Local Government and Development Studies Research Papers/Topics

An Assessment of the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty Programme in the Bongo District, Ghana

It assesses the implementation of the livelihood empowerment against poverty program ( LEAP) in the Bongo District, Ghana ABSTRACTGhana has drafted and is implementing a National Social Protection Strategy (NSPS)aimed at protecting its vulnerable population. A major component of the NSPS is theLivelihood   Empowerment   Against   Poverty   Programme   (LEAP).   LEAP   is   both   a conditional and  unconditional   direct  cash transfer   targeted   at  the poorest ...

Disaster Response (Relief Strategies)in Zimbabwe. Case of Tokwe Mukosi

ABSTRACT  The main thrust of the research was to investigate the effectiveness of disaster response in Zimbabwe. The topic is called disaster response (relief strategies) in Zimbabwe Case of TokweMukosi. The objectives of the study included identifying and establishing the various roles of different stakeholders, local government, Department of Civil protection, NGOs, Civil Society Organisations etc, in disaster response in Zimbabwe, determining the effects of disasters, establishing an effe...

The progress on how results based management has been implemented by appointed officials from 2013 to 2016 .the case of sanyati rural district council.

ABSTRACT The study sought to address the progress on how Results Based Management has been implemented by appointed officials from 2013 to 2016.The case of Sanyati RDC. The main objectives of this study are to evaluate the role of appointed officials in implementing Results Based Management against what they are doing , to know the impacts of the efforts and coming up with solutions to enhance their performance. Zimbabwean government in 2005 adopted RBM due to corruption, poor communication ...

NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE SCHEME IN GHANA: EXPERIENCES AND CHALLENGES OF WASSA WEST HEALTH INSURANCE SCHEME

ABSTRACT The Wassa West Health Insurance Scheme (WWHIS), a district health insurance scheme in the Western Region, provides insurance cards to subscribers in the district to access affordable health care from accredited health facilities. The study was carried out to find out the extent to which health care is accessible and affordable to the people and to determine the sustainability of the scheme. Ten communities in the district were purposively selected. These communities cut across the en...

CHALLENGES OF THE GHANA POLICE SERVICE UNDER CONSTITUTIONAL REGIMES FROM 1992 TO 2008: A CASE STUDY OF ASHANTI CENTRAL DIVISION

ABSTRACT The role of the police in any modern society is enormous. Maintenance of internal security is the main responsibility of the police service. It has been emphasized by several scholars that the environment within which the police operate is of great concern to civil society. It was based on this rationale that a study was undertaken into the operations of the police in the Ashanti Central Division of the Ghana Police in the Ashanti Region. A sample of 300 respondents made of 20 SPOs a...

An inquiry whether the recorded increase in economic growth between 2010 and 2014 has reduced poverty in the educational dimension across households in Abuja, Nigeria: with focus on Bwari, Gw

The World Bank’s 2014 Nigeria Economic Report (NER) has it that the Nigerian economy recorded sustained growth between 2010 and 2014, with an annual growth rate of 8% and an increased gross national product (GNP) of US$ 509 billion recorded in 2013, the report has it that the Nigerian economy is the largest economy in Africa and 26th in the world. In Development Studies, scholars have debated that economic growth reduces poverty. In the face of this recorded economic growth by the World Ban...