ABSTRACT This study investigates the effects of revenue diversification and cross border banking on bank risk and return. Using a panel dataset of 320 banks across 29 African countries between the period of 2002- 2013 and a new methodological approach, System Generalized Method of Moments estimators (System GMM), the results in this thesis provide the following empirical evidence: first cross border banking increases revenue diversification as banks tend to diversify their revenue as a resul...
ABSTRACT Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has been identified as the region least likely to achieve the MDGs. Of all the MDGs, those related to health seem far out of reach of the region even though SSA countries have been making efforts to achieve them. The unmatched nature of the efforts and outcomes has attracted several concerns in the literature. One variable that is very crucial to the advancement of the region towards the health-related MDGs is health expenditure. Though there are several stud...
ABSTRACT One important mechanism that immigrants mostly adopt as a means of integrating economically in the host country is the establishment of small-scale businesses of their own (Bonacich and Modell, 1980; Cummings, 1980; Glazer and Moynihan, 1963; Light, 1972). This study was conducted to examine the business practices of Lebanese immigrants in Accra Ghana, as well as contribute to the literature on immigrant businesses, which focuses predominantly on immigrants in Western societies. Usin...
ABSTRACT This study examined the extent to which geopolitics has influenced the 2013 ECOWAS Counter Terrorism Strategy’s (ECTS) implementation. The study adopted the qualitative case study research design which enabled the researcher to elicit indepth information from 12 respondents in face-to-face interviews. The study found that a combination of factors has affected the ECTS’ implementation. These include but are not limited to: (1) the quota system; (2) political tension; (3) socio-cul...
ABSTRACT The vending of food on the street is considered an important part of the economies of many developing countries due to its socio economic benefits. In Ghana, the sector provides both direct and indirect employment as well as incomes to many people in urban and mediumsized towns. Despite its importance, many have expressed concerns over the hygiene, quality and safety of street foods. Many have also associated street foods with food poisoning and other food-borne diseases. In order to...
ABSTRACT This study is aimed at devising new and more effective tax enforcement strategies for the collection of taxes from informal sector in the Accra Metropolis. The research methodology involved semi-structured interviews with the Commissioner, Deputy Commissioner and Assistant Commissioner of the GRA and administering questionnaires to 385 informal enterprises in the Accra Metropolis. The findings of the study revealed that both resident and non-resident eligible persons who are either e...
ABSTRACT The study investigated accessing the effectiveness of livelihood empowerment against poverty to the reduction of child labour in the Ningo-Prampram District in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. Using a written questionnaire and an open-ended interview guide, the researcher surveyed a sample population of 120 respondents and investigated the effectiveness of livelihood empowerment against poverty to the reduction of child labour in Ningo-Prampram District. The study employed the mixe...
ABSTRACT The objective of the study was to assess the implementation of the public-private partnership (PPP) of the Intercity STC Coaches Limited (ISTC), and how it has impacted on service delivery. An exploratory qualitative research approach was adopted for the study. Key respondents were purposively selected for the part of the Intercity STC Coaches Limited and their partners, while clients of ISTC were randomly selected and primary data were collected using a semi-structured interview gui...
ABSTRACT The expected harmony in terms of forward and backward linkages between education, skills and labour market outcomes has been met with frictions and imperfections that raises questions about the market relevance of acquired education and skills relative to industry requirements. The phenomenon of skills mismatch thus remains crucial for developing economies like Ghana considering colossal investment in education and skill development. This study, therefore, attempts to provide a compr...
ABSTRACT The aim of the study was to investigate the relationship between an individuals’ religiosity and their attitudes towards Assisted Reproduction to resolve infertility in Ghana. The study also examined the relationship between socio-demographic variables and the acceptance of assisted reproductive techniques among participants of the study. The relationship between an individual’s cultural estrangement and his attitude towards assisted reproduction was also examined. Many Assisted ...
ABSTRACT The study examined effects of voluntary repatriation on residual Liberian refugees living in the Buduburam refugee camp in Ghana. The study was guided by Lee‟s theory of migration and Andersen‟s behavioral model of health service utilization. Objectives of the study were to (a) identify factors that motivate Liberian refugees to remain in Ghana, (b) find out challenges faced by residual Liberian refugees in Ghana after voluntary repatriation, (c) explore residual Liberian refugee...
ABSTRACT Across the globe, there has been a recurrent demand for accountability by citizens and this has spearheaded the waves of public sector reforms conducted by various governments to meet these increasing demand. This demand for vertical accountability will ensure efficiency and effectiveness, and transparency in the usage of the citizen's resource. Additionally, it builds a relationship of trust, integrity as well as legitimize the activities of public administrators at the selected Min...
ABSTRACT This study examines the dynamics of interest rate pass-through in Ghana since Bank of Ghana opted for inflation targeting monetary policy framework in accordance with the legislative instrument governing the institution. Time series data (policy rate, lending rate, deposit rate, interbank rate and Treasury bill rate) sourced from Bank of Ghana were analyzed using an error correction model. Per the estimation results, policy rate has an incomplete influence on wholesale market rates a...
ABSTRACT Studies on emotional labour have been increasingly influential as service employment continues to replace manufacturing ones in many developed and emerging economies. In a two component study (quantitative and qualitative) using convergent parallel (complementary concurrent) mixed method approach, the research aimed at explaining Ghanaian media practitioners' emotional labouring experiences and likely psychological health implications. The quantitative data (study one) was cross-sect...
ABSTRACT With the high incidence of suicide and its association with varying risk factors, which recently include chronic illness in other countries, it is imperative to examine this association as well in Ghana among chronically ill patients. This will help add to the rich knowledge gathered by researchers in the country in the areas of suicidality and chronicity. The study therefore focused on finding out if a relationship exists between chronic health conditions and risk of suicidal behavi...