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This paper explores the implications of financial inclusion and financial development for the conduct of monetary policy in achieving price stability and economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).
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The paper employs the system-generalized methods of moment (GMM) estimation technique using panel data spanning 20...
The literature is replete with studies suggesting that the microcredit market is expanding with varying degrees of impact on male and female clients. The paper investigates the extent to which differences in loan use behaviour and loan amount received contribute to differences in microcredit welfare impact among male and female clients. Using the s...
Although microfinance is usually delivered with a spatial outlook, the literature is so far silent on the potential spatial effect of microfinance delivery. The aim of this study was, therefore, to examine the effect of microfinance intensity on spatial inequality and poverty in Ghana. Using the 6th (2012/2013) and 7th (2016/2017) rounds of data fr...
The objective is to test whether the concept of fiscal space plays a role in explaining government expenditure on pension Principal component analysis technique was used to reduce four proxies of fiscal space variables to two principal components. Several tests were conducted on the time series data collected between 1990 and 2018. The findings sho...
This paper investigates the effect of household type and old-age pension on poverty in Ghana. Primary data was collected from households with the elderly across six Districts in the country. A binary logistic regression estimation was used for the analyses. The result shows that whereas there was 14.4 times probability of being poor by living in an...
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In an effort to increase Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) enrollment and retention rates, the NHIS introduced membership renewal and premium payment by mobile phone. The success of such an innovation dependents on many factors including personal and community characteristics of members.
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The study evaluates the efficiency of forestry policy implemented in Ghana, where about 70% of the population depends on forest resources for livelihood and cultural purposes. It sought to assess how efficiently forestry policy had been implemented in Ghana, to inform policy on how benefits of forestry policy could promote inclusive growth. It empl...
This study assessed the factors influencing households’ participation in forest management. The specific objective was to identify the determinants of households’ participation in forest management in the Northern Region of Ghana. The study used the purposive sampling to sample respondents from six (6) communities within the Tamale forest districts...
p class="Default">This paper reviewed existing literature on fuel wood dependence, REDD+ and gender coping strategies. Out of 180 sets of empirical studies in this domain, twenty five (25) were considered to have a bearing on our topic. The review showed that REDD+ policy in the Northern Region has not provided for REDD+ finance to curb the possibl...
Despite the availability of clean energy (LPG, Electricity) and improvement in incomes, household heads continue to depend on fuel wood as a source of energy. This study sought to assess households' dependence on fuel wood as a preferred energy source through the use of the theory of planned behaviour, along with households' sociodemographic charac...
This study seeks to investigate the impact of the capitation grant and school feeding programme on school enrollment, attendance and retention in Ghana. The paper used difference-indifference method by comparing changes in enrollment, attendance and retention between beforeand after, and between beneficiary schools (treatment) and non-beneficiary s...
Since Ghana opted for the HIPC debt relief initiative and reached the completion point in June 2004 the country has received several billions of money into the HIPC account at the Bank of Ghana. Part of the funds has been given out in the form of micro-credit to poor households to help reduce their poverty situation. However, there are so many cont...
