Composite budgeting is an essential requirement for the effectiveness of decentralised governance. The study examined composite budgeting in North Gonja, Kumbungu and Sagnarigu Municipal Assemblies in the Savannah and Northern Regions of Ghana. A multiple case design involving interviews with thirty –six (36) participants using semi-structured interview guide was used for the study. Purposive sampling was used to select Municipal and Districts Coordinating Directors, Planning Officers, Budg...
As a means of mitigating the effects of restrictions arising from the creation of the Mole National Park, a tourism intervention was introduced in Mognori, a village on one of the fringes of the famed park. This study assesses the Mognori Ecovillage Project especially in terms of its anticipated role in diversifying livelihoods. Qualitative research approaches were employed. Instruments such as In-depth Interview schedules were used to elicit information from household heads while focus group...
Internally generated fund plays an important role in the overall development of District Assemblies in Ghana. DAs in Ghana are entitled to mobilise resources locally for their expenditure needs. Internally Generated Fund (IGF) of the sub-national Governments is basically their own-sourced revenues of District Assemblies'. The study examined the contribution of internally generated fund to the overall development of the Karaga District. It is identified that the IGF mobilisation in the distric...
This study sought to identify community groups that were operating with an- eco- nomic focus and to assess the potential for Technoserve (TNS) to initiate work with them. Women's groups engaged in shea-nut harvesting, selling, and shea butter extraction were targeted. Focus areas were: level of activity, potentials and constraints, income generating and livelihood activities. A combination of instruments, namely purposive sampling of communities, windshield survey, semi- structured interviews...
Over the past three decades, there has been increasing recognition of irrigation development as a source of sustainable poverty reduction. This argument is rooted in the fact that poverty is endemic among food crop producers in the rural areas. The central argument has been that, if the poor have access to water throughout the year, they would be able to produce two or three times in a year, especially in the savannah regions. Thus, accelerating the provision of irrigation infrastructure is o...
Micro-credit has been acknowledged as a resourceful means of enhancing people economic activities and eliminating poverty among the poor. In Ghana, many organisations including those for disabled persons have adopted micro-credit as a strategy for enhancing empowerment. This study sought to explore, highlight and provide scientific information on the role of micro-credit in the economic empowerment of disabled persons using the Anglican and Community-Based Rehabilitation micro-credit programm...
In recent times communication has been considered very integral in creating awareness of community members on the issues around HIV/AIDS. As such experts continue to use varied innovative ways of helping community members improved their knowledge on HIV/AIDS. This study was conducted to assess the impact of using communication to create HIV/AIDS awareness among the people of Fou Traditional Area in the Northern Region of Ghana. The study employed a descriptive cross-sectional design. Simple a...
This study was set out to assess the participation of stakeholders in sanitation services delivery in public basic schools within the Wa Municipality of the Upper West Region. A mixed method design was used and analysis drawn using content and thematic approaches. Data were collected using interviews, focus group discussions and observation. The study found that stakeholders' participation towards provision of sanitary facilities in schools within the Wa Municipality was very low as a result ...
Water resources management (WRM) is key to socio-economic development. This study examined WRM practices and how it effects socio-economic development, using the Kassena-Nankana East Municipality and the Bongo District in the Upper East Region as the study areas. In pursuance of this, both qualitative and quantitative methods were adopted. Structured questionnaires administration, key informant interviews, observations and focus group discussions were the data collection techniques employed. ...
Ecotourism has, over the past three decades, been employed globally as a tool to secure a balance between the need for environmental preservation and the sustenance of the communities which depend directly on it. Consequently, the trend has been to designate natural resources as Protected Areas, limit access to them and regulate their use. While this approach has been successful in protecting the ecological integrity of the said spaces, the same cannot be said for the livelihoods of persons l...
Decentralisation has been proposed as a way of improving social services provision globally. However, its viability is yet to be fully evidenced in Sub-Saharan Africa. The study seeks to investigate the contribution of decentralisation to social services provision in the Central Gonja District of the Savannah Region. To achieve this, the study adopted the qualitative and quantitative approaches to research. Data was collected using in-depth interviews, observations and Questionnaire administr...
Over the years Institutions have contributed in diverse ways in the management of natural resources. Little is known about the roles of traditional institutions in the management of natural resources. Because of the little knowledge about the roles traditional authorities play, management and sustainability of natural resources becomes a problem in West Gonja traditional area. The research is to find out how the roles and issues of traditional institutions could be mainstreamed in the managem...
Abstract Latent semantic analysis (LSA) application in information retrieval promises to offer better performance by overcoming some limitations that plagues traditional termmatching techniques. These term-matching techniques have always relied on matching query terms with document terms to retrieve the documents having terms matching the query terms. However, by use of these traditional retrieval techniques, users’ needs have not been adequately served. While users want to search through ...
Abstract A shift from technology-oriented knowledge management to people-oriented knowledge management is indispensable. To achieve this, organizations must understand the nature of knowledge. In this work, knowledge has been found to be both a process and a collection of artifacts. This makes knowledge and the knower to be two inseparable entities. Consequently, the appropriate way to share both the explicit and the implicit knowledge components is through people-with-people connection. How...
Abstract Worldwide bullfighting culture is believed to have been born out of spiritual beliefs. The cultural sport is known for entertainment, cultural, economic and political development. The current study unraveled the phenomenon of bullfighting culture and its influence on the development of the Abakakamega of Western Kenya since 1850. It had three objectives: To trace the origins and development of bullfighting culture, to assess various aspects contributing to the growth of bullfighting...