ABSTRACT To ensure its democratic governance, Ghana has established the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) in particular to promote and protect human rights and freedoms and administrative justice. There is not enough comprehensive literature from studies on the effect of a national human rights institution like the CHRAJ on the development of a culture of human rights and its impact on promotion of good governance. Non-interventional and descriptive study design w...
ABSTRACT The dissertation, which was a cross-sectional descriptive survey, aimed at investigating the causes and effects of political violence in Berekum Municipality. The study was informed by deepening intensity with which violence germinates and multiples before, during and after presidential and parliamentary electioneering campaigns in the Municipality A sample of 226 respondents made up of 84 party members and 142 members of the public were selected for the study. The sample also consi...
ABSTRACT This study examines some of the roles non-governmental organisations (NGOs) play in promoting rural development in Ghana using Christian Rural Aid Network (CRAN); an NGO in Cape Coast as a case for study. The study identified some of the programmes and activities of CRAN in two of the communities it operates in, namely Duakor and Abakam, all suburbs of Cape Coast. Simple random sampling was used to identify 188 households using their house numbers for the study. The study identified ...
ABSTRACT One major problem found in the Ga districts is indiscriminate sand winning and its associated negative effects on the environment, farming and health. This study therefore aims at identifying and measuring the impact of sand winning on the socio-economic life of communities in the Ga districts. To achieve these objectives, the study examines and evaluates institutional and operational framework controlling sand winning communities and provides recommendations. I apply a cross se...
ABSTRACT The study examined the effectiveness and efficiency of headteachers' training programmes in the Wenchi District ofthe Brong-Ahafo Region of Ghana. The research problem was as a result ofmismanagement of basic school resources and declining pupil performance between 1997 and 2000 academic years. A cross-sectional study design was used to gat~er information from two groups of respondents (40 headteachers and 11 GES officers). Purposive sampling method Was used to select the respondents...
ABSTRACT It is expected that the discovery of oil and gas will propel economic growth and development. When Uganda and Ghana discovered oil and gas in commercial quantities in 2006 and 2007 respectively, there were high hopes that projects emanating from the sector would positively affect the two nations, particularly the project communities. Uganda and Ghana undertook projects following the discovery of oil: Uganda acquired lands for the construction of an oil refinery in Hoima Dis...
ABSTRACT This study examined the economic and environmental security issues associated with Nigerian and Chinese immigrants in business activities in Ghana. The general objective of the study was to examine the routes the immigrants use to migrate to Ghana, the nature of their businesses, the factors that motivate them to come and do those businesses, and the economic and environmental security threats associated with their businesses, based on the perceptions of Ghanaian Small and Medium E...
ABSTRACT The study set out to investigate the performance and challenges of internally generated revenue mobilisation of the Abura-Asebu-Kwamankese District Assembly in the Central Region of Ghana for local level development. Descriptive and analytical study designs were adopted for the study. A sample of 100 residents from the district, 21 revenue collectors, 8 key District Assembly officials and 6 organised groups operating in the district were selected for the study. Questionnaires and in...
ABSTRACT The issue of human resource management has become paramount and complex due to current trend of business competition resulting from globalization and trade liberalization. The purpose of this study was to examine the human resource management (HRM) practices of the University Printing Press of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (UPK) and how they affect print production. The study focused on four HRM practices namely, resource planning, recruitment and selection, ...
ABSTRACT The study, which was conducted in the Kwahu Afram Plains North District, investigated factors that motivate parents to enrol their children in Kindergarten. The motivation of the study was to identify why parents voluntarily enrolled children in Kindergarten even when the State was unable to enforce compulsory universal enrolment or address Early Childhood Education sectoral challenges. The study employed a mixed-method approach and used question guides to collect information from 65...
ABSTRACT The study set out to examine food vending hygiene practices among food vendors in the Bolgatanga municipality. The specific objectives were to examine the factors that influence the choice of location for food vending, examine the sanitary conditions of the physical environment of food vending, analyse the safety of food handling practices of food vendors, examine the institutional set-up governing safe practices of food vendors, and analyse the microbial content of food served by fo...
ABSTRACT The Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis is confronted with the problem of land litigation which is as a result of a number of activities including quarrying. This study set out to examine social acceptance as a guideline for permitting quarries in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis. The study was both explorative and descriptive and aimed at going beyond existing information and delved into the unknown and brought to the fore what indeed the problem was and possibly identifies the causes and ho...
ABSTRACT Emotional intelligence (EI) has become a familiar term among educators, counselors, and business leaders alike. The influence of emotional intelligence on job performance was tested among 43 instructional staff from Opportunities Industrialization Centre, Ghana. The general objective of the study was to assess the relationship between emotional intelligence and job performance. A 25item Boston EI questionnaire and job performance evaluation form was used to measure the participants�...
ABSTRACT Farmers’ access to relevant and useful agricultural information is key to improving their productivity. Research shows that the information needs of farmers differ and that the behaviour of farmers in seeking information is as varied as their production systems. The study was conducted to identify the information needs and assess the information seeking behaviour of urban vegetable farmers whose activities supplement the food needs of an increasingly urbanised population in sub-Sah...
ABSTRACT Sexual and reproductive health is fundamental to the development of human capital. However, early age at sexuality exposes adolescents to the health risk of early pregnancy and childbearing, sexually transmitted infections, unsafe abortions, lost of socio-economic benefits and thereby affecting the realization of their human capital potentials. Descriptive cross-sectional design, questionnaire and interview schedules were the methods employed in data collection. Probability and non-p...