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Sustainability Accounting Education: An Assessment Of Accounting Education In Ghana.

ABSTRACT This study aimed to look at accounting education and accounting curriculum in Ghana and to assess the perception of accounting academics on the matter of how sustainability could be integrated adequately in accounting education among public universities in Ghana. This investigation takes a gander at the critical issue of sustainability and how it can be coordinated at the institutional, curricular and instrumental level. A combination of two qualitative approaches were utilized for ...

Effect Of Agency Banking Transactions On Financial Performance Of Small Scale Enterprises In Kiambu Town, Kenya

ABSTRACT Over the last eight years, agency banking has progressively gained importance in Kenya. Agency banking has enabled banks to save on costs associated with opening bank branches and has offered convenience to bank customers who before the introduction of agency banking involuntarily had to travel long distances and incur hefty amounts on transportation in order to access a bank branch. Agency banking is facilitated by small scale enterprises who take up the role of the bank teller and ...

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The Prospects And Constraints Of Reintegrating Accused Witches In Mainstream Society: The Case Of Tindang And Gambaga Witches' Camps

ABSTRACT Belief in witchcraft is a world wide phenomenon. In Africa, its occurrence is almost universal. Although in some societies this belief plays a very minor role in the daily lives of the people, in most it is no exaggeration to say that one cannot gain any fundamental grasp of the attitude which people have towards one another nor can one understand many aspects of their ideas regarding good, evil and causation and their associated beliefs without understanding their belief in witchcr...

Workload And Occupational Stress: The Moderating Role Of Leadership Styles In Selected Banks In Ghana

ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to investigate leadership styles (transactional and transformational) among bank workers and to ascertain whether it moderated the relationship between workload and occupational stress. The study adopted the quantitative research approach. Purposive and convenience sampling techniques were used in select participating banks and respondents for the study. In all, four banks participated in the study and a total of 250 structured questionnaires administere...

Implications Arising From Judicial Resolution Of Presidential Election Disputes In Kenya

ABSTRACT In recent years, there has been a substantial increase in the filing of presidential electoral disputes for purposes of resolution by the courts. This trend which can be observed globally has placed courts at the centre of the resolution of presidential election disputes as well as other electoral disputes. This central judicial role in resolving electoral disputes notwithstanding, a general analysis suggests that the judicial systems across the globe have been reluctant in annulling...

Strategic Human Resource Management Practices And Employee Retention In The Software Development Industry In Kenya

ABSTRACT The retention of talented employees is paramount to an organization because employees’ knowledge and skills are central to its ability to be economically competitive. Employees are a key resource that can be strategically placed for an organization to attain competitive advantage. Organizations can increase and sustain their competitive advantage through effective management of human resource as the success of any organization is dependent on the quality and efficiency of its huma...

An Analysis Of The Utilization Of Agency Banking On Performance Of Selected Banks In Nairobi County, Kenya

ABSTRACT Agency banking roll-out in Kenya was meant to address the low financial inclusion in Kenya. As per the 2009 National financial access survey, 32% Kenya‟s bankable population is still totally out of the financial services orbit. Difficulties in accessing financial services main drivers are; long distance to banking channels and relative high costs of accessing financial services. In a bid to bridge the financial access divide and improve its access among the most vulnerable sections...

Regulatory Capital Effects On The Liquidity Risk Of Indigenous Ghanaian Banks

ABSTRACT The study investigates the regulatory capital effects on the liquidity risk of indigenous Ghanaian banks. The proxy for regulatory capital is the ratio of the sum of tier 1 and tier 2 capital to total assets and the proxy for liquidity risk is 1/ (liquid assets/Total assets). To achieve set objectives of the study, a Pearson correlation was run along with scatter plots to investigate the relationship between the variables of the study for five local commercial banks in Ghana coverin...

Inequality And The Translation Of Economic Growth Into Human Development: Evidence From Africa

ABSTRACT Considering the level of inequality (GINI) and its importance in economic performance and the attainments of human development (HD), this paper examines the role of inequality in the translation of economic growth (GDPG) to HD. The study was conducted using 39 African countries from the period of 1980 to 2015. A change in non-income HD measure (△HD) comprising life expectancy at birth and education with a five-year difference was computed. An average for every five-year period cor...

Determinants Influencing Performance Of Agricultural Projects: A Case Of Nalep Projects In Ruiru District, Kiambu County, Kenya

ABSTRACT Project management is the discipline of organizing and managing resources in such a way that these resources deliver all the work required to complete a project within defined scope, time, and cost constraints. The main purpose of the study was to analyze determinants influencing performance of Agricultural projects with special reference to the NALEP projects in Ruiru District. The target population was 41 NALEP projects. Descriptive research design was adopted in the study. The res...

The Politics Of Poverty Reduction In Ghana: The Case Of The Ashiedu Keteke Sub-Metropolitan District Of The Accra Metropolitan Assembly

ABSTRACT Urban poverty in Ghana is an emerging phenomenon which is gradually gaining much attention as the focus has always been on rural poverty. The poor in urban areas experience low incomes, insufficient infrastructure and social services, living in slums, etc. which hinder their progress. This case study of urban poverty is on the Ashiedu Keteke Sub-Metropolitan District (AKSD) of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), which is an urban area that has experienced urban poverty over the y...

The Relationship Between Performance Management Practices And Employee Performance In Public Organizations In Uganda

ABSTRACT Uganda has witnessed persistent poor employee performance in public organizations since mid 60s, which scholars attribute to the 1966/67 crisis and the political turmoil of the early 70s up to mid 80s. Despite government‟s effort to avert the crisis by introducing reforms to improve employee performance, the situation has not improved. The study‟s main objective was to investigate whether there is a relationship between performance management practices (decision rights, incentive...

Determinants Of Employee Separation In The Public Sector: Case Of National Police Service, Nairobi City County, Kenya.

ABSTRACT Employees are the greatest assets in any organization, their contribution in trying to achieve the goals of an institution cannot be underestimated. Hence the pillar of any organization is the human resource department, which deals with hiring these people. They say ‘hire right, get it right’, hiring the competent and retaining them is the most challenging task faced by human resource personnel, since employee separation has been a major issue in most organizations over the years...

Construction Waste Management Practices And Performance Of Housing And Water Projects In Nairobi City County, Kenya

ABSTRACT The increase of construction activities due to development in developing countries increases the generation of construction waste. Effective waste management services can save business money and benefit the environment at the same time. However, the Nairobi City County faces many challenges to manage construction waste disposal such as insufficiently stringent legislation, poor enforcement, inadequate facilities and collection network, low public awareness and lack of capacity and ne...

The Effects Of Group Liability Lending On Performance Of Medium And Small Enterprises In Nairobi Uhuru Market.

ABSTRACT All over the world, conventional lending to the poor has traditionally been considered infeasible as a result of the riskiness of loans that are not secured with adequate collateral. In such circumstances joint liability institutions, step in to lend to groups of people and where the entire group is considered responsible for default by any one member. In places where group lending has been practiced there have been mixed results with some enterprises growing and repaying their loans...


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