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    Achieving budget goals: An examination of planning, implementation and control issues in corporate Ghana
    ( 2010-5) Nsiah, David
    The issue of firm's inability to achieve their budget goals is a bit worrying. This leads to the question of whether the firms implement and control exactly what they plan. The study seeks to identify what exactly companies in Ghana take into consideration at the planning and implementation stages of their budgets and to also examine whether Ghanaian companies implement and control exactly what they have planned. Questionnaires were used to collect the necessary data for in this study. With the help of Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) Software the data were analyzed. Findings of the study show that companies in corporate Ghana consider a lot of factors before they come up with a budget plan. Furthermore the plan goes through thorough reviews before it is approved by those in authority. However most of them seem to have challenges in the implementation and controlling aspects of the budget. I therefore recommend that the sampled firms organize or undertake seminars and workshops on how budget plans can be coordinated to ensure that the plan is well controlled to help in a smooth implementation.
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    An adaptive household sampling method for rural African communities
    (African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development, 2017-03) Awuah, R ; Douglass, R ; Agyepong, S ; Kuwornu, E
    Investigators working in rural communities and small towns in Africa face many obstacles to obtaining a random and representative sample of households for their research. The civic infrastructure used as the building blocks of survey sampling in developed countries are mostly absent in rural Africa. The purpose of the study described in this paper was to pilot an innovative and cost-effective approach to household sampling designed to generate probability samples representative of the socio-economic diversity of the small town of Berekuso, in the Eastern Region of Ghana, without relying on existing census data, household registers, or a regular layout of roads and dwellings. Utilizing Google Earth images and a Graphical Information System (GIS) map of Berekuso, sampling units were defined as 15-degree wedge-shaped sectors radiating from the center of the original township. All households within randomly selected sectors were surveyed, and based on a household classification scheme, each household type was identified. Additional sectors were randomly selected and surveyed in sequence until no new household types were identified – a notion recognized by laboratory scientists as an‘end point’. The adaptive sampling strategy was cost and time effective: freely available versions of Google Earth and QGIS software were employed along with inexpensive handheld Global Positioning System (GPS) devices; a total of 57 households were surveyed by teams of two enumerators over three consecutive Sundays. The survey method yielded a probability sample that is representative of the socioeconomic diversity of Berekuso, and produced generalizable results for median household size, median age of residents, sources of potable water and toilet types, among others. For example, based on the results of the survey, a 95% confidence interval estimate of the proportion of residents of Berekuso under the age of 20 years is between 0.49 and 0.58. These figures are consistent with results of Ghana’s 2010 census which pegged the proportion of the population of the Eastern Region under the age of the 20 years at 0.49. The authors believe that the methodology described in this paper may be applicable to household research in many rural African villages and small towns where little civic infrastructure exists to create more traditional sampling frames.
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    Adopting the omni-channel model: Identifying and recommending methods of adoption to shoe and clothing retailers in the Accra Mall
    ( 2019-04) Quarcoopome, Jean Nii Odarteye
    [NB: No separate abstract available in document. The following is a brief summary] The objective of this study was to recommend methods by which shoe and clothing retailers in the Accra Mall in Ghana, can adopt the omni-channel model to boost sales and strengthen the customer experience, and to understand the barriers that these type of retailers face in integrating their current retail channels and formats.
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    African video movies and global desires: A Ghanaian history by Carmela Garritano (review)
    (Society for Cinema and Media Studies: Project MUSE, 2015) Oduro-Frimpong, Joseph
    One of the key defining features of most Ghanaian video movies is that they are embedded—either explicitly or implicitly—in Pentecostal Christian aesthetics. Fittingly, a major research perspective, situated at the juncture of religion and film (and pioneered by Birgit Meyer), elucidates how the movies draw on shared Pentecostal beliefs and practices to mediate themes on occult practices. In African Video Movies and Global Desires: A Ghanaian History, Garritano, motivated by her apt identification of the video movies’ “unrestrained and unruly heterogeneity” and their concomitant multiple narrative forms, examines a subject with which scholars have so far not explicitly engaged.2 This characteristic of the video movies as a “shifting and historically contingent discursive field marked by myriad ideologies, anxieties, discourses, and desires” enables the author to explore a historical narration of the Ghanaian movie industry through analyses of selected video movies.3 This [End Page 151] approach allows the author to show the connection between the economic circumstances that gave rise to the industry and the manifestation of these same conditions within the movies’ themes—centered on poverty, work, and gender—that the first generation of producers explored. Here, the author teases out the ways in which the movies normalize and refashion “dominant discourses of globalization, gender and sexuality, neoliberalism, and consumerism.”4 In the same breath, she also emphasizes the manner in which the innumerable number of movies made since the inception of the industry in the 1980s generates a certain ambivalence toward these same themes. The approach also enables the author to explore and elaborate on multiple visual texts and their “variations in aesthetics, narrative form, modes of spectator engagement [as well as] [their] anxieties, desires, subjectivities, and styles.”5 This discussion is in the introduction to the book. In this same section, Garritano presents the book’s thematic focus, offers a short historical overview of the initial negative critiques of video movies by African film and literature scholars, and addresses the global aspirations of the industry’s players when she adopts the term Ghallywood. Additionally, the introduction includes a succinct summary of the five chapters that make up the book. The introduction together with the conclusion provide the theoretical lens of contextual criticism that underpins this work and the historical approach that the author adopts to investigate the huge changes that have occurred in the Ghanaian video-movie industry.
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    Analysing trends in agricultural output in Ghana 1995 2015: Underlying causes and options for sustainable growth
    ( 2017-04) Kwarase, Prince Kennedy
    Agriculture’s impact in Africa has led to the conclusion that it is the lifeblood of many Africa economies. In Ghana, agriculture was historically the dominant sector of the real economy accounting for more than 30 percent of GDP post-independence although more recently, it has declined sharply and is the smallest sector of the economy as at 2016. Despite that, the sector still plays a key role in Ghana’s economy and employs 44.7 percent of the population above15 years. The continuous decline of output in the agricultural sector and its sub-sectors growth in Ghana raises many questions worth investigating. This paper investigates the trends in productivity of the agricultural sector to outline causal factors and options for sustainable growth. Literature indicates that the sector will remain as a mainstay sector for the growth of Ghana’s economy in the coming years. The study uses in-depth analysis of interviews to outline causal factors and options for growth in Ghana’s agriculture sector. The study found budget allocation, misplaced priorities, lack of technology commercialisation, among others, as some factors responsible for the declining performance in the agriculture sector. The paper concludes with recommendations for the turnaround of the sector and call for further studies into this area of research.
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    An analysis of the office property market in Airport City using Porter's Five Forces Framework
    ( 2014-04) Odame-Koranteng, Jeffrey
    Real estate in Ghana has also undergone tremendous change largely to economic stability and government's support of foreign investments. Over the past decade, the office property market in Accra has grown steadily averaging an annual 14 percent of GDP since 2010 (Setrana, 2013). This increase in demand has led to several developments being undertaken in Accra (Ghana Prime Properties, 2013). However, this paper focuses on the office property market in Airport City and uses Porters Five Forces model to make an objective assessment about the attractiveness of the market. This is because the model goes beyond a more simplistic focus on relative market growth rates in determining industry attractiveness. The main objective of the study was to assess the strength of the competitive forces in the office property market in Airport City and examine the overall attractiveness of the market. This study was largely qualitative in nature using both primary and secondary data. The study adopted an inductive approach to interpreting data by using public information about the market and also relying on statements by the interviewees to draw conclusions on questions raised in the study for the purpose of narrative analysis and thematic analysis. Overall, 75 per cent of responses agreed that supplier bargaining power was very low, 60 per cent of results confirmed that rivalry power among office property owners in Airport City was very low; 75% responses for office property owners indicated that the threat new entrants was also very low; however 72% of responses agreed that office property owners in Airport City do not have a favorable advantage advance with customers due to high buyer power. Finally 100% of responses agreed that the threat of substitutes was very low. From these results it can be drawn the Airport City is a very attractive market for investments since office property owners have a favorable advantage over four of the five forces.
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    Analysis of the rehabilitation of inmates at the Nsawam Medium Security Prison
    ( 2010-05) Ansre, Selorm Kwami
    Crime is on the ascendency in Ghana and prisons are becoming overcrowded. Vocational training is the main method by which Ghanaian prisons seek to reform offenders and put this trend in check, yet recidivism is on the increase in our prisons after inmates have gone through the various rehabilitation programmes. This study seeks to evaluate the rehabilitation programmes in the Nsawam Medium Security Prison and whether any meaningful rehabilitation process has been achieved by interviewing 68 trainee inmates; a sample size collated through the systematic sampling approach. Interview questions were geared towards the aims of this study and required information such as intentions towards training, future plans with regards to the training, performance of supervisors, conditions of tools used, problems faced during the rehabilitation programmes as well as suggested solutions to these problems. The findings of the study confirm the view that with proper direction and supervision, vocational training can serve as a method by which offenders can be reformed. This is supported by the fact that almost all the recidivists interviewed during the study were either unemployed or employed in illegal activities.
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    Analyzing production challenges plaguing Ghana’s agricultural sector: A focus on poultry production in Greater Accra
    ( 2017-04) Haligah, Selorm
    Ghana has abundant viable land and a reasonably well educated population that can support different types of agriculture including crop production and animal husbandry. Unfortunately, in the last several years, the agricultural sector has been performing poorly and poultry production has suffered from liberal trade policies that have exposed it to competition from imported products, forcing an almost exclusive focus on egg instead of meat production. At the birth of the country, the agricultural sector was the main contributor to the nation’s economy with cocoa as the dominant foreign exchange earner. However, the contribution of agriculture to GDP has reduced, falling behind the industrial and services sector. The objective of this paper was to identify and discuss the challenges affecting agricultural production by focusing on the poultry sector. The challenges are then ranked in order of severity using a reliability test known as the Kendall’s Coefficient of Concordance in order to make recommendations to help mitigate the problems. The research employed a mixed methodology (both quantitative and qualitative methods) and used primary data gathered from the Greater Accra region, specifically six poultry farms to attain accurate and reliable results. Current significant production challenges in Ghana’s poultry sector include: high cost of feed; competition from imported birds; outbreak of diseases; pests; access to finance and power supply. In terms of rank, the top problem is high cost of feed. To enhance poultry production, the NPP government can subsidize feed and focus on building processing plants in its one-district-one factory initiative to provide a market for locally produced birds.
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    Analyzing the effectiveness of celebrity endorsement on consumer buying behavior in the telecommunication industry in Ghana
    ( 2013-04) Eli-Zafoe, Desire
    This research paper investigates the effect of celebrity endorsements on buying behavior in the telecommunications industry in Ghana. The paper seeks to provide fresh insight on the use of celebrity endorsement as a marketing tool in Ghana. The objectives of the studies are to examine how celebrity endorsements are being employed by firms in the telecommunication market in Ghana and its effect on marketing performance. It also analyzes how celebrity endorsements affect consumer behavior and purchasing decisions and make recommendations for the use of celebrity endorsements to promote brands. The study involved both secondary and primary research. Secondary research entailed a critical review of the Literature on the subject of celebrity endorsement and involved the analysis of celebrity endorsement models such as the sourcecredibility model, source-attractiveness model, the meaning transfer model and celebrity/product fit concepts. The primary research comprised a qualitative approach where a series of interviews were conducted with marketing executives in the telecommunication industry to gain insight into the choice of this mode of promoting brands. A survey was also conducted. This was targeted at university students in two leading universities in Ghana. The questionnaire constructed and used in the survey was based on an indepth interview conducted among marketing executives and on questionnaires developed and used by researchers and authors of the various celebrity models in India and the USA. This study serves as a pioneer in research of celebrity endorsement and buyer behavior in Africa. The work should generate insights and provide guidance or principles that will direct the use of celebrity endorsement to promote brands in Africa.
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    Asessing the efficacy of the use of brand ambassadors in the promotion of banking services in Ghana
    ( 2020-05) Mensah, Ann-Marie
    In today’s hypercompetitive environment, more and more firms, outside the heavy, traditional marketing, Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) industry, are investing heavily in developing and executing marketing programs to win in the marketplace. In the Ghanaian banking sector, diversity, development, and intense competition have seen many banks developing different strategies, such as employing brand ambassadors to reach their customers, deliver their services, and maintain longlasting relationships with them. However, not much has been done by way of understanding and exploring these strategies. This study, then, serves as a reference point for this gap by assessesing the efficacy of using brand ambassadors in the promotion of banking services in Ghana. The research questions this study addressed include: a) How do banks employ brand ambassadors within their marketing mix? b) Do brand ambassadors contribute significantly to the success or otherwise, of the promotion of banking services in Ghana? c) Are there any opportunities to improve the impact of brand ambassadors in the marketing of banking products/services? If there are, how can banks do this? To address these questions, three banks in Ghana were studied; GCB Bank, Standard Chartered Bank and Cal Bank. This was augmented with an online consumer study convering 356 respondents. The findings, which were analysed using the market-based brand assets theory and the CBBE model, revealed the importance of the use of brand ambassadors in the promotion of banking services in Ghana. The findings revealed that bank employees are inevitably brand ambassadors. The study also revealed that the use of brand ambassadors in the Ghanaian banking sector has a huge potential to grow and become an important marketing tool for banks to use.
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    Ashesi University (international student) brand audit
    ( 2017-04) Olting’idi, Damaris Silantoi
    Ashesi University needs to establish ways in which it could address its limited brand awareness in many parts of the African continent, with the help of its international students. This led to the need to understand the perceptions, attitudes and relationship of international students towards the brand of Ashesi. This would help in identifying sources of brand equity for Ashesi University, and opportunities in which the external relations office could use to promote brand awareness. This project therefore is a study of the perceptions and attitudes of international students towards the Ashesi brand. The findings from research will help in developing recommendations on methods of capturing value through international students, as well as how any negative issues arising could be solved. The research revealed that majority (95.7%) of international students feel proud of Ashesi of Ashesi and 82.6 % regard Ashesi as Special.63.5% believe that Ashesi provides a unique, useful high quality education. Generally, concerns were raised on the inactive student social life at the campus. Some of the opportunities for brand awareness include transformational marketing as well as the use of Ashesi international students as Brand Ambassadors in their own countries. Key issues that needed to be addressed, touched on the low satisfaction of international students with regards to current student social life at Ashesi. The final compilations of the analysis and findings are compiled into a report using Keller’s Brand Resonance Model/ Customer-Based Brand Equity Model.
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    Ashesi’s 360 approach to the COVID-19 pandemic
    (Commonwealth Council for Educational Administration and Management (CCEAM), 2021) Agyepong, Sena Agbodjah ; Owusu-Ansah, Angela ; Annoh, William Ohene
    Following the government directive to close schools in March 2020, a meeting of the academic leadership of Ashesi University devised a 360-degree response to the COVID-19 pandemic with decision making underpinned by simplicity and flexibility. The Admissions Department, supported by Student Life, led the evacuation and safe return home of all students, with students with challenging situations placed in homes the week of the announcement. Concurrently, the Academic Affairs team suspended all regular activities for two weeks, and with the assistance of the Operations and IT teams, developed the operational response plan, piloted the following week. Faculty and Academic Affairs stressed best practices, and in response to Student Life, emphasised the quality of instruction over quantity; rigour and higher-order thinking over the amount of learning. Pursuance of quality assurance was through weekly and clear master plans on teaching. Student Life, Admissions, and Academic Affairs used a devised student activity sheet to provide support to students to mitigate attrition, which was less than 0.2 per cent at the end of the semester. They regularly engaged students in virtual town hall meetings. Parents were included in students’ study needs and invited to visit classes. Vendors for the grounds, cafeteria, security and cleaning services have been supported during this period. Most faculty and students have begun to enjoy the online teaching and learning experience with no request for a tuition refund, but rather, high student demand for summer school.
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    Assessing brand Ghallywood: A study of the elements that constitute and characterize the Ghanaian film industry
    ( 2013-4) Akrofi, Daniel Ansah
    This paper explores the history, current state, and possible future of the Ghanaian film industry, by assessing its strengths, weaknesses and opportunities. By treating the Ghanaian film industry like a brand, this paper researched and discussed brand assets that could be leveraged to make the industry more marketable to an international audience. Findings showed that the industry's biggest assets lie in the nation's unique traditions, human capital, and cultural values. This paper recommends that filmmakers adopt new business models, work with government to create a foundation that provides filmmakers with capital, and finally, lobby for the passing of the film bill that has remained with parliament for nearly a decade now.
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    Assessing road construction: potential impact of constructing the Kwabenya Kitase road on the local economy
    (Ashesi University College, published by Mot Juste, 2016-07) Boa-Amponsem, Nana Ama
    Road construction typically confers significant benefits on the population the road serves. A recent rapid growth of urban residential areas in Ghana has necessitated the construction and rehabilitation of the roads linking these urban areas to major commercial towns in the country. The Kwabenya (Abuom) to Kitase area, straddling Ghana’s Eastern and Greater Accra regions, is a typical example. Using both primary and secondary data sources, the research reveals that agricultural production is perceived by several respondents as likely to be improved by the construction of the road. Several major sectors of the economy, such as education, real estate, arts, entertainment and recreation, construction and hospitality are also identified as likely to be improved by a better road network. In spite of these positive impacts, the research identifies certain negative implications of a construction of the Kwabenya-Kitase road. These include dust, noise and the destruction of arable land and a consequent change in the livelihoods of inhabitants, especially within the Agyemanti-Kitase area. It is established that constructing the Kwabenya-Kitase road is likely to boost the local economy, as long as an effective maintenance culture is enforced. However, responses also show a concern that an influx of businesses is likely to diminish arable land for construction and commercial purposes.
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    Assessing the effects of load shedding (dumsor) on SMEs and the coping strategies used to survive load shedding in Madina, Accra
    ( 2016-04) Fiawoo, Evitta Ersinam
    The availability of electricity is an important factor for the improvement of any economy. However, the unreliable supply of electricity in Ghana, has led to several periods of electricity load shedding. This negatively affects the operations of businesses, especially Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SME). In Madina, a suburb of Accra, businesses seem to be surviving the effects of the current load shedding exercise (called “dumsor” in the local Twi language). The objectives of this study were to investigate the effects of the recent load shedding exercise on SMEs in Madina and what they are doing to cope with the effects. The research design employed was explorative and used quantitative and qualitative data obtained through the purposive, non-probabilistic sampling of 31 SMEs located in Madina. Content and graphical analyses were used to analyse the data. Results indicated that the load shedding of electricity negatively affects the operations and growth of SMEs. The negative effects included increase in operating cost; loss of production time; loss of revenue; decrease in productivity; damage to plant equipment; increased expenditure; reduction in labour force and overnight work. The coping strategies businesses adopted to minimize the negative effects included: electric generators, reduction in labour force, early closure, solar power, uninterrupted power supply, power banks, inverters and voltage stabilizers. Given the contribution of SMEs to the economy and the significant negative impact load shedding has on their operations, Ghana’s growth will be stifled if the problem of load shedding is not permanently resolved.
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    Assessing the entrepreneurial climate at Ashesi University and how it affects the academic performance of student entrepreneurs
    ( 2019-04) Amoah, Geraldine Ewurabena
    This research explores how student entrepreneurs can effectively manage their businesses in order to maintain academic success during their 4-years undergraduate education. It is a case study of student entrepreneurs at Ashesi University. This research seeks to answer the question whether the time student entrepreneurs spend on their business affect their academic performance, and whether these student entrepreneurs are able to meet graduation prerequisites regardless of the demands of their business. This research seeks to find the cause of that gap and make the required recommendations. A mixed methods research design was used. Interviews conducted with the dean of students, career services indicated that students at the institution deal with a lot in terms of academics demands, but they believe it is for the good of the students. They believe that Ashesi students will do well in the working world and be able to compete well with students in other institutions, and even in the international level. Interviews with three alumni and three current students corroborated that the university is currently conducive for student businesses due to the new systems and structures which have been put in place. Also, the main reasons why majority of the students have not been able to pursue their business ideas is because they want to focus on their academics, which is; working on their numerous but intense assignments and projects, as well as preparing for their regular quizzes. Furthermore, achieving and maintain academic success is the top priority of majority of the students at the institution.
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    Assessing the feasibility and potential contributions of cashew as a cash crop for rural farmers in Northern Region: A case study of Sawla-Tuna-Kalba District in the Northern Region of Ghana
    ( 2019-04) Bagbuuro, Timothy Baebaar
    In the Northern part of Ghana, most people engage in agriculture as their main source of earning a living. Farmers in the north of Ghana produce mainly food crops such as yams, millet, Guinea-corn and maize which contributes little to their income levels. On the other hand, local farmers in the southern part of Ghana produce cash crops especially cocoa in addition to food crops. This differences in crops production have created a persistent income disparity among farmers in the north and those in the southern part of Ghana. The research sought to assess the potential contribution of cashew production in the northern part of Ghana as a cash crop through a case study in the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba District. The study revealed that on average, a cashew farmer in the study area could earn above GHC 2,000 per harvest during the cashew season. This would be enough to improve their income levels. Also, the most pressing challenges faced by cashew farmers include the following: labor unavailability; unstable cashew prices; land scarcity, lack of capital for investment, bush fire, and theft. Lessons from the cocoa sector that could be integrated into the cashew value chain include regulation of cashew by COCOBOD; technology such artificial pollination, mass spraying and the use of machines for spraying; and finally, agriculture extension services To resolve these challenges, the MoFA at the district level should be provided with resources to train more agriculture agronomists. Social enterprises such in the form of microfinance could be established to provide cashew farmers with credit facilities.
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    Assessing the impact of training on employee performance in the public sector: A case study of Volta River Authority (VRA)
    ( 2014-04) Afriyie, Edmund Osei
    The employees of an organization are likened to the bloodstream of the firm. Thus, the quality of the human resource of an organization is essential to its success. This can be achieved through training. The importance of training can be appreciated with a clear understanding of its direct impact on employee performance and benefit to the firm. It is in this respect, the Volta River Authority (Ghana) was analyzed to establish a correlation between its training programmes and the performance of the employees. Data was collected through printed open-ended questionnaires administered to trained junior staff and face-to-face interviews with the line managers in the chosen departments. The findings were analyzed using Donald Kirkpatrick's model of evaluating training and performance. The organization carries majority of its training on the VRA premises rather than train them outside the organization. Also, majority of the employees at VRA receive work specific training that is training relevant to their job needs. The feedback from the line managers generally indicated that the impact of the training was positive. However, the opportunity to compare the responses of the employees to that of their actual performance on the basis of the balance scorecard as a measuring tool was not permitted
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    Assessing the impacts of illegal small-scale mining (galamsey) on cocoa farming and rural livelihood: The case of Amenfi West District of Ghana
    ( 2018-04) Laari, Martey
    For years, Ghana has been confronted with illegal small-scale mining commonly known as galamsey. It is alleged that cocoa farmers are relinquishing their farmlands for galamsey, however, as many people in the cocoa farming communities depend on cocoa farming as their primary source of income, it raises questions as to why farmers would want to abandon their farms for galamsey. As a result, this thesis is aimed at investigating the motivations for galamsey and how the practice impacts cocoa farming as well as the living conditions of people in the mining communities. The study was undertaken in Amenfi West District in the Western Region of Ghana where both cocoa farming and illegal mining operations coexist. The data for the study was collected from cocoa farmers in the mining communities using qualitative research techniques such as interviews and questionnaires. The results revealed that cocoa farmers face challenges because of galamsey such as; labor shortages, water pollution and bites from harmful insects bred from the abandoned mining sites. Also, galamsey operations reduce land quality and cause black pod disease which ultimately reduce the output of cocoa farms close to the mining sites. On the positive side, galamsey provides employment and improves transportation network in the mining communities. The major reasons that encourage galamsey were identified as higher short-term income, availability of idle lands, poor cocoa yield, and low price of cocoa. Recommendations from the study include; supporting farmers to maintain healthy cocoa farms, land reclamation, and public education, but also facilitating the process to ease acquisition of mining license by the galamsey operators.
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    Assessing the implementation of Ghana’s local content legislation in oil and gas
    ( 2014-04) Senoo, Jennifer Emefa
    Without the much-needed financial and technical resources to exploit the oil and gas resource discovered in 2007 on her own, Ghana sought foreign expertise to develop the Jubilee Field and surrounding fields. To enable locals benefit from the resource through increased employment, transfer of knowledge and technology know-how, supplier developments and various other means, a local content policy was adopted in 2011 and a subsequent Legislative Instrument passed in 2013 to enforce this policy. The question this paper seeks to answer is how effective the implementation of the Local Content Legislation in Ghana's Oil and Gas Sector in fulfilling intended goals and objectives. This research interviewed three key stakeholders from a cross-section of the upstream oil and gas sector, which is directly targeted by the legislation. It also interviewed the body mandated by law to implement this legislation and a private policy expert. Respondents were chosen based on purposive stakeholder sampling, using the snowballing method. The data was analysed along four main themes; the alignment of the main policy content with the intended outcomes, the social, economic and political context of the legislation, the leadership for the implementation and the level of stakeholder involvement in implementation. Findings indicated that despite the fact that the rational for instituting such legislation is highly laudable, the alignment of the legislation, the social, economic and political context and stakeholder involvement do not support effective implementation. Implementers of the legislation therefore need to ensure that concerns and recommendations are taken into consideration to sure that Ghana derives the maximum benefits intended.