberalisation and economic growth in three countries from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Employing ARDL bounds test approach and real GDP per capita as growth indicator; the thesis finds support in favour of the McKinnon-Shaw hypothesis but also finds that the increases in the subsequent savings and investments have not been transmitted into economic growth in two of the studied countries. Moreover, the thesis also finds that stock market developments have negligible or negative impact

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Owusu, Erasmus Labri. "Finacial liberalisation and sustainable economic growth in ECOWAS countries." Thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/6032.

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The thesis examines the comprehensive relationship between all aspects of financial liberalisation and economic growth in three countries from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Employing ARDL bounds test approach and real GDP per capita as growth indicator; the thesis finds support in favour of the McKinnon-Shaw hypothesis but also finds that the increases in the subsequent savings and investments have not been transmitted into economic growth in two of the studied countries. Moreover, the thesis also finds that stock market developments have negligible or negative impact

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