ABSTRACT The study assessed the contribution of international NGOs towards sustainable health promotion in the Northern Region. It has also investigated the level of collaboration and networking among the international NGOs working in the health sector in the Northern Region as well as the key intervention areas of the International NGOs health programmes and the problems affecting their health programmes implementation among others. The Northern Region is plagued with a myriad of health haz...
ABSTRACT The study was a randomly-sampling based survey of 165 respondents living in three suburbs of Abokobi – low-income, middle-income and high-income areas. It was undertaken to identify the types of solid wastes generated by householders, ascertain the solid waste management practices of households, assess the level knowledge of households with regards to the various methods for converting solid wastes into resources for their benefit, and assess the current practices of converting so...
ABSTRACT Education has been recognized as an important tool in reducing poverty, especially due to its intergenerational effects. Thus poverty reduction efforts have often targeted the educational sector with national governments leading the way. Government interventions have however been unable to adequately ensure educational access for all. As a result, Non-Governmental Organisations such as Compassion International (CI) have stepped in to provide complementary programmes to make education...
ABSTRACT Property taxation is the backbone of local government revenue across the globe. Thus, property tax non-compliance behaviour threatens the independence, sustainability and development effort of local governments. This study sought to examine factors affecting property rate compliance behaviour in Ghana: the case of Ga East Municipality. Specifically, the study sought to assess property owners‟ level of knowledge of property rate laws, and the determinant factors of compliance behav...
ABSTRACT This study is an analysis of the direct relationship between capital adequacy ratio and economic growth using gross domestic product as a proxy. Also, capital adequacy ratio and some selected macro-economic variables in Ghana. The study employs secondary data from bank of Ghana database, world development indicators and Ghana statistical service over a seventeen-year period of 2002 to 2018. The relationships calculated in this study were tested using a correlation analysis. The stud...
ABSTRACT Decentralisation comes with concepts such as fiscal decentralisation and autonomy which enjoins local governments to generate revenue from internal sources. The local government reforms in the 1990s and its subsequent Local Government Act in 1993 provide for a number of instruments to empower local governments in their local revenue generation. The internally generated funds (IGFs) are the own-sourced revenue of local governments in the country. It is revenue generated, accessed and...
ABSTRACT Health financing has become a topical issue among development practitioners in most developing countries. This has necessitated some countries introducing social health insurance schemes as a way of financing health. Health insurance schemes are recognized as a tool to finance health care provision in developing countries including Ghana. The health insurance scheme was introduced in Ghana with the purpose of reducing catastrophic health expenditures, improving access and also ensur...
ABSTRACT Rapid population growth, urbanization and its associated real estate growth lead landfills to compete with residential land use, especially in peri-urban. Though the effects of landfills on residential communities are well-known in literature, there are inconclusive findings in developing countries on the effects on living close by them. This study addresses this knowledge gap by exploring the effects of the Pantang landfills on residents around it. The objectives were to examine th...
ABSTRACT Consumers are often identified as a driving force for corporate organizations. In return, organizations perform Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities to support its customers by reaching out to communities. However, little is known about the effect of CSR activities on consumers and their communities. One of the primary roles of CSR is to ensure the continuing commitment by corporate organizations to behave ethically and contribute to economic development, while improving...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to examine the level and pattern of stigmatization and discrimination against PLWHAs and its implications for spread and prevention in the Nsawam/Adoagyiri municipality in the Eastern region of Ghana. Data were gathered quantitatively with some qualitative supplementary data. The quantitative data were gathered through administration of questionnaires to 70 persons living with HIV/AIDS, with the qualitative data been gathered through in-depth interview...
ABSTRACT One of the world’s problems in the 21st century has been high population growth which slackens economic growth and development of many developing countries. This is fueled by high fertility rates especially in the rural areas. The era between 1960 and now has seen unprecedented development in the area of birth control mechanisms but with very little decrease in human population particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. With the proliferation of modern contraceptives and Ghana’s enunc...
ABSTRACT The study entailed an investigation into the factors that promote the academic success of special needs children at the primary school level. The study was carried out in Awutu Senya East Municipal Assembly in two of the 10 inclusive schools three years after the municipality started piloting inclusive education. The study examined the link between the academic success of Special Educational Needs (SEN) children and the following variables: the behaviours and attitudes of SEN childre...
Abstract An effective transportation system is important in sustaining economic growth in contemporary economies since it provides linkages between different parts of the country and the global world. An efficient transportation system plays an important role in catering to the daily necessities in the lives of the citizens. A well established transportation system is not only key to national growth but also serves as a catalyst for economic development of a country. However, in recent time...
ABSTRACT A study was conducted at the Korle-bu Teaching Hospital to determine the constraints of maternity healthcare delivery. Sixty-two patients as well as professional and non professional staff were interviewed. The results indicate that 90.3% of patients who access maternity care at the hospital come from within Accra while 9.7% come from the immediate suburbs. An average of 167 patients attend antenatal clinic daily and most prefer KBTH to other hospitals because of the presence of exp...
Abstract It is a clear and undisputable fact that savings is of great value to a nation’s growth and development. Mobilizing both domestic and international savings is necessary if any society can proceed into ‘self-sustaining economic growth’. Higher savings has been proven to precede economic growth. Therefore the analysis of saving is the analysis of issues of growth and development. This study therefore sought to examine the savings habit of households using the GLSS 5 data with mu...