ABSTRACT The relationship between fiscal decentralisation and local economic development has been a subject of particular interest to most scholars of public administration and development economists. Improving public good and service delivery is one of the predominant challenges facing governments worldwide, especially how it impacts on the general economic development of the poor and the vulnerable in society. Fiscal decentralisation is largely accepted as a tool for poverty reduction and ...
ABSTRACT Research into expenditure patterns of households using external remittances for consumption or investment purpose has gained prominent attention in academic and policy circles recently. This study joins the debate to analyze the relationship between external migrant remittances and household expenditure patterns in Ghana. The study looks at key consumption and investment variables namely food, utilities, education, health, agriculture and housing to assess the expenditure behavior o...
ABSTRACT The aim of this study is to examine e-government implementation at the DVLA and to generate a comprehension from the perspective of the implementers. A case study method within the qualitative approach of social research was employed. In all twelve (12) participants were purposively selected and interviewed using the one-on-one in-depth interview method. An interpretive analyses as well as secondary data from the literature review were used to analyze the results of the study. It wa...
ABSTRACT The study sought to find out the influence of organisational learning and employees creativity on the quality of work life among employees in Ghanaian organisations. The design of the study was a sequential explanatory mixed research design. The populations consisted of all employees in Ghanaian organisations. Samples were drawn from lecturers in University of Cape Coast, Educational Foundations Department, nurses from University of Cape Coast hospital, staff from Vodafone Ghana, Gh...
ABSTRACT Commercial banks play a leading role in the economic development of a country and this role of can be achieved only if the banks are stable. Digital banking technology is one way that commercial banks have used to improve their financial performance which is largely based on retail and corporate banking activities. Retail banking customers are widely spread geographically and this makes it a challenge to the banks to network in such a way that enables them to capture a wide area of c...
ABSTRACT Climate smart agriculture (CSA) has been proposed as the best way forward for agriculture in the face of climate change. This study was conducted to survey the types of CSA practices in Anafobiisi and Gowrie-Kunkua communities in the Bongo district of the Upper East Region of Ghana, and also to investigate the role of local institutions in facilitating the adoption of such practices and the impacts on livelihoods. Results of the study indicated that commonly adopted CSA practices i...
ABSTRACT The wave of technological advancement has made electricity an indispensable input in an economy. It reigns at the center of households’ basic activities and productivity of industrial and service firms. Its supply in Ghana, like many other African countries has however, not been consistent over the years. This lays demand on policymakersfrom households and firms to increase the quantity supplied. In response to this, several thermal plants have been installed to augment the limite...
ABSTRACT The African continent has witnessed a number of bloody conflicts since the end of the cold war leading to serious consequences including political, social, economic and humanitarian problems. Although Ghana enjoys considerable peace compared to Cote d’Ivoire, Liberia, Sierra Leone and others, it is venerable to intermittent communal violence as well as ethnic and chieftaincy conflicts. The Northern Region, in particular has witnessed protracted conflicts over chieftaincy such as...
ABSTRACT Spectator violence in stadiums is part of a larger set of problems related to misbehaviour in football and it has resulted into deaths and injuries during football events, especially where rival football clubs are playing. This is especially exacerbated where fans seating arrangement is not properly demarcated. The purpose of this study was therefore to assess crowd management strategies applied by the management of government-owned sports stadia in Nairobi County, Kenya. The manage...
ABSTRACT The number of global working poor far exceeds the number of unemployed people. Thus, employment creation is not sufficient for poverty alleviation. For this reason, the concept of ‘decent work’, which seeks to measure the quality and quantity of work was proposed by the ILO in 1999 as a necessary and sufficient condition for poverty eradication. Achieving universal decent work is now one of the first eight SDG’s to be achieved by all countries in 2030. Previous studies on dece...
ABSTRACT Goal setting play an important role in motivation. It has the ability to direct attention and ensures persistence of an individual. In this study, the researcher was interested in how goal setting serve as a motivation to teachers in Senior High Schools in Eastern Region of Ghana. The objectives of the study were to find the factors that influence teachers to set personal goals, to examine how these set goals direct attention and regulates their efforts, to explore the range of stra...
ABSTRACT This thesis examines the nexus between proliferation of small arms and armed robbery in Ghana using Alavanyo as the epicenter of manufacturing of small arms. Using a qualitative research method approach, a selected sample of 39 respondents were interviewed. The study relied on Merton‟s Strain Theory and Sutherland‟s Differential Association Theory to anchor data analysis. The study showed that blacksmiths engage in illegal manufacturing of small arms to obtain money to meet thei...
ABSTRACT Small and Medium Enterprises continue to fail from the problems that Microfinance Institutions claim to offer solutions to. A survey by Kenya National Bureau of statistics, (2016 ) indicates that three out of five Small and Medium Enterprises businesses fail within the first few months of operation. A gap exists in finding out the effect of Microfinance Institutions and financial performance of Small and Medium Enterprises. This study therefore sought to establish the effect of micro...
ABSTRACT The dismal performance of significant number of organizations in the security sector was associated with inadequate use of Management Information systems. The Mtongwe base of the Kenya Navy, being one of the affected organizations, was of great significance due to its contribution in ensuring secure maritime environment. However, the under-usage of MIS was gradually on the rise and the Navy was not been left out. To enhance service delivery and operational capabilities, the Kenya Na...
This paper discuss the effects of frustration on performance. The research was carried by the approved process and steps. The frustration was created by giving list of anagrams to 22 participants and the hypothesise were participant will perform better in list A in which no frustration was given and participants will take time on list B in which frustration was created.