ABSTRACT Knowledge and literacy on the concept of finance and other related financial issues have been very topical around the globe. Being financially literate means having knowledge and understanding of financial concepts. Also, basic knowledge in risk, and the drive to apply these knowledge in making decision that affects the individual financial wellbeing and the society at large also forms part of financial literacy. Several studies in financial literacy have been conducted around the wo...
ABSTRACT HIV/Aids as a retroviral infection exposes patients to both medical complications and psychosocial difficulties. The aim of this study was to determine the pattern of neuropsychological and psychosocial problems experienced by paediatric HIV outpatients on highly active antiretroviral therapy at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra-Ghana. Forty-two participants comprising twenty HIV infected children on HAART and twenty-two healthy controls from a school based population matched on ...
ABSTRACT The study looks at the concept of community policing (CP) in crime prevention in an edge city such as the Awutu Senya East Municipality (ASEMA). Specifically the research investigated the evolution and institutional arrangements governing CP practices within the municipality, assessed the impact of CP on community safety, crime reduction, fear of crime and risk of victimisation. The study further evaluated the mechanisms employed by the community police in engaging the community in c...
ABSTRACT The ability of citizens to scrutinise officials is a long-standing power, and central to the strength o f democracy. Consequently, it is o f critical importance to the well being of any society, and the individuals who are a part of it, that their government, and the people who manage it, are held highly accountable for their actions or, in some cases, their failure to act, since this helps to minimise human deprivation and corruption. For ancient Athenians, making officials accounta...
ABSTRACT This study sought to examine the role of Youth Employment Agency in combating unemployment in Ghana by examining the effectiveness of the programmes introduced and the challenges of the agency in carrying out its mandate. A qualitative design and a case study approach were employed to undertake the study. A semi-structured interview technique was used to collect data. The sample size for the study was eighteen (18) comprising three (3) Directors and fifteen (15) beneficiaries of the ...
ABSTRACT A lot of companies and firms from all sectors have undergone rightsizing over the years. These organizations do so in order to reduce their workforce for multiple reasons, including efforts to gain a more competitive advantage, to manage or reduce cost expenditures, and to streamline the way in which work is conducted. Management more often carried out these exercises with little attention to adequately and effectively address the ―people factor‖ throughout the process. This is e...
ABSTRACT This study examines the relationships between board structures, intellectual capital and the performance of banks in Africa. Specifically, the study draws insights from the resource-based view and signalling theories to hypothesize that the relation of board structures to performance of banks is contingent on intellectual capital; that relationship between intellectual capital and performance of banks is non-linear; and that the disclosure of intellectual capital in corporate annual ...
ABSTRACT Savings play an important role in the economic development of any country and as such, the primary objective of all government’s policy is geared towards promoting savings and capital formation in the economy. Household savings provide or serve as backup in case(s) of international capital flow shocks. As such, the main aim of the study was to assess the factors that determine savings as well as the demographic factors that influence savings within the Ga Central Municipality. A de...
ABSTRACT The study examines the effect of education and fosterage on child labour with specific emphasis on fishing and mining communities. The study sample was on children between the ages of 5 – 17 years in Ghana using the 2012/2013 Ghana Living Standard Survey. In order to achieve the objectives of the study, we estimate a bivariate probit model while controlling for multicolloneirity and endogeneity in the data set. The results of the study suggests that quality of school and hours chil...
ABSTRACT This study investigated how culture influences the enforcement of code of ethics at the Ministry of Health (MOH).Using the qualitative approach, the case study design option was employed to examine the phenomena in depth. Primary data was collected through in-depth interviews with various officials at the Ministry of Health headquarters in Accra. Through a review of existing documents, reports and other scholarly publications, the primary data was effectively triangulated. Analysis o...
ABSTRACT This study aims at establishing the role that inward foreign direct investment (FDI) and institutions played in the industrialisation process of 40 sub-Saharan African countries, over the period of 1996 through 2015. The study used a fixed effect method (FEM) of estimation for the analysis of data which was sourced from the world development indicators (WDI) database of the world bank and the world governance indicators (WGI) database, also of the world bank. The findings of the stud...
ABSTRACT Ghana’s achievements in advancing education and health have been remarkable. Conversely, World Bank Human Capital Report has ranked Ghana as the last but one country on harmonized test scores of children from basic to secondary school in the World. Premature births, infections and complications during and after pregnancy and maternal deaths also remain high and infrastructure challenges persist in the power sector as well as the quality of services received by Ghanaians. The study ...
ABSTRACT This thesis examines the relationship between financial sector development and international trade in Africa. Specifically, the study investigates (i) the direct and indirect effects of finance on trade via economic growth (ii) threshold effects of finance–trade nexus mediated by the levels of finance as well as (iii) sectoral effects and transmission channels of finance on international trade. It employs standard approaches namely the generalized method of moments (GMM), threshold...
ABSTRACT Like the national level, the dominant political parties in the Northern Region are the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP). The two dominant Islamic sects in the Tamale Metropolis in the Northern Region are the Ahlu-sunnas and the Tijaniyyas. Interestingly, under the Fourth Republic, most Ahlu-sunnas have aligned themselves with NDC whiles most Tijaniyyas have been affiliated with the NPP. This study sets out to investigate both the historical and con...
ABSTRACT The Department of Social Welfare (DSW) is an institution responsible for the provision of social welfare services in Ghana. An institution such as this is expected to have skilled employees, resources, among others, to facilitate the provision of quality services. However, the DSW is reported to be facing several challenges including the lack of infrastructure and adequate staff. Given the increasing challenges confronting the DSW, this study investigated clients’ experiences of se...