• Cocoa Purchasing and the Issue of Insecurity in the Akontombra District in the Western Region of Ghana 

  Obodai, Jacob; Asamoah, Paul Kitson Baffour; Edusei, Joseph (Pelita Perkebunan, 2018-01-12)

  The cocoa industry in Ghana is plagued with a number of challenges. Among such challenges is the issue of insecurity. This notwithstanding, there are limited scholarly findings on the nature and the underlying factors ...
• THE USE OF CHILDREN IN COCOA PRODUCTION IN SEKYERE SOUTH DISTRICT IN ASHANTI REGION, GHANA: IS THIS CHILD LABOUR OR AN APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING? 

  Asamoah, P.K.B.; Adubofour, S.B.; Obodai, J.; Agyemang, F.O (http://www.ijarit.webs.com, 2018-06-30)

  Concerns have been growing in Ghana about the employment of children, aged between 5-17 years, in cocoa production activities. This concern is echoed by the International Labour Organisation in its attempt to eliminate ...
• The Complexities of Small Towns’ Water Systems: Evidence from Two Selected Small Towns in the Middle Belt of Ghana 

  Abaitey, Abena Korang Acheampong; Obodai, Jacob; Glover, Christine (www.iiste.org, 2018)

  Most small towns in Ghana have been experiencing unsustainable water supply systems due myriad challenges. This paper focuses on the exploring the nature and extent of these complex challenges. The study was conducted in ...
• Households’ Coping Dynamics to Climatic Shocks of Flood and Drought in Northern Ghana 

  Nyamadi, Victoria Mensah; Abagye, Kennedy; Obodai1, Jacob (www.iiste.org, 2018)

  The Guinea and Sudan Savannah zones of Ghana experiences much of the recent climate change effects than any other ecological zone in the country. This paper presents the coping strategies adopted by households in response to ...
• Patterns of land use, crop and forest cover change in the Ashanti region, Ghana 

  Asibey, Michael O; Agyeman, Kwasi O (Journal of Sustainable Forestry, 2019-04-30)

  This paper examines the factors which have interacted to alter patterns of land use; crop preference and forest cover between the pre-colonial and post-colonial periods, using the multi-case study and political ecology ...
• Embracing cosmopolitan localism for sustainable graphic design practices 

  Assibey, Ginn Bonsu; Chisin, Alettia Vorster; Cronje, Johannes (Designed Futures, 2019)

  This study advances the concept of cosmopolitan localism by Manzini (2010), which supports the approach of contextualised design solutions and not necessarily a global approach due to context differences. The research ...
• Motivations for providing CSR-mediated initiatives in mining communities of Ghana: a multiple-case study 

  Afrane, Sam K.; Boso, Richard Kwasi; Inkoom, Daniel K. B. (International Journal of Corporate Social Responsibility, 2017-06-24)

  This study used an eclectic multiple-case design to explore what drives three large-scale mining companies’ involvement in CSR-mediated development activities, and their philosophical underpinning. The research discovered ...
• SAILORS WITH DEFECTIVE RUDDER: COMPARING THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF LAND USE PLANNING IN SUNYANI, GHANA. 

  Afrane Samuel (Prof), Adjei-Poku Bernard (2016-07-25)

  Over the years, land use planning in Ghana, and the sub-region has been on the spot-light partly due to the seemingly underperformance of planning systems and the preponderance of physical development problems in most big ...
• Housing Situation in Kumasi 

  Sam Afrane, P. K.B. Asamoah (2016-07-21)

  Ghana’s urban population has been increasing in an unprecedented manner over the last thirty years. The !""" Population and Housing Census indicated that the nation’s urban population was #$ percent of total population ...
• Infusion of TQM in Management Consulting Professional Training in Ghana: Exploring Key Strategic Issues 

  Samuel Kwesi Afrane, De-Graft Owusu-Manu, Michael Adesi (2016-07-20)

  The purpose of this study is to systematically review the TQM milieu to identify the key dynamics of TQM infusion into management consulting professional training in Ghana. Systematic review of current literature significantly ...
• Local Community Development and the Participatory Planning Approach: A Review of Theory and Practice 

  Daniel Wandera Clief Naku, Sam Afrane (2016-07-20)

  This study tries to put forward the argument that, much as the Participatory Approach has in theory been praised and given high international prominence as a possible solution to addressing community development issues, its ...
• Apprenticeship Training System In Ghana: Processes, Institutional Dynamics And Challenges 

  Prince Aboagye Anokye, Samuel Kofi Afrane (2016-07-18)

  Ghana’s informal apprenticeship system has been an important part of its informal economy, particularly for its role as a complimentary means of skills transfer and the development of the nation’s human capital required ...
• Expanding the Frontiers of Microfinance in the Service of the Poor: Experiment with Water and Sanitation 

  Samuel K. Afrane, Bernard Adjei-Poku (2016-07-18)

  Microfinance application in water and sanitation is a burgeoning concept. For some Microfinance Institutions (MFIs), the concept and its viability appear nebulous since there is inadequate information to enable them create ...
• LAND USE DYNAMICS IN URBANIZED AREA: A CASE STUDY OF SUNYANI (GHANA) 

  S. K. Afrane, B. Adjei-Poku (2016-07-18)

  The dynamics of land use changes in an urbanized area within the concept of land use planning were investigated, with Sunyani (Ghana) as a case study. A comparative research approach was adopted to obtain the data, which was ...
• Towards Innovative Housing Financing in Ghana: An Evidence- Based From South Africa’s Pension Housing Financing System 

  Samuel K. Afrane, DeGraft Owusu-Manu,Kenneth Appiah Donkor-Hyiaman ,Francis Kwesi Bondinuba (2016-07-18)

  It is onerous for low- and middle-income earners in most developing economies to satisfy the five (5) Cs lending criteria: character, capacity, capital, collateral and conditions. Consequently, about 80% - 90% of ...
• Institutionalising Corporate Social Responsibility for Local Community Development: Processes and Outcomes 

  Sam K. Afrane, Bernard Adjei-Poku (2016-07-18)

  Although wealth creation is the core aim of corporations, corporate social responsibility (CSR) is increasingly attracting critical attention particularly due to the impact of business activities on communities and ...
• THESIS STATEMENT: A VITAL ELEMENT IN EXPOSITORY ESSAYS 

  Edward Owusu, Asuamah Adade-Yeboah (2016-06-17)

  The thesis statement is an essential component of the introductory section of every essay. In a classroom situation, most students see its construction as challenging; others on the other hand are completely oblivious of ...
• THE TRAGIC HERO OF THE NEO-CLASSICAL REVIVAL 

  Asuamah Adade-Yeboah, Kwaku Ahenkora (2016-06-17)

  A critical appraisal of the role of the tradition of tragedy from the Aristotle classical period to modern times reveals that tragedy as a genre in respect of themes passed through a metamorphosis. This paper aims to look ...
• THE TRAGIC HERO OF THE MODERN PERIOD – THE AFRICAN CONCEPT 

  Asuamah Adade-Yeboah (2016-06-17)

  There is an underlying cultural dimension in modern tragedy, in that the tragic hero differs from culture to culture in modern society. In in the light of this, it is appropriate to point out that whereas the modern tragic ...
• THE TRAGIC HERO OF THE MODERN PERIOD: THE EUROPEAN CONCEPT 

  Unknown author (2016-06-17)

  There is a hiatus between the Neo-classical and the modern period in the sense that, there was a dearth of tragedy in Europe in the 18th and 19th centuries when comedy became the major dramatic form. The 20th century was ...

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