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Apau, Richard, and Athenia Bongani Sibindi. "The effect of bank-specific dynamics on profitability under changing economic conditions: Evidence from Ghana." Banks and Bank Systems 18, no. 4 (November 21, 2023): 169–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.21511/bbs.18(4).2023.15.
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Analysts continue to demand explanations for the continuous flow of depositors’ and investors’ funds to persistently underperforming banks, while universal banking is premised on the ability to outperform the market. This study examines the effect of bank-level factors on the profitability of banks under changing economic conditions, using a dynamic panel system Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) technique for panel data collected from 18 universal banks in Ghana. The data collection period was from 2007 to 2021. The analysis revealed that lagged return on assets, capital adequacy ratio, and deposit to total asset ratio have a positive influence on bank profitability, whereas lagged return on equity, bank size, expenditure, and asset quality negatively impact profitability. While the effect of these variables on profitability is expected considering the literature, the evidence obtained for asset quality is inconsistent with the explanations in the literature as an increase in asset quality is expected to drive an impressive trend in profitability. Furthermore, a negative relationship was found to exist between economic growth and bank performance when economic expansion exerts a deteriorating effect on the returns on bank assets. This can be linked to the dispersion of investors’ and customers’ funds to other investments, which limits the amount of funds available to the banks to grant credits for interest income. Based on the findings, it can be concluded that bank-specific dynamics adapt to changes in economic conditions which can be explained by the normative guidelines of the Adaptive Market Hypothesis.
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Ofosu-Anim, Duke O., and Seung-Hee Back. "Indigenous Community Development Practices as a Substratum in Designing Poverty Alleviation Policies for Ghana: Lessons from South Korea’s Saemaul Movement." Journal of Asian Research 4, no. 2 (March 25, 2020): p1. http://dx.doi.org/10.22158/jar.v4n2p1.
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Saemaul Movement was a community-based rural poverty alleviation policy of South Korea in the 1970s which contributed to ending poverty in rural communities. Its success can be attributed to how Koreans made use of indigenous community practices in policy design. The objective of the research was to evaluate the adaptation of Saemaul in Ghana, focusing on similarities in economic conditions and indigenous practices. The research utilised literature, interviews, and observations as the basis of methodology. The research findings revealed that the rural economic conditions in South Korea before Saemaul Movement was introduced was very similar to Ghana’s current rural economic indicators, which presents a reliable basis for comparative analysis on adaptation of Saemaul Movement in Ghana. Interviewees made a case for replicability of SM in Ghana. The results point to the existence of many similar indigenous rural community development practices which are prevalent in both case countries, and a possibility of developing poverty alleviation policies in Ghana based on existing indigenous practices as evidenced in the South Korean Saemaul Movement case. The researchers conclude that for poverty alleviation policies to work in Ghana, efforts in policy design must be based on utilising existing indigenous practices of rural communities.
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Tuffour, Joseph Kwadwo, and Thelma Mensah. "The Effects of Governance Type and Economic Crises on Foreign Direct Investment Inflows in Ghana." Foreign Trade Review 53, no. 2 (March 22, 2018): 63–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0015732517734026.
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Global foreign direct investment (FDI) flows have increased rapidly over the last few decades. However, Ghana has not attracted much of this FDI. Investors are driven mostly by profit maximization and hence decisions to invest in an unfamiliar territory are often based on the economic and political conditions of this new territory. The current study investigates the effect of the state of governance and economic crises on FDI inflows to Ghana. Using time series data from 1960 to 2015, Vector Error Correction Mechanism results show that democratic governance has the tendency to positively influence FDI inflows while periods of economic crises are likely to reduce FDI inflows to Ghana in the long run. Depreciation of the Ghana Cedi reduces FDI inflows but market size has a positive influence on FDI inflows. Increase in labour skills and the level of openness have positive effects on FDI inflows. In the short run, economic crises in the last three years have negative effects on present FDI inflows while democratic governance in the past year positively influences FDI inflows. It is recommended that democratic governance should be maintained to enhance FDI inflows. Also, efforts to avoid economic crises especially institutional shocks absorbers are key to maintain FDI inflows to Ghana. JEL: P33, P45, E02, O55
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Bathuure, Isaac Akpemah. "Government Expenditure and Economic Growth Nexus in Ghana." International Journal of Economic Policy 4, no. 1 (January 13, 2024): 1–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.47941/ijecop.1618.
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Purpose: Economic growth is widely regarded as a crucial indicator of economic advancement within a nation, as it has significant implications for the provision of state benefits, the improvement of living standards, and the generation of employment opportunities. The present study employed a time series analysis spanning from 1983 to 2018, focusing on Ghana, in order to comprehensively examine the diverse impact of both aggregate and disaggregated government expenditure and debt on the country's economic growth.
Methodology: The study conducted initial examinations, including unit root tests, cointegration tests, and correlation matrices, to determine the statistical reliability and validity of the data series for the research. The long-run parameters were estimated using the two-stage least square regression method, the autoregressive distributed lag method, and the threshold regression method.
Findings: Based on our research, it has been determined that government expenditure exerts a positive and statistically significant influence on overall economic growth. However, when examining the disaggregated effects, it becomes evident that consumption expenditure has a positive and significant impact on economic growth, whereas capital expenditure has a negative effect on economic growth.
Unique Contribution to Theory, Practice and Policy (Recommendations): In relation to the prevailing economic conditions characterised by periods of prosperity or recession, it is evident that the government should prioritise its attention towards external debt rather than domestic debt during times of economic expansion. Moreover, during periods of economic downturn, it is imperative for the government to prioritise foreign direct investment as a means of financing its budget, rather than relying on debt
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Vanderpuye, Inez Naaki, Samuel Antwi Darkwah, and Iva Živělová. "The System of Land Ownership and Its Effect on Agricultural Production: The Case of Ghana." Journal of Agricultural Science 12, no. 5 (April 15, 2020): 57. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/jas.v12n5p57.
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Most African continents have pressing issues on individual rights to property and natural resources, given the relatively poor economic conditions and the belief of personal ownership to a property right (Joireman, 2008). Ghana, like many African countries like Mozambique and Uganda, have laws to the right of property that is the traditional system of land rights. Most of the African countries depend on the large share of natural capital from the natural resources for the economic growth of the country. Some emerging economies can have sustained economic growth due to their reliance on natural resources such as oil and gas. This paper investigates property rights, land ownership, and land inheritance and their effect on agricultural production in Ghana. To undertake this research, a sample of 35 respondents were analysed using the SPSS software. The analysis was based on characteristics such as gender, age, and educational level of the respondents. The research results indicate that men inherit more than women, and family ownership is the most popular type of land inheritance in Ghana. Also, people with a lower level of education are likely to inherit the land and own land. Finally, the patrilineal system is the most popular system of inheritance in Ghana.
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Alidu, Seidu Mahama, and Gbensuglo Alidu Bukari. "Ethnic undercurrent and macro-level determinants of voter participation in Ghana’s 2012 election: Implications for the 2020 national elections." Legon Journal of the Humanities 31, no. 1 (December 30, 2020): 145–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ljh.v31i1.6.
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In this paper we analyze the ethnic undercurrent and macro-level determinants influencing voter participation in Ghana based on aggregate district-level data. The paper focuses on the determinants that influenced citizens’ political participation in the 2012 Presidential elections of the Fourth Republic of Ghana and their implications for the December 2020 national elections. The unique approach of this paper is that district-level aggregate data on economic characteristics compiled by the Ghana Statistical Service are synchronised with district-level national presidential election results compiled by the Electoral Commission of Ghana to ascertain the determinants of participation. The analysis is based on the concept of the “Average District Voter” which is analyzed using district-level census data combined with national election results. Statistical analysis was used to complementarily assess the determinants of voter participation in the Ghanaian 2012 presidential elections. The results of the analysis thus established two major points; that ethnic identification with regard to the two major ethnic groups in Ghana (i.e., the Asantes and the Ewes) has clearly influenced voter turnout, and second, that worsening socio-economic conditions played a role in voter turnout in the 2012 presidential elections and these issues will ultimately determine the winner of the 2020 national elections.
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Alidu, Seidu Mahama, and Gbensuglo Alidu Bukari. "Ethnic undercurrent and macro-level determinants of voter participation in Ghana’s 2012 election: Implications for the 2020 national elections." Legon Journal of the Humanities 31, no. 1 (December 30, 2020): 145–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ljh.v31i1.6.
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In this paper we analyze the ethnic undercurrent and macro-level determinants influencing voter participation in Ghana based on aggregate district-level data. The paper focuses on the determinants that influenced citizens’ political participation in the 2012 Presidential elections of the Fourth Republic of Ghana and their implications for the December 2020 national elections. The unique approach of this paper is that district-level aggregate data on economic characteristics compiled by the Ghana Statistical Service are synchronised with district-level national presidential election results compiled by the Electoral Commission of Ghana to ascertain the determinants of participation. The analysis is based on the concept of the “Average District Voter” which is analyzed using district-level census data combined with national election results. Statistical analysis was used to complementarily assess the determinants of voter participation in the Ghanaian 2012 presidential elections. The results of the analysis thus established two major points; that ethnic identification with regard to the two major ethnic groups in Ghana (i.e., the Asantes and the Ewes) has clearly influenced voter turnout, and second, that worsening socio-economic conditions played a role in voter turnout in the 2012 presidential elections and these issues will ultimately determine the winner of the 2020 national elections.
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Adjei, P. O. "Re-denomination of the Cedi: Essential Issues and Challenges." Pentvars Business Journal 1, no. 1 (December 1, 2007): 94–105. http://dx.doi.org/10.62868/pbj.v1i1.25.
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In the last quarter of 2006, Ghana decided to redenominate its currency, the cedi, in July 2007. This generated a lot of arguments and debates in the country. The exercise was seen as waste of scarce resources. Many people did not even understand the term. It is therefore important to attempt a write up that perhaps will try to answer some of the questions on the re-denomination of the cedi. The study takes a look at what re-denomination is all about and the extent to which some countries had redenominated their currency over the years. A review was made of similar exercises in Zimbabwe, Turkey and Romania in recent times. The conditions needed for a smooth redenomination and the prevailing economic conditions in Ghana are analyzed here. The paper also looks at the history of re-denomination in Ghana and the way forward for a smooth exercise.
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Amponsah, R. Amponsah. "Infrastructural projects implementations challenges in Ghana." Pentvars Business Journal 7, no. 1 (September 30, 2013): 40–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.62868/pbj.v7i1.103.
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The lack of efficient systems in the Ministries, Departments and Agencies to analyze and report on both Government and donor funded infrastructural projects has hampered the rate of infrastructural project implementation in the country. To make matters worse, the challenge of MDAs having to deal with different reporting rules, multi DP procurement processes and lending conditions have been overwhelming, eating up scarce administrative resources that could be put to better use. This study sought to investigate the role of administrative, leadership, and project management competencies in infrastructural project implementation challenges in Ghana. It provides appropriate recommendations to relevant stakeholders, such as the government, Private Sector, development partners, and relevant NGOs. The research covered six key sectors, namely: the Ministries of Finance and Economic Planning; Roads and Highways; Local Government and Rural Development; Energy; Transport; and Water Resources; Sanitation, Works and Housing. It engaged six key development partners (both bi lateral and multilateral agencies) namely the World Bank; Chinese Republic, African Development Bank; German Development Agency (KfW); the French Development Agency, and the European Union Delegation. The Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning (MoFEP) was the main fulcrum of this study.
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Standhope, Anamoa-Pokoo, Margaret Badasu Delali, and O. A. Urzha. "Assessing the Assets and Welfare Conditions of the Left-Behind Migrant Households in the Ekumfi District of Ghana." Contemporary problems of social work 6, no. 2 (June 29, 2020): 79–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.17922/2412-5466-2020-6-2-79-87.
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the study assessed the assets and welfare conditions of the left-behind migrant households in the Ekumfi District of Ghana during the absence of remittance receipts. The Asset-Based Welfare Paradigm informed the study. Using the multi-stage sampling procedure, 377 left-behind migrant household heads were sampled and administered with survey questionnaires. Descriptive statistical methods and Principal Component Analysis (PCA) were used for data analyses. This was supplemented with in-depth interviews from eight key informants. The results showed that apart from food, economic and financial indices, the other existing stocks of assets did not enhance the welfare conditions of the left-behind migrant households. The study concluded that generally left-behind migrant households had depriving assets and welfare conditions during the absence of remittance receipts. Additionally, government’s social intervention and development programmes enhanced the assets and welfare conditions of the left-behind migrant households. The study therefore recommended that the Government of Ghana should extend the provision of social support services beyond free healthcare and education and include basic asset indices such as housing, water, sanitation, economic, financial, food, gender equity and access to social organisation to cushion the welfare conditions of the left-behind migrant households during the absence of remittance receipts.
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Amoah Boakye, Mathias, and Amissah-Arthur Maame-Boatemaa. "Determinants Of Intention To Emigrate Among Final Year Medical Students And Junior Doctors In Ghana." Postgraduate Medical Journal of Ghana 12, no. 2 (September 22, 2023): 86–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.60014/pmjg.v12i2.318.
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Objective: Historically, doctors left the shores of Ghana for professional development and greener pastures; however, the institution of Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons to train postgraduate doctors locally significantly reduced the rate of emigration. Methodology: A cross-sectional survey-based study of final year medical students of the University of Ghana Medical School, house officers and medical officers working at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital. Demographic data, Push Factors (poor conditions of service, lack of equipment and facilities, and economic instability) and Pull Factors (better career opportunities, shorter length of training programmes, family or spouse living abroad and improved conditions of service) were collected and analysed. Results: Of the 189 respondents, 94.18% intended to pursue postgraduate medical education, with greater than half wanting to go outside Ghana due to push factors. The existence of a well-established postgraduate training programme in Ghana, was a consideration that could influence their decision to stay for 24.27% of the participants who wished to emigrate, however for 65.05%, this did not influence their decision. Other factors like the Covid-19 pandemic had no impact on the decision to emigrate among most respondents. Conclusion: Physician emigration, although dynamic, is not as rife as it was two to three decades ago in Ghana. This study recommends a review of existing policies and strategic planning among all stakeholders to ensure that postgraduate training is locally attractive to stem the possibility of another cycle of brain drain.
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Hong, Rathavuth. "Effect of economic inequality on chronic childhood undernutrition in Ghana." Public Health Nutrition 10, no. 4 (April 2007): 371–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1368980007226035.
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AbstractObjectiveFood insecurity and undernutrition remain particularly severe in developing countries where improvements in economic conditions have tended to benefit the advantaged groups and resulted in widespread inequalities in health. This study examined how economic inequality is associated with chronic childhood undernutrition.DesignA child was defined as chronically undernourished (stunted) if his or her height-for-age index was more than two standard deviations below the reference median. Household economic status was measured by an index based on household ownership of durable assets. Bivariate and multivariate analyses were used to estimate the effects of household economic status on stunting.SettingA nationally representative sample of 6251 household interviews in Ghana.SubjectsA total of 3077 children aged 0–59 months included in the 2003 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey.ResultsChildren in the poorest 20% of households are more than twice as likely to suffer from stunting as children in the richest 20% of households independent of the child's age, sex, birth order, breast-feeding duration, birth weight; mother's age at childbirth, body mass index, education; and household access to safe drinking water, hygienic toilet facilities, residence and geographic region (odds ratio = 2.3; 95% confidence interval 1.4–3.7). Also children in the next poorest and in the middle quintiles are significant more likely to be chronically undernourished than children in the richest 20% of households.ConclusionThis study concludes that economic inequality is strongly associated with chronic childhood undernutrition; and reducing economic inequalities and making services more accessible to the poor will be key to improving the health and nutritional status of children in Ghana.
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Tuoyire, Derek Anamaale, Leonard Baatiema, Duah Dwomoh, and Samuel Bosomprah. "Healthcare utilization in Ghana: Insights from the 2017 Ghana Living Standard Survey." PLOS ONE 19, no. 6 (June 25, 2024): e0306032. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0306032.
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Introduction The persistence of healthcare utilization disparities in Ghana despite several policy efforts highlights the urgency of understanding its determinants to enhance equitable health access. We sought to examine the determinants of healthcare utilization in Ghana. Methods We used the 2017 Ghana Living Standard Survey (GLSS) data. This was a cross-sectional design, which employed a stratified two-stage random sampling technique. We analyzed data involving 8,298 respondents with information on visits to healthcare facilities for services on account of illness or injury two weeks prior to the survey. Pearson’s chi-squared test was used to assess the distribution of healthcare utilization across background characteristics. Further, we used multivariable Poisson regression model with robust standard error to identify factors independently associated with healthcare utilization. Results Among the 8,298, the median age was 24 years (interquartile range = 7–47), 45% were males, and 45% had no education. About 42% of respondents utilized health services during an episode of illness or injury. Age, sex, educational level, marital status, wealth quintile, health insurance and severity of illness/injury were independently associated with healthcare utilization. Healthcare utilization increased significantly with wealth quintiles—those in the highest wealth quintiles had about 22% increased utilization compared to those in the lowest wealth quintiles (aPR = 1.22; 95%CI = 1.13–1.32) while it was about 77% higher among those who had valid health insurance compared to those without (aPR = 1.77; 95% CI = 1.68–1.86). Regarding severity of illness or injury, those with severe conditions were about 65% more likely to utilize healthcare services compared to those with acute conditions (aPR = 1.65; 95% CI = 1.53–1.78). Conclusion Our study underscores the importance of socio-economic factors and health insurance in healthcare utilization in Ghana. Addressing these can pave the way for more equitable access to healthcare services across all segments of the population.
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Jenkins, Glenn P., Richard Sogah, Abdallah Othman, Mikhail Miklyaev, and Çağay Coşkuner. "Estimation of the Economic Opportunity Cost of Labour: An Operational Guide for Ghana." Sustainability 15, no. 14 (July 20, 2023): 11335. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su151411335.
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The implementation of projects often affects employment through direct job creation, indirectly stimulating employment or augmenting labour supply. These changes in employment have significant benefits and costs to both labour and society. However, the estimation of job creation benefits is complicated because of the large diversities in labour input. We attempt to address this issue by using the supply price approach to develop an analytical framework based on sound microeconomic principles to assist project analysts to arrive at justifiable empirical estimates of the economic opportunity cost () for a wide range of labour types across a set of diverse situations and market conditions in Ghana. The paper adopts the relevant literature regarding the specifics of labour markets and the peculiarities of different labour types. Accordingly, the will vary by skill, location, and labour market conditions that need to be incorporated into its estimation. In this analysis, the estimation has been carried out to quantify the , the conversion factor, as well as the labour externalities corresponding to the two types of labour: skilled and unskilled. Similarly, these estimates refer to groups of labour according to areas of residence: rural and urban.
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Семенович, В. С. "FINANCIAL RELATIONS OF RUSSIA WITH DEVELOPING COUNTRIES UNDER PANDEMIC CONDITIONS." Modern Science, no. 1 (July 5, 2021): 51–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.53039/2079-4401.2021.3.1.011.
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С 1988 года начался новый период экономических и политических отношений России с развивающимися странами Азии, Африки и Латинской Америки. Особо тесные торговые и финансовые отношения России сложились и поддерживаются с Венесуэлой, Бразилией, Индией, Эфиопией, Ливией, Ганой, Алжиром, Нигерией, Сирией, Ираком и другими развивающимися странами. Но с 2019 года это взаимодействие усложнилось в связи с мировым кризисом вследствие пандемии Covid-19. Все страны мира были вынуждены вносить коррективы в свои внешнеэкономические связи. Since 1988, a new period of economic and political relations between Russia and the developing countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America began. Particularly close trade and financial relations of Russia have developed and are maintained with Venezuela, Brazil, India, Ethiopia, Libya, Ghana, Algeria, Nigeria, Syria, Iraq and other developing countries. But since 2019, this interaction has become more complex due to the global crisis due to the Covid-19 pandemic. All countries of the world were forced to make adjustments to their foreign economic relations
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A. Gbadeyan, Rotimi, Nana Y. Oppong, and Stephen Oduro. "Effects of Socio-Economic Factors on Entrepreneurship Activities in Cape Coast, Ghana." Journal of Entrepreneurship and Business 5, no. 1 (January 19, 2021): 39–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.17687/jeb.v5i1.72.
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Entrepreneurship involves the creation of jobs and wealth in the economy, normally through a small business management. There may be problems in performing these functions by entrepreneurs, because of certain factors, which affect their involvement in entrepreneurial activities. The objective of this study is to assess the impact of socio-economic factors on entrepreneurial activities in Cape Coast, Ghana. A simple random sampling method is used to select 181 entrepreneurs from Cape Coast for the study. The Structural Equation Model-Partial Least Square version 2.0 is used for the analysis. The finding reveals that inflation, high tax rate, religion, and life style of the entrepreneurs significantly influence their entrepreneurial activities and performance. The study concludes that for a successful entrepreneurship performance to be achieved, there is a need for good socio-cultural conditions and sound economic policies to be put in place. The study recommends that the government should reduce the interest rate to make borrowing flexible to entrepreneurs and a lower tax regime should be commenced to encourage low-level income earners to have access to funding for entrepreneurship activities in Cape Coast, Ghana.
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Mensah, Lord. "Prospects and Feasibility of Diaspora Bond: The Case of Ghana." International Journal of Financial Research 10, no. 4 (May 6, 2019): 25. http://dx.doi.org/10.5430/ijfr.v10n4p25.
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This study sought to establish the rationale, feasibility, conditions, determinants and hindrances of a successful issuance of a diaspora bond by Ghana as a sovereign economic entity. The study also sought to assess the willingness of the Ghanaian diaspora to patronise a diaspora bond. A total of 12 financial institutions within Accra and 113 Ghanaians living in the diaspora were contacted using the purposive sampling method. The study finds that Ghana has patriotic citizens in the diaspora who are ready to patronize its diaspora bonds. It was also found that prospective investors of Ghana’s diaspora bond find GDP growth and political stability as the most favourable indicators in pulling investors. The study concludes that though internal weaknesses and external threats exist, Ghana stands a good chance for a successful diaspora bond issue with an anticipated high patronage by Ghanaians in the diaspora.
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Edward, Amanfo Smart. "Impact of rural and urban electricity access and economic growth in Ghana: Does line transmission losses matter?" Energy Economics Letters 10, no. 1 (February 23, 2023): 44–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.55493/5049.v10i1.4732.
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This paper aimed to estimate the impact of rural and urban electricity access on Ghana’s economic growth between 1993 and 2018 by controlling for electricity transmission losses as a percentage of total electricity transmitted. The study used Stock-Watson Dynamic Ordinary Least Square (DOLS) to estimate the impact of electricity access and transmission losses on Ghana’s economic growth. The Engle-Granger, Phillips-Ouliaris, Park’s added variables and Hansen parameter instability cointegration methods were applied to test the long-run cointegration of the studied variables The results show that a 1% increase in electricity access was associated with a 0.073% decrease in economic growth. Additionally, a percentage increase in the rural electricity access rate was associated with a 0.527% increase in national income per capita. In contrast, urban population electricity access had no statistically significant association with economic growth in Ghana. The study suggests that improving population access to electricity infrastructure services while reducing power wastage through electricity transmission loss minimization is crucial to achieving the long-term impact of electric power on socio-economic development and environmental sustainability in Ghana, subject to other equally essential conditions.
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Richter, S., H. Vallianatos, P. Aniteye, and K. Ansu-Kyeremeh. "Migration, Health, and Gender and Its Effects on Housing Security of Ghanaian Women." Global Qualitative Nursing Research 4 (January 1, 2017): 233339361769028. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2333393617690288.
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We explored how migration influences our understanding of health and housing security of women who have or have not migrated to find work in Ghana. This article focuses on housing security. We used a multisite ethnographic research design. The setting was two distinct contexts in Ghana: a rural village and an urban context. We interviewed 44 women. Thematic content analysis was conducted. The main themes that emerged were decisions influencing migration, housing security, and the relationship between housing and health. Women voiced concerns about health related to housing conditions – for example, its effect on upper respiratory infections. We conclude that improving housing and services to the urban poor can have a positive impact on their health. Available, affordable, suitable, and adequate housing has the potential to contribute to economic growth, create more jobs, and improve the well-being of migrant women and, subsequently, their families in Northern Ghana.
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Arthur, John A. "Interregional Migration of Labor in Ghana, West Africa: Determinants, Consequences and Policy Intervention." Review of Black Political Economy 20, no. 2 (December 1991): 89–103. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf02689928.
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This article examines the determinants, consequences and policy intervention measures of the movement of labor within Ghana's administrative regions. The study concludes that the economic inequalities brought about by the uneven distribution of development projects in favor of urban areas causes depressed rural economic conditions, thus spurring rural to urban migration. Migration to the urban places of Ghana is therefore caused by individuals and families seeking better economic opportunities to improve the quality of their lives. Secondary determinants are varied, ranging from family obligations to the quest for adventure. The benefits of migration for the rural areas lie mainly in returned migrants’ contributions to the economic development of those areas. Migrants also contribute to the urban areas’ economic development, but their presence in large numbers has caused problems in the housing and in the delivery of social services. Rural development policies and land settlement schemes have been unsuccessful, due mainly to the lack of a comprehensive national development effort.
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Acquah, Henry, and Isaac Abunyuwah. "Logit analysis of socio-economic factors influencing people to become fishermen in the central region of Ghana." Journal of Agricultural Sciences, Belgrade 56, no. 1 (2011): 55–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/jas1101055a.
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This study analyzes the socio-economic factors that influence people?s decision to become fishermen in the central region of Ghana. Using a well structured interview schedule, a random sample of 98 people from Elmina in the central region of Ghana was selected for the study. Results from the descriptive statistics analysis of respondents identified fishing as a family business, minimum skills requirement and ready market for fish demand as factors that motivated majority of the people into fishing. Lack of storage facilities, access to credit, lack of government assistance and unpredictable changes in weather conditions on sea were the main constraints to fishing activities. Results from the logistic regression model indicated that household size and access to credit were significant factors that positively influenced people?s decision to become fishermen. The regression analysis further revealed that engaging in other income generating activity and being educated significantly reduces the probability to start fishing business.
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Dalinpuo, Eric, and Théophile Bindeouè Nassè. "SOCIAL PROTECTION AND CHILDREN VUNERABILITY IN AFRICA: AN EVIDENCE FROM THE WA AND JIRAPA MUNICIPALITIES IN GHANA." International Journal of Management & Entrepreneurship Research 2, no. 1 (June 21, 2020): 22–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.51594/ijmer.v2i1.108.
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Though Ghana has made impressive strides in terms of economic growth, poverty reduction and democratic governance, there remains a substantial percentage of the population that still lives in poverty and are vulnerable to a range of economic, social, lifecycle and environmental shocks and risks. Therefore, Ghana rolled out a number of social protection interventions under the National Social Protection Strategy (NSPS) to mitigate the impact of extreme poor and vulnerabilities in society, especially among vulnerable children.The main objective of the study was to examine social protection and children vulnerability in Ghana by employing both qualitative and quantitative methods in achieving the objectives of the study in the Jirapa and Wa Municipalities of the Upper West Region of Ghana. Secondary literature and primary data were combined.The methods for data collection were questionnaire and interviews to generate information from government departments and institutions providing social protectionist services.Results suggest that there is increasing levels of vulnerability and orphanhood in children in the region. However, SP has some improvement in bene?ciaries household food consumption, income levels, saving levels, access to healthcare, and school attendance. However, there are institutional challenges that affect the implementation of the SP programme.The study concludes that SP programme contributed to poverty reduction as it enhanced bene?ciaries’ living conditions. It is therefore recommended that the Department of Social Welfare (DSW) be strengthened to properly target the real vulnerable children and households in their registration.
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Wojtysiak, Katarzyna, Ewa Zieliński, and Tomasz Wojsz. "Health hazards as a consequence of the poor technical condition of vehicles in Ghana." Humanities & Social Sciences Reviews 9, no. 5 (September 24, 2021): 47–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.18510/hssr.2021.957.
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Purpose: This is a review to assess the health hazards resulted from the poor technical condition of vehicles in Ghana. In developing countries, the number of vehicles involved in road traffic is systematically increasing. The health consequences of road accidents are a crucial public concern.
Methodology: The PubMed and Google scholar search were used to find literature for this analysis. The following keywords were taken into consideration in this paper: health hazards, technical conditions, vehicles, accidents, developing countries, Ghana. The analysis has been done by the systematic review analysis method. The articles were selected in terms of the health hazards resulting from the poor technical condition of vehicles in Ghana and its effects on road safety. Twenty papers were being reviewed.
Main findings: The quality of vehicles on Ghanaian roads is low. Most of the cars are old. For economic reasons, users often use substandard products to repair cars. Poor-quality, non-original, mismatched parts can lead to an accident. The technical condition of vehicles affects the safety of road users. The security of citizens should be an essential goal of the state. Inspections of the technical condition of cars, especially in public transport, should be strengthened and the frequency increased.
Implications: Based on the analysis of the publications, it was assessed that there is no current literature on technical problems of vehicles in Ghana, with particular emphasis on public transport. This is an essential topic for the security of citizens and should be investigated, analyzed, and lessons learned without delay.
Novelty in this study: There is a lack of systematic reviews of the impact of health hazards resulted from the poor condition of vehicles in Ghana. The paper is an attempt to assess the impact of the problem.
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Quartey, Peter, Michael Danquah, George Owusu, and Abdul Malik Iddrisu. "Unmasking the contributing factors of entrepreneurial activities among men and women in Ghana." Journal of Economic Studies 45, no. 1 (January 8, 2018): 114–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jes-08-2016-0152.
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Purpose Using the 2010 Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) survey data, the purpose of this paper is to investigate the contributing factors of entrepreneurial propensity among males and females in Ghana. Design/methodology/approach Using a measure of entrepreneurial propensity that takes into account individuals who are involved in starting a new business (nascent entrepreneurs) as a dependent variable and socio-demographic characteristics, and perceptual variables as explanatory variables, the study adopts robust empirical estimation techniques to examine how these variables influence the probability of starting a new business among men and women in Ghana. Findings The probability of being a male nascent entrepreneur is significantly dependent upon a wide range of factors including demographic, economic, perceptual and contextual elements, albeit with important variations across gender. An individuals’ subjective assessment of fear of failure in starting a business and of having the requisite entrepreneurial capabilities; the age of the individual; gender of the individual; work status and contextual factors matters for entrepreneurial propensity in Ghana. However, important differences exist in the drivers of entrepreneurial propensity for males and females with females’ entrepreneurship attributed largely to conditions of necessity relative to their male counterparts. Originality/value The main value of this paper is to use the GEM survey (which is nationally representative) for Ghana to analyze the contributing factors of the entrepreneurial propensity among men and women in Ghana.
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Ofori-Mensah, Akoss. "The State of Publishing in West Africa." LOGOS 26, no. 3 (November 14, 2015): 40–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1878-4712-11112082.
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The conditions of publishing in Nigeria and Ghana are examined in the general context of African publishing in recent decades. In both countries, school textbooks dominate the economics of publishing, attracting profit-hungry multinationals and marginalising home-grown trade publishing. Problems such as the lack of bookselling infrastructure, the underdevelopment of reading habits, and the economic necessity for African authors to secure a readership outside Africa have prompted a number of initiatives to advance the fortunes of African publishers seeking to publish African authored-books serving the needs of African readers. An effective pan-African book fair remains an important need if African publishing is to prosper.
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SANDBROOK, RICHARD, and JAY OELBAUM. "Reforming Dysfunctional Institutions Through Democratisation? Reflections on Ghana." Journal of Modern African Studies 35, no. 4 (December 1997): 603–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022278x97002565.
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How can Africa's societies reorient and rebuild state apparatuses where predatory, neo-patrimonial governance has held sway? This emerges as a key question if one accepts that dysfunctional institutions, and not just poor initial conditions, a hostile international environment, external shocks, or policy errors, have impeded Africa's economic recovery. Although analysts and organisations place differing weights on these various causes, few now dissent from the consensus that political-institutional reforms are a necessary condition for African development. Yet recognising the need for such change is one thing; knowing how to bring it about is quite another. Few guidelines exist to steer this complex and long-term task. Democratisation is now often cited as one means to foster institutional renewal, and this article draws on the Ghanaian experience to reflect upon the efficacy of this route.
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Frimpong, Agyemang. "Suicide Terrorism: Perspectives from Muslims in Northern Ghana." Journal of Public Administration and Governance 6, no. 2 (June 2, 2016): 115. http://dx.doi.org/10.5296/jpag.v6i2.9207.
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Suicide terrorism has been on the rise in most parts of the world after the terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001. Ghana as a country is yet to experience any acts of terrorism but recent events in some parts of Northern Nigeria, Kenya, and Somalia and in the Arabian Peninsula have given policymakers a great concern. Some African Muslims with ties to radical Islamic organizations have embraced this phenomenon as a means of settling their grievances. This article attempts to examine the phenomenon of suicide terrorism from the perspectives of Muslims in Northern Ghana. The paper discusses some of the rationale behind the phenomenon and various efforts that have been made to address the psychology behind the phenomenon. It was established that individual psychopathology alone is not the only reason for suicide terrorism but intertwined with other social conditions. In order to develop the appropriate responses and policies to protect the people, there is the need to understand these social conditions. It concludes by discussing the reason why adopting combative approach to the issue has not worked and recommends the use of economic development as well as cultural integration in changing the psychology behind the phenomenon.Keywords: suicide terrorism, psychopathology, homegrwon terrorists; lonewolf terrorists
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Stanek, Łukasz. "Architects from Socialist Countries in Ghana (1957–67)." Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians 74, no. 4 (December 1, 2015): 416–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/jsah.2015.74.4.416.
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Architects from Socialist Countries in Ghana (1957–67): Modern Architecture and Mondialisation discusses the architectural production of the Ghana National Construction Corporation (GNCC), a state agency responsible for building and infrastructure programs during Ghana’s first decade of independence. Łukasz Stanek reviews the work of GNCC architects within the networks that intersected in 1960s Accra, including competing networks of global cooperation: U.S.-based economic institutions, the British Commonwealth, technical assistance from socialist countries, support programs from the United Nations, and collaboration within the Non-Aligned Movement. His analysis of labor conditions within the GNCC reveals a negotiation between Cold War antagonisms and a shared culture of modern architecture that was instrumental in the reorganization of the everyday within categories of postindependence modernization. Drawing on previously unexplored materials from archives in Ghana, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Poland, the United Kingdom, and the United States, the article reveals the role of architects from European socialist countries in the urbanization of West Africa and their contribution to modern architecture’s becoming a worldwide phenomenon.
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Addai, Bismark, Adjei Gyamfi Gyimah, and Wendy Kumah Boadi Owusu. "Savings Habit Among Individuals in the Informal Sector: A Case Study of Gbegbeyishie Fishing Community in Ghana." International Journal of Economics and Finance 9, no. 4 (March 30, 2017): 262. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/ijef.v9n4p262.
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Savings among individuals in the informal sector is imperatively expedient if they are to have any decent and comfortable living conditions at retirement as savings in the informal sector become the obvious substitute for formal pensions. However, much is not known regarding the savings habits of informal sector, particularly, the fishing communities in Ghana. Apparently, this study investigates into the determinants of savings habit of the informal sector in Ghana, using the case of the Gbegbeyishie Fishing community. The data for the study was obtained through administering questionnaires and interviewing targeted respondents. A 120 sample size was randomly drawn from Gbegbeyishie fishing community in Ghana. This study employs the probit model in estimating the determinants of savings in the informal sector. SPSS and STATA statistical packages were employed in descriptive analysis and estimation of the probit model respectively.It is glaring in this study that age, gender and income are statistically significant conditions for savings in the informal sector. It is also evincing in this study that Age has a significant negative effect on savings and aging decreases the propensity to save by 0.1577656. On the other hand, income has statistically significant positive effect on savings and that a one unit change in the income variable increases the propensity to save by 0.1292502. Also, the probability for a male, all other factors held constant, to save is higher than for a female to save and being a man increases the propensity to save by 0.2024894. The study also revealed that the main hindrance to savings in the Gbegbeyishie Fishing Community is Low income.As a result, the authors recommend that men and married people should be targeted whiles paying little attention to the aged in stimulating savings among fishing communities in Ghana. Educational programs could also be organized for the workers in the informal sector as most of the workers have no education which could hinder their income earning capacity and for that matter savings. Further research could also be engineered to consider macro-economic conditions for savings habit in Ghana.
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Armah, Gabriel Kofi, Peter Awonnatemi Agbedemnab, David Sanka Laar, and Iven Aabaah. "Prevalence and Causes of Software Piracy among Tertiary Students in Ghana." Asian Journal of Research in Computer Science 16, no. 4 (October 30, 2023): 223–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.9734/ajrcos/2023/v16i4384.
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In the era of the Knowledge Economy, Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) have become a crucial aspect of the twenty-first-century environment. Software piracy, characterized by the unauthorized copying, downloading, sharing, selling, or installation of copyrighted software, remains a serious problem worldwide, and Ghana is no exception. Various forms of software piracy, such as software lifting, hard disk loading, counterfeiting, and unauthorized renting, are prevalent in the country, leading to negative economic consequences. These consequences include distorted competition, loss of tax revenue and jobs due to the absence of a legitimate market, and increased costs for recovery. The impact of software piracy affects the social well-being of the Ghanaian citizenry. This research aims to explore the causes and effects of software piracy in Ghana, especially among tertiary students, and proposes potential solutions. A quantitative survey design was used via an online questionnaire to collect data from a sample of 47 students in the tertiary institutions especially public universities in Ghana with backgrounds in IT and are familiar with evolving trends in IT. The findings revealed that software piracy is prevalent in the country as a result of a lack of awareness, poor economic conditions, and weak legal framework and/or enforcement. The study recommends increased public education and awareness, strict enforcement of laws related to software piracy, and the promotion of domestic software development as measures to address the menace.
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Osei-Kyei, Robert, and Albert P. C. Chan. "Empirical comparison of critical success factors for public-private partnerships in developing and developed countries." Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management 24, no. 6 (November 20, 2017): 1222–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ecam-06-2016-0144.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the similarities and differences of critical success factors (CSFs) for public-private partnership (PPP) projects in developing and developed countries, using Ghana and Hong Kong as examples. Design/methodology/approach An empirical questionnaire survey was conducted with experienced PPP practitioners in Ghana and Hong Kong. Survey responses were analysed using Kendall’s concordance analysis, mean score ranking, quartile groupings analysis and Mann-Whitney U test. Findings The results indicate that a favourable legal and regulatory framework is very critical in both jurisdictions. Further, technology transfer, technological innovation, public/community participation and coordination and government providing financial support are of low importance in both jurisdictions. The non-parametric test shows that 16 CSFs are of different importance in Ghana and Hong Kong. Specifically, CSFs related to the socio-political and economic conditions of PPP projects are very critical in Ghana, whereas CSFs directly related to the organisation and relationship of PPP projects are very critical in Hong Kong. Originality/value The outputs of this study add to the international best practice framework for successful PPP implementation. Further, international private investors and governments who are yet to adopt the PPP concept would be considerably informed of the investment strategies to employ when engaging in PPP arrangements.
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Abbam, Anthony. "A multilevel analysis of factors influencing child mortality in Ghana." International Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities Invention 5, no. 2 (February 16, 2018): 4425–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.18535/ijsshi/v5i2.06.
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Child mortality being a core indicator for child health and the health status of children has significant effect on health in adulthood and socioeconomic development of a nation. This paper uses the Ghana Demographic and Health Survey (GDHS) 2013–2014 to investigate the predictors of child (age 1-4 years] mortality in a developing country like Ghana. The multilevel logistic regression technique has been used to estimate the predictors of child mortality. The study found that both child and mother-level characteristics such as birth weight, birth order, mother’s age, educational attainment of the mother have substantial impact on child mortality in Ghana Besides, household wealth index has significant impact on child mortality. The findings also show that place of residence and southern-northern dichotomy has momentous effect on child mortality. The paper recommends that governments must pursue policies that seek to improve the economic conditions of households. In addition, steps should be taken by policy makers to reduce spatial disparities in the availability of maternal health services as the absence of this perhaps contributes to child mortality.
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Ocran, D., E. Broni-Bediako, and G. Ofori-Sarpong. "Boundary Applicability of the Ghana’s Oil Block Fiscal Regimes." Ghana Mining Journal 19, no. 2 (December 22, 2019): 70–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/gm.v19i2.10.
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AbstractAttractiveness of fiscal regime has become more important in oil and gas investment decision than the rather geological prospectivity of the province. The terms and conditions contained in the fiscal system influence the investor’s evaluation of project. As Ghana determines to benefit greatly from the exploitation of the oil and gas resources, a robust fiscal system attractive in all economical and technical conditions needs to be designed. Ghana has recently become one of the frontiers in the oil and gas industry following its commercial discoveries of hydrocarbons in Deepwater Tano-Cape Three Point, the Jubilee field. Ghana’s oil industry is very young and some of the basins are under exploration surveillances waiting for commercial discoveries. Ghana’s Jubilee field uses various terms and conditions in her fiscal arrangement to govern the upstream operations. For continuous realisation of economic benefits to the State as well as the contractor, it is important the applicability of Ghana’s fiscal regime at varying boundary conditions of oil price and field reserves are evaluated. Discounted cash flow economic model which considers the major uncertainties was developed to evaluate the economic implications of the Jubilee field fiscal regime. Different price scenarios and varying field sizes were taken through rigorous sensitivity analysis. It was determined that for all field sizes considered at oil prices above $ 40/bbl, contractor’s NPVs are positive. The project take statistics are averagely around 64% for Government and 36% for contractor under the various scenarios except for oil prices less than $40/bbl where the State’s take statistic is above 80% and contractor’s take below 20%. The State receives Additional Oil Entitlement(AOE) only when the oil price is above $40/bbl and the AOE increases steadily with the oil price for all the various field sizes. In general, the Jubilee field fiscal regime is fairly attractive and flexible and ensures stable shares of economic rents between the State and the contractor as the profitability of the field increases. Keywords: Reserves, Fiscal Regime, Cash Flow, Take Statistics, Net Present Value
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Asante, Lewis Abedi, and Richael Odarko Mills. "Exploring the Socio-Economic Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic in Marketplaces in Urban Ghana." Africa Spectrum 55, no. 2 (July 24, 2020): 170–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0002039720943612.
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This article explores Ghana’s preventive measures for stemming the spread of the COVID-19 disease among its population and the socio-economic impact of these measures in urban marketplaces. It argues that Ghana’s COVID-19 approach in marketplaces was characterised by (1) improving hygiene conditions through disinfection of all markets, (2) closing down markets to enforce social distancing among traders, and (3) imposing a lockdown to decongest densely populated marketplaces. Yet the micro-geographies of Ghana’s marketplaces complicated the implementation of these preventive measures. The socio-economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in marketplaces were evident in the increased food prices, the economic hardships associated with the lockdown directive, and the forceful relocation and decongestion exercises to enforce social distancing among traders. The hostile nature with which municipal authorities implemented the COVID-19 preventive measures in marketplaces is akin to how they sought to decongest inner cities prior to the emergence of COVID-19.
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Nwanneako, Sabinus Nnamdi, Isaac Didi Essi, Godwin Lebari Tuaneh, and Iyai Davies. "Panel Vector Autoregressive Modeling of Macroeconomic Interaction in Nigeria, Ghana and Cameroon." Asian Journal of Probability and Statistics 25, no. 4 (December 29, 2023): 88–106. http://dx.doi.org/10.9734/ajpas/2023/v25i4574.
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Aims: The aim of this study is to apply Panel VAR (Vector Autoregressive) modeling and estimation to analyze the macroeconomic interaction and interdependence within the context of Nigeria, Ghana, and Cameroon. The study aims to understand the trends of key macroeconomic variables, namely gross domestic product (GDP), exchange rate, and foreign reserves.
Methodology: The study adopted three macroeconomic variables—GDP, exchange rate, and foreign reserve—and utilized annual secondary data from the World Bank spanning from 1960 to 2022. Pretests, including unit root and cointegration tests, were conducted on the variables. The panel unit root tests (Levin, Lin, and Chu t, Augmented Dickey-Fuller Fisher Chi-Square, and Phillips-Perron Fisher Chi-Square) indicated that the series had unit roots at levels but were stationary at first difference, implying integration of order one. The absence of co-integration in the panel co-integration test established the necessary conditions for estimating a panel vector autoregressive model.
Results: The trend analysis revealed that the variables were relatively low in the 1960s and 1970s but exhibited an increasing and fluctuating pattern afterward. Descriptive statistics showed variations among the countries, with Cameroon having higher GDP per capita and greater standard deviation, indicating more significant fluctuations. Ghana, in contrast, displayed lower per capita income with a lower standard deviation. The foreign exchange rate varied, with Cameroon having the highest and Ghana the lowest mean rates.Conclusion: The fixed effect model was estimated after the Hausman Test rejected the random effect model. The results indicated that foreign exchange rates had joint significance on GDP per capita, while foreign reserves did not. The study concludes that the economies of Nigeria, Ghana, and Cameroon are responsive to GDP per capita, foreign exchange rates, and foreign reserves. The policy implication is that economic practitioners in these countries should closely monitor these variables to anticipate changes in economic indicators. Therefore, the study recommends active monitoring of the economic variables used in this research to facilitate informed decision-making.
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Khan, Ahmad, and Dr Melanie M. Tidman. "Non-Communicable Diseases in Afghanistan and Ghana." International Journal of Medical Science and Clinical Invention 8, no. 11 (November 8, 2021): 5736–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.18535/ijmsci/v8i11.01.
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Non-communicable diseases are a challenge to public health worldwide. Decades ago, the consensus was that non-communicable diseases were the problem of developed and wealthy nations. However, recent studies indicate that developing countries are on the edge of emerging increases in non-communicable diseases due to various factors such as the consumption of unhealthy food, lack of physical activities, poor access to primary healthcare services, and loosened policies on tobacco use. Non-communicable diseases cause increased mortality and have significant financial impact due to treatment costs. The conditions also decrease the capacity and productivity of the human workforce in the community who cannot adequately contribute when under treatment in the late stages of the disease. Multiple societal and economic factors contribute to poor outcomes from non-communicable diseases including increasing globalization and urbanization. The two countries reviewed, Afghanistan and Ghana, have worsened population health due to aforementioned factors. In low and middle-income countries such as Afghanistan and Ghana, the unparalleled progression of globalization and urbanization and lifestyle factors have contributed to fast track the prevalence and progression of non-communicable diseases. This literature review aims to overview the impact of non-communicable diseases in Afghanistan and Ghana and suggest potential strategies to improve overall population health outcomes.
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Hausermann, Heidi, Janet Adomako, and Maya Robles. "Fried eggs and all-women gangs: the geopolitics of Chinese gold mining in Ghana, bodily vulnerability, and resistance." Human Geography 13, no. 1 (March 2020): 60–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1942778620910900.
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Between 2008 and 2016, more than 50,000 Chinese citizens migrated to Ghana to mine gold on small-scale concessions. This is particularly surprising given that small-scale mining is an activity reserved for Ghanaian citizens. Foreign gold mining is mediated by various intersecting political economic and geopolitical shifts, including unprecedented gold demand, economic crisis, and informal conditions to Chinese loans. Based on long-term, mixed-methods fieldwork, and drawing from feminist geopolitics research, we argue Ghana’s recent gold rush portends gendered implications for bodies in rural areas. We center our discussion on bodies to demonstrate the ways extractive practices increase vulnerability among women and children, including teen pregnancy and mercury exposure. Yet, women also contest foreign mining and its myriad implications (e.g., refusing to sell land and entering sites while menstruating despite being “forbidden” to do so). A feminist geopolitics perspective allows the tracing of specific political economic processes (Chinese monetary policies, informal loan conditions) to other sites (Pokukrom, the pregnant teen), thereby enabling a clearer understanding of how supportive interventions might occur.
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Adjei-Mensah, Sussana. "Factors Influencing Brain Drain Among Health Workers in Ghana." European Journal of Human Resource 7, no. 1 (February 13, 2023): 17–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.47672/ejh.1349.
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Purpose: The advent of the covid-19 pandemic exacerbated the need for more professional health workers to serve as front-line workers in hospitals in Ghana and other developing countries. This study aimed to ascertain the factors influencing health workers' brain drain in Ghana.
Methodology: The study was a survey with an accessible population of 15510 people in different categories of health workers. Sampling was through stratification for a sample size of 400 respondents across the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. Structured questionnaires were used for the data collection and analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) as a statistical tool to generate descriptive statistics that included the mean, standard deviation and ranks based on which inferences were drawn.
Findings: The study found that government inaction on the conditions of service of health workers such as low remuneration, inadequate opportunities for staff development, poor equipment replacement policies, political interferences in their workplaces, high standards of living and inadequate housing and personal reasons amount to the reasons why Ghana is losing the majority of her finest health workers to the developed nations. The study concluded that the migration of healthcare professionals from developing to developed nations has negative effects on the delivery of healthcare in Ghana especially coming out of a deadly pandemic.
Recommendation: The study recommends that government deals with the motivation and hygiene factors as well as the push and pull economic factors that drive many health workers to seek "greener pastures" outside the country hence the trend could continue in the coming years.
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Antwi-Boateng, Osman, and Mamudu Akudugu. "Movers, Motives, and Impact of Illegal Small-Scale Mining: A Case Study in Ghana." Perspectives on Global Development and Technology 20, no. 4 (November 23, 2021): 402–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15691497-12341602.
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Abstract This research unravels the agents and driving motivation behind the rise of illegal small-scale mining in Ghana and its impact. This is accomplished via a qualitative study using illegal small-scale mining in the Talensi and Nabdam districts of Ghana as a case study. At the forefront of this phenomenon are rent-seeking elites, whereas structural factors such as rising unemployment and high population growth, as well as opportunistic factors including low barriers to entry, get-rich quick syndrome, and political corruption/weak institutions are fueling it as well. Although there are some economic benefits of illegal small-scale mining, these benefits are undermined by factors associated with the Resource Curse Hypothesis (RCH) or the ‘Paradox of Plenty.’ We argue that most illegal small-scale mining communities are characterized by increased rent-seeking activities by diverse stakeholders particularly the elites, poor investments in human capital development, and weak institutional structures and processes. To sustainably address the illegal small-scale gold mining menace in Ghana, all efforts should be aimed at holistically dealing with the rent-seekers, especially the elites involved, eliminating their motives and removing the conditions that facilitate their involvement.
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Darkwah, Kwasi Adjepong, Samuel Iddi, Justice Nonvignon, and Moses Aikins. "Characterization of functional disability among older adults in Ghana: A multi-level analysis of the study on global ageing and adult health (SAGE) Wave II." PLOS ONE 17, no. 11 (November 3, 2022): e0277125. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0277125.
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Background Functional disability is a common public health problem that affects the health and quality of life of older adults. This causes them to be highly dependent on other members of their family, receive home care, or to be institutionalized. Although functional disability has been widely studied in developed country settings, very limited studies have focused on age-related functional disability in sub-Saharan Africa, and in particular Ghana. The purpose of this study is to assess various factors associated with the difficulties in performing basic and instrumental activities of daily living among older adults in Ghana. Methods This cross-sectional study used data on 1610 older adults aged 50 years and above from the Study on Global Ageing and Adult Health (SAGE) survey Wave II conducted in Ghana. Nine standard functioning difficulty tools of WHODAS II was used for the analysis. The WHODAS II offers continuous summary scores with higher scores showing higher disability, and vice versa. A multi-level regression model was used to identify individual and household level risk factors linked to the functional disability of older adults. Results Female older adults (53.7%) reported having functional disability. The mean functional disability among older adults aged 50 years and above was 5.2 (± 5.9). Results indicated that older adults who are females, aged 70 years and above, and had three or more chronic conditions had a higher functional disability. Also, older adults who have adequate fruit intake and belong to wealthier households were found to have a lower functional disability. Conclusions The study reveals that functional disability among older adults is frequent in Ghana and is associated with having three or more chronic conditions and being overweight/obese. Prevention of functional disability in old age in Ghana is therefore a matter of great social and economic concern, which calls for coordinate efforts across the board to mitigate this public health challenge.
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Ofori-Amoah, Justice. "Stakeholders Opinions of Health-Related Conditions of Female Head Porters in Kumasi/Asokore Mampong." TEXILA INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH 9, no. 2 (June 30, 2021): 162–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.21522/tijph.2013.09.02.art015.
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Young Females Usually Migrate From The Northern Part Of Ghana To The South To Engage In Head Porting Business. However, The High Cost Of Rent In Urban Areas And The Poor Environmental Conditions Of Poor Urbanites Have Exposed Head Porters To Bad Conditions With Varying Implications On Health And Well-Being. This Study Examines The Health-Related Conditions Of Female Head Porters In Kumasi Through Stakeholders’ Opinions. The Study Used Quantitative Methods In Eliciting Information From Female Head-Porters In Asokore Mampong, Kumasi. In All, 100 Respondents; Comprising Relatives Of Female Head Porters And Other Opinion Leaders Such As The Assembly Member, Imam, Pastor, Teachers From Northern Ghana, Were Interviewed Through Self-Administered Questionnaires. Data Were Analyzed Using A Statistical Package For The Social Sciences (SPSS) And Excel. Economic Reasons Remain Topical For The Migration Of Females From The North To The South To Engage In Head Porting. While Many Of These Migrants Do Not Return Home, Leading To The Emergence Of Migrant Settlements In Kumasi, Others Return To Support Their Families With Their Earnings. Stakeholders Argued That Skills Development And Creating Of Entrepreneurial Ventures Are Necessary To Reduce The North-South Migratory Patterns. The Migration Of Females From The North To The South In Search Of Greener Pastures Is Likely To Continue As A Result Of Opportunity Gaps. However, Worsening Conditions Of Living May Deteriorate The Health Conditions Of Some Of The Migrants. Stakeholders Recommend A New Wave Of Solutions With Focus On Skills Development, Job Creation, And Entrepreneurial Training As Solutions.
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Broni, Mohammed Yaw, Mosharrof Hosen, Hardi Nyagsi Mohammed, and Ganiyatu Tiamiyu. "Should banks be averse to elections? A GMM analysis of recent elections in Ghana." Journal of Economics, Finance and Administrative Science 24, no. 47 (April 29, 2019): 47–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jefas-03-2018-0029.
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Purpose Actions of incumbent politicians and firms’ managers during election years have been cited as sources of many problems that afflict economies and business entities. Given the controversies surrounding the impact of elections on firms’ soundness, this paper poses a question of whether banks should be averse to elections. Specifically, this study aims to investigate the impact of elections on the profitability and efficiency of banks. Design/methodology/approach Based on the authors’ knowledge, this is maiden analysis in this context for Ghana where relatively advanced appropriate GMM technique has been used on annual data from 2012 to 2016. Findings This study reveals that banks make higher returns in election years. Additionally, the authors report that government’s economic policies in election years are detrimental to management efficiency, though insignificant. Practical implications From an emerging economy perspective, this study would guide policymakers in designing policies that respond to, or minimize, the impact of elections on bank performance. The result of this analysis would also substantiate the market reaction to the changes in the economic, political and financial conditions. Originality/value This analysis suggests that firms’ performances in an election year depend on policies and political institutions in place. The authors argue that Ghana, with its exemplary democratic credentials and strong institutions, living alongside a high perception of corruption, is different. The contribution to literature is, first, by limiting this work to the banking sector of Ghana and, second, by incorporating the behaviors of incumbent governments and individuals in the regression specification model.
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Nunoo, Jacob, Kwabena Nkansah Darfor, Isaac Koomson, and Abigail Arthur. "Employment security and workers’ moonlighting behavior in Ghana." Journal of Economic Studies 45, no. 1 (January 8, 2018): 144–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jes-04-2016-0074.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to determine the effect of employment security on moonlighting in Ghana as a means to inform policy on enforcing issues of employment security. Design/methodology/approach The paper followed the work of Shishko and Rostker (1976) by applying their approach to the sixth round of the Ghana Living Standards Survey data. The paper created an employment index from four variables and used the ordered logit as the main estimation technique. Findings The findings indicated that, as a person with a single job becomes more secured in employment, the likelihood of moonlighting is decreased by 0.03, while for those with two and three or more jobs, the likelihood of moonlighting increased by 0.0297 and 0.0008, respectively, with increasing employment security. This implies that, workers can be made to stick to single jobs by providing them with higher levels of employment security, but once they take on two or more jobs, providing them with employment security will engender the tendency to increase their moonlighting behavior the more. Originality/value With the current harsh economic conditions in the country and the urgent need for multiple jobs (moonlighting) as a risk coping mechanism, little has been done on the role employment security plays as a catalyst or otherwise. This paper fills the gap by employing a comprehensive index on employment security in the case of Ghana.
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Ayentimi, Desmond Tutu, John Burgess, and Kantha Dayaram. "Does the historical and institutional re-construction of Ghana support the transfer of HRM practices?" Journal of Management History 24, no. 4 (September 10, 2018): 414–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jmh-03-2018-0021.
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Purpose This study aims to investigate whether the historical and institutional re-construction of Ghana support the transfer of human resource management (HRM) practices and if so, what local conditions support such transfer? Design/methodology/approach The paper draws from an exploratory qualitative study design by assimilating history, culture and institutions (social institutionalist perspective) to explore host-country factors and conditions supporting the transfer of HRM practices in a developing country context. Findings The study finds the colonial history, and the political and economic interests of Ghana to mimic best HRM policies and practices from its colonial masters and other advanced economies provided strong institutional support for the transfer of HRM practices. Research limitations/implications This paper complements the understanding of HRM practice transfer literature by highlighting the significance of host-country historical and institutional re-construction support in developing economies as key drivers for the diffusion of HRM practices. Practical implications By incorporating institutions, history and culture to form the underpinning social context, it offers a new perspective into how historical, cultural and colonial institutional legacies as entrenched social instruments facilitate HRM practice transfer in Sub-Saharan Africa. Originality/value The integration of institutions, history and culture (social institutionalist perspective) provide a wider understanding of factors that denote the effect of Ghanaian contextual distinctiveness as against the continued colonial institutional legacies (inheritance) supporting the transfer of HRM practices. This is the first study to consider how local institutions, culture and history of Ghana support the transfer of HRM practices to subsidiaries.
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Chen, Kimball C., Matthew Leach, Mairi J. Black, Meron Tesfamichael, Francis Kemausuor, Patrick Littlewood, Terry Marker, et al. "BioLPG for Clean Cooking in Sub-Saharan Africa: Present and Future Feasibility of Technologies, Feedstocks, Enabling Conditions and Financing." Energies 14, no. 13 (June 30, 2021): 3916. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en14133916.
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Energy supply for clean cooking is a priority for Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG, i.e., propane or butane or a mixture of both) is an economically efficient, cooking energy solution used by over 2.5 billion people worldwide and scaled up in numerous low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Investigation of the technical, policy, economic and physical requirements of producing LPG from renewable feedstocks (bioLPG) finds feasibility at scale in Africa. Biogas and syngas from the circular economic repurposing of municipal solid waste and agricultural waste can be used in two groundbreaking new chemical processes (Cool LPG or Integrated Hydropyrolysis and Hydroconversion (IH2)) to selectively produce bioLPG. Evidence about the nature and scale potential of bioLPG presented in this study justifies further investment in the development of bioLPG as a fuel that can make a major contribution toward enabling an SSA green economy and universal energy access. Techno-economic assessments of five potential projects from Ghana, Kenya and Rwanda illustrate what might be possible. BioLPG technology is in the early days of development, so normal technology piloting and de-risking need to be undertaken. However, fully developed bioLPG production could greatly reduce the public and private sector investment required to significantly increase SSA clean cooking capacity.
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Dahan, Kueshi Sémanou, and Raymond Abudu Kasei. "Overview of Researches on Bush Fires for Natural Resources and Environmental Management in Ghana: A Review." Environment and Natural Resources Research 12, no. 1 (May 26, 2022): 48. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/enrr.v12n1p48.
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Research in the world, and more specifically in Africa, on various subjects requires knowledge of previous work from several angles in order to orientate possible research. Thus, the literature review is considered the most suitable approach to have a more complete idea of the innovations or studies carried out on varied topics. To this end, on the issues of vegetal cover protection, environmental management and wildland fire in Ghana, we have adopted this review approach to identify the works already done in Ghana on wildland fire, the methodologies and angles that studies approached their objectives. This paper aims to review and provide a comprehensive report on research works done on the vulnerable vegetation of Ghana by bush fires. Thus, studies published from 1940 to 2021 were extracted from Research Gate, Google Scholar and Google and other indexed journal sites such as Scopus journals using a defined selection criterion. A total of 136 documents: these include reports of international organisations and relevant articles extracted. However, 52 of them were used for this review to better understand their approach and to highlight research gaps that could make those researches innovative. It is noted that most of the research done in Ghana on wildland fire analysis has little or no consideration for the influence of climatic and environmental parameters on understanding wildland fire behaviour, though some respondents from some research show their awareness of the role these parameters play on the fire propagation. However, it should be noted that the majority of studies have focused more on sociological and economic aspects. This observation thus reflects gaps in areas regarding the roles of climatic and environmental parameters in different ecological conditions to better assess the behaviour of wildfires in Ghana.
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Gatsi, John Gartchie. "Effects of International and Internal Remittances on Financial Inclusion in Ghana." Financial Markets, Institutions and Risks 4, no. 3 (2020): 109–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.21272/fmir.4(3).109-123.2020.
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This article examines the relationship between remittances and financial inclusion in Ghana. The data for the study was extracted from the results of an analytical review of the living standards survey indicators in Ghana. The methodological tools of the study are represented by a regression equation based on the use of the Force Entry Method to test the functioning of variables in the model. The study empirically confirms and theoretically proves that domestic remittances have a positive and significant impact on access to financial services, while international remittances affect the likelihood of opening a bank account, but do not have any significant impact on applying for a loan and lending to remittance households. It is substantiated that domestic and international money transfers have a significant positive impact on the opening of bank accounts, even when forging collateral. Based on the results of calculations, the paper substantiates the conclusion that remittances contribute to increasing the availability of financial services in Ghana. It was noted that domestic remittances have a greater potential to improve financial inclusion in Ghana than international remittances. The paper emphasizes that the provision of collateral is an important lever for lending to households. Remittances will have very little impact on financial inclusion when financial institutions require collateral to facilitate the application and grant. According to the results of the study, the following recommendation were provideds: development of a strategy to improve domestic remittances to increase indicators of financial inclusion and economic development; improving the conditions for remittances, especially domestic remittances, in order to ensure their flexibility and deepen financial integration; use of domestic remittances as collateral for household loans. Keywords: collateral, financial inclusion, financial institutions, Ghana, remittances, loan application, migration.
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Nkrumah, Collins, and Abednego Adjei Baffour. "A Pre-requisite for Better Students’ Academic Outcomes: Physical Facilities’ Conditions and Teachers’ Commitment in Cape Coast Senior High Schools." International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science VIII, no. VI (2024): 2323–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.47772/ijriss.2024.806175.
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As time passed, the focus of nations’ economic and social development in this current dispensation has been centered on students’ academic outcomes. Hence, proper planning and systematic and holistic approaches should be implemented in the education field. This goal cannot be achieved without the efforts and involvement of committed teachers and physical facilities conditions. However, an attempt made by the Government of Ghana through the Ministry of Education and the Ghana Education Service to improve and maintain teachers’ commitment to ensuring a low retention rate has paid little or no attention to physical facilities’ conditions that undermine quality education. Given this, the study aimed to determine the relationship between physical facilities’ conditions and teachers’ commitment to senior high schools. The study utilized a descriptive survey design.Top of Form A sample size of 297 teachers completed a questionnaire to determine their commitments whilst an observational checklist was employed to evaluate the conditions of the facilities. Version 23.0 of the Statistical Product and Service Solution (SPSS) was employed to conduct a statistical analysis of the data. The study indicated a positive strong correlation between good physical facilities and teachers’ commitment. The study suggests that the Cape Coast Metro Office should allot a portion of its annual budget to the Cape Coast Education Directorate to provide good physical facilities and also maintain the existing ones for senior high schools in the Metropolis to positively influence teachers’ commitment to work to ensure better students’ academic outcome because physical facilities’ conditions improves teachers’ commitment which in turn commensurate better students’ academic outcome.
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Asante, Samuel K. B. "Over a Hundred Years of a National Legal System in Ghana." Journal of African Law 31, no. 1-2 (1987): 70–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0021855300009256.
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On 1976, Ghana celebrated the centenary of the establishment of its Supreme Court. But this was more than a centenary of a supreme court. It was in fact the celebration of a hundred years of a national legal system. During the past century, Ghana has operated a pluralistic legal system encompassing English and other Western juristic ideas and procedures on the one hand, and Ghana's own indigenous laws on the other. The burden of this paper is to undertake an appraisal of the efficacy of this legal heritage and to consider the challenge which this legacy poses. The emphasis is not so much on the historical or analytical description of the nation's legal heritage as on a functional review of the totality of Ghana's legal experience in the light of the prevailing social and economic conditions. More precisely, to what extent have the Ghanaian courts and legislative bodies succeeded in moulding both the received law and the indigenous customary law to respond to the pressing social and economic needs of the country? Is there in fact a peculiarly Ghanaian legal tradition?The first Supreme Court was established in 1853, but its jurisdiction was confined to the coastal settlements and it could not pretend to be a national institution. The modern Ghanaian legal system was inaugurated by the Supreme Court Ordinance, 1876, which not only established a national judicial system but also prescribed the law and procedure to be applied in this court system.
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Benneh, Amma A., Eugenia Vicky Naa Kwarley Asare, and Edeghonghon Olayemi. "Managing BCR-ABL 1 Negative Myeloproliferative Neoplasms in an Emerging Economic Environment." Blood 128, no. 22 (December 2, 2016): 5489. http://dx.doi.org/10.1182/blood.v128.22.5489.5489.
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Abstract Background: Myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN) are a group of diseases characterized by clonal disorders of the pluripotent stem cell. The annual incidence of all subtypes of MPN is 6-10/100,000 population. MPN without Philadelphia chromosome or BCR-ABL1 fusion gene such as Polycythaemia Vera(PV), Essential Thrombocythaemia (ET) and Myelofibrosis (MF) are known as BCR-ABL1 negative MPN. Diagnosis and management of these conditions in a limited resource environment can be challenging. Some successes have however been chalked when diagnostic and therapeutic difficulties have been overcome. Methodology: A retrospective patient chart review of patients who attended Hematology clinic at the Department of Hematology, Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital was conducted between January 2005 and December 2015.This review included all adult patients diagnosed with PV, ET and MF over the period. Diagnosis of MPN was made mainly by film comment, bone marrow aspirate, trephine biopsy and JAK 2 mutation analysis if patient could afford. Patients records were analyzed for demographic characteristics, clinical signs, hematological parameters, treatment options and outcomes. Results: The annual incidence of MPN over the period under study was 2.4 per year. The median age was 46 (range 24 - 75) years. There was male predominance of 1.9: 1. Splenomegaly was the commonest organomegaly seen. Polycythaemia Vera was the commonest (10; 38.5%) BCR-ABL1 negative MPN to be diagnosed at the hospital within the period. Treatment options available for patients with PV was venesection and hydroxycarbamide. For ET and MF it was hydroxycarbamide and supportive treatment. The longest survivor within the period of study has lived with Polycythaemia Vera for the past 10 years. Conclusion: The diagnosis and management of BCR-ABL1 negative MPN in emerging economic environments can be challenging as resources are limited. Certain conditions such as Hyperreactive malarial splenomegaly (HMS) can also mimic MPN and as such a high index of suspicion coupled with appropriate diagnostic facilities are required for early diagnosis and prompt management. Despite these odds, the disease is controlled reasonably well in our environment giving the patients more years of quality life than they would have had without any intervention. Disclosures Asare: Intramural University of Ghana Research fund: Research Funding; Vanderbilt University Medical Center Gift Funds: Research Funding. Olayemi:Intramural University of Ghana Research fund: Research Funding; Vanderbilt University Medical Center Gift Funds: Research Funding.