ABSTRACT Despite the widespread advocacy for exclusive breastfeeding, and associated health, social and economic benefits, there is a low prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding in both developed and developing countries. Whilst several studies have been conducted on exclusive breastfeeding, few of such studies have linked birth weight and birth size independently with exclusive breastfeeding. Given that there is limited data on birth weight, birth size is often used as a proxy for birth weight...
ABSTRACT The study aimed to examine the association between social support and perceived vulnerability to flooding in two flood prone communities in the Accra Metropolitan Assembly. Jamestown which is made up largely of Ga indigenes and Agbogbloshie an ethnically heterogeneous community were selected. Purposive and random sampling techniques were employed during the study. Purposive sampling was used in selecting respondents who have had some flooding experience. Random sampling on the other ...
ABSTRACT Bɩrfʊɔr remains one of the least studied languages in the Gur family. This thesis therefore, takes a detailed look at some Aspects of the phonology of the language. Data for this study is derived from both primary and secondary sources. Primary data was gathered using the Summer Institute of Linguistics (SIL) Africa Area Word List 2 (SILCAWL 2) compiled by Douglas Boon (see wordlist in the appendix). Secondary sources include data from existing literature such as the literacy mate...
ABSTRACT Migration is one of the most topical issues in the last decades due to its complex nature and both the benefits and challenges that come with it. The growing Chinese presence in Africa has led to several agitations and strong public opinions. In recent times, this new trend of migration by Chinese has led to the influx of Chinese products and the rapid growth of small Chines shops. This has been viewed as posing as an obstacle to the indigenes who are managing the informal sector the...
ABSTRACT This study examined the drivers of the choices of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities by media institutions in the Ghana. It also investigated the nature and processes of CSR engagement by these institutions. Carroll (1991)’s CSR pyramid model and the systems theory provided conceptual logic, methodological insight and scholarly critique for the study. A qualitative approach, entailing in-depth interviews with managers of CSR departments in seven media institutions, wa...
ABSTRACT This study appraised the impact of state behaviour on rebellion in La Côte d’Ivoire. It was occasioned by the continued recurrence of rebellion in that country, despite efforts at ensuring peace. Rebellion undermines political and socio-economic development; hence the need to investigate the extent to which state behaviour has contributed to rebellion in La Côte d’Ivoire. The research set out three objectives. First, it sought to examine the relationship between state behaviour...
ABSTRACT This study particularly focuses on the existing relationship between the practice of liberal democracy and socio-economic development in Africa. The concept and practice of liberal democracy is one that is widely popular in the international system and states continually strive to adhere to and uphold the values of liberal democracy. In as much as it is largely believed that Liberal Democracy goes a long way to affect the socio-economic development of states, this assertion is contra...
ABSTRACT Wars and conflicts have been dominant in the history of the world, particularly in Africa for some time now. The Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) records that the continent of Africa experienced an approximately 630 state-based and non-state armed conflicts between 1990 and 2015. These conflicts have been caused by a multiplicity of factors and have negatively impacted the economic development of states. The youth have often been involved in these conflicts. Sierra Leone experien...
ABSTRACT The objectives of the study were to: identify employee motivation practices of Newmont Ghana; determine extent to which the motivation practices meet the expectations of the employees of the company; and determine employee perception of the effect of non-monetary motivation practices on their morale. Exiting literature on employee motivational practices helped generate questionnaire to collect data. Twenty items were pretested and appropriate corrections made to ensure the reliabilit...
ABSTRACT Education is key to the development of every nation and to deepen the benefits of education communication is necessary to aid the expression of ideas, opinions, thoughts and feelings either written or orally. There is however evidence that students in Junior High Schools lack the required depth of knowledge in English language. Students of Wobil Junior High School tend to make errors that suggest they do not have a full grasp of the rules of grammar; however, no comprehensive study h...
ABSTRACT This project work describes the different methods of analyzing the economics of a solar water heating system to determine its economic viability and potential in Ghana. The economic variables in relation to cost that were considered in the analyses are the annual cost of owning the collector, storage unit and associated controls, the annualized life-cycle cost (ALCC) of operating the system, the yearly cost of maintenance, life-cycle savings (LCS), life-cycle cost (LCC), the payback ...
ABSTRACT The study investigated shared responsibilities of basic school headteachers at Asokore Mampong Circuit. The objectives of the study were to investigate the dominant responsibilities shared by headteachers of basic school, identify the factors that hinder effective sharing of responsibilities process in basic schools, and to determine how to improve effective shared responsibilities in basic schools at Asokore Mampong Circuit. Three research questions were formulated to guide the stud...
ABSTRACT This study focused on females in political leadership positions. The purpose was to examine the experiences of females in political leadership positions in the Sunyani West District. This study adopted qualitative approach. A total of 14 participants were selected using purposive sampling. The data were collected using interviews. Thematic analysis was used for the data analysis. The results showed that females in political leadership positions perceive leadership in three different ...
ABSTRACT The rationale for this study is to do systematic investigation into the prevalence of corporal punishment, kinds of offences that attract corporal punishment, the long and short term effects of corporal punishment, and the alternatives to management of misbehavior. The design used for this work is descriptive survey. The researcher wanted to describe the characteristics of the targeted population and their phenomenon. This made the researcher to use descriptive survey. The investigat...
ABSTRACT The study was conducted to explore female migration and drop out in the Ashanti Akim South district. The objectives of the study were to identify the perceived school factors that dominantly cause school dropouts, determine the perceived home factors that dominantly causes school dropouts and to find out the perceived effects of school dropouts in the district. The researcher used descriptive survey design with closed ended questionnaire as the research instrument for the study. The ...