Literature shows that power generation capacity in sub-Sahara Africa is lower than that of any other region in the world and capacity growth has also stagnated. Africa currently faces major electricity shortages with a number of power outages which has the tendency of rendering many firms less...

The study empirically analyzes whether the existing firm in the cement industry in Cambodia exhibits entry deterrence behaviour and also whether this threat is credible. Basic game theory and pure strategy Nash equilibrium were deployed in analyzing the behaviour of both firms. The framework in...

Economic growth has traditionally been attributed to the accumulation of human and physical capital and the increased productivity arising from technological innovation. The quest to attract physical capital led to the design and implementation of policies and the building of institutions by...

In Ghana malaria continues to be the major cause of morbidity and mortality, accounting for over 44.5% of all out-patient attendance in 2005 ranging between 54.4% in the Northern region to 36.1% in the Volta region (GHS, 2005). The aim of the new National Malaria Control Programme (NMCP) in...

Aims: The Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP) was conceptualized to provide pupils at the public basic schools with one hot nutritious meal per day. The objectives of GSFP included reduction of hunger and malnutrition, increase school enrolment, attendance and retention among others. There has...

Time and motion study attempts to track the time records of activities of individuals or group of people. Intermittent Preventive Treatment in infants is a malaria prophylaxis strategy consisting of intermittent administration of three doses of a long-lasting anti-malaria drug, sulphadoxine –...

In May 2010, lecturers in a social science education programme surveyed 130 of their returning interns. We (the lecturers) gave them a two-page questionnaire asking them about their experiences. The intention was to better understand how the students were experiencing their internship. We wanted...

This study estimates the economic cost burden of infant malaria treatment on households and institutions in the Upper East Region of Ghana. This study uses two methods to determine the costs of treatment of infant malaria. First, it uses institutional costing in order to represent overheads...

The study finds the impact of the percentage of total annual sales of a firm paid as informal payments to public officials (bribes) on foreign ownership of firms in Africa while controlling for other variables outside the country of origin of investment. The study used secondary data from the...

This research seeks to study the factors that enhance or preclude owners of SMEs in Ghana in making risk management decisions. The study was conducted with managers of SMEs in four regions in Ghana. The researchers adopted a quantitative approach and employed STATA 10 and SPSS version 20 in the...