ABSTRACT Globally, the twenty-first century has been considered as an age of urbanization and globalization. These contribute to cities as key nodes, with potential to lead in socio-economic development: increasing connectivity in goods, information, people and, consequently, creating jobs within economies of scale and of scope. Most city managers have often assumed that development is synonymous with economic growth, ease of access to social services, and a foregone conclusion that with pros...
ABSTRACT Mobile money in recent times has become very essential in transferring money/carrying out a business. The introduction of Bank to Wallet transfers and mobile interoperability has enlarged the mobile money market. The purpose of the study is to find out how mobile money influences the growth of small and medium scale enterprises. Qualitative data was used to examine these questions: What is the level of adoption of Mobile Money by Small and Medium Scale Enterprises? What is the ration...
ABSTRACT In Ghana, most of the oil needs of the country is largely dependent on imported crude oil which makes imported crude oil an essential part of the economy and as such changing world oil prices is a concern that needs to be examined. This thesis examines the effect of world oil prices on Ghana’s cereal (maize and rice) prices using monthly data covering the period 1990 to 2015. Using the Vector Error Correction Models and generalized impulse response analysis, the study finds that am...
ABSTRACT Nigerian cities which are supposed to be development centres are currently plagued with environmental problems of various types. There has, however, been the recognition that better city management practices will facilitate attempts at minimizing those environmental problems .. Moreover, combined efforts of the federal. state and local governments, as well as those of the private sector will be needed in order to deal effectively with urban problems.
ABSTRACT Ghana returned to constitutional rule in 1993 and has made tremendous strides in its democracy. This has won the country international acclaim. The country has often been described as the beacon of democracy in the West African sub-region. This has been made possible with the smooth conduct of peaceful elections coupled with electoral reforms. The adoption of these electoral reforms has gone on to ensure a relative sense of electoral integrity albeit with challenges particularly in t...
ABSTRACT The incidence of cross-country per capita income convergence has been debated for long by economists; all in the attempt to either validate or reject the per capita income convergence hypothesis as predicted by the Human capital - augmented Solow model (HC-ASM). However, researchers seem to have given little attention to Sub-Saharan African (SSA) in this ongoing discourse despite the wide per capita income disparity gap in the region. This present study fills this gap by conducting a...
ABSTRACT Given the growing levels of corporations through international trade and the significant changes global economies have seen over the last few years have resulted in significant changes in business operations world over. Prominent among such changes the financial sector has witness is the adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). The purpose of the study was to examine the extent of compliance with IFRS by Ghanaian companies, its association with auditor switchin...
ABSTRACT This research aims to examine the influence of internal audit on effective corporate governance in SOEs in Ghana. A questionnaire was used to collect data and was distributed to the 100 top senior level officials and internal audit department of the SOE sectors. The regression model that was used in this study was five dependent variables: internal audit independence; proficiency and due professional care; nature of work; quality assurance and improvement program; and managing the in...
ABSTRACT The study assessed the impact of customer relationship management on customer satisfaction at Fidelity Bank Limited. Specifically, the objectives of the study were; to identify the customer relationship management strategies of Fidelity Bank Limited, to investigate which of the customer relationship management strategies of the bank has the most impact on its customer satisfaction and finally to examine the impact between customer relationship management strategies and customer loyal...
ABSTRACT In engaging the challenge of evolving a shared pedgogy of Black and african knowledge systems on the continent and African Diaspora(s)
ABSTRACT Many studies in Nigeria have been carried out to examine the trend and outcome of fostering practices and child labour independently but such studies have been generally overlooked the issue of child labour in fostering pratices.
ABSTRACT In recent years, advocates of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) have argues that CSR should be a strategic engine for a long term corporate profits and responsible social development.
ABSTRACT The participation of countries in the international oil industry in the form of national oil companies started in 1914 and has continued to this date. Although their role in market systems has been seen in literature to be a major cause of inefficiency, active state participation does not seem to be waning. This is primarily because of state dependence on oil products, growth of major state-owned oil companies and the belief that state control over its resources is a major sign of na...
ABSTRACT Extreme human activities couple with climate change have the potential to reduce the resilience of communities whose livelihoods depend on the forest ecosystem services. As a way of building resilience of society using the same resource also has the capacity to derive co-benefits for the forest ecosystem upon which livelihoods activities operate. To this end, the study sought to adopt the Ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) to identify Ecosystem services of the Worobong South Forest Res...
ABSTRACT Globally, microcredit has risen to prominence at a rapid speed after its large-scale success in the 1970s in Bangladesh with Grameen Bank. Its central idea is that traditional banks find the poor too costly to serve due to their lack of steady income and collateral. To address the issue of a lack of collateral to secure loans, some rural banks and microfinance companies have taken to group guarantees as a form of social collateral to provide loans. This study delves into the group l...