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 This study investigated the role of informal solid waste collection in the Ashaiman Municipality and its challenges. The study comes at the back of the increasing use of informal waste collection as a common means for disposing off waste for the urban poor and yet appears untapped by the authorities. Using primarily qualitative research methods, the case study strategy was deployed, with interviews as the main tools for collecting data. The primary data was augmented with secondary...
ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to assess the contribution of decentralization towards improvement of secondary education service provision in Tanzania with the specific case of Dodoma Municipality. The study was conducted under three objectives. First, to investigate on how decentralization of secondary education has contributed to the availability of teaching and learning materials, good teaching and learning environment in secondary schools. Second, to examine on how community members ...
ABSTRACT This research report describes the extent of the conflict between farmers and herders in Kiteto District which is found in Manyara District in Tanzania; the study is extended into exploring the root causes of the conflict, its impact and the effectiveness of the strategies that are used to curb out the conflict in the District. Data were collected from ten villages sampled from four wards in the District. Data were obtained through qualitative procedures, i.e. focus group discussion...
ABSTRACT The research study is about the Contribution of Faith-Based Secondary Schools to teach Moral Education, and Dodoma Urban District was taken as a case study. The Faith based secondary schools, government, teachers, students, spiritual leaders, communities and individuals are core organs in the reviving, teaching, practicing and sustaining ethics in Dodoma Urban District. The objectives of the study are; to examine how moral education is being taught and promoted in faith-based second...
ABSTRACT This study aimed to examine the contribution of employee motivation on provision of customer care in public health services, in Morogoro Municipality. Data was collected from the four selected public health institutions namely Morogoro General Hospital, Nunge Health Centre, Mafiga Health Centre and Kingolwila Health Centre respectively. The sample of 124 respondents was obtained from employees and heads of health centres. Collected data were coded using SPSS, frequencies, percentage...
ABSTRACT This thesis on the politics-administration relations and decision making in the local government of Ghana seeks to investigate how politicians and administrators relate to each other in policy formulation and implementation and the involvement of relevant stakeholders in decision making and execution in Ghana’s local government. The study was conducted in three purposively sampled districts from northern and southern Ghana. It employed a qualitative research approach to determine ...
ABSTRACT In order to ensure continuous and optimum output of the public sector, Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) have become an acceptable mechanism that seeks to provide the needed support and boost to the public sector. The study sought to understand the origins, processes, and outcome of a public-private partnership (PPP) established between the Driver and Licensing Vehicle Authority (a public agency) and VITO SClass Services (a private business entity) to undertake the testing and inspe...
ABSTRACT The study examines the role of local government in sustainable tourism development in Ghana. A qualitative research method was used to collect data from officials of Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA), and Ghana Tourism Federation (GHATOF). A Role Theory was adopted as a theoretical framework based on the objectives of the study. The study finds that the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has not given adequate attention to sustainable tourism planning an...
ABSTRACT Participation is viewed as an essential element of community development. Women‟s involvement in rural projects is treated as an unrelenting subject in the field of development. The effective management and sustainability of RWSPs has been linked to the active involvement of women throughout the RWSPs processes. There is no doubt that certain mechanisms such as affirmative actions have succeeded in boosting women‟s representation on decision- making platform. Over the years, th...
ABSTRACT Work-life balance is a major concern for people and institutions concerned about the quality of working life relative to the broader quality of life. The study sought to investigate sources, effects and the strategies adopted to manage work-life balance by female administrators in public universities in Ghana. The study adopted the qualitative research design. The study population comprised female administrators in three public universities, representatives of human resource departme...
ABSTRACT Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) have become major players in Community Development Agenda and perform intermediary roles between donors and intended beneficiaries. Unfortunately, highly publicized corruption scandals are discovered in literature often associated with the activities of NGOs especially in developing countries. To sanitize the aid delivery chain, NGOs are required to be accountable to donors (upward accountability) and beneficiaries (downward accountability). Howe...
This study investigates public-private partnership for health delivery in the context of Ghana’s health sector reform. It sets out to understand the nature of collaboration between the government and private not-for-profit health organisations in Ghana by uncovering the factors that necessitated the partnership, the mechanisms by which the partners engage each other, how the partnership arrangement fits within the governance architecture of the health sector reform and how the partners...
ABSTRACT This study investigates the influences of training and development on employee performance at the Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana (CRIG). It comes in the context of the increasing recognition of training and development as an important means of nurturing quality human resource for employee performance in organizations. Situated within the qualitative research paradigm, the study employed the case study approach to detail the training arrangements, and processes at CRIG and how they...
TABLE OF CONTENT Title Page ............................... i Approval page .............................. ii Dedication ............................ iii Acknowledgement ......................... iv Table of contents ......................... vi CHAPTER ONE 1.1 Introduction ................. 1 1.2 Statement of the Research Problem ................... 5 1.3 Aim and Objectives of the Study ..................... 6 1.4 Hypothesis ................. 6 1.5 Significance of the Study ...................