ABSTRACT Over the years, the pineapple export sector has been Ghana‟s best option for integrating her smallholders into the global economy. This was one of the primary objectives for the promotion of NTAEs under the SAPs. The sector guaranteed higher incomes for participating farmers and more foreign exchange for the national economy (Danielou & Ravry, 2005; Gatune et al, 2013). Over the years, however, participation of Ghanaian smallholders has been weakened, leading to dwindling fortunes ...
ABSTRACT Mobile money (MoMo) has witnessed significant increase in adoption since its inception into the Ghanaian financial market in 2009. Available statistics by the Bank of Ghana show that between 2012 and 2017, the number of registered MoMo customers increased by 534%, and active MoMo customers increased by 3,119%. With this performance, it is expected that MoMo will drive financial inclusion by not only providing users with a service to make money transfers but graduating them to use oth...
ABSTRACT Police are very critical societal agents for the attainment, preservation and promotion of security in society. In order to maintain order and enforce the law in Ghana, the police have been constitutionally and legally endowed with enormous powers. While these powers aim at enhancing security and development in society, if they are not properly regulated, they may become a threat to democracy, development, and human rights. Hence, police accountability mechanisms are designed to ensu...
ABSTRACT The research sought to determine the relationship between the transactional and transformational leadership styles on employees’ task performance using evidence from Ghana Cocoa Baord (COCOBOD). The methodology of this study primarily utilized the quantitative approach. Data was gathered from 127 respondents selected from the organisation using purposive and convenience sampling techniques. The instruments used self-administered close-ended questionnaires. Ethical considerations we...
ABSTRACT Establishing the relationship between population growth and economic growth has become fundamental to the policy makers in developing countries and Ghana in particular. However, there has been no agreement whether population growth is beneficial or detrimental to economic growth. This study therefore examines the empirical relationship between population growth and economic growth in Ghana using time series data from 1980-2013. It specifically explores the short-run and long-r...
ABSTRACT The business world has witnessed numerous corporate scandals and wrongdoings for which stakeholders are questioning the accountability and stewardship roles of management, especially professional accountants and auditors, in organisations. The issue of whistleblowing activities in organisations, which existing literature documents to be an important mechanism of reducing such financial irregularities, has become a topical issue in recent times. Existing literature has advanced severa...
ABSTRACT Ghana is a country endowed with rich mineral resources. However, for many years, Ghana has not been able to translate the mineral resources into broad economic wealth for the people. Therefore, when Ghana discovered oil in 2007, many people did not believe that Ghana would use its oil resources to create wealth for the people. The general fears were that Ghana could fall into the oil curse situation. The study investigated the contribution of Civil Society in avoiding oil curse in Gh...
ABSTRACT Ghana as a developing country is faced with low per capita income, low savings and slow development. Foreign aid acts as a supplement to domestic sources of financing to stimulate economic growth and development. This study examines the short and long run relationship between foreign aid and economic growth in Ghana spanning the period 1980 to 2013. The study also examines whether foreign aid in Ghana is subject to diminishing returns. The study employs the ARDL Bounds testing techn...
ABSTRACT This study aimed at investigating how organizational culture directly and indirectly (via worker autonomy) affects employees’ innovative behavior. Data for this study was collected from 165 employees, working in the service sector (banks, insurance companies and media) in Ghana. All participants were made to respond to questionnaires on organizational culture, worker autonomy and employee innovative behavior. Four hypotheses were tested using correlation and regression analysis. T...
Abstract As competition intensifies in the Ghanaian banking industry, understanding the concept of market orientation is critical for effective design and implementation of customers’ satisfaction. Staying top always demand that organisations must be market-oriented to be able to deliver superior customer services. Market orientation as a strategies focuses on discovering and meeting the express and latent needs of customers. The objective of this study was to determine the relationship be...
ABSTRACT People cannot fully enjoy their personal lives whiles achieving all their job related goals. In many situations, people are forced to make compromises; conflict between their work and family are no exception. Work-family conflict is a determinant in maximizing productivity in every industry and in fulfilling the duties in respective homes. Parents are saddled with a lot of work and they are again demanded to care for their children. The inter-role conflict that occurs when engaging i...
ABSTRACT This study examined the impact of mobile money and banking services on poverty alleviation in Ghana. In recent years, mobile money and banking services are argued to increase financial inclusion, especially in developing economies. The penetration of these services is therefore also theorized to reduce poverty significantly. However, despite the increasing penetration of banking and mobile money services in Ghana, there are limited studies assessing how the two impact on poverty a...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to use the Theory of Planned Behaviour in social marketing to examine the behavioural intentions and actual waste disposal behaviour of Ghanaians. This developing country context study into waste disposal is focused on the use of a social marketing theory to assess the factors affecting the adoption of waste disposal behaviour as a means of resolving the country’s waste problems. The study, therefore, sought to assess the effect of individual attitudes...
ABSTRACT The aim of microfinance is to alleviate poverty through the delivery of financial support services such as microcredit facilities particularly to the poor entrepreneurs and micro enterprises. Extending microcredit is one of the core businesses of microfinance institutions. However not all the microcredit granted to the poor entrepreneurs perform well in addition of generating the expected returns. This adverse effect has a significant influence on the loan portfolio at risk. In refer...
ABSTRACT The increase in the number of children living and working on the street of Nigeria has become a concern for all. The study argues that the phenomenon of street children can be explained in the context of symbolic interactionism. The study reports the findings of a qualitative study that investigates the experiences of street children in Iwo road of Ibadan, Nigeria. Twenty-two (22) participants were purposively sampled and in-depth interviews were conducted to collect information from...