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Tytuł:
Prospects and challenges of the Ghana investment promotion centre (GIPC) in promoting foreign direct investment in Ghana
Autorzy:
Nyanyi, Kingsley David Kojo
Powiązania:
https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/1375630.pdf
Data publikacji:
2020
Wydawca:
Międzynarodowy Instytut Innowacji Nauka – Edukacja – Rozwój w Warszawie
Tematy:
Challenges
Foreign
Direct Investment
Ghana Investment Promotion
Prospects
Enterprises
Development
Manufacturing
Africa
Opis:
The purpose of the study was to examine the prospects and challenges of the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) in promoting foreign direct investment in Ghana. Descriptive survey research design was employed for this study. The populations of interest for this study are staff and management of GIPC. Convenience sampling method was adopted. The main instrument that was used to gather data was an open-ended questionnaire. The study found that the GIPC is mandated to formulate investment promotion policies and plans, promotional incentives and marketing strategies to attract foreign and local investments in advanced technology industries and skill-intensive services which enjoy good export market prospects; initiate and support measures that will enhance the investment climate in Ghana for both Ghanaian and non-Ghanaian enterprises. The study found inadequate infrastructure, inhospitable regulatory environments, macroeconomic instability, inadequate Employees, inadequate support from Investors and financial challenge as the major challenges facing GIPC in promoting FDI. Moreover, the study also found the following as the strategies that can be used to effectively to promote FDI in Ghana; providing financial support to GIPC, getting enough infrastructure to facilitate the activities of the Centre, appointment of qualified staff to occupy positions in the GIPC, employing more employees to help GIPC to effectively carry out its mandate, registration should be relatively easy and the entire process of establishing a business in Ghana should not be complex, provision of hospitable regulatory environments, ensuring macroeconomic stability, investment generation and facilitation and reducing minimum equity requirements.
Celem tego badania jest eksploracja perspektyw i wyzwań, stojących przed Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) w zakresie promowania bezpośrednich inwestycji w Ghanie. W badaniu zostało wykorzystana metoda opisowych badań ankietowych. Populację stanowiły współpracownicy i menedżerowie GIPC. Została wykorzystana technika wygodnego doboru próby. Głównym narzędziem do zbierania danych był otwarty kwestionariusz ankiety. W badaniu zostało ustalono, że GIPC ma mandat do kształtowania polityki i planów wsparcia inwestycji, zachęt promocyjnych oraz strategii marketingowych, które przyciągną zachodnie i lokalne inwestycje do przemysłu technologii zaawansowanych oraz usług, wymagających wysokich kwalifikacji, które mają dobre perspektywy rynko-we; do rozpoczęcia oraz wsparcia środków, które poprawią klimat inwestycyjny w Ghanie jak dla przedsiębiorstw z Ghany, tak i spoza kraju. Jako główne wyzwania stojące przed GIPC w promowaniu FDI w badaniu zostały wykazane niezadowalający poziom rozwoju infrastruktury, nieprzyjazne otoczenie regulacyjne, niestabilność makroekonomiczna, nieodpowiedni poziom pracowników, nieodpowiednie wsparcie inwestorów oraz wyzwania finansowe. Ponadto w badaniu zostało wskazane strategie, które mogą być wykorzystywane efektywnie do promowania FDI w Ghanie. Jest to zabezpieczenie wsparcia finansowego dla GIPC, uzyskanie odpowiedniej infrastruktury dla ułatwiania działań Ośrodka, zatrudnienie wykwalifikowanej kadry w ramach GIPC, zatrudnianie większej liczby pracowników w celu efektywniejszego wykonania przez GIPC swoich zadań. Rejestracja działalności po-winna być prostsza, a cały proces rozpoczęcia biznesu w Ghanie nie powinien być złożony. Potrzebny jest także przyjaźniejsze środowisko regulacyjne, zapewnienie stabilności makroekonomicznej oraz generowania inwestycji oraz facylitacja i zmniejszenie minimalnego wymogu kapitałowego.
Źródło:
International Journal of New Economics and Social Sciences; 2020, 11(1); 139-170
2450-2146
2451-1064
Pojawia się w:
International Journal of New Economics and Social Sciences
Dostawca treści:
Biblioteka Nauki
Artykuł
Tytuł:
Groin Hernia Surgery in Northern Ghana - Humanitarian Mission of Polish Surgeons in Tamale
Autorzy:
Mitura, Kryspin
Kozieł, Sławomir
Pasierbek, MichaŁ
Powiązania:
https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/1395201.pdf
Data publikacji:
2015-03-01
Wydawca:
Index Copernicus International
Tematy:
inguinal hernia
Africa
Ghana
humanitarian mission
surgery
Opis:
Availability of surgical care in Africa is severely limited. This is due to the lack of surgeons and a small number of public hospitals. Only 25 out of 100,000 patients with inguinal hernia undergo a surgical treatment. As many as 65% of inguinal hernia repairs are performed urgently because of incarceration. Among patients with incarceration who do not reach the hospital there is recorded as many as 87 deaths per 100 cases. In order to improve the availability of treatment of inguinal hernia in Africa, humanitarian medical missions involving surgeons from Europe are organized. During regular visits to selected centers in Africa, they also carry out intensified treatment of patients and training of the local staff. The aim of the study was to present the experience of Polish surgeons from the humanitarian medical mission in Tamale in northern Ghana undertaken in fall of 2014. Material and methods. Surgical repair was performed in 87 patients (74 men – 85% and 13 women – 15%) between the ages of 26 to 70 years (mean 52.8 years; SD 10.3), who underwent a total of 98 inguinal hernia repairs under local anesthesia. Results. Lichtenstein procedure was performed in 93 and Desarda technique in 5 patients. Patients reported the long-term presence of hernia symptoms - from one to 7 years (mean 3.4 years, SD 1.4). In most patients, hernia occurred more than 3 years earlier (61 patients; 70%). There were no intraoperative complications. All patients were discharged the next day after surgery. There was one wound infection in postoperative period which required mesh explantation. Conclusions. Inguinal hernia commonly found in Ghana is a major issue for the inefficient health care system. Humanitarian medical missions can help to improve the treatment results, as long as they are carried out periodically and allow for training of local personnel. Scarce equipment of medical facilities in Ghana is not a significant difficulty in performing the Lichtenstein repair under the local anesthesia.
Źródło:
Polish Journal of Surgery; 2015, 87, 1; 16-21
0032-373X
2299-2847
Pojawia się w:
Polish Journal of Surgery
Dostawca treści:
Biblioteka Nauki
Artykuł
Tytuł:
Business Research Supervision in Institutions of Higher Learning: A Case Study of Some Selected Technical Universities in Ghana
Autorzy:
Chikwere, Godwin Uzoma
Powiązania:
https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/1059433.pdf
Data publikacji:
2019
Wydawca:
Przedsiębiorstwo Wydawnictw Naukowych Darwin / Scientific Publishing House DARWIN
Tematy:
Business
Ghana
Research
Supervision
Technical University
Opis:
The study examines the shape of business research supervision in institutions of higher learning. The study was based on the sensitivity that the quality of business research supervision in Ghanaian Technical Universities is abating as less attention seem to be paid to such academic exercise by these institutions. The study was guided by the interpretive theory of social constructivism. Document analysis, archival contents and interview techniques were used to explore the perceptions of 45 participants and 120 archival contents (supervised and approved bounded project reports) on the state of business research supervision. Four set of issues including; (a) definition of research supervision, (b) existence of institution-wide research supervision policy and procedures, (c) availability of resource for research supervision exercise and (d) the extent of influence of quality assurance directorates on research supervision steered the study. Respondents had a more traditional and limited definition and understanding of research supervision. There was absence of institution-wide policies to govern project work undertaking and supervision. Although departments admitted having personalised research supervision policies, they were not overtly communicated to both students and supervisors. Project supervision exercise was also inadequately resourced: a demotivation for supervisors. Quality assurance policies did not cover project work supervision. Per the framework used in the study, the problems identified above accounted for poor quality supervision and had a rippled negative implication on research outcomes. Among others, the study recommended the development of institution-wide policies that clearly defines and communicates responsibilities of supervisors and students as well as supervision expectations. Supervision exercise should be well-resourced (financial, material, human, information and processes), this will help motivate supervisors and students to tackle the exercise with utmost seriousness. Quality assurance policies must be broadened to include all aspects - pre and post project work supervision phases. This is the only way ethical standards and integrity can be built into the supervision process. If the above recommendations are put into perspective, it is believed that quality supervision can be assured and consequently research outcomes will be improved.
Źródło:
World Scientific News; 2019, 128, 2; 148-170
2392-2192
Pojawia się w:
World Scientific News
Dostawca treści:
Biblioteka Nauki
Artykuł
Tytuł:
Examining attitudes and the law on homosexuality in non-Western Societies: The example of Ghana in West Africa
Autorzy:
Oppong, Seth
Powiązania:
https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/2129197.pdf
Data publikacji:
2018
Wydawca:
Polska Akademia Nauk. Czytelnia Czasopism PAN
Tematy:
LBGTs
sexual orientation disturbance
attitude towards homosexuality
Ghana
Opis:
The discourse on homosexually has largely remained Euro-American with a focus on human right of African homosexuals residing in Africa. However, current debates in Africa have centered on the cultural acceptability, legality as well as mental health concerns presumed to be associated with homosexuality. The paper approaches the issue of homosexuality from a perspective that is sensitive to the cultural context of Ghana and also through a non-Euro-American lens. The author attempts to address some of the misunderstanding about the legal status of homosexuals and the negative attitudes in Ghana. The paper concludes that Ghanaians face a paradox of accepting homosexuality because it cannot be understood to further growth of human society from their perspective. Similarly, if Ghanaians view homosexuality as a mental health issue, then it is more appropriate to decriminalize it as it is not appropriate to criminalize mental disorders. Reconceptualizing the issue as a human rights one in which both anti- and pro-homosexual religious and sexual rights respectively are accommodated may be more progressive than promoting one set of rights at the expense of the other. Though Ghana is the focus of this paper, it is believed that the discussions presented are applicable to the rest of Africa and other non-Western societies.
Źródło:
Polish Psychological Bulletin; 2018, 49, 4; 416-423
0079-2993
Pojawia się w:
Polish Psychological Bulletin
Dostawca treści:
Biblioteka Nauki
Artykuł
Tytuł:
Non-farm livelihood diversification: strategies and constraints in selected rural and peri-urban communities, Ghana
Autorzy:
Asare, Kofi Yeboah
Agyenim, Joseph Boateng
Koomson, Frederick
Powiązania:
https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/1886536.pdf
Data publikacji:
2021-04-02
Wydawca:
Uniwersytet Przyrodniczy w Poznaniu. Wydawnictwo Uczelniane
Tematy:
non-farm
diversification
rural
strategies
constraints
Ghana
Opis:
Non-farm livelihood diversification is an important livelihood strategy for rural households in Sub-Saharan Africa. However, the available evidence suggests that these strategies have received less attention; therefore, the constraints rural people face in venturing into the non-farm sector also remain unaddressed. In order to understand the livelihood strategies and constraints in the sector, this paper used crosssectional survey data from 251 randomly sampled farmers from the Sunyani West District, Ghana. Focus Group Discussions were also conducted in order to collect qualitative data to support quantitative analysis. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics: frequencies, percentages and cross tabulation. The study found that the non-farm sector was heterogeneous and highly gendered and involved several activities, with trading being the most prominent one. Gender disaggregation of non-farm activities has underlying cultural and social bases resulting in different production roles for males and females. Although farmers are predominantly engaged in farming as their major livelihood strategy, they also pursue non-farm livelihood activities due to push, rather than pull, factors. Inadequate access to credit and limited business opportunities were the major constraints impeding the development of the non-farm sector in the district. In order to propel rural development, policy makers and researchers should give attention to the development of the non-farm sector since it is an important source of income for many people. Apart from that, the study recommends that banking and micro-finance institutions design special credit programmes for rural people.
Źródło:
Journal of Agribusiness and Rural Development; 2021, 59, 1; 5-15
1899-5241
Pojawia się w:
Journal of Agribusiness and Rural Development
Dostawca treści:
Biblioteka Nauki
Artykuł
Tytuł:
Spatial Structure and Distribution of Manufacturing Industries in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana
Autorzy:
Temurçin, Kadir
Kervankıran, İsmail
Dziwornu, Michael Gameli
Powiązania:
https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/439200.pdf
Data publikacji:
2017
Wydawca:
Uniwersytet Pedagogiczny im. Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie
Tematy:
diffusion;
Ghana;
Greater Accra;
manufacturing;
spatial structure
Opis:
A key driving force and determinant of a country’s worth in the globalized world is inherent in its level of industrialization. Certainly, other dimensions are crucial and come into play, however, the infamous classification of nations into industrialized and non-industrialized has added substantial merit to the concept. Essentially, industrialization in Ghana was based on the premise of the production and processing of its vast natural resources from traditionally primary products to tertiary and finished goods. While the industry can boast of employment generation and a model of economic growth in the 1960s and 1970s, inadequate implementation of industrial policies has resulted in the consistent contraction of the manufacturing subsector. Manufacturing sector contribution to GDP declined from 36.69% in 2000 to 6.7% in 2012 and therefore is considered the weakest link in Ghana’s industrial drive. This paper examines the growth, spatial structure, and distribution of manufacturing industries in the Greater Accra region using districts as the unit of analysis. The Greater Accra region has traditionally been the focal point of Ghana’s industrial development accounting for 23.4% of all manufacturing establishment as of 2015, most of which are concentrated in the Accra and Tema Metropolitan areas due to obvious political, socioeconomic and mobility factors. Examining historical data from 1962–2010, we found that despite the overwhelmingly large localization of manufacturing industries delete in Accra and Tema Metropolitan areas, a relative spatial redistribution of manufacturing industries was evident in the peripheral district of the region. Furthermore, the change in distribution is reflected in the pattern of employment at the district level, which per our findings shows a relative diffusion from the core districts of Accra to districts located in the peripheries. The study also found that industrial policies, such as free trade zone initiative, decentralization policies, foreign investment and improvements in critical infrastructure, have resulted in the relative spatial diffusion of manufacturing industries. These findings are significant because they show how areas without previous manufacturing base have witnessed the emergence of some form of industry.
Źródło:
Prace Komisji Geografii Przemysłu Polskiego Towarzystwa Geograficznego; 2017, 31, 4; 71-82
2080-1653
Pojawia się w:
Prace Komisji Geografii Przemysłu Polskiego Towarzystwa Geograficznego
Dostawca treści:
Biblioteka Nauki
Artykuł
Tytuł:
Common Health, Safety and Environmental Concerns in Upstream Oil and Gas Sector: Implications for HSE Management in Ghana
Autorzy:
Oppong, Seth
Powiązania:
https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/1036317.pdf
Data publikacji:
2014
Wydawca:
Academicus. International Scientific Journal publishing house
Tematy:
Oil and Gas
Ghana
Occupational injuries
Psychological wellbeing
Environmental Impact
HSE
Opis:
This paper explores the literature to identify common occupational injuries, diseases, and psychological wellbeing on oil rigs as well as the negative environmental impacts of the upstream oil and gas sector. It ends by making recommendations for effective health, safety, and environmental (HSE) management. Review of the literature showed that contusion (bruise), cuts, and laceration are the commonest occupational injuries that workers on the oil rig suffer and that the injuries mostly affect the hand and finger, leg, and eyes of the offshore workers. These injuries were found to be caused mostly by direct stroke, jamming and overstrain. Similarly, accidental poisoning, musculoskeletal disorders, respiratory disorders and diseases of the digestive system were also documented as the commonest occupational diseases among offshore workers. The literature also shows that working offshore is associated with poorer psychological wellbeing or health; this is to say that offshore workers tend to experience higher levels of stress, burnout, anxiety, depression, low job satisfaction (particularly with the environmental conditions associated with their work), and sleep disorders. Finally, the literature review indicated that land-use problems, air pollution, acid rain, climate change, habitat disruption, environmental degradation, oil spills and leakages are some of environmental impacts of upstream oil production. This review was concluded by recommending some measures for the management of the HSE hazards associated with the oil and gas sector.
Źródło:
Academicus International Scientific Journal; 2014, 09; 93-106
2079-3715
2309-1088
Pojawia się w:
Academicus International Scientific Journal
Dostawca treści:
Biblioteka Nauki
Artykuł
Tytuł:
Wtórny pogrzeb u plemienia Bimonkpom ludu Konkomba z Ghany
Secondary Funeral among the Bimonkpom Tribe of the Konkomba People of Ghana
Autorzy:
Zimoń, Henryk
Powiązania:
https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/2143823.pdf
Data publikacji:
2021-01-30
Wydawca:
Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II. Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL
Tematy:
pogrzeb wtórny
żałoba
ryty puryfikacyjne
ryty dywinacyjne
ryty pożegnania
przodkostwo
lud Konkomba
plemię Bimonkpom
północna Ghana
secondary funeral
mourning
puryfying rites
divinatory rites
farewell rites
ancestry
the Konkomba people
the Bimonkpom tribe
northern Ghana
Opis:
The Konkomba, like other African peoples, do not consider the fact of death as immediate and final nor the dead person as either living or finally dead. Among the Konkomba, this transitory period between burial and secondary funeral lasts three or four years. The transitory period finishes with the secondary funeral, which lasts five to seven days. In a very expansive village of Sambul, including as many as 10 lineages and comprising about 95 homesteads, the secondary funeral took place simultaneously in eight lineages. The paper presents and analyses the secondary funeral in the lineage of Mpwando, where the author took part. This funeral lasted six days and was held between 26 April and 1 May, 1991. Comparing this secondary funeral of the Bimonkpom tribe in the village of Sambul with three secondary funerals of the Bichabob tribe in the villages of Nalongni, Sobib and Kumawa- teek, both similarities and certain differences can be observed in a number of customs and rites. Because of a large number of deceased people only in Sambul, divination rites were held on the second and third days. However, as a custom, divination on the third day in Sambul was more important, which confirms the significance of this day for divination among the Konkomba. A complete novelty in Sambul was visiting the market place by widows and accompanying persons in the evening of the third day. In the village of Sambul the widows did not visit the farm in the bush belonging to the oldest man or other older men, which is done in the tribes of Bichabob and Nakpantiib. In the tribes of Bimonkpom, Binalob and Bigbem, the widows visit the farm of the oldest man a few days after the burial. Shooting at a pole and a rooster in Sambul closes exceptionally the secondary funeral. Among the Bicha- bob the presentation and division of personal belongings of the deceased old men always ends the secondary funeral. The costly celebration of the secondary funeral, which requires a substantial financial spending on food and beer, is held in each lineage of Sambul every few years in remembrance of all who died since the last secondary funeral. It is only after the secondary funeral that a dead old man (or an old woman) can attain the dignity of an ancestor and his property (land, wives, sacred objects and power) is inherited and taken over via the mediation of the oldest member of the lineage by the dead person’s relatives who are his lineal descendants, that is brothers and sons, according to the principle of primogeniture. The secondary funeral finishes the transitory period of uncertainty, opens the way for the dead to the ancestors’ realm and confirms that older men and women have achieved the dignity of ancestors. From that time on, the Konkomba recall the deceased men and women together with other ancestors in the rituals that have home, lineage, clan and supraclan character performed in different life situations. In an attitude of respect and trust, they try - through their prayers and offerings - to gain the support and favour of the ancestors, who - as mediators between god Uwumbor and the living - take an active part in the life of the community and influence the fate of the living. The performance of different rites and symbolical activities of the secondary funeral emphasizes that the dead and the community change their roles and functions. The dead person is transformed from somebody who threatens the community to its guardian as a member of the invisible community of the dead. The secondary funeral ultimately finishes the mourning period after the dead, it confirms triumph of the community over death, emphasizes the value of life and leads the community through the hard crisis caused by the death of its members. Besides, the secondary funeral integrates the ethnic groups, helps the living people to accept the new status, and introduces them into the normal relations with the relatives and other people.
Źródło:
Roczniki Teologii Fundamentalnej i Religiologii; 2009, 1; 147-163
2080-8534
Pojawia się w:
Roczniki Teologii Fundamentalnej i Religiologii
Dostawca treści:
Biblioteka Nauki
Artykuł
Tytuł:
An analysis of illegal mining on the Offin shelterbelt forest reserve, Ghana: Implications on community livelihood
Autorzy:
Boadi, S.
Nsor, C. A.
Antobre, O. O.
Acquah, E.
Powiązania:
https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/92084.pdf
Data publikacji:
2016
Wydawca:
Główny Instytut Górnictwa
Tematy:
mining
Ghana
Galamsey
Income
forest
livelihood
górnictwo
dochód
las
utrzymanie
Opis:
Mining in tropical countries contributes significantly to the global minerals supplies but unregulated mining activities in reserved forests is associated with destruction, loss of habitats and loss of biodiversity. This study determined the area of the Offin shelterbelt forest reserve, Ghana, degraded through illegal mining (galamsey) and the impacts on the livelihoods of fringe communities. Thirty-two (32) coordinates were recorded around the peripheries of disturbed site in the reserve using hand-held Global Positioning System and were then imported into a geodatabase in ArcGIS which was used to estimate the area degraded. Data was obtained from 60 purposively sampled respondents from two communities fringing the reserve and 10 key informant interviews. Increased income (13%), employment opportunities (6.7%) and increased market activities (2%) were some benefits of the illegal mining activities identified by the respondents. Eight respondents associated their employment with of the advent of illegal mining activities out which 6 (70%) were engaged directly in mining activities, while 2 (30%) were into trading. The miners earned cash income range of US $ 2.9e22.9 daily. Within 5 years, illegal mining had degraded 2.5 km2 (4.4%) of the total area of the reserve and the destruction of cocoa farms and water sources (31). Farming among respondents reduced from 90% to 76% after illegal mining. The relatively high cost (US$ 6424.1) involved in flushing out and the subsequent return of such miners poses a threat to sustainable forest management and requires a more holistic approach in tackling such a problem.
Źródło:
Journal of Sustainable Mining; 2016, 15, 3; 115-119
2300-1364
2300-3960
Pojawia się w:
Journal of Sustainable Mining
Dostawca treści:
Biblioteka Nauki
Artykuł
Tytuł:
Wyzwania współczesnej pracy socjalnej w Ghanie
Challenges of contemporary social work in Ghana
Autorzy:
Owusu, Samuel A.
Powiązania:
https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/1787713.pdf
Data publikacji:
2021-05-06
Wydawca:
Akademia Pedagogiki Specjalnej im. Marii Grzegorzewskiej. Wydawnictwo APS
Tematy:
Ghana
kultura
praca socjalna
praktyki lokalne
indigenizacja pracy socjalnej
culture
social work
local practices
indigenization of social work
Opis:
Praca socjalna jest praktykowana na całym świecie, a jej głównym celem jest pomoc jednostkom i poprawa dobrobytu całego społeczeństwa. Ghana jest społeczeństwem wieloetnicznym z wieloma różnymi praktykami kulturowymi, które mogą wpływać na interwencje pracy socjalnej (wdrażanie przez praktyków i reakcje klientów). Głównym celem artykułu jest pokazanie, w jaki sposób rdzenne praktyki kulturowe w Ghanie kształtują sposób wspierania dzieci, osób starszych, niepełnosprawnych fizycznie i psychicznie oraz wykluczonych społecznie. Wiedza zawarta w artykule opiera się na dostępnej literaturze przedmiotu oraz własnych doświadczeniach autora. Rozszerzony system rodzinny, w którym rodzicielstwo, pokrewieństwo i tożsamość obejmuje rodzinę nuklearną, a także dziadków, ciotki, wujów, kuzynów i teściów, jest dominujący w Ghanie, zwłaszcza na obszarach wiejskich. Pozytywny aspekt tego systemu, jak pokazano w tym artykule, ukazuje zalety kolektywistycznego podejścia do pomocy społecznej. Jednakże niektóre aspekty lokalnych praktyk kulturowych ograniczają dostęp grup defaworyzowanych do potrzebnej pomocy. W tekście wskazano na potrzebę takiego przygotowania pracowników socjalnych, aby ich praktyka była dostosowana do lokalnych praktyk kulturowych oraz aby zapewnić większej liczbie osób dostęp do pomocy i zmniejszyć szansę odrzucenia interwencji socjalnych przez ludzi w lokalnych społecznościach. Artykuł wpisuje się w dyskusję dotyczącą indigenizacji pracy socjalnej.
Social work is practiced all over the world with the primary aim of helping individuals and improving the welfare of the general society. Ghana is a multi-ethnic society with a multitude of different cultural practices that may affect social work interventions (implementation by practitioners and clients’ response). The main goal of this paper is to show how indigenous cultural practices in Ghana shape the way of supporting children, older people, people living with physical disabilities and mental health disorders, and the socially excluded. This paper relies on available literature and the first-hand account of the author. The extended family system where parenting, kinship, and identity includes the nuclear family as well as grand-parents, aunts, uncles, cousins, and in-laws is prominent in Ghana, especially in rural areas. The positive aspect of this system as shown in this paper shows the merits in a collectivist approach to social welfare. However, some aspects of local cultural practices are shown to limit how vulnerable people have access to needed help. The article indicates the need to prepare social workers in such a way that their practice is adjusted to respond to local cultural practices in order to ensure more people have access to help and reduce the potential of rejection by people in local communities. It also contributes to the discussion on the merits of indigenization of social work.
Źródło:
Praca Socjalna; 2021, 36(2); 5-18
0860-3480
Pojawia się w:
Praca Socjalna
Dostawca treści:
Biblioteka Nauki
Artykuł
Tytuł:
Analysing the determinants, constraints and opportunities of smallholder farmers access to input markets: evidence from northern Ghana
Autorzy:
Adams, Abdulai
Osei-Amponsah, Charity
Tetteh Jumpah, Emmanuel
Powiązania:
https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/1892096.pdf
Data publikacji:
2020-07-08
Wydawca:
Uniwersytet Przyrodniczy w Poznaniu. Wydawnictwo Uczelniane
Tematy:
determinants
constraints
market access
smallholder
farmers
input markets
northern Ghana
Opis:
Smallholder farmers face multiple constraints in accessing input markets. This study seeks to understand the dynamics that influence input markets in northern Ghana and the opportunities that exist for smallholder farmers to increase their productivity and welfare. Using a random sample of 448 households, the study applied the probit and non-parametric methods in identifying the factors that influence farmers’ access to input markets and the key constraints faced by them. The results show that access to extension services, access to finance, distance to the nearest input market, and input source are significant factors that would be likely to influence farmers’ access to input markets. Lack of finance, poor road network, and low prices of output are the main critically ranked constraints limiting farmers’ access to input markets. Policy initiatives should be geared toward strengthening extension service delivery, farmer education on inputs, improving feeder roads, and encouraging private sector participation in input markets. Available opportunities to leverage on and improve farmers’ access to input markets include the governments’ input subsidy programmes, existing large-scale agricultural projects, private agricultural companies with contract farming models, and extensive network of input dealers and aggregators in the communities. These findings are relevant for farmers, input dealers and policy makers working to improve farmers’ access to input markets.
Źródło:
Journal of Agribusiness and Rural Development; 2020, 56, 2; 133-143
1899-5241
Pojawia się w:
Journal of Agribusiness and Rural Development
Dostawca treści:
Biblioteka Nauki
Artykuł
Tytuł:
Sustainable development in Ghana's gold mines: Clarifying the stakeholder's perspective
Autorzy:
Dery Tuokuua, Francis Xavier
Kpinpuo, Stephen Debar
Hinson, Robert Ebo
Powiązania:
https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/92098.pdf
Data publikacji:
2019
Wydawca:
Główny Instytut Górnictwa
Tematy:
human capital
sustainable development
gold mining
stakeholders
Ghana
kapitał Ludzki
rozwój zrównoważony
wydobycie złota
interesariusze
Opis:
Using semi-structured interviews and focus group discussions (FGDs), this study examined critical stakeholder's perceptions, experiences and competence in assuring the sustainable management of Ghana's major gold mines. The investigation was inspired by a synthesis of the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by the global community in September 2015; it places human resource capacity at the center of a sustainability struggle between local and international businesses. The findings of this study encompass two opposing but interesting perspectives. On the one hand, the study showed that sustainable development is understood differently by stakeholders within the gold mining sector in Ghana, which is why gold mining companies employ different approaches in their pursuit of sustainability objectives. On the other hand, the study revealed that, as mining activities are similar across different mining companies, common understanding and operation of sustainable development in the country's gold mines is a more practical approach to sustaining mining operations. This study further revealed that to facilitate the effective implementation of sustainable development within Ghana's gold mines and to ensure its alignment with SDGs, a regulatory framework is required and this should be developed based on the input of stakeholders.
Źródło:
Journal of Sustainable Mining; 2019, 18, 2; 77-84
2300-1364
2300-3960
Pojawia się w:
Journal of Sustainable Mining
Dostawca treści:
Biblioteka Nauki
Artykuł
Tytuł:
Analyzing the effect of Akoben programme on the environmental performance of mining in Ghana: A case study of a gold mining company
Autorzy:
Bawua, S. A.
Owusu, R.
Powiązania:
https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/92179.pdf
Data publikacji:
2018
Wydawca:
Główny Instytut Górnictwa
Tematy:
Akoben
Ghana
mining
performance
rating
górnictwo
wydajność
ocena
Opis:
This study assessed the impact of Ghana's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Akoben programme, a rating and disclosure tool which seeks to promote better environmental performance in the mining and manufacturing industries in Ghana. Using a case study approach, the Akoben audit report card for a mining company was analyzed over a three-year period (2009e2011) based on 7-criteria e legal requirements, hazardous on-site waste management, toxic emissions management, environmental monitoring and reporting, best practice environmental management, complaint management, and corporate social responsibility. Key stakeholders' perceptions of the programme's suitability were solicited from the Ghana Chamber of Mines, EPA, and the mining company. Findings revealed that overall environmental performance over the three-year period under review was poor (2009 - 56.6%; 2010 - 65.6%; 2011 - 59.1%) with none of the years meeting the expected minimum limit, with the exception of legal requirements and corporate social responsibilities; the company failed in all other criteria. Specifically, both toxic and non-toxic waste emission discharges were major concerns as toxic parameters, such as for Arsenic, pH and Cyanide, were exceeded. Environmental monitoring and reporting was also a problem for the company. Stakeholders identified inadequate publicity, an absence of legal backing, and a lack of incentives for outstanding performances as the main weaknesses of the programme. Despite this, the stakeholders acknowledge the fact that the Akoben programme has improved the environmental performance of the mining companies because it puts their operations in check, although more can yet be achieved with regards environmental sustainability with this programme, if adequate measures including legal backing are put in place to ensure its continuity.
Źródło:
Journal of Sustainable Mining; 2018, 17, 1; 11-19
2300-1364
2300-3960
Pojawia się w:
Journal of Sustainable Mining
Dostawca treści:
Biblioteka Nauki
Artykuł
Tytuł:
Cocoa Production in Ghana (1879-1976)
Autorzy:
Kuusaana, Mariama Marciana
Adu-Gyamfi, Samuel
Darkwa, Benjamin Dompreh
Powiązania:
https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/2056567.pdf
Data publikacji:
2021-12-01
Wydawca:
Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
Opis:
Cocoa production has been a major source of income and revenue to many citizens and the governor of Ghana respectively through time. Historically, although attributed to Tetteh Quarshie, records have shown that prior to Tetteh Quarshie’s achievement, the Dutch and Basel Missionaries had experimented with the crop in the Gold Coast. Since its introduction in the country, cocoa production has expanded and spread across all the regions in Ghana. The production of cocoa has affected every facet of development in the country since its inception and has once led Ghana to be world’s major exporter of the beans. Cocoa production in Ghana has gone beyond its agricultural and economic significance with its impacts felt across socio-cultural, religious and political life of Ghanaians. That notwithstanding, scholars have made partial effort at addressing the impact of cocoa production among Ghanaians between 1879 and 1976. Using a qualitative approach rooted in both primary and secondary sources, the current study sought to address the gap aforementioned by tracing the relationship between cocoa production and economics, politics and social-religious practices among Ghanaian between 1879 and 1976. Findings from the discourse revealed that though an agricultural product, cocoa can no longer be said to belong to that sphere alone. The product and its associated gains have permeated the entire life of Ghanaians since its inception.
Źródło:
Studia Historiae Oeconomicae; 2021, 39; 55-76
0081-6485
Pojawia się w:
Studia Historiae Oeconomicae
Dostawca treści:
Biblioteka Nauki
Artykuł
Tytuł:
Palynology, palynofacies and palaeoenvironments of sedimentary organic matter from Bonyere - 1 Well, Tano basin, western Ghana
Autorzy:
Atta-Peters, D.
Agama, C.I.
Asiedu, D.K.
Apesegah, E.
Powiązania:
https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/11090.pdf
Data publikacji:
2013
Wydawca:
Przedsiębiorstwo Wydawnictw Naukowych Darwin / Scientific Publishing House DARWIN
Tematy:
palynology
palynofacies
paleoenvironment
palinostratigraphy
sediment
organic matter
geological formation
Tano basin
Ghana
Opis:
Palynofacies analyses from Bonyere Well No. 1 in the Tano basin, western Ghana has revealed five palynofacies associations (I – V) based on the percentage relative abundances of the sedimentary organic matter (SOM). The palynofacies associations reflect deposition in a fluvio-deltaic (oxic) environment, a distal dysoxic-anoxic shelf environment, a proximal dysoxic-suboxic environment, nearshore (oxic) and a fluvio-deltaic/nearshore environment with high oxygen levels and low preservation rates respectively. Based on marker palynomorphs, Campanian – Maastrichtian age has been assigned to sediments within the interval (1800-10 ft) – (90-100 ft), Turonian – Lower Senonian (Santonian) age between (3160-70 ft) – (1980-90 ft) and Aptian age between the interval (8140-50 ft) – (3340-50 ft). The absence of the elater-bearing pollen which are typical Africa-South America (ASA) elements for the Albian – Cenomanian age is indicative of an unconformity between the Aptian and Turonian sediments.
Źródło:
International Letters of Natural Sciences; 2013, 05
2300-9675
Pojawia się w:
International Letters of Natural Sciences
Dostawca treści:
Biblioteka Nauki
Artykuł
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