ABSTRACT This study examines the relationship between countries’ compliance with AML/CFT (Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism) regulations and foreign direct investment. This study, to the best of the author’s knowledge, is the first to establish a link between AML/CFT compliance and FDI, with FDI being the dependent variable and AML/CFT compliance, the independent. The research uses a sample size of 74 FATF member states and extracts data on their FDI net infl...
ABSTRACT Stroke is a public health concern in sub-Saharan Africa due to the high and adverse consequences of mortality and morbidity and its effects on survivors, family and caregivers in general. It accounts for 10% of the world’s total mortality rate and it is the highest cause of disability in adults; and the highest bed occupancy. In sub-Saharan countries, there is a great burden of stroke because it occurs among young population and unavailability of well-structured rehabilitation stra...
ABSTRACT The conduction of this study involves regressing some specific external and internal factors on the dependent liquidity function which is, liquid assets to the total asset (LIQ) for the 11-year period from 2007-2017 of 8 Ghanaian banks listed on the stock exchange. Two separate analyses, fixed effect, and random effect panel regressions were conducted during the analyses of the study with the Hausman test performed to choose the best among the two. The result showed that bank size is...
ABSTRACT This study examines the demand for tax disclosures from a psychosocial perspective. It draws on the concept of “stop and search”, heuristics and rational choice models to understand how tax officers form suspicion and demand disclosure from taxpayers. The study is an interpretive tax study, which views demand for taxation disclosure as an institutional, organizational and socio-cultural phenomenon. Data was purposively collected from senior tax officials and tax consultants and w...
ABSTRACT This study analyses IA effectiveness in State-Owned Enterprises in Ghana using the institutional and resource-based theories. The role of internal auditors has extended to ensuring value creation for their respective organisations. This has attracted the attention of both academicians and practitioners to assess the effectiveness of internal audit functions (IAFs) in achieving their objectives. However, there is no harmony among researchers about the antecedents of IA effectiveness. ...
ABSTRACT Health financing has become a topical issue among development practitioners in most developing countries. This has necessitated some countries introducing social health insurance schemes as a way of financing health. Health insurance schemes are recognized as a tool to finance health care provision in developing countries including Ghana. The health insurance scheme was introduced in Ghana with the purpose of reducing catastrophic health expenditures, improving access and also ensuri...
ABSTRACT Considerations for environmental and socio-economic impacts in procuring public goods and services is arguably the most significant reform in public procurement meant to address some inefficiencies associated with government procurement behaviours. This practice, which is referred to as Sustainable Public Procurement (SPP) has stimulated a high level of research attention with several positive impacts. However, these studies are limited to the developed countries. Knowledge of the SP...
ABSTRACT Malaria is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in sub Saharan Africa. According to the Ghana’s Ministry of Health, malaria is estimated to cause the loss of about 10.6% of Disability Adjusted Life Years and estimated to cost about 6% of Gross Domestic Product annually. In the wake of drug resistance by the malaria parasites, Insecticide Treated Nets is seen as the most effective tool in controlling and eliminating malaria. Due to this, large scale of the Insecticide Treate...
ABSTRACT Ghana has been lauded for being able to achieve the MDG target of “halving the proportion of those living in extreme poverty before the target date of 2015” (Ghana Statistical Service, 2013). But livelihood activities in the rural areas, which are dominated by farming, have become exposed to higher risks and vulnerabilities with new threats to access to resources. For example, with increasing urbanisation landowners are withdrawing land from farming for other uses leaving farmers...
ABSTRACT In spite of the lack of any concrete empirical study establishing the causal interaction between inflation, foreign direct investment and economic growth in Ghana, the Bank of Ghana since 2002 has been pursuing inflation targeting monetary policy at reducing inflation with the ultimate aim of achieving high and sustainable economic growth. This calls for this study which seeks to explore linkages between inflation, foreign direct investment and economic growth in Ghana using annual t...
ABSTRACT The aged population is fast increasing and the growth rate is relatively high in developing countries. Majority of elderly persons are cared for by family caregivers, hence knowledge on elderly abuse, as they are cared for by family caregivers is significant, since abuse is a pervasive public health issue and may significantly add to the health, social and financial strains of elderly persons. Knowledge on elderly abuse will help individuals to better care for elderly persons and als...
ABSTRACT Despite an increase in the number of individuals affected by mental illness, mental health facilities in Ghana are few and ill resourced, leading to stress on the few facilitates available. Alternatively, community-based care is being proposed by Ghana‟s Mental Health sector to reduce stress on mental health facilities. Societal attitudes and perceptions towards mental illness and mental health, however, affect the effectiveness of community -based care. The main goal of this study...
ABSTRACT Mobile phones have been widely reported to be transforming Africa and have even been referred to as creating a ‘revolution’. Numerous studies have revealed how mobile phones are ‘flattening’ the world and facilitating economic development through improved connections between places and people. In Ghana, liberalisation of the mobile telephony sector has contributed to a dramatic rise in the number of young people who are engaged in various informal support businesses in the se...
ABSTRACT This study investigated the causes of takeovers in Ghana with specific interest in UT and Capital Bank, due to the shock value it created among Ghanaians at the time. The specific goal of this project was to scrutinize the reasons that led to the takeovers of these two Banks and whether the central bank could have prevented the failures of these banks. The study adopted the quantitative approach to research. The study used ratio analysis. The Data was obtained from the financial stat...
ABSTRACT The objective of the study was to examine the relationship between corporate governance and firm performance measures, the dynamics of these relationship by imploring selected statistical tools and techniques and identify the differences in impacts on financial firms as opposed to non-financial firms. Guided by literature reviewed on agency and stakeholder theories, study used annual data to estimate the responsiveness of the various firm’s performance to patterns of corporate gove...