The prevalence of high maternal and infant morbidity/mortality among the Ibani of Rivers State, Nigeria, is linked to socio-cultural factors that influence perceptions, attitudes and practices of the people with regard to pregnancy. This study investigates the factors affecting pregnancy outcomes among the Ibani by examining 19 cases identified through Exit-interviews (EIs). Findings indicate that pregnancy outcomes depend on the interaction of complex variables such as male role, socio...
ABSTRACT The study sought to investigate the effects of monetary policy rate on interest rate and level of customer borrowing in the banking industry with evidence GCB Bank from 2013-2017. The study outlined some specific objectives such as; to assess the effects of Bank of Ghana’s Monetary Policy Rate on lending rate of GCB Bank and to assess the effects of lending rate on the level of customer borrowing at the GCB Bank. The study also measured the impact of external factors such as inflat...
ABSTRACT The overall goal of this study was to investigate some reasons accounting for the underutilization of crowd funding as a financial source to selected SMEs in Accra. The study employed qualitative research approach with semi-structured interviews as its main research instrument. A total of fifteen (15) SMEs dealing in various businesses were employed as sample size with the study being conducted in Accra only. The study reveals that, SMEs in Accra and Ghana at large do not utilize cro...
ABSTRACT This thesis explores the impact of financial literacy and financial inclusion on stock market participation in Ghana. It employs a sample of 1,966 respondents sampled across the 10 regions of Ghana for the period 2018.This thesis employs biprobit models to estimate the influence of financial literacy on financial inclusion. To analyse the independent effect of financial literacy and financial inclusion on stock market participation as well as their joint effect, this thesis employs r...
ABSTRACT The motivation for this study is the persistent lack of access to credit facing all firms in general and SMEs in particular. The study examined factors that determine access to finance as well as challenges facing SMEs in their access to finance in Ghana. The specific objective is to find the factors that influence SMEs’ demand for and access to credit in Ghana. The study focused on characteristics of the owners/managers of SMEs and features of those SMEs that influence their deman...
ABSTRACT Background: Hypertension, a major risk factor for cardiovascular diseases, is increasingly becoming prevalent among adult men in Sub-Saharan Africa. Despite the gendered burden and risk of hypertension among men, there is a lack of gendered analysis on chronic illness experiences of men in Ghana. Objectives: This thesis examined masculinity, health and experiences of hypertension among men in two urban poor communities in Accra, Ghana’s capital. The gaps in the literature informed ...
ABSTRACT The Fourth Republic has witnessed six successive elections, including those of 1992, 2000 and 2008, which have been examined in this thesis. In all these elections, the role of political communication has been crucial in determining voter choices. Accounting for the accretion of political communication is the liberalization of the media landscape in 1995, which led to the proliferation of radio and television stations as a complement to the explosion of newspapers after the restorati...
ABSTRACT The study examined the effect of customer social media brand engagement on word of mouth and purchase intention as well as explored the moderating effect of brand trust in such a relationship. The study employed an explanatory design using quantitative research approach to explain the cause and effect of the dimensions of customer social media brand engagement on word of mouth and purchase intention. Self-administered questionnaires and online survey tool, Google forms, were employed...
ABSTRACT The study explored Capital Structure and The Financial Performance of Listed Manufacturing Companies on the Ghana Stock Exchange using panel data analysis. The study employed descriptive research design and quantitative approach. The study revealed that short term debt (STDA) has a positive and statistically significant relationship with ROE at 1% significance level. This means that firms with high profitability (ROE) uses more of short-term debt (STDA) as a source of financing. Ther...
ABSTRACT Solid waste management in Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), like most cities in developing countries, has been fraught with challenges in recent times. The rate at which household wastes are generated within AMA cannot be matched with the rate of collection or clearing waste from the city. The rapid generation of household wastes occurs as a result of rapid population growth, rapid urbanization and improvements in the socio-economic wellbeing of citizens who have occasioned the dema...
ABSTRACT Homelessness is a global challenge that many countries are battling with because of its numerous challenges. Many cities around the world are filled with migrants who go there in search of better living conditions. However, many of them end up disappointed, a situation that compels them to be on the streets in order to make a living. This study investigated the coping and survival strategies of homeless people in Tema Community One, a city in the Greater Accra region of Ghana. The ob...
ABSTRACT Brands are a symbolic means of quality, and perceived quality of strong brands adds value to consumers’ purchase evaluations. The focus of this study therefore is to determine some of the factors that influence customers’ perceptions of quality, and how these perceptions affect their brand preference within the telecoms sector of Ghana. In this study, perception of quality is analyzed from both industry and customer perspectives, using the following determinants; brand awareness,...
ABSTRACT The study sought to assess the sustainability of cocoa production and consumption in Ghana in the last twenty years (1997-2017). The objective of this study was to examine the trend in cocoa production and consumption in Ghana (1997-2017), evaluate the factors that drive production of cocoa over several years andinvestigate the challenges confronting cocoa production.To address the stated specific objectives, a quantitative research design was employed for the study. Regarding the sa...
ABSTRACT This study assesses the prospects of green energy technologies (photovoltaic system) as an alternative source of energy in La Nkwantanang-Madina Municipality. The assessment revolves around analyzing the influence of socioeconomic, institutional and technical factors on the adoption of green energy technologies (photovoltaic system) as an alternative source of energy by micro and small businesses. The data are drawn from the administration of questionnaires and in-depth interviews wi...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to construct a composite optimal risky portfolio across eleven African countries from which optimal portfolio decisions can be made by investors. This is done through a static model. The study further assesses how robust the optimal portfolio is to possible variations in economic conditions of a country through the use of a bootstrap algorithm. This, therefore, makes the optimal choices of this study reliable and robust to non-normality biases. The variou...