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The role of the construction sector in Ghana

Owoo, Nkechi S.; Lambon-Quayefio, Monica P. - 2018

The research explores the structure and performance of Ghana's construction subsector, in light of the country's 2007 …

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Board gender diversity, corporate governance and bank efficiency in Ghana: a two-stage data envelope analysis (DEA) approach

Adeabah, David; Gyeke-Dako, Agyapomaa; Andoh, Charles - In: Corporate Governance: The International Journal of … 19 (2018) 2, pp. 299-320

This study analyses the efficiency of banks under board gender diversity and examines the determinants of bank efficiency. Using a two-step framework, the first stage result shows that banks experience about 7.9 per cent improvement in their efficiency with board gender diversity on average. The...

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Demographic trends in Sub-Saharan Africa

van de Walle, Etienne; Kekovole, John - 1986

Lesotho; and has slightly declined in Ghana. The underlying factors with regard to the apparent increase hinge on the …

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The need for a security/privacy model for the health sector in Ghana

Ami-Narh, James Tetteh; Williams, Patricia - 2007

affects the safety, quality, and efficiency of health care delivery in these countries. Ghana is faced with this precise set … of circumstances as it struggles to adopt policies to overcome these challenges. The Republic of Ghana is implementing …

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The need for a security/privacy model for the health sector in Ghana

Ami-Narh, James Tetteh; Williams, Patricia A. - 2007

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An Adoption Model for Mobile Banking in Ghana

Standing, Craig; Standing, Susan; Karjaluoto, H; … - 2009

more fully, we examine the reasons for the adoption and non-adoption of mobile banking in Ghana. Through a survey of 271 … people in Ghana, it has been found that social and cultural factors in the form of perceived credibility, facilitating …

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Production changes in Ghana cocoa farming households under market reforms

Teal, Francis; Vigneri, Marcella - 2004

The Ghana cocoa market has been extensively liberalised over the period since the mid 1980s. Three issues have been … occurred. In this paper we investigate these issues by estimating a production function for cocoa in Ghana drawing on two …

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Survival and success among African manufacturing firms

Harding, Alan; Söderbom, Måns; Teal, Francis - 2004

panel data set of firms in Ghana, Kenya and Tanzania that spans a period of five years. We find that the main determinant of …

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THE DEMAND FOR COMMODITY INSURANCE BY DEVELOPING COUNTRY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS: THEORY AND AN APPLICATION OF COCOA IN GHANA

Sarris, Alexander H. - 2003

framework is implemented for Ghana, using the GLSS data to specify various classes of cocoa producing households, and monthly …

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Border Effects on Spatial Price Transmission between Fresh Tomato Markets in Ghana and Burkina-Faso: Any Case for Promoting Trans-Border Trade in West Africa?

Amikuzuno, Joseph - 2011

examines the impact of border anddistance on price transmission between tomato markets in Ghana and Burkina-Faso. Theanalysis … markets in Ghana and a production centre inBurkina-Faso. Estimated parameters of price transmission contain evidence of border …-Faso and coastal ones like Ghana. …

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