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Microfinance institutions’ (MFIs) preference for women borrowers varies internationally and the MFI focus on women borrowers is generally attributed to two reasons: women borrowers are more trustworthy and have greater social impact. However, the role of social trust with regard to this gender...
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In this paper we discuss aid and the environment in Ghana. Our analysis indicates that expenditure by the government of … Ghana has increased consistently since 2000, with seven sectors weakly linked to the environment taking about 78.9 per cent …
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this by examining critically the contribution of female entrepreneurs from Ghana as a means to achieve economic development … survey involving face-to-face interviews of 60 female entrepreneurs from Accra in Ghana is analyzed. The key finding is that … the first known study of female entrepreneurship as a catalyst for economic development in Ghana. …
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optimal liquidity buffer for Ghana is very small relative to its intergenerational fund of 24 billion USD even for very high ….92 trillion USD. Given capital scarcity and inefficient adjustment of public capital, we argue that Ghana should be concerned …
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Including inland water bodies, Ghana covers 238,539 square kilometers and is located on the south central coast of West …’Ivoire. The topography of Ghana is mainly undulating, with most slopes less than 5 percent and many not exceeding 1 percent. The …
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the literature and hence the need for continuous research. Using Ghana as a reference country, the historical trend, donor …
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among actors in business engagements are inimical to current procurement reforms in Ghana. This paper, thus, rekindles the …
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This article presents evidence on the divergent development experiences of Ghana and Malaysia. Various demographic …. It is argued that for sub-Saharan African countries such as Ghana to develop, they must carefully study the experiences …. The relevance of the Malaysian experience for Ghana is discussed. …
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and productivity growth is low. We apply our theory to the windfalls of Norway, Iraq and Ghana. The optimal size of Ghana …’s liquidity fund is tiny even with high prudence. Norway’s liquidity fund is bigger than Ghana’s. Iraq’s liquidity fund is … to invest. We illustrate how this can speed up the process of development in Ghana despite domestic absorption …
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