Abstract The role of social and demographic variables in influencing barriers to health improvement among Alberta immigrants and the Alberta general population was assessed in this study. Data were sourced from the Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) Cycle 1 of 2001. Using logistic regression analysis, it was found that job status played significant role in influencing barriers to improving immigrants’ health. Among the general Alberta population, however, immigrant status, sex and mar...
ABSTRACT International reserves of West African countries rose sharply by 84.3% between 1991 and 2001 and 287.1% between 2001 and 2011. However, due to high macroeconomic instability in the form of persistent asymmetric shocks, output variability and fiscal policy distortions, the reserves were inadequate and the countries in the sub-region are continually faced with the problem of balancing the costs and benefits from reserves holdings. Previous studies have paid little attention to the fac...
ABSTRACT Alternative livelihoods programmes (ALPs) have been adopted as an alternative form of livelihoods for people whose original means of livelihood have been taken for other purposes. ALPs have been seen as viable option for people of the under privileged class. However, despite the increasing importance of ALPs in Ghanaian mining communities especially in the Obuasi Municipality, little studies have been conducted to assess the real impacts of the ALPs on the livelihood of the inhabita...
ABSTRACT This study explored the influence Training and development (T&D) on employee performance within the Minerals Commission of Ghana by focusing on three regions. The specific objectives were to assess employee development policies of the Minerals Commission; to examine the forms of training with its perceived benefits at the commission; Examine the influence of T&D on the performance of employees and finally, to assess the challenges of training and development programmes at the Commis...
ABSTRACT Studies have established mixed results on the relationship between financial market development and foreign direct investment. However, governance has been identified in literature to influence both financial market development and foreign direct investment, yet no study has considered the interacting of financial market development, governance and foreign direct investment. Thus, this study is of the view that governance could probably influence the relationship between financial m...
ABSTRACT This study sought to determine public leadership behaviours’ influence on innovative work behaviour within the six metropolitan assemblies in Ghana and the role of organisational climate in mediating such a nexus. The study adopted a quantitative approach and the simple random sampling technique was used to collect data from 314 staff of the Kumasi, Cape Coast, Accra, Sekondi-Takoradi, Tema and Tamale metropolitan assemblies through self-administered questionnaires. Partial Least ...
ABSTRACT This study sought to determine the effect of real effective exchange rate on economic growth in Ghana using annual data for the period 1984 to 2014. The study employed the Auto Regressive Distributed Lag Estimation technique as well as the Bounds Testing approach to cointegration to establish a long run relationship between Economic Growth and Real Effective Exchange Rate in Ghana. The result suggests that real exchange rate, capital stock, and labour force exert a positive and stat...
ABSTRACT The study examined the effect of public expenditure on unemployment in Ghana using annual data for the period 1980 to 2016 by employing Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) approach to co-integration. The study revealed that there is an inverse relationship between government consumption expenditure and unemployment rate. However, government capital expenditure and unemployment rate were found to be positively related. The study therefore established that the threshold of governmen...
ABSTRACT This study focused on the relationship between methods of financing government eh.1Jenditures and economic growth in Ghana using a dynamic econometric framework. In the study, we developed a two equation system with economic growth and government expenditure as the endogenous variables and seven exogenous variables -domestic borrowing, borrowing from abroad, direct taxes, indirect taxes, private investment, exports and imports. Stationarity tests indicated all variables were integra...
ABSTRACT The main purpose of this study was to investigate into the quota system of the Ghana Education Service in the Kumasi Metropolis. It sought to find out the views on teachers’ development towards the study leave in the Metro Education Directorate of GES, Kumasi. Five research questions guided the study which was grounded in the literature of study leave and the quota scheme system. Descriptive survey was employed for the study. Simple random sampling technique (table of random numbe...
ABSTRACT Internet has countless benefits to the world, however, it has also been an easy platform for criminals to commit fraud. This research investigates the forms and prevalence of Internet fraud in Ghana specifically in Agona Swedru and examines its socio-economic implications on the peace and development of the town. Using qualitative research approach and snowball sampling technique, 10 Internet fraudsters were interviewed in Agona Swedru. Security Personnel and other key informants we...
ABSTRACT The main objective of the study was to explore the extent to which the culture of the Church of Pentecost influenced the outcomes of change efforts of the Church during the period 1991-2009. Through an exploratory case study research design, 55 interview respondents and seven focus group discussion participants provided the data. Three embedded change efforts undertaken during the period 1991-2009 by the Church were used as the basis for data collection. The Statistical Package for ...
ABSTRACT The term free and fair election has now become a common phrase associated with the conduction of elections across the world. However, different interpretations are often given to free and fair elections which sometimes lead to misunderstanding among election stakeholders resulting in election conflicts. The study sought to assess the perceptions of the electorate on the extent to which the 2008 presidential and parliamentary elections were free and fair. A total of 156 respondents ...
ABSTRACT The general objective of the study was to investigate the performance appraisal on employee productivity in the Ghana Museums and Monuments Board (GMMB). The population of the study is One hundred and thirty-five staff and One hundred were selected for the study. Purposive sampling technique was employed to select respondents for the study. Questionnaires were administered to employees at GMMB in Accra and Cape Coast. Result from the study revealed that the human resource department ...
ABSTRACT The Attorney General (AG)‘s report on pre-university educational institutions for the years 2010 to 2014 indicates that there is increase in financial irregularities in secondary schools in Ghana. Hence, this study sought to establish the relationship between governance, financial controls, and financial irregularity in Senior High Schools in Ghana. The study employed correlational survey design. The study population consisted of 93 Senior High/ Technical Schools in the Eastern Reg...