ABSTRACT The study examines the antecedence of inflation, most especially the effect of money supply growth, interest rate and real depreciation of the cedi on inflation in Ghana using annual time series data from 1990 to 2016. An Autoregressive Distributed Lag model was adopted as the estimation technique to examine the long-run and short-run dynamics among the variables used. In the long run, the regression estimates indicated that there is an insignificant positive effect between money sup...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of international commodity price shocks on economic growth in Ghana from 1990 to 2016. Time series data were collected on oil price, gold price, cocoa price, capital, labour, inflation, exchange rate and trade openness from the Central Bank of Ghana and the World Development Indicators. The study employed Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) to examine the relationship between the index of commodity price shock on economic growth ...
ABSTRACT The study aims to assess the financial management practices of Ghana Health Service. The specific objectives were to evaluate the effect of budgeting on healthcare delivery, to identify the effect of financial accountability on healthcare delivery and also determine the effect of financial controls on healthcare delivery. The study adopted the survey design. A sample size of 69 out of the population of 223 staff in Akim Oda Government Hospital was used. The instrument used for data c...
ABSTRACT The study aimed at investigating gender inequality in education and human capital development. The study was conducted at the Langbinsi Circuit of the East Mamprusi District. The study set out to investigate the causes of gender inequality in education and to explore measures to ensure gender equity in education in the area. Based on the fact that several studies had delved into the issue; this study reviewed both theoretical and empirical literature. The study opted for the descript...
ABSTRACT This study examines the effectiveness of internal audit in the Keta Municipal Education office. The objectives of the study were to examine the effectiveness of internal auditors in identifying non-compliance activities in the Keta Municipal Education office, determine the extent of management support for internal auditors in the Keta Municipal Education office, examine the independence of internal auditors in the Keta Municipal Education office, to determine whether the Keta Municip...
ABSTRACT The main reason for undertaking this study was to examine the main recruitment and retention problems affecting teachers in the Sunyani Metropolis and alternatively find out how transparent the recruitment process was. To investigate these concerns therefore, a sample size of 110 respondents from three senior high schools in the Sunyani Metropolis were selected. The simple random sampling method was used in selecting the respondents from the various schools. Questionnaire was the mai...
ABSTRACT Population trends currently indicate that more than half of Ghana’s population live in urban areas. The pressures of urbanisation and fast growing population in the cities have impacted on land management. This exploratory study examined land management practices in Cape Coast in the light of rapid urbanisation. Purposive sampling was used to solicit information from the Land Sector Agencies and snowballing was used to gather information from private land owners. Interviewing was t...
ABSTRACT Labour turnover is one of the hindrances to expansion and growth in the hotel industry. This study therefore sought to investigate the factors that cause employees in the hotel industry in Cape Coast and Elmina Municipality. Descriptive survey design was adopted; self-administered questionnaires were used to collect information as well as the adoption of systematic sampling. The data was analysed using correlation and regression. The results showed that the best factors that influenc...
ABSTRACT There is an increase in the number of food service establishments operating in the country as there is a emerging demand for food away from home. However, knowledge of customers’ food preference is critical to the sustainability of the industry. The purpose of this study was to assess the food preferences of customers of food service establishments in Ho, Ghana. The study employed the quantitative approach and questionnaire was used to collect primary data from 350 respondents. Res...
ABSTRACT Out-of-pocket payments for healthcare in low and middle income countries have potentially catastrophic consequences for vulnerable households. These can lead to vicious cycles of impoverishment and debt. Ghana introduced the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) to protect Ghanaian residents from the financial consequences of health and illness shocks. This thesis contributes to the discussion on the economic consequences of high Out-of-Pocket (OOP) payments for health care....
ABSTRACT Ghana’s steady progress toward democratic consolidation has received significant applause worldwide. Notwithstanding this achievement, the selection of beneficiaries of poverty alleviation programmes by incumbent government has often been compromised for political gains. Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) programme was introduced a decade ago by the state with the aim of using it to alleviate the suffering of the extremely poor and the vulnerable. This study set o...
ABSTRACT The study examined the influence of leadership styles and organizational culture on organizational innovativeness among Ghanaian organizations. One hundred and seventy five (175) respondents were conveniently sampled from six organizations in the manufacturing, telecommunication and financial sectors in Ghana for the study. All selected participants completed questionnaires on Leadership approaches, Organizational culture typologies, and Organizational innovativeness constru...
ABSTRACT The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were a pledge to uphold the principles of human dignity, equality and equity, and free the world from extreme poverty. The MDGs, with eight goals and a set of measurable time bound targets were established to tackle the most pressing development challenges of our time (MDGs Report, 2014).The main objective of the MDGs is to make the world a global village, which will eventually; make everyone proud of their environment (MDGs Report, 2012)....
ABSTRACT The banking industry in Ghana has undergone a major shift in focus, partly in response to the advent of global financial liberalization and innovation. The industry increased the number of banks to thirty-four (34) as at December, 2016 and subsequently to thirty-seven (37) in 2017. The Ghanaian economy also experienced a series of macro-economic shocks, which impacted adversely on the banking industry, exposing weaknesses in the governance structures, the industry also experienced...
ABSTRACT This study was purposed to identify, analyse and proffer recommendations for how to overcome the challenges that fight the continuous existence of family-owned businesses beyond the first generation. A four point objectives was developed to answer to the phenomenon which proposes a local solution to a global challenge. The most applicable method used was Qualitative methods broken down into Five (5) stages including research design, data collection, data analysis techniques, t...