Pub Date : 2020-01-10DOI: 10.22610/jsds.v10i3(s).2982
Nana Noviana, S. Suwitri, B. Supriyono, S. Jati
Increasing HIV/AIDS infection has made Banjarmasin City government increasingly worried, sothat the realization of policy implementation is needed to solve the problem. Because if the problem ofHIV/AIDs is allowed to have an impact on regional development, budgeting and also have an impact onpoverty. Based on these, this research is focused on the suitability of the program with the needs of thecommunity in implementing HIV/AIDS control policies. This study aims to describe, analyze and interpretmatters relating to the suitability of the program with the need to implement policies in an effort to controlHIV/AIDS in the city of Banjarmasin. The qualitative research method uses a descriptive approach based on apublic policy perspective. This study seeks to present the empirical facts of the Banjarmasin Citygovernment's naturalistic actions and reveal hidden values. So it is expected to illustrate the phenomenon ofthe implementation of government policies regarding the suitability of the program with the need to controlHIV/AIDS in the city of Banjarmasin. Based on the results of the study, it can be concluded that the suitabilityof the program with the needs in the Implementation of HIV/AIDS Control Policy in the city of Banjarmasinhas not run in accordance with the contents of the local regulations. Incompatibility of HIV/AIDS controlprograms with community needs in the city of Banjarmasin and the lack of stakeholder support andcoordination in efforts to control HIV/AIDS based on these findings and the suggestion of this research, it willhelp the Banjarmasin City Government take HIV/AIDS control policies that are oriented towards the needs ofthe people in Banjarmasin City. This research also aims to contribute to the public policy scientific literatureand individuals involved in controlling HIV/AIDS in the City of Banjarmasin.
{"title":"Suitability of the HIV/AIDS Control Program in the HIV/AIDS Control Policy in Banjarmasin to Achieve \"Getting to Zero\"","authors":"Nana Noviana, S. Suwitri, B. Supriyono, S. Jati","doi":"10.22610/jsds.v10i3(s).2982","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22610/jsds.v10i3(s).2982","url":null,"abstract":"Increasing HIV/AIDS infection has made Banjarmasin City government increasingly worried, sothat the realization of policy implementation is needed to solve the problem. Because if the problem ofHIV/AIDs is allowed to have an impact on regional development, budgeting and also have an impact onpoverty. Based on these, this research is focused on the suitability of the program with the needs of thecommunity in implementing HIV/AIDS control policies. This study aims to describe, analyze and interpretmatters relating to the suitability of the program with the need to implement policies in an effort to controlHIV/AIDS in the city of Banjarmasin. The qualitative research method uses a descriptive approach based on apublic policy perspective. This study seeks to present the empirical facts of the Banjarmasin Citygovernment's naturalistic actions and reveal hidden values. So it is expected to illustrate the phenomenon ofthe implementation of government policies regarding the suitability of the program with the need to controlHIV/AIDS in the city of Banjarmasin. Based on the results of the study, it can be concluded that the suitabilityof the program with the needs in the Implementation of HIV/AIDS Control Policy in the city of Banjarmasinhas not run in accordance with the contents of the local regulations. Incompatibility of HIV/AIDS controlprograms with community needs in the city of Banjarmasin and the lack of stakeholder support andcoordination in efforts to control HIV/AIDS based on these findings and the suggestion of this research, it willhelp the Banjarmasin City Government take HIV/AIDS control policies that are oriented towards the needs ofthe people in Banjarmasin City. This research also aims to contribute to the public policy scientific literatureand individuals involved in controlling HIV/AIDS in the City of Banjarmasin.","PeriodicalId":297443,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Social and Development Sciences","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124689346","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-01-10DOI: 10.22610/jsds.v10i3(s).2981
Andrew Enaifoghe, T. Maramura, I. Ekanade, Hannah Muzee
This article looks at the social fundamentals in Africa’s political governance in relation to basicleadership and its system of administration regarding public office holders vis-a-vis political leaders. In anattempt to address the research question, it conceptualizes the dynamics of having a transparent government,in the changing pattern in leadership in relation to good administration of governance and the managementof public goods and delivery of services to general public, a system for which the discourse changes in Africa’slegislative issues. This article focuses on the structures of interaction from the national to local level it thenbrings up development of events that seem to be basic to all African politics, which may have been inciting thechanges in the original patterns. It identifies socio-political and economic policies as bedrock that is central toa country’s stability and development. Inevitably, a properly established economic policy is needed to ensurethe sustainability, strength, development, and delivery, of public goods efficiently. This article contributes tothe political discourse in Africa, which may have continued to this day and findings shows the obvious failureson the part of political leaders’ and their inability to manage public resources, thereby making them deviatefrom their campaign manifestos or become detached from people-centred fundamental issues of governance.Qualitatively, this article is conducted and guided by Stewardship and Corporate Governance theory. Itobjectively looks at the keys of good governance as its objective in the post-independence African publicsector in providing an enabling environment and effective regulatory framework.
{"title":"The Socio-Political Dynamic Import of Citizens Participation in Public Resource Management in Relation to Good Governance for South Africa","authors":"Andrew Enaifoghe, T. Maramura, I. Ekanade, Hannah Muzee","doi":"10.22610/jsds.v10i3(s).2981","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22610/jsds.v10i3(s).2981","url":null,"abstract":"This article looks at the social fundamentals in Africa’s political governance in relation to basicleadership and its system of administration regarding public office holders vis-a-vis political leaders. In anattempt to address the research question, it conceptualizes the dynamics of having a transparent government,in the changing pattern in leadership in relation to good administration of governance and the managementof public goods and delivery of services to general public, a system for which the discourse changes in Africa’slegislative issues. This article focuses on the structures of interaction from the national to local level it thenbrings up development of events that seem to be basic to all African politics, which may have been inciting thechanges in the original patterns. It identifies socio-political and economic policies as bedrock that is central toa country’s stability and development. Inevitably, a properly established economic policy is needed to ensurethe sustainability, strength, development, and delivery, of public goods efficiently. This article contributes tothe political discourse in Africa, which may have continued to this day and findings shows the obvious failureson the part of political leaders’ and their inability to manage public resources, thereby making them deviatefrom their campaign manifestos or become detached from people-centred fundamental issues of governance.Qualitatively, this article is conducted and guided by Stewardship and Corporate Governance theory. Itobjectively looks at the keys of good governance as its objective in the post-independence African publicsector in providing an enabling environment and effective regulatory framework.","PeriodicalId":297443,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Social and Development Sciences","volume":"136 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131785170","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-09-18DOI: 10.22610/jsds.v10i2(s).2905
Andrew Enaifoghe
This study looks at the prevalence of gender violence in South Africa particularly, and argues to support a gendered perspective as an approach with the inclusion of women in an effort to address or resolve violence against women. The UNSCR-1325 reaffirmed the significance of gender integration at all levels of peace and security agenda, the purpose underlined in the declaration shows a slow affirmation among international organisations. The effect of gender based brutality is a significant human rights infringement with real social and formative effects for overcoming viciousness. On an individual level, sexual based violence can lead to mental injury, and can have both psychological social and physical ramifications for survivors. Therefore, the argument set forward in support of a gendered viewpoint to deal with violence and peace-building originated from a classified arrangement of political characters, from a collection of controls, with various political sentimentalities and distinctive prescribed techniques for conflicts intervention. Furthermore, the global gendered perspective intervention is also assessed as a strategy by exploring various approaches to deal with global gender-based conflict. The approaches are considered instrumentalist in their various approaches, as they consider women to be instrumental in accomplishing a maintainable peace, but dismissing the issue of how peace can improve the situation of violence against women, and not taking into consideration the issues of gender based violence. This tremendously fails to discourse and address structural disparities and power crescendos or dynamics that underpinned gender discrimination. Findings in this study shows that, there is a need for gendered perspective to address violence and build peace in various civil societies, while taking into account the socio-economic effect of gender violence. Peace and Security plan is goal-oriented and transformative in its discourse. Therefore, it requires women's contribution to fight gender violence at all levels.
{"title":"South Africa Gender Based Violence and the Global Gendered Viewpoint Approach Mechanisms in Building a Peaceful World","authors":"Andrew Enaifoghe","doi":"10.22610/jsds.v10i2(s).2905","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22610/jsds.v10i2(s).2905","url":null,"abstract":"This study looks at the prevalence of gender violence in South Africa particularly, and argues to support a gendered perspective as an approach with the inclusion of women in an effort to address or resolve violence against women. The UNSCR-1325 reaffirmed the significance of gender integration at all levels of peace and security agenda, the purpose underlined in the declaration shows a slow affirmation among international organisations. The effect of gender based brutality is a significant human rights infringement with real social and formative effects for overcoming viciousness. On an individual level, sexual based violence can lead to mental injury, and can have both psychological social and physical ramifications for survivors. Therefore, the argument set forward in support of a gendered viewpoint to deal with violence and peace-building originated from a classified arrangement of political characters, from a collection of controls, with various political sentimentalities and distinctive prescribed techniques for conflicts intervention. Furthermore, the global gendered perspective intervention is also assessed as a strategy by exploring various approaches to deal with global gender-based conflict. The approaches are considered instrumentalist in their various approaches, as they consider women to be instrumental in accomplishing a maintainable peace, but dismissing the issue of how peace can improve the situation of violence against women, and not taking into consideration the issues of gender based violence. This tremendously fails to discourse and address structural disparities and power crescendos or dynamics that underpinned gender discrimination. Findings in this study shows that, there is a need for gendered perspective to address violence and build peace in various civil societies, while taking into account the socio-economic effect of gender violence. Peace and Security plan is goal-oriented and transformative in its discourse. Therefore, it requires women's contribution to fight gender violence at all levels.","PeriodicalId":297443,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Social and Development Sciences","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125913776","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-09-18DOI: 10.22610/jsds.v10i2(s).2904
O OkaforSamuel, C OkaforJoachim
The present study is focused on the public perception of government approach to the environmental challenges in the region of Niger Delta and its implication to environmentally-related conflict resolution and inclusive society. Four states were randomly selected while eight local government areas, 24 communities and 500 respondents (18+) were randomly selected for data collection. Our evaluation and analysis were focused on the public perception of the government policy approach in resolving the environmentally-related conflict in the region, support to this approach and the likelihood of youth involvement in violent agitation in the region. From our data, we pinpointed and demonstrated the weaknesses and unpopular nature of the dominant policy approach in the region as well as the latent energy of environmental conflict in the region. For policy relevance of the study, we ran a statistical cross examination on prevailing sociological issues in the region relevant to sustainable environmental and conflict resolution policy in the region. Our study established some factors relevant to inclusive society policy in achieving sustainable peace in the region such as public perception of government approach to their environmental challenges, socially-inclusive mode of consultation, age etc. in view of the strength of our data, the findings and suggestion of the study will help the Nigerian government to the threshold of people oriented and sustainable policies in dealing with the ceaseless conflict agitations in the region. The study aims to contribute in the current social scientific literature, the point of individual involvement in environmental conflict in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria.
{"title":"Government Policy Approach to Environmental Conflicts among the Niger Delta Communities: Implication to 2015 and Post 2015 Sustainable Development Goals","authors":"O OkaforSamuel, C OkaforJoachim","doi":"10.22610/jsds.v10i2(s).2904","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22610/jsds.v10i2(s).2904","url":null,"abstract":"The present study is focused on the public perception of government approach to the environmental challenges in the region of Niger Delta and its implication to environmentally-related conflict resolution and inclusive society. Four states were randomly selected while eight local government areas, 24 communities and 500 respondents (18+) were randomly selected for data collection. Our evaluation and analysis were focused on the public perception of the government policy approach in resolving the environmentally-related conflict in the region, support to this approach and the likelihood of youth involvement in violent agitation in the region. From our data, we pinpointed and demonstrated the weaknesses and unpopular nature of the dominant policy approach in the region as well as the latent energy of environmental conflict in the region. For policy relevance of the study, we ran a statistical cross examination on prevailing sociological issues in the region relevant to sustainable environmental and conflict resolution policy in the region. Our study established some factors relevant to inclusive society policy in achieving sustainable peace in the region such as public perception of government approach to their environmental challenges, socially-inclusive mode of consultation, age etc. in view of the strength of our data, the findings and suggestion of the study will help the Nigerian government to the threshold of people oriented and sustainable policies in dealing with the ceaseless conflict agitations in the region. The study aims to contribute in the current social scientific literature, the point of individual involvement in environmental conflict in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria.","PeriodicalId":297443,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Social and Development Sciences","volume":"61 6","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"113944328","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-09-18DOI: 10.22610/jsds.v10i2(s).2907
Andrew Enaifoghe, Toyin Cottis Adetiba
The Constitution of South Africa is underpinned by the standards of good administration, featuring the significance of open interest as a basic component of an effective local administration, with respect to subject inclusion in a "local government" organization. The interest of citizens to participate in local government issues is viewed as having a noteworthy ramification on democratizing administration conveyance beyond simply delegate government, by having people and community as focal role players all the while. In South Africa, the need for the community to participate in local government administration offers a more prominent control of the underprivileged over their own circumstance and guarantees their full inclusion in deciding their very own formative needs. Along these lines, districts must assume a noteworthy job in advancing the majority rules system of democracy and guaranteeing that the community takes an interest in choices that influence them specifically. This study contends that regardless of its perplexing structures, obstructions, and serious administrative difficulties, citizens’ interest stay vital to the accomplishment of local government administration conveyance. The idea of community support as an indispensable factor for a fruitful government and delivery of good administration in the local circle was examined in this paper. The possibility of community interest in South Africa was bolstered by the declaration of different administrative structures which supported the contribution of individuals in local administration and strategy making. For instance, the White Paper on Local Government (1998) a qualitative analysis method was adopted by this study and the rational model was applied to place things in the correct points of view.
{"title":"The Dynamic Approaches in Enhancing Citizenry Participation in South African Local Government","authors":"Andrew Enaifoghe, Toyin Cottis Adetiba","doi":"10.22610/jsds.v10i2(s).2907","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22610/jsds.v10i2(s).2907","url":null,"abstract":"The Constitution of South Africa is underpinned by the standards of good administration, featuring the significance of open interest as a basic component of an effective local administration, with respect to subject inclusion in a \"local government\" organization. The interest of citizens to participate in local government issues is viewed as having a noteworthy ramification on democratizing administration conveyance beyond simply delegate government, by having people and community as focal role players all the while. In South Africa, the need for the community to participate in local government administration offers a more prominent control of the underprivileged over their own circumstance and guarantees their full inclusion in deciding their very own formative needs. Along these lines, districts must assume a noteworthy job in advancing the majority rules system of democracy and guaranteeing that the community takes an interest in choices that influence them specifically. This study contends that regardless of its perplexing structures, obstructions, and serious administrative difficulties, citizens’ interest stay vital to the accomplishment of local government administration conveyance. The idea of community support as an indispensable factor for a fruitful government and delivery of good administration in the local circle was examined in this paper. The possibility of community interest in South Africa was bolstered by the declaration of different administrative structures which supported the contribution of individuals in local administration and strategy making. For instance, the White Paper on Local Government (1998) a qualitative analysis method was adopted by this study and the rational model was applied to place things in the correct points of view.","PeriodicalId":297443,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Social and Development Sciences","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122662703","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-09-18DOI: 10.22610/jsds.v10i2(s).2909
A. Haq, Irfan Ahmad Kahloon, A. Saleem
Main target of this research is examining the relationship between the purchase intention of cosmetics and brand label. The image of the store mediates the relationship between purchase intention and brand label in the cosmetics sector of Pakistan. To check the direct or indirect effect of brand label on purchase intention, data was collected from 200 customers of different stores. Snow ball sampling technique is used for the collection of data from respondents, and PLS-SEM 3 was used to test the hypothesis. The findings indicate that brand label positively and significantly impact customer purchase intention of cosmetics and store image is also positively linked with brand label and mediating the relationship between purchase intention and brand label. Findings will help the retail service sector to understand the importance of store image and how to enhance the consumers purchase intentions. Over long term, customer retention is better and business profitability is greater.
{"title":"Impact of Brand Label on Purchase Intention of a Customer","authors":"A. Haq, Irfan Ahmad Kahloon, A. Saleem","doi":"10.22610/jsds.v10i2(s).2909","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22610/jsds.v10i2(s).2909","url":null,"abstract":"Main target of this research is examining the relationship between the purchase intention of cosmetics and brand label. The image of the store mediates the relationship between purchase intention and brand label in the cosmetics sector of Pakistan. To check the direct or indirect effect of brand label on purchase intention, data was collected from 200 customers of different stores. Snow ball sampling technique is used for the collection of data from respondents, and PLS-SEM 3 was used to test the hypothesis. The findings indicate that brand label positively and significantly impact customer purchase intention of cosmetics and store image is also positively linked with brand label and mediating the relationship between purchase intention and brand label. Findings will help the retail service sector to understand the importance of store image and how to enhance the consumers purchase intentions. Over long term, customer retention is better and business profitability is greater.","PeriodicalId":297443,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Social and Development Sciences","volume":"69 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126382543","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-09-18DOI: 10.22610/jsds.v10i2(s).2906
Achmad Kautsar, Nadia Asandimitra
Indonesia currently has developed entrepreneurship both conceptually and practically and has developed very rapidly. Knowledge that must be possessed by an entrepreneur is financial knowledge. Adequate financial knowledge is needed to provide entrepreneurial skills to make sound financial decisions. Other variables of financial behavior that are important to be measured along with financial knowledge on the success of young entrepreneurial business are the level of financial behavior and financial literacy. This research was designed as explanatory research to explain the subject of the influence of financial knowledge, financial literacy, and financial attitude towards young entrepreneurial success. The research was conducted in the city of Surabaya. The population of this study is young entrepreneurs who have micro businesses. The sampling technique is done in a way cluster sampling. The analytical method used in this study is to use multiple linear regressions with validity test, reliability test, classic assumption test, and hypothesis testing.
{"title":"Financial Knowledge as Youth Preneur Success Factor","authors":"Achmad Kautsar, Nadia Asandimitra","doi":"10.22610/jsds.v10i2(s).2906","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22610/jsds.v10i2(s).2906","url":null,"abstract":"Indonesia currently has developed entrepreneurship both conceptually and practically and has developed very rapidly. Knowledge that must be possessed by an entrepreneur is financial knowledge. Adequate financial knowledge is needed to provide entrepreneurial skills to make sound financial decisions. Other variables of financial behavior that are important to be measured along with financial knowledge on the success of young entrepreneurial business are the level of financial behavior and financial literacy. This research was designed as explanatory research to explain the subject of the influence of financial knowledge, financial literacy, and financial attitude towards young entrepreneurial success. The research was conducted in the city of Surabaya. The population of this study is young entrepreneurs who have micro businesses. The sampling technique is done in a way cluster sampling. The analytical method used in this study is to use multiple linear regressions with validity test, reliability test, classic assumption test, and hypothesis testing.","PeriodicalId":297443,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Social and Development Sciences","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123713769","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-04-23DOI: 10.22610/JSDS.V10I1(S).2810
A. Yeboah
In view of the evidence that poor savings can inhibit investment decision by borrowers of surplus funds, and that countries with well-established and efficiently utilised financial services have considerably less poverty, the study examines factors influence saving account ownership in Ghana using econometric approach. We used empirical evidence with data sourced from informal market traders in selected major market centres in Ghana. Using probit regression analysis, the results suggest that financial educations, number of income-generating ventures engaged in by the market trader are major predictors of savings account ownership status. Other predictors include demographic characteristics such as gender, age, marital status and number of dependents. It is, therefore, recommended that banks and financial institutions should intensify financial education strategies to boost savings mobilization. Government’s policy intervention should be directed towards informal sector enterprise development to the crowd in revenue in order to motivate decisions to save. Also, the National Board for Small Scale and informal Businesses in Ghana should intensify education on how to sustain diverse income generation ventures to fetch income from multiple sources in order to encourage behavioural intentions to save.
{"title":"Drivers of Savings Account Ownership Status: A Cross-Sectional Analysis from Ghana","authors":"A. Yeboah","doi":"10.22610/JSDS.V10I1(S).2810","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22610/JSDS.V10I1(S).2810","url":null,"abstract":"In view of the evidence that poor savings can inhibit investment decision by borrowers of surplus funds, and that countries with well-established and efficiently utilised financial services have considerably less poverty, the study examines factors influence saving account ownership in Ghana using econometric approach. We used empirical evidence with data sourced from informal market traders in selected major market centres in Ghana. Using probit regression analysis, the results suggest that financial educations, number of income-generating ventures engaged in by the market trader are major predictors of savings account ownership status. Other predictors include demographic characteristics such as gender, age, marital status and number of dependents. It is, therefore, recommended that banks and financial institutions should intensify financial education strategies to boost savings mobilization. Government’s policy intervention should be directed towards informal sector enterprise development to the crowd in revenue in order to motivate decisions to save. Also, the National Board for Small Scale and informal Businesses in Ghana should intensify education on how to sustain diverse income generation ventures to fetch income from multiple sources in order to encourage behavioural intentions to save.","PeriodicalId":297443,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Social and Development Sciences","volume":"38 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126352255","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-04-23DOI: 10.22610/JSDS.V10I1(S).2808
Andrew Enaifoghe, Cotties Toyin Adetiba
The discourse on "Community engagement and commitment†is a critical subject that requires the interest of individuals within communities to fully participate in activities that address community needs. A meaningful citizen engagement reaches out beyond physical inclusion to incorporate the generation of thoughts and deliberations. In addition, it includes the commitments to leadership process in decision-making and the involvement of community members in the administrative responsibility. Among the elements that propel individuals to take an interest to participate in local governance need to assume a functioning role in bettering their very own lives, satisfying social or religious commitments feeling a need for a sense of community, and other quantifiable benefits. This study conceptualizes what community engagement, models, and frameworks is about and that can be used as a guide, to inspire communities in meeting various challenges relating to their interest in participation and cooperation. The study does not claim to cover all the accessible and significant human sociology on public cooperation literature. Qualitatively, the study gave an outline of the basic ideas that shed light on community participation, cooperation and commitment to duty and responsibility. As the study adopted a qualitative approach, mostly secondary source was consulted to address the research question. The findings show that the instrumental way to deal with citizens’ concerns, with attention to results and adequacy is considerably more far-reaching than the more transformative method. Furthermore, people ought to review challenges related with gathering politicization of improvement and participatory structures, the absence of responsibility towards organizing community interest, the absence of limit capacity among partners, poor access to data or information, and inability to perceive and work intimately with community-based associations. It was then recommended that the community and different partners take part in the discussions that prompted the last record, as this is required by the South African Municipal Structures Act.
{"title":"Understanding Dynamic Engagement of Community in Local Governance, Enhancing Grassroots Development in South Africa","authors":"Andrew Enaifoghe, Cotties Toyin Adetiba","doi":"10.22610/JSDS.V10I1(S).2808","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22610/JSDS.V10I1(S).2808","url":null,"abstract":"The discourse on \"Community engagement and commitment†is a critical subject that requires the interest of individuals within communities to fully participate in activities that address community needs. A meaningful citizen engagement reaches out beyond physical inclusion to incorporate the generation of thoughts and deliberations. In addition, it includes the commitments to leadership process in decision-making and the involvement of community members in the administrative responsibility. Among the elements that propel individuals to take an interest to participate in local governance need to assume a functioning role in bettering their very own lives, satisfying social or religious commitments feeling a need for a sense of community, and other quantifiable benefits. This study conceptualizes what community engagement, models, and frameworks is about and that can be used as a guide, to inspire communities in meeting various challenges relating to their interest in participation and cooperation. The study does not claim to cover all the accessible and significant human sociology on public cooperation literature. Qualitatively, the study gave an outline of the basic ideas that shed light on community participation, cooperation and commitment to duty and responsibility. As the study adopted a qualitative approach, mostly secondary source was consulted to address the research question. The findings show that the instrumental way to deal with citizens’ concerns, with attention to results and adequacy is considerably more far-reaching than the more transformative method. Furthermore, people ought to review challenges related with gathering politicization of improvement and participatory structures, the absence of responsibility towards organizing community interest, the absence of limit capacity among partners, poor access to data or information, and inability to perceive and work intimately with community-based associations. It was then recommended that the community and different partners take part in the discussions that prompted the last record, as this is required by the South African Municipal Structures Act.","PeriodicalId":297443,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Social and Development Sciences","volume":"85 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126283423","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-04-23DOI: 10.22610/JSDS.V10I1(S).2809
Noha Shawki
This article applies the framework developed by the Global Health Advocacy and Policy Project (GHAPP) to analyze the emergence and effectiveness of global health networks to two networks. One of them is Girls Not Brides, a global network of stakeholders working to end child, early, and forced marriage. The other is the network that is working to improve menstrual hygiene management (MHM) in schools and that includes the MHM in Ten network. By providing a theoretically informed account of these two networks, the article contributes to the literature by providing accounts of additional networks that can help us deepen our understanding of the factors that shape transnational network emergence and political outcomes. The two networks in this study complement the case studies completed by the GHAPP because they focus on a complex and politically and culturally sensitive set of issues. Furthermore, this article bridges the gap between the scholarly literature and the literature produced by NGOs and international organizations by providing a theoretically informed account of the effort to end child marriage and improve (MHM) in schools.
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