ABSTRACT This study takes a look at the issue of funding development at the local level. A case study of the Agona and Assin District Assemblies of the Central Region of Ghana in the period 1993-1997 is undertaken to help find solutions to the problem of inadequate funding for local development. The objective of the study was to analyze the system of financing local development, determine the degree of success of the system, establish the basis for the levels of success and propose an impro...
ABSTRACT The main purpose for this study was to explore community participation and sustainability of the School Feeding Programme (SFP), examine the existence of community participation within the implementation of the SFP, examine the essence for the sustainability of the programme and assess how community participation contributes to the sustainability of the SFP in CCMA. The study design adopted was qualitative with focus group discussion guide and key informants interview guide as instru...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to examine impact of the COMBAT community policing project on domestic violence in Brong Ahafo region of Ghana. The mixed-method approach, also known as methodological triangulation, was chosen for this study. Specifically, the descriptive case study design was adopted and a total of 89 respondents participated in the study. These included 31 police personnel, 30 COMBAT volunteers, 18 community residents, and 10 key informants. Data collection techniques ...
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background to the Study One major phenomenon that is responsible for the setback in the development of human society is child abuse, specifically bullying. This global phenomenon, has, over the years, attracted the attention of governmental and non-governmental organisations all over the world (Farmer, 2011). Children of today indisputably are the custodians of tomorrow’s world. The continuous existence of any society depends on the ability of the society to sociali...
ABSTRACT The study examined the perceptions of the various stakeholders in the forestry sector on how logging has affected the environmental and socioeconomic life of the communities living around the logging areas in the Adansi East District. The following methods were used: field assessment, collection of field reports from the FSD District Office, aerial photographs of the Forest Reserves and administration of structured questionnaires. Forest Services Division staff in the District and c...
ABSTRACT The study assessed the effects of foreign direct investment on government revenue in Ghana. Foreign direct investment, Per Capita GDP, Education and Urbanisation were used as independent variables whereas tax revenue was taken as dependent variable. Augmented Dickey-Fuller, Phillips-Perron, Ng-Perron and Zivot-Andrews unit root tests were applied to find the level of stationarity in the time series. Autoregressive Distributed Lag and its Error Correction Model were applied to find lo...
ABSTRACT Ghana’s decentralization policy has the agenda of socio-economic transformation which stimulate democracy, political equity and people's active participation at the local level. Local level development planning plays an important part in the decentralisation process. This study set out to examine the prospects and challenges of citizen participation in development planning in the Ga West Municipality. The study was based on both primary and secondary sources of data. Primary data w...
ABSTRACT Ghana’s local government system is premised on citizen’s participation at the local level. Since the enactment of the Local Government Law in 1993, governance structures and systems have been put in place to grant greater autonomy and administrative capacity to local governments, without a commensurate enhancement in the capacity and quality of participation of citizens at the local level. Apart from examining the nature and organisation of civil society organisations, the study ...
ABSTRACT The study aimed at assessing the effects of lending practices of Kakum Rural Bank on its borrowers. Both probability and non-probability sampling techniques were used to select a sample of 256 respondents from four agencies of the bank. The main instruments used to collect data were the interview schedule and the questionnaire. Descriptive statistics and SPSS software were used to analyse the data. The results were presented in charts and frequency tables. The results disclosed that:...
ABSTRACT The study set out to examine the motivation and attitude towards work among kitchen staff in senior high schools (SHSs) within the Kwawu East District. Specifically, it involved an examination of the motivational needs of the staff, the strategies used to motivate kitchen staff and the factors influencing job attitudes of staff. A cross-sectional design was adopted to survey 42 kitchen staff and seven school Principals. Interview schedules were used to collect data from the kitchen...
ABSTRACT Solid waste management presents challenges to both developed and developing countries the world over. This is partly due to increasing population, expansions in towns or cities, poor town planning and inadequate funding of waste management practices. This study looks at the solid waste management practices in the Wa municipality and its associate problems. It describes the management practices in the study area; it also assesses the management practices in the Wa municipality level...
ABSTRACT Issues about the environment are no longer just the air we breathe, or the world we live in, it has become a requirement for businesses to address in an ever more critical global economy. This study assessed the corporate environmental management tools used by manufacturing firms in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis to manage the environmental problems associated with their production. Structured Questionnaire was used to obtain data for this study. The lottery method of sampling was ...
ABSTRACT The study was conducted to find out the factors that affected the recruitment and retention of public senior high school (SHS) teachers in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis. The designs used were the descriptive and noninterventional research designs. Four public senior high schools were involved in the study. The simple random sampling was used to select 112 teachers from the population of teachers in the four schools for the study. The data collection instrument used was the questio...
ABSTRACT This is an exploratory and descriptive study that examined staff motivation as a factor in water and sanitation services delivery in Community Water and Sanitation Agency in Two Districts of the Eastern Region. The objectives of the study were to examine the satisfaction of staff of CWSA in terms of motivation, the effectiveness of the motivational processes on staff members and the stakeholder’s role and satisfaction in the service delivery process. Questionnaires and interviews...
ABSTRACT The study examine the staff training and development programmes of the IRS by; identifying the training and development needs of staff, examining the overall training and development processes, assessing the benefits of training and development as well as examining the challenge facing the effective implementation of staff training and development policies in the IRS. Descriptive and cross-sectional survey designs were adopted for the research and a sample of 240 drawn using simple...