ABSTRACT The purpose of this research was to determine the extent to which OmniBank’s SME Clinic has had a positive effect on the business management capacity and knowledge of owners/managers of SMEs in Ghana, with focus on the Accra Metropolis. This was done primarily through: determining the strengths and weaknesses of OmniBank’s SME Clinic and investigating the effect of OmniBank’s SME Clinic on the business management capacity and knowledge of owners/managers of SMEs. Looking at the...
ABSTRACT This study examined the impact of mobile money and banking services on poverty alleviation in Ghana. In recent years, mobile money and banking services are argued to increase financial inclusion, especially in developing economies. The penetration of these services is therefore also theorized to reduce poverty significantly. However, despite the increasing penetration of banking and mobile money services in Ghana, there are limited studies assessing how the two impact on poverty a...
ABSTRACT The study examines the impact of macroeconomic variables (inflation, exchange rate, and interest rate) on stock market performance in Ghana using quarterly data ranging from 2008 to 2018. Using time-series techniques of co-integration and vector error correction estimation, the study examines both the short-run and long-run associations between macroeconomic variables and stock market performance. The study uses the GSE all-share index as a dependent variable to measure stock market...
ABSTRACT The central objective of this study is to assess the effect of capital structure on performance of OMCs in Ghana. The data sample consists of six oil marketing companies that have been in continuous existence from 2010-2015. The study employed panel regression models to examine the relationship between capital structure and performance of OMCs in Ghana. The results of this study show that the analysis of leverage and firm performance relationship produces mixed outturns. The leverage...
ABSTRACT For a nation to grow faster, it must direct its oil revenue on pro-poor investment. It must be noted also that, reforms in the health and educational sectors are cornerstones of a nation. This means that investment in health and education is so important that a country should dedicate its natural resource revenue towards these sectors. The emphasis on investment in health and education cannot be taken for granted. As a result, this study empirically examines the influence of natural ...
ABSTRACT The study is on the topic assessing the Impact of revenue on development in the Accra Metropolitan Assembly. The research aims at discovering other sources of revenue that are available to the Assembly, assess the strategies that is being used for revenue collection and the accounting standard being used. Lastly, the research considered the impact of the internally generated fund. The test was made up of Assembly members, Revenue collectors, Core management Staff, District Planning C...
ABSTRACT Motivation – Globally, emerging economies are liberalizing their foreign direct investment regimes and adapting to best practices to attract investment. Purpose – The purpose of this study was to identify the motives behind increased Chinese decision to make foreign direct investment in Ghana. Methodology – The data used in this study was mainly from secondary sources consisting of yearly observations from 1993 to 2017 for the independent variables, and from 1994 to 2018 for th...
ABSTRACT The advent of social media platforms has been considered as one of the breakthroughs in e-business. Firms around the globe have capitalized on social media to market their products. This study sought to examine how social media usage has influenced the profitability of SMEs in Ghana, using SMEs in Accra as a case study. In attempt to address the study objectives, a mixmethodology research was adopted. Thus, the study collected both quantitative and qualitative data to explore th...
ABSTRACT The banking industry in Ghana has undergone a major shift in focus, partly in response to the advent of global financial liberalization and innovation. The industry increased the number of banks to thirty-four (34) as at December, 2016 and subsequently to thirty-seven (37) in 2017. The Ghanaian economy also experienced a series of macro-economic shocks, which impacted adversely on the banking industry, exposing weaknesses in the governance structures, the industry also experienced...
Introduction Roles of Government Objectives of tax system Principles of Tax system: - Factors that policy maker should consider to meet objectives of tax system: Problems faced by policy maker while designing tax system: - Conclusion References
Abstract The paper examines the effect of natural resource rents and institutional quality on financial sector development in West Africa. Using pooled OLS, fixed effect and system generalized method of moments (GMM) estimations with several robustness checks, the results indicate that natural resource rents have an adverse effect on financial development. Further evidence shows that institutional indicators, based on control of corruption, rule of law and government effectiveness, positively...
Abstract In view of the indispensable role of financial sector in both emerging and developing economies, there has been a notable spotlight on the financial sector development over the years in most African countries. Nonetheless, there are only a few studies on this topical issue, particularly for Nigeria. Hence, this study examines the long – run and short – run dynamic relationship between institutional quality and financial development in Nigeria over the period of 1984 – 2015 usin...
Finance investment is putting money into something with the expectation of gain. Investment in Stock market is very popular in Bangladesh. In 2010, so many people invested into the stock market and this investment made them millionaire. But in the fast quarter of 2011 stock market crashed. Millions of investors have been rendered bankrupt as a result of the market crash. Lack of analytical knowledge is one of the reasons behind this market crash. In share market to minimize the risk two types...
This research study analyzes the relationship between liquidity and profitability in a group of companies comprising the major sugar entities listed on the Karachi stock exchange now merged to Pakistan Stock exchange using five years data from 2010 to 2014 and to run definite tests linked to numerical investigations. The aim of this work is to verify the relationship between these two indicators using the financial data published by the companies and application of statistical procedures like...
ABSTRACT Generally, policies and strategies of Nigerian government towards foreign direct investments are shaped by two principal objectives of desire for economic independence and the demand for economic development. Multi national corporations are expected to bring into Nigeria, foreign capital in the form of technical skills, entrepreneurship, technology and investment fund to boost economic activities thereby, rising the standard of living of Nigerian. The main issues in this paper rel...