Trade unions have adopted various ingenious strategies to reach out to groups of informal workers who were once considered beyond organisation. The unions claim this move is meant to offer protection to the unregulated workers. Drawing largely on secondary data (i.e. through the review of relevant documents) this paper shows that organisational coverage of unions to date lacks the substance of meaningful and genuine representation of their fluid affiliated informal workers. The voices and interests of affiliated informal workers are excluded from the mainstream activities of the formal traditional unions due to structural rigidities. It requires unions to temper its narrow focus on collective bargaining and embrace a much wider conceptualisation of their functions within the domain of social protection. This forms the central position of the paper. The paper also demonstrated that where unions are institutionally responsive, they can achieve some level of social protection for their associate informal worker groups.
{"title":"Stretching to informal workers: The Ghana Trades Union Congress’s hand and social protection","authors":"Owusu Boampong","doi":"10.47963/joss.v7i1.590","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47963/joss.v7i1.590","url":null,"abstract":"Trade unions have adopted various ingenious strategies to reach out to groups of informal workers who were once considered beyond organisation. The unions claim this move is meant to offer protection to the unregulated workers. Drawing largely on secondary data (i.e. through the review of relevant documents) this paper shows that organisational coverage of unions to date lacks the substance of meaningful and genuine representation of their fluid affiliated informal workers. The voices and interests of affiliated informal workers are excluded from the mainstream activities of the formal traditional unions due to structural rigidities. It requires unions to temper its narrow focus on collective bargaining and embrace a much wider conceptualisation of their functions within the domain of social protection. This forms the central position of the paper. The paper also demonstrated that where unions are institutionally responsive, they can achieve some level of social protection for their associate informal worker groups.","PeriodicalId":433603,"journal":{"name":"Oguaa Journal of Social Sciences","volume":"58 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133609458","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}
This paper analyses the outcomes and challenges of the Community Education Teaching Assistants (CETAs) module, one of the modules of the National Youth Employment Programme (NYEP) which the Government of Ghana (GoG) started implementing nationwide in 2006 as part of its poverty reduction programme. The paper draws on the livelihood framework for analysing how far the module provides a meaningful and or sustainable means of living, the very core objective of every livelihood. It draws on qualitative data from in-depth interviews and focus group discussions of key personnel and beneficiaries of the programme. It also draws on secondary data, both qualitative and quantitative data for analysis. The residts show that the programme has achieved some modest livelihood outcomes. First, District Employment Task Forces (DELTA Forces) were constituted and reactivated to improve on their performance in implementation of the module. Secondly, the module provided only temporary employment for most CETAs. The majority of CETAs are laid off after two years per their contractual terms ill-prepared to make a sustainable living. Thirdly, the phase out plan to latch CETAs onto the Untrained Teacher Diploma in Basic Education (UTDBE) programme for professional teacher training is benefiting only a few CETAs. These outcomes were largely shaped by challenges in the governance of the programme. To this end, the module largely provides short term relief to CETAs. In the long term, it does not provide a sustainable means of livelihood for most CETAs, except the few beneficiaries of the UTDBE programme. The paper therefore, recommends institutional reforms for improving governance and enhancing financial sustainability of the module at the district level.
{"title":"Implementation of the Community Education Teaching Assistants Module of the National Youth Employment Programme: Outcomes and Challenges in northern Ghana","authors":"E. Derbile","doi":"10.47963/joss.v7i1.592","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47963/joss.v7i1.592","url":null,"abstract":"This paper analyses the outcomes and challenges of the Community Education Teaching Assistants (CETAs) module, one of the modules of the National Youth Employment Programme (NYEP) which the Government of Ghana (GoG) started implementing nationwide in 2006 as part of its poverty reduction programme. The paper draws on the livelihood framework for analysing how far the module provides a meaningful and or sustainable means of living, the very core objective of every livelihood. It draws on qualitative data from in-depth interviews and focus group discussions of key personnel and beneficiaries of the programme. It also draws on secondary data, both qualitative and quantitative data for analysis. The residts show that the programme has achieved some modest livelihood outcomes. First, District Employment Task Forces (DELTA Forces) were constituted and reactivated to improve on their performance in implementation of the module. Secondly, the module provided only temporary employment for most CETAs. The majority of CETAs are laid off after two years per their contractual terms ill-prepared to make a sustainable living. Thirdly, the phase out plan to latch CETAs onto the Untrained Teacher Diploma in Basic Education (UTDBE) programme for professional teacher training is benefiting only a few CETAs. These outcomes were largely shaped by challenges in the governance of the programme. To this end, the module largely provides short term relief to CETAs. In the long term, it does not provide a sustainable means of livelihood for most CETAs, except the few beneficiaries of the UTDBE programme. The paper therefore, recommends institutional reforms for improving governance and enhancing financial sustainability of the module at the district level.","PeriodicalId":433603,"journal":{"name":"Oguaa Journal of Social Sciences","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125330286","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}
Y. Asamoah, O. Akyeampong, Kwabena Barima-Antwi, Samuel Dauda
Natural resources have often been found to be a curse to some nations that possess them instead of being a blessing. In several developing economies, civil wars, environmental and health hazards have been associated with the extraction of such natural resources. This paper investigated residents' perceptions on the effects resultingfrom natural resource extraction in some mining communities in Ghana. Underpinned by the interpretivist philosophy, this case study employed in-depth interviews, focus group discussions and observation to collect data from the residents in Odumase and Teberebie communities in the Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipality, in the Western Region of Ghana. Purposive and snowball sampling techniques were used to select 77 respondents for the study. Data collected was transcribed, coded into themes and categories, and manually analysed. The study found that the'mining communities were confronted with a number of environmental challenges, including pollution (air, water, soil, and noise), deforestation, abandoned mine pits and dumping of rock waste on fertile agricultural lands. Residents have become marginalized as a result of the difficulty to access potable drinking water, fertile agricultural lands and inability to come out of poverty since their livelihoods have become unsustainable. It is recommended that collaborative efforts should be adopted by various stakeholders to sustainably manage the exploitation of mineral resources. Central and local governments' policies and regulations regarding natural resource use, and n particular mining need to be enforced with local residents in mind.
{"title":"Residents’ perceptions on the manifestation of the natural resource curse in the Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipality, Ghana","authors":"Y. Asamoah, O. Akyeampong, Kwabena Barima-Antwi, Samuel Dauda","doi":"10.47963/joss.v7i1.589","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47963/joss.v7i1.589","url":null,"abstract":"Natural resources have often been found to be a curse to some nations that possess them instead of being a blessing. In several developing economies, civil wars, environmental and health hazards have been associated with the extraction of such natural resources. This paper investigated residents' perceptions on the effects resultingfrom natural resource extraction in some mining communities in Ghana. Underpinned by the interpretivist philosophy, this case study employed in-depth interviews, focus group discussions and observation to collect data from the residents in Odumase and Teberebie communities in the Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipality, in the Western Region of Ghana. Purposive and snowball sampling techniques were used to select 77 respondents for the study. Data collected was transcribed, coded into themes and categories, and manually analysed. The study found that the'mining communities were confronted with a number of environmental challenges, including pollution (air, water, soil, and noise), deforestation, abandoned mine pits and dumping of rock waste on fertile agricultural lands. Residents have become marginalized as a result of the difficulty to access potable drinking water, fertile agricultural lands and inability to come out of poverty since their livelihoods have become unsustainable. It is recommended that collaborative efforts should be adopted by various stakeholders to sustainably manage the exploitation of mineral resources. Central and local governments' policies and regulations regarding natural resource use, and n particular mining need to be enforced with local residents in mind.","PeriodicalId":433603,"journal":{"name":"Oguaa Journal of Social Sciences","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133861446","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}
The land tenure practice of any place is important for the economic well-being of its citizenry. This article assesses the investments of farmers on different categories of lands deemed to have less or more security in order to inform the debate on the relationship between tenure security and investments. We also delineate the changing livelihood portfolios of families resulting from changing access forms to land via livelihood adaptation. Quantitative data from a national survey conducted by the Institute of Statistical Social and Economic Research in addition to qualitative information from nine villages is used as evidence for the study. Investments in land tend to be constrained by a host of motivations and factors rather than just security. Poverty was the most important factor which prevented farmers from investing in a wide range of land improvements necessary for increasing productivity. As a result of pressure on land resources and scarcity of farmland in urban and pen-urban areas many, people are diversifying from agriculture to non-farm activities. In the rural areas, this pressure on land has led to migration by the youth to the cities and changes in land relations between land owners and other land users. The economic mix of northern Ghana is becoming complicated and in tune with global trends.' The deagrarianisation trend does not automatically lead to improvement in people's livelihoods but is contingent on social, economic and environmental factors.
{"title":"Customary land tenure, investments and livelihood adaptation in Northern Ghana","authors":"Joseph A. Yaro, Abraham Ibn Zackaria","doi":"10.47963/joss.v4i4.578","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47963/joss.v4i4.578","url":null,"abstract":"The land tenure practice of any place is important for the economic well-being of its citizenry. This article assesses the investments of farmers on different categories of lands deemed to have less or more security in order to inform the debate on the relationship between tenure security and investments. We also delineate the changing livelihood portfolios of families resulting from changing access forms to land via livelihood adaptation. Quantitative data from a national survey conducted by the Institute of Statistical Social and Economic Research in addition to qualitative information from nine villages is used as evidence for the study. Investments in land tend to be constrained by a host of motivations and factors rather than just security. Poverty was the most important factor which prevented farmers from investing in a wide range of land improvements necessary for increasing productivity. As a result of pressure on land resources and scarcity of farmland in urban and pen-urban areas many, people are diversifying from agriculture to non-farm activities. In the rural areas, this pressure on land has led to migration by the youth to the cities and changes in land relations between land owners and other land users. The economic mix of northern Ghana is becoming complicated and in tune with global trends.' The deagrarianisation trend does not automatically lead to improvement in people's livelihoods but is contingent on social, economic and environmental factors.","PeriodicalId":433603,"journal":{"name":"Oguaa Journal of Social Sciences","volume":"67 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121700352","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}
This article examines variation and distribution of opinions in Ghana regarding conflict in the Middle East and was limited to the conflict that erupted along the Southern Lebanon and Israeli border during July and August 2006. The survey research focused on several key areas: United States of America understanding of Middle East issues, country’s right to self-defence, disproportionate use of military force, proxy war, and indifference to the loss of human life. The survey was conducted in the Central Region and 318 (N=318) completed survey instrument were assessed. The results suggest respondents are less likely to give support for the disproportionate use of military force, more likely to give support for a country’s right to self-defence to Lebanese combatants defending their territory against intruders, respondents are of the opinion that Israel, more so than not, is fighting a proxy war, and that Western countries have an indifference to the loss of life.
{"title":"Survey data report: Ghanaians are critical about the 2006 recent hostilities in Lebanon but are optimistic about peace in the middle east","authors":"Idris Sharif","doi":"10.47963/joss.v4i4.575","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47963/joss.v4i4.575","url":null,"abstract":"This article examines variation and distribution of opinions in Ghana regarding conflict in the Middle East and was limited to the conflict that erupted along the Southern Lebanon and Israeli border during July and August 2006. The survey research focused on several key areas: United States of America understanding of Middle East issues, country’s right to self-defence, disproportionate use of military force, proxy war, and indifference to the loss of human life. The survey was conducted in the Central Region and 318 (N=318) completed survey instrument were assessed. The results suggest respondents are less likely to give support for the disproportionate use of military force, more likely to give support for a country’s right to self-defence to Lebanese combatants defending their territory against intruders, respondents are of the opinion that Israel, more so than not, is fighting a proxy war, and that Western countries have an indifference to the loss of life.","PeriodicalId":433603,"journal":{"name":"Oguaa Journal of Social Sciences","volume":"113 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117250914","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}
The objective of this study was to determine the differential impact of various government expenditures on economic growth and poverty reduction in Ghana using a dynamic computable general equilibrium model based on a social accounting matrix (SAM) for Ghana for the year 1999. Even though there is evidence to show that higher fiscal deficits resulting from the increase in public investment outlays 'crowd out' some private investment by raising interest rates, the overall impact points to increased real GDP on a net basis by removing physical bottlenecks of infrastructure and thereby raising the factor productivity of private investment. Two main lessons can be drawn from this study. First, various types of government spending have differential impacts on economic growth and poverty reduction, implying greater potential to improve efficiency of government spending by reallocation among sectors. Second, governments should reduce their spending on unproductive sectors and rather give priority to increasing its spending on production-enhancing investments such as education, health and infrastructure.
{"title":"Public spending, growth and poverty reduction: A Dynamic CGE Analysis for Ghana","authors":"E. Asmah, F. Ahiakpor","doi":"10.47963/joss.v4i4.580","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47963/joss.v4i4.580","url":null,"abstract":"The objective of this study was to determine the differential impact of various government expenditures on economic growth and poverty reduction in Ghana using a dynamic computable general equilibrium model based on a social accounting matrix (SAM) for Ghana for the year 1999. Even though there is evidence to show that higher fiscal deficits resulting from the increase in public investment outlays 'crowd out' some private investment by raising interest rates, the overall impact points to increased real GDP on a net basis by removing physical bottlenecks of infrastructure and thereby raising the factor productivity of private investment. Two main lessons can be drawn from this study. First, various types of government spending have differential impacts on economic growth and poverty reduction, implying greater potential to improve efficiency of government spending by reallocation among sectors. Second, governments should reduce their spending on unproductive sectors and rather give priority to increasing its spending on production-enhancing investments such as education, health and infrastructure.","PeriodicalId":433603,"journal":{"name":"Oguaa Journal of Social Sciences","volume":"36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124664583","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}
The role of traditional Authorities in local governance was the subject of the study. The research design consisted of various methods of data collection including in-depth face-to face interviews, document reviews and observations. One technique that was used throughout the research to get information from all traditional role players was the appreciative technique. The population was made up of opinion leaders, settlers, chiefs, fetish priests, identified group leaders, tengdamba (land owners), family heads and local government staff. The instruments were pretested for reliability The analysis consisted of describing qualitative data while quantitative data was analysed using SPSS (statistical package for social sciences). It emerged that traditional institutions have more good to offer the District Assembly in local governance than their limitation of the work of the Assembly. The institutions have remained resilient in the face of modern challenges because of the confidence and trust people have in them and are prepared to defend them. People perceive traditional authorities to present their history, norms, values and belief systems; it is believed society would get much more substantially than if they are excluded.
{"title":"The role of traditional authorities in local governance","authors":"C. Kangsangbata, Stephen Bugu Kendie","doi":"10.47963/joss.v4i4.577","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47963/joss.v4i4.577","url":null,"abstract":"The role of traditional Authorities in local governance was the subject of the study. The research design consisted of various methods of data collection including in-depth face-to face interviews, document reviews and observations. One technique that was used throughout the research to get information from all traditional role players was the appreciative technique. The population was made up of opinion leaders, settlers, chiefs, fetish priests, identified group leaders, tengdamba (land owners), family heads and local government staff. The instruments were pretested for reliability The analysis consisted of describing qualitative data while quantitative data was analysed using SPSS (statistical package for social sciences). It emerged that traditional institutions have more good to offer the District Assembly in local governance than their limitation of the work of the Assembly. The institutions have remained resilient in the face of modern challenges because of the confidence and trust people have in them and are prepared to defend them. People perceive traditional authorities to present their history, norms, values and belief systems; it is believed society would get much more substantially than if they are excluded.","PeriodicalId":433603,"journal":{"name":"Oguaa Journal of Social Sciences","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114361533","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}
For many authorities in Ghana's metropolitan areas, public transport provision is increasingly becoming problematic as daily trips of city dwellers tend to cover numerous suburbs or even satellite settlements, thereby increasing travel costs in terms of time, money and comfort. Rather than reducing travel times, enhancing economic activities and productivity of commuters as well as ensuring the safety and comfort of city dwellers, the public transport systems in developing cities such as Accra, Kumasi and Tamale in Ghana have become uncomfortable, risky and generally inconvenient. This paper focuses on the activities of the Metro Mass Transit Limited in Ghana since its inception in 2003. The paper first reviews the various processes that led to the introduction of yet another version of the defunct Omnibus Services Authority (OSA) Transport Company. This is followed by an outline of major challenges likely to confront the Company's operations. Employing selected features of a management model by Cummings and Worley (1997), the paper then proposes possible strategies to address the challenges. For purposes of clarity some references are made to the defunct OSA Transport Company as well as other private operators such as the Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU), Kingdom Transport and the State Transport Company (STC). The paper ends with suggestions for the training and education of operators of the MMTL designed to enhance their capacities to effectively manage the buses.
{"title":"The metro mass transportation scheme in Ghana: Issues, challenges and the way forward","authors":"A. Abane","doi":"10.47963/joss.v4i4.579","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47963/joss.v4i4.579","url":null,"abstract":"For many authorities in Ghana's metropolitan areas, public transport provision is increasingly becoming problematic as daily trips of city dwellers tend to cover numerous suburbs or even satellite settlements, thereby increasing travel costs in terms of time, money and comfort. Rather than reducing travel times, enhancing economic activities and productivity of commuters as well as ensuring the safety and comfort of city dwellers, the public transport systems in developing cities such as Accra, Kumasi and Tamale in Ghana have become uncomfortable, risky and generally inconvenient. This paper focuses on the activities of the Metro Mass Transit Limited in Ghana since its inception in 2003. The paper first reviews the various processes that led to the introduction of yet another version of the defunct Omnibus Services Authority (OSA) Transport Company. This is followed by an outline of major challenges likely to confront the Company's operations. Employing selected features of a management model by Cummings and Worley (1997), the paper then proposes possible strategies to address the challenges. For purposes of clarity some references are made to the defunct OSA Transport Company as well as other private operators such as the Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU), Kingdom Transport and the State Transport Company (STC). The paper ends with suggestions for the training and education of operators of the MMTL designed to enhance their capacities to effectively manage the buses.","PeriodicalId":433603,"journal":{"name":"Oguaa Journal of Social Sciences","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116975559","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}
Demand for skilled labour has been rising steadily as a result of globalization, technological advances and changes in work organization. In recent policy debates to increase employability in a globalizing world economy the crucial role of a high-quality educated and skilled workforce has gained prominence. This growing prominence, however, is based on the assertion that, a better trained labour force can increase competitiveness and better complement physical capital. There is the need to produce a workforce that is flexible enough to meet new challenges. What this means is that training systems are also under pressure to meet the demands of the changing labour market just as firms are underpressure to sustain competitiveness. The extent to which training systems, especially of developing countries like Ghana, are well placed to respond to the changing needs of the labour market is the central theme of this paper. We argue that existing training systems in most developing countries are not well placed to respond to changing labour market needs. We therefore present practical and workable suggestions.
{"title":"Sustaining employability in a globalizing world: critical issues on enterprise-based training systems","authors":"A. D. Akorsu","doi":"10.47963/joss.v4i4.576","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47963/joss.v4i4.576","url":null,"abstract":"Demand for skilled labour has been rising steadily as a result of globalization, technological advances and changes in work organization. In recent policy debates to increase employability in a globalizing world economy the crucial role of a high-quality educated and skilled workforce has gained prominence. This growing prominence, however, is based on the assertion that, a better trained labour force can increase competitiveness and better complement physical capital. There is the need to produce a workforce that is flexible enough to meet new challenges. What this means is that training systems are also under pressure to meet the demands of the changing labour market just as firms are underpressure to sustain competitiveness. The extent to which training systems, especially of developing countries like Ghana, are well placed to respond to the changing needs of the labour market is the central theme of this paper. We argue that existing training systems in most developing countries are not well placed to respond to changing labour market needs. We therefore present practical and workable suggestions.","PeriodicalId":433603,"journal":{"name":"Oguaa Journal of Social Sciences","volume":"88 8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128002941","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}
This study analyses the effect of growth rate of external debt on the growth rate of GDP and finds out whether Ghana suffers from a debt overhang problem. The results from a Johansen multivariate cointegration method employed on our data showed that (i) there exists a stable long run relationship among GDP, labour force, investment, exports and external debt; and (ii) the long run effect of external debt on GDP has been positive and that Ghana is not suffering from any debt overhang problem. This means that importation of capital or reliance on external resources will help promote economic growth in Ghana. It is therefore. ecommended that every effort should be made by authorities to make Ghana much more attractive to external resources. The results of the study also indicate that military coups (political instability) have not been significant in explaining the growth rate of GDP in Ghana.
{"title":"External Debt and Economic Growth in Ghana","authors":"Isaac Bentum-Ennin","doi":"10.47963/joss.v4i4.573","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47963/joss.v4i4.573","url":null,"abstract":"This study analyses the effect of growth rate of external debt on the growth rate of GDP and finds out whether Ghana suffers from a debt overhang problem. The results from a Johansen multivariate cointegration method employed on our data showed that (i) there exists a stable long run relationship among GDP, labour force, investment, exports and external debt; and (ii) the long run effect of external debt on GDP has been positive and that Ghana is not suffering from any debt overhang problem. This means that importation of capital or reliance on external resources will help promote economic growth in Ghana. It is therefore. ecommended that every effort should be made by authorities to make Ghana much more attractive to external resources. The results of the study also indicate that military coups (political instability) have not been significant in explaining the growth rate of GDP in Ghana.","PeriodicalId":433603,"journal":{"name":"Oguaa Journal of Social Sciences","volume":"121 3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129421115","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}
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