ABSTRACT In developing countries, various agricultural credit schemes have been implemented by both government and civil society organizations as a way of overcoming the challenges of access to credit by the actors in agricultural value chains, particularly farmers. This study used the cross sectional research design to examine how effective and efficient the Masara N‟Arziki and the NRGP Agricultural Credit schemes are in meeting the credit needs of farmers in the Wa West District of the U...
ABSTRACT The activities of small scale mining (SSM) companies have come under great scrutiny in Ghana due to bad public image and perception, threatening the sustainability of the sector. The study therefore assessed the extent of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainability adherence by SSM companies operating in the East Akim Municipality. The study further investigated the extent of CSR existence in the organizational policies of SSM companies, analyzed the pattern of CSR prac...
ABSTRACT In Ghana like in other countries, Business Development Services has been acknowledged as a pro- poor development intervention because of its special program models in meeting the required needs of the rural poor especially women. This study analysed how dawadawa processors’ access to Business Development Service under Business Advisory Centre can economically empower them in the Chereponi District. The study was guided by Ester Boserup’s WID theory combined with Schultz’s Huma...
ABSTRACT In the world and Ghana in particular, poor knowledge and access to reproductive health services (RHS) is a major public health issue. The Ghana Adolescent Reproductive Health (GhARH) project is an intervention to improve adolescents’ knowledge and access to RHS. However, little evidence exists to show clearly how the project has yielded results in the Asunafo South District. The study assessed effects of the project on adolescents’ knowledge and access to RHS and the socio cultu...
ABSTRACT The study revolved on how irrigation farming contributes to the livelihood of income generation as a source of support to farmers in the Ghanaian societies in the Wa West District, Upper West Region. The study is descriptive in nature and used both primary and secondary data. Also, a concurrent mixed method was used in collecting and analyzing the data. Thus, the data were discussed and presented quantitative and qualitative form. The data was examined with Statistical Package for t...
ABSTRACT A case study design and a qualitative approach were adopted by the study to examine how the Lambussie District Assembly applied Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation (PM&E) on the District Assemblies Common Fund (DACF) projects it implemented in its area of authority between 2013 and 2017. It emerged from the study that Lambussie District Assembly applied a tokenism form of participation and involved its stakeholders as observers to monitor and evaluate the DACF projects it implem...
ABSTRACT The role of capacity development in urban planning is becoming more and more crucial due to the dramatic increase in urban population and allied urban problems. Strengthening planning agency capacity is fundamental to the design of public policies and programmme interventions for achieving sustainable urban development. This study therefore aimed at ascertaining urban planning capacity development responses to rapid urbanization in Wa Township and Lawra Township. Specifically it add...
ABSTRACT In the global South, within the process of emerging cities are the developments of hotels. Hotel investment and performance constitute pertinent issues to investors, end-users, and city planners alike. However, the performance of these hotels in emerging cities has received less academic attention as research gap. In bridging this gap, the study assessed the spatial effects of urban infrastructure services to hotels, determines the indigenous drivers of hotel supply, and conducted i...