Abstract The government of Ghana has used many strategies including the Capitation Grant, the School Feeding Programme and recently the distribution of free school uniforms to pupils in basic school to improve enrollment and attendance in basic schools in Ghana. The Capitation Grant and the School Feeding Programme were not directed first at improving enrollment and attendances of pupils in basic schools, but it had unintended positive effects on enrollment and in many cases attendance in th...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to examine the nature and causes of solid waste crime at Damongo in the Northern region of Ghana. The research used mixed method approach. Among the data collection tools used included interviews, observation, questionnaire and review of official documents. A sample of 97 households and other key stakeholders concerned with and connected to solid waste management in the District were covered in the data collection. The results show that a combination of ...
ABSTRACT Low yield and poor quality of onions produced from the Sudan Savannah Agro-ecological Zone of Ghana among other factors attributed to lack of appropriate cultivars for cultivation, poor knowledge of plant spacing and storability. These factors have the potential of lowering income levels of farmers and wasting of precious agriculture land. Field and storage experiments were conducted at Bawku in the Upper East Region of Ghana from 2015 to 2016 to investigate the response of cultivar...
ABSTRACT This study assessed the influence of livelihood enhancement programmes on rural-urban migration in the Kijew, Dagbambia, Gbung and Libi communities in the East Gonja District in the Northern Region of Ghana. The descriptive and cross-sectional designs were adopted for the study. A representative sample size of 502 was selected out of the total population for the study. Semi-structured questionnaire was used for data collection. The descriptive statistics was used to analyse the data...
ABSTRACT This study is/was an assessment of community-based natural resource management in rural areas and how natural resources enhance community livelihoods in reducing poverty against the backdrop of resource depletion. The study adopted a trans-disciplinary approach to research aimed at gathering the necessary information on natural resource management. Data collection techniques such as review of relevant literature, focus group discussions, in-depth interviews, formal institutional int...
PROJECT SUMMARY This particular project examines the poor academic performance of students at the basic school level. Examinations of all kinds including the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BEC E) are seen to be compulsory and also been used as a basic entry requirement into the Senior High School (SHS) level. However, there is generally been poor performance in the selected schools. This is attributed to teachers’ inability to complete their respective subject syllabuses and less...
ABSTRACT Mobile money (MoMo) has witnessed significant increase in adoption since its inception into the Ghanaian financial market in 2009. Available statistics by the Bank of Ghana show that between 2012 and 2017, the number of registered MoMo customers increased by 534%, and active MoMo customers increased by 3,119%. With this performance, it is expected that MoMo will drive financial inclusion by not only providing users with a service to make money transfers but graduating them to use oth...
ABSTRACT About 85% of Ghana‟s deforestation is human-induced, based on the quest for livelihoods. The Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation plus (REDD+) initiative aimed at mitigating climate change by providing incentives to conserve forest lands, is criticized as largely favouring rich investors and owners of large forests lands instead of the poor whose activities account for 85% of total forest loss. The poor, mostly rural dwellers, therefore have very little motivation t...
ABSTRACT Advocacy in promoting women participation In decision making have become key in communities. The study was conducted qualitatively with the use of an Action Research design. The sample was selected through the purposive and convenient sampling methods. About 15 women were interviewed to ascertain their opinions on the promotion of women participation in decision making at the community level. The main objective of the study was to advocate for an improvement in women participation i...
Abstract This paper contributes to the debate on the educational reforms and the role of the polytechnics in economic development of Ghana. The paper was an outcome of a review of secondary data supported by interviews with, polytechnic Rectors, polytechnic administrators and government officials across seven polytechnics in Ghana. Purposive sampling technique was used to select the key informants and qualitative analysis procedure was used. The study examined the educational development fro...
ABSTRACT The connection between security and development cannot be overstated. This is because human security is a vital objective of development which when not in place can have negative consequences for development. Crime is one of the major precipitators of insecurity globally, and capable of impeding development. The continuous increase in high rate of crime even in the presence of traditional policing is said to have triggered the call for shift from military-based policing to a democra...
ABSTRACT Available studies suggest that there is still little primary data in the Ghanaian context to show whether rural banking activities hold any prospect for women’s socio-economic empowerment, hence the need for this study to assess to the efficacy of rural bank’s credit in empowering women in the research area. The objective of the research was to find out whether women can be empowered in the process of accessing and utilizing the rural bank credit in their socio-economic activiti...
Abstract The study is about womens ' education and poverty reduction. It provides information on womens ' education and poverty reduction in the Tamale metropolis . It focuses on the relationship between womens ' formal education and upbringing of girls. Similarly, it provides perspectives on different groups within which the relationship between variables such as age, education , religious background of respondents and their idea about womens ' education and poverty reduction. Interviews we...
ABSTRACT The study looks at the concept of community policing (CP) in crime prevention in an edge city such as the Awutu Senya East Municipality (ASEMA). Specifically the research investigated the evolution and institutional arrangements governing CP practices within the municipality, assessed the impact of CP on community safety, crime reduction, fear of crime and risk of victimisation. The study further evaluated the mechanisms employed by the community police in engaging the community in c...
ABSTRACT The urban population in Ghana keeps increasing with resultant pressures exerted on the resources of the nation and congestion created especially in slums or informal areas. These have caused much pressure on the few facilities especially in the areas of water and sanitation and have contributed to worsening urban poverty. This study analysed the factors influencing householders‟ access to improved water and sanitation facilities in selected low-income urban areas of Accra. The sele...