ABSTRACT Street begging is a social problem in Nigeria. Although studies have been extensively conducted on street beggars in Nigeria, sufficient attention has not been devoted to transnational street begging as a distinct phenomenon. The continual influx of transnational street beggars into Nigeria makes the investigation into the dynamics and patterns of transnational street begging imperative. The study examined the socio-demographic profile of transnational street beggars in Lagos and Ib...
ABSTRACT Despite the emphasis on and potential benefits of local participatory structures and service provision In community development., there have been Inconsistent responses in different localities. While some localities are reportedly enthusiastic, contribute to and enjoy the benefits of participatory structures, others have been lukewarm or gravely . .inactive. This appears to be as a result of community perceptions of the potential benefits from participation. Therefore, using qualitat...
ABSTRACT This study investigates the prospects and challenges of Ghana’s current industrialization policy the 1D1F, using the Akuapem North Municipal Assembly (ANMA) as a case. Using qualitative methodologies, the case study design was used. Primary data for the study was collected by interviews, and they were supplemented with secondary data from scholarly materials, reports, and bulletins. The study found that three 1D1F factories have been set up in the municipality so far. The roles pla...
ABSTRACT Corporate governance generally look at the financial, market and efficiency performance of banks, however this study attempts to focus on bank productivity and corporate governance. The current study identifies the effect of corporate governance on bank productivity change of foreign-owned and domestic banks. The study adopts the nonparametric DEA-based Luenberger productivity indicator by Chamber, Chung and Fare (1996) to estimate bank productivity of twenty nine universal banks in ...
ABSTRACT Nigeria’s crises of development are more evident in her persistently poor electric power regime. This paper focuses on the consequences of use of gasoline generators as alternative source of energy among business operators in Ibadan. Data were collected from 543 questionnaire responses, 15 In-depth Interviews and 6 Focus Group Discussions. Findings revealed that 83.6 percent of the respondents often utilized gasoline generators and 76.8 percent could not do without it. While the r...
ABSTRACT Nigeria’s federal public service had been subjected to a series of reforms since the reinventing government ideas came with the structural adjustment programmes in the late 1980s and became fully embraced in 1999 as part of democratic reforms. More recently, the reforms have been driven by the need to make the public service supportive of the government’s vision of a globally competitive economy. This broad goal of global competitiveness provides a basis for evaluating the reform...
ABSTRACT Failure of people living with HIV/AIDS to disclose their HIV serostatus can place their sexual partners at risk. The current study examined HIV serostatus disclosure and its relationship to risky sexual behaviours in 69 sexually active, heterosexual, married (62%) or cohabiting (38%) patients recently diagnosed as HIV positive. Results show that 78% had not disclosed their HIV serostatus to their sexual partners and 46% had no knowledge of their sexual partner's serostatus. Compare...
ABSTRACT The study examined the role of staff training and development in the risk management programme of Inspection and Control Services (ICS) Limited in Accra. Specifically, the study focused on the factors that influence assignment of staff to the risk management unit, effectiveness of the risk system and the role training and development play in ensuring the effectiveness of the risk management system. Descriptive study design, covering 74 staff and management personnel of Inspection a...
ABSTRACT The main objective of the study was to assess the nature of supervision of teaching and learning in public basic schools in the Wa West District. The study focuses on types of supervision, role of supervision and challenges of supervision as practised in the district. Using a simple random sampling, 248 respondents comprising 137 teachers, 103 headteachers and 8 circuit supervisors were selected to respond to questionnaire. The design used was descriptive survey. Questionnaires were...
ABSTRACT It was until the early 1990’s that economists began to place greater emphasis on the role of human capital development as the basic rock for development. Using a multi-stage sampling technique, the researcher interviewed a sample of 868 households in rural Ghana. The study adopted unitary model of intra household decision model to examine parents’ expectation and investment in children’s education in rural Ghana. The study revealed that the probability that children getting th...
ABSTRACT With an upsurge of fraud in the current economic scenario experienced, fraud detection have received considerable attention from the investors, academic researchers, media, the financial community and regulators (Sharma & Panigrahi, 2012). This study therefore examines the factors that influence internal auditors‟ fraud detection capabilities in Ghana. To sample the respondents for the study, stratified random sampling technique was adopted and questionnaire was used to solicit in...
ABSTRACT Traditional authorities and their indigenous knowledge systems are indispensable for local level and national development. Yet, decision-making at the local government level has not involved traditional authorities in all decisionmaking process. The aim of the study was to explore how the integration of traditional authorities and local government actors in the West Gonja District of Northern Region of Ghana can lead to enhanced decision-making. The study used a mixed methods approac...
ABSTRACT The main objective of the study was to determine the effects of firm size on performance of manufacturing firms in Ghana. The study employed a quantitative research design under the positivist philosophy to address the research objectives. A panel on about 1,203 firms were involved based on the Enterprise Survey for Ghana data set for the periods 2007 and 2013. Multiple measures were adopted for firm size but just one measure was adopted for firm performance. Firm size was proxied b...
ABSTRACT Ghanaian women entrepreneurs operating small businesses play a significant role in fostering economic growth and development due to their possession of Entrepreneurial Orientation Dimensions (EODs). Notwithstanding the importance of this area, current conceptualizations of EODs do not adequately consider the association between EODs and business performance of women entrepreneurs. The objective of this research was to .examine the EODs and business performance of women entrepreneurs...
ABSTRACT The performance and survival of any organisation (such as banks) in a rapidly changing work environment, among other factors, depend largely upon the employees’ motivation. Given that needs of employees and the level of motivation may differ from organisation to organisation, an understanding of what fosters and enhances employee motivation and organisational performance is critical. The study therefore sought to determine the factors that influence bank staff motivation in the Ca...