ABSTRACT This research assessed the implementation of the Programme Based Budgeting system in Ghana since its introduction in 2014 to 2018 at the central government level. Four main thematic areas were used to determine whether the introduction of Programme Based Budgeting (PBB) has really led to Budgeting for Results. These include strategic allocation of Public resources, efficient utilisation of Public resources, and attainment of government priorities. The research work also focused on ...
ABSTRACT About 85% of Ghana‟s deforestation is human-induced, based on the quest for livelihoods. The Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation plus (REDD+) initiative aimed at mitigating climate change by providing incentives to conserve forest lands, is criticized as largely favouring rich investors and owners of large forests lands instead of the poor whose activities account for 85% of total forest loss. The poor, mostly rural dwellers, therefore have very little motivation t...
ABSTRACT Public procurement in the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) is still bedeviled with numerous challenges despite the passage of the Public Procurement Act which was preceded by a radical and comprehensive assessment of the public procurement system in 1993. This study examined the challenges that militate against efficient and effective implementation of the procurement Act and offered suggestions to address those challenges. This study investigated the capacity...
ABSTRACT The concept of leader integrity has become topical as part of the call for positive organizational research. In an attempt to explore the meaning of this character strength in leaders and how it influences employee outcomes, this study employed the use of robust methodology to examine how leader integrity predicts the citizenship behaviour and counterproductive work behaviour of civil servants in Ghana. The concurrent embedded mixed method design was adopted to subjectively provide...
ABSTRACT User fees have been in place since 1985 and have over the years generated a lot of debates and arguments in Ghana. This study aimed to investigate the impact of cost sharing policies, otherwise known as user fees on the utilisation of health care facilities in the Tema District of the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. Other issues such as how households rank other available alternatives to public health facilities, households’ views on the user fees concept, the effectiveness of the e...
ABSTRACT Advocacy in promoting women participation In decision making have become key in communities. The study was conducted qualitatively with the use of an Action Research design. The sample was selected through the purposive and convenient sampling methods. About 15 women were interviewed to ascertain their opinions on the promotion of women participation in decision making at the community level. The main objective of the study was to advocate for an improvement in women participation i...
ABSTRACT Over the past decade, there has been a somewhat convergence in thinking regarding the contributions of cash transfers to social protection and vulnerability reduction. As a result, governments of most developing countries in Asia and Africa have begun embracing the idea of cash transfer through a rollout of various schemes all in a bid to address issues of poverty, vulnerability and social exclusion. This study analyses the contributions so far made by the Livelihood Empowerment Aga...
Abstract This paper contributes to the debate on the educational reforms and the role of the polytechnics in economic development of Ghana. The paper was an outcome of a review of secondary data supported by interviews with, polytechnic Rectors, polytechnic administrators and government officials across seven polytechnics in Ghana. Purposive sampling technique was used to select the key informants and qualitative analysis procedure was used. The study examined the educational development fro...
ABSTRACT The study evaluated the performance appraisal system and its effect on employee performance at the Northern Regional Co-ordinating Council, Tamale. The study adopted descriptive survey research design. Primary and secondary sources of data were used for the research. Close-ended questionnaires were used in the collection of the primary data with a sample size of 86. Quantitative approached was adopted to analyze the data. This revealed that, the Northern Regional Co-ordinating Counc...
ABSTRACT The act of street begging has been associated with some challenges such as accidents, harassment, low self-esteem and others. Limited studies have actually focused on persons with disabilities involved in street begging in Ghana despite the distress resulting from interactions of these experiences. Therefore the aim of this study was to understand the psychological experiences of visually impaired street beggars in Ghana. The study employed a qualitative approach specifically phenom...
ABSTRACT Millions of dollars get wasted due to inefficient and ineffective procurement structures, committees, policies and procedures. Against this backdrop the study assessed procurement committees and procurement laws in the northern region of Ghana by specifically determining the level at which the procurement committees comply with the contract value threshold in the Northern region, examining whether there are significant differences in the use procurement methods in reducing corruptio...
ABSTRACT The connection between security and development cannot be overstated. This is because human security is a vital objective of development which when not in place can have negative consequences for development. Crime is one of the major precipitators of insecurity globally, and capable of impeding development. The continuous increase in high rate of crime even in the presence of traditional policing is said to have triggered the call for shift from military-based policing to a democra...
TABLE OF CONTENTS Title Page ...................i Approval Page ...................ii Dedication .................iii Acknowledgements ..........................iv Table of Contents ..........................v CHAPTER ONE: GENERAL INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study ........................1-4 1.2 Statement of the Research Problem .....................4-6 1.3 Objectives of the Study ......................6 1.4 Hypotheses of the Study ........................7 1.5 Significance of the Stu...
ABSTRACT This study examines the performance management practices of universities in Ghana, using the principles of the Balanced Scorecard (BSC) as a benchmarking tool. Specifically, the study examines the nature of the Performance Management Systems (PMSs) of the universities, the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) of the universities, the factors that determine these KPIs, and also their performance reporting practices. The study adopts the multiple case study design of a qualitative resear...
ABSTRACT This study investigated the relationship between parenting styles, adolescents self-esteem, assertiveness and emotions (Depression, Anxiety and Stress) of adolescents. Two hundred adolescents between ages 12 and 19 were sampled randomly from five senior secondary schools in the Greater Accra Region. Participants responded to the parental Authority Questionnaire, the Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale, The Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale and The Assertiveness Inventory. Two major paren...