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Spatial dimensions of health inequities in a decentralised system: evidence from Ghana
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)
Decentralisation has been considered by many as one of the most important strategies in public sector reform in several of the developing countries. Both donors and governments have regarded decentralisation as a tool for ...
The political economy of aid-oriented foreign policy change: elite perspectives on mercantilism in Korea and Ghana
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)
The thesis examines how elite perspectives on foreign aid affect the subsequent path of aid dependence. The focus is on aid-seeking foreign policy change. Two foreign policy change cases are examined for the study, which ...
The impact of international trade reforms on agricultural exports in Sub-Saharan Africa (Case study: Cameroon, Ghana and Burkina Faso)
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)
Sub-Saharan African countries in general with particular reference to Ghana, Cameroon and Burkina Faso depend mostly on agriculture which is seen as the main source of income. Agriculture provides income for a large ...
The world trade organisation (wto) and the organisation of petroleum exporting countries (opec) mandates: regulating production quotas, subsidies, and corruption in oil producing countries-an African perspective
(2014)
African countries are faced with the daunting task of providing a comprehensive
regulatory framework for their natural resources. This is at both the international and domestic level. The statement is particularly true ...
Poverty and access to health care in Ghana: the challenge of bridging the equity gap with health insurance
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)
This study addresses the issue of the low participation in or enrolment of the poor in
Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). The low enrolment of the poor
in the NHIS is attributed to the difficulty in identifying ...
Rural livelihood and youth employment: Case study of local enterprises & skills development programme in Elmina Municipality of the central region of Ghana
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)
This research, which principally focuses on local enterprise and skill development programme (LESDEP) in Ghana, aims at assessing the contributions LESDEP has made towards reducing youth unemployment in the Elmina Municipality ...
Factors that influence parents’ decisions on childhood immunizations at Kumasi metropolis in Ghana
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)
This study sought to explore and describe factors that influence parents’ decisions on childhood immunizations at Kumasi Metropolis in Ghana. Based on the Health Belief Model used as the theoretical framework guiding this ...