UDS International Journal of Development最新文献

IMPACT OF BANK’S CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES ON CUSTOMER BUYING ATTITUDE: THE CASE OF GHANAIAN UNIVERSAL BANKS 银行企业社会责任对客户购买态度的影响——以加纳全能银行为例

UDS International Journal of Development Pub Date : 2022-08-16 DOI: 10.47740/516.udsijd6i

A. J. R. Ayam, F. K. Dorsaa, E. Anderson, S. Mensah

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GENDER AND PEACE-BUILDING: NAWURI WOMEN AND PEACE-BUILDING INITIATIVES IN THE KPANDAI DISTRICT IN THE NORTHERN REGION OF GHANA 性别与建设和平:加纳北部地区kpandai区的纳乌里妇女与建设和平倡议

UDS International Journal of Development Pub Date : 2022-08-16 DOI: 10.47740/667.udsijd6i

C. Mbowura

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UNDEREMPLOYMENT AND WORKERS’ DESKILLING: THE NIGERIAN EXPERIENCE 就业不足和工人的技能丧失:尼日利亚的经验

UDS International Journal of Development Pub Date : 2022-08-16 DOI: 10.47740/670.udsijd6i

U. Ikeije, C. A. Nwakanma, M. .. Johnpedro

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THE JOURNEY SO FAR IN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ENROLMENT OF GIRLS AND PERFORMANCE IN GHANA: THE CASE OF KASSENA-NANKANA EAST MUNICIPALITY 加纳高中女生入学和成绩的历程:以卡塞纳-南卡纳东部市为例

UDS International Journal of Development Pub Date : 2022-08-16 DOI: 10.47740/544.udsijd6i

M. Alua, J. Agalga, M. Akamba

{"title":"THE JOURNEY SO FAR IN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ENROLMENT OF GIRLS AND PERFORMANCE IN GHANA: THE CASE OF KASSENA-NANKANA EAST MUNICIPALITY","authors":"M. Alua, J. Agalga, M. Akamba","doi":"10.47740/544.udsijd6i","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47740/544.udsijd6i","url":null,"abstract":"Empowering the girl child has long been the goal of many countries especially countries hard hit by gender disparity in education. Ghana, just like other countries in sub-Saharan Africa, has implemented policies to help address gender disparity in education. This study sought to assess factors that limit female enrolment and performance despite policies and programmes put in place to solve gender disparity in education. Using a quantitative research approach, questionnaires were administered to 1,070 students and 170 teachers. Secondary data on enrolment and performance were also acquired from the Kassena-Nankana East Municipal office of the Ghana Education Service. The study revealed that though enrolment in senior high schools increased for both boys and girls from 2010/2011 to 2019/2020 academic years, girls still lagged behind boys in enrolment and performed inversely in the West African Senior School Certificate Examination. Poor parental control, peer pressure, teenage pregnancy, poverty, early marriage and betrothal, and gender roles, still have significant effects on female enrolment. Access to money for upkeep affects the concentration of girls in school while policies and programmes put in place to help address gender disparity, are riddled with limitations. The way forward is to ensure that policies meet their goals as well as encouraging girls to take education serious through initiatives such as rewarding brilliant students and enhancing mentorship in schools. \u0000Keywords: Girl child, Enrolment, Performance, Senior high school, Challenges.","PeriodicalId":222373,"journal":{"name":"UDS International Journal of Development","volume":"53 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114777270","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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IMPACT OF GOVERNMENT INVESTMENT EXPENDITURE ON ECONOMIC GROWTH IN GHANA 加纳政府投资支出对经济增长的影响

UDS International Journal of Development Pub Date : 2022-08-16 DOI: 10.47740/573.udsijd6i

A. Abdulai, A. Abubakari

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USE OF ICT IN TEACHING AND LEARNING IN SECOND CYCLE INSTITUTIONS: UNDERSTANDING THE TECHNOLOGICAL ASPECT OF THE TPACK MODEL 在第二周期机构的教学和学习中使用ict:了解tpack模型的技术方面

UDS International Journal of Development Pub Date : 2022-08-16 DOI: 10.47740/537.udsijd6i

R. Asamoah, N. Asiedu, D. W. Buadi

{"title":"USE OF ICT IN TEACHING AND LEARNING IN SECOND CYCLE INSTITUTIONS: UNDERSTANDING THE TECHNOLOGICAL ASPECT OF THE TPACK MODEL","authors":"R. Asamoah, N. Asiedu, D. W. Buadi","doi":"10.47740/537.udsijd6i","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47740/537.udsijd6i","url":null,"abstract":"This study investigated how ICT can be used to support teaching and learning in public and private second cycle educational institutions in Ghana. The survey approach was used for the study. Using a simple random sampling technique, 182 (112 students and 70 teachers) from the two schools were selected to participate in the study. A comparative study was conducted on the schools’ ICT facilities, how they were being used, the challenges that are encountered and the perception of teachers and students on integration of ICT into teaching and learning in both schools. The findings revealed that both teachers and students have a positive perception about the integration of ICT into teaching and learning. Unstable power supply, system breakdown, unstable internet access and unavailability of ICT integration support staff were identified as the main challenges encountered in using ICT. The study recommended the following: ICT facilities should be provided in all classrooms; the teacher and student laptop project should be expanded to cover every teacher and student, especially in public second cycle institutions and the expansion of internet access points in the various schools.\u0000Keywords: TPACK Model, ICT, Teaching with ICT, Learning with ICT, Second cycle Institution","PeriodicalId":222373,"journal":{"name":"UDS International Journal of Development","volume":"38 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134097915","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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REPRODUCTIVE GROWTH RESPONSE OF SWEET PEPPER (Capsicum annum L) IN SOIL AMENDED WITH FALSE YAM (Icacina oliviformis) TUBER BIOCHAR 假山药块茎生物炭改良土壤对甜椒生殖生长的响应

UDS International Journal of Development Pub Date : 2022-08-16 DOI: 10.47740/669.udsijd6i

J. Asante, A. Quainoo

{"title":"REPRODUCTIVE GROWTH RESPONSE OF SWEET PEPPER (Capsicum annum L) IN SOIL AMENDED WITH FALSE YAM (Icacina oliviformis) TUBER BIOCHAR","authors":"J. Asante, A. Quainoo","doi":"10.47740/669.udsijd6i","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47740/669.udsijd6i","url":null,"abstract":"Biochar, carbon rich stable solid material, is used mostly for soil amendment. The main objective of this study was to assess false yam tuber biochar performance or effect on the vegetative growth of pepper. Pepper seeds were obtained at Wumpini agrochemical shop in Tamale which were sown, and growth parameters were assessed (germination percentage, plant height, number of leaves and leaf area index). The soil was amended with biochar produced from false yam tuber. The experiment consisted of seven treatments (T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T0) replicated three times including the control (soil only). The soil and biochar mixture were done in two different levels (6 g/pot and 12 g/pot) each at three different times (four weeks before planting (4WBP), two weeks before planting (2WBP) and at planting (DOP)) with control as soil only. Results obtained indicated that there were no significant differences in germination percentage among the treatments both at one week and two weeks after planting. The highest growth performance (plant height, number of leaves and leaf area index) was recorded in the control. The least growth performance was recorded in treatment T1 (6 g of biochar applied at 4 weeks before planting (4WBP)). The application rate of false yam tuber biochar (6 g/pot and 12 g/pot) as soil amendment might not be the right amendment for sweet pepper production.","PeriodicalId":222373,"journal":{"name":"UDS International Journal of Development","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129352276","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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SUCCESSION MANAGEMENT IN PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES IN GHANA: CONTEXT, PROSPECTS AND SUCCESS FACTORS - A REVIEW OF LITERATURE 加纳公立大学的继任管理:背景、前景和成功因素-文献综述

UDS International Journal of Development Pub Date : 2022-02-14 DOI: 10.47740/620.udsijd6i

L. K. Wonnia

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EXAMINING GENDER-BASED INCLUSIVE EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTIONS IN THE KADJEBI DISTRICT, GHANA 加纳kadjebi地区基于性别的包容性教育干预措施研究

UDS International Journal of Development Pub Date : 2022-02-10 DOI: 10.47740/610.udsijd6i

F. Agbenyo, F. Sarkpoh

{"title":"EXAMINING GENDER-BASED INCLUSIVE EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTIONS IN THE KADJEBI DISTRICT, GHANA","authors":"F. Agbenyo, F. Sarkpoh","doi":"10.47740/610.udsijd6i","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47740/610.udsijd6i","url":null,"abstract":"Reports from various evaluations of the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 2 indicate that even though a great deal of success had been chalked, a lot more was yet to be attained. In 2013, just two years to 2015, which marked the end of the MDG target year, the Kadjebi District was declared a deprived district in terms of education. The paper employed the lenses of social exclusion/inclusion and theory of change. It examined the extent of gender participation in and achievement of other results of education development interventions, now derived from the Sustainable Development Goal (SGD) 4. Basically, the paper used quantitative data from a secondary source after the Kadjebi District was selected from a group of six deprived districts, using a simple random sampling technique. It emerged that Kadjebi is faring well in terms of interventions targeting access to JHS and SHS education by gender but not much progress in the area of indicators measuring quality of education. It is recommended that all stakeholders, particularly, NGOs that were undertaking the interventions, collaborate to diagnose the factors militating against achievement of the quality objective of their interventions and dwell on their respective competitive advantage to create the necessary synergies to be able to tackle these challenges head-on in the District. \u0000 \u0000Key Words/Descriptors: Education Intervention, Gender, World Bank, Sustainable Development Goals, Ghana. \u0000","PeriodicalId":222373,"journal":{"name":"UDS International Journal of Development","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-02-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129895228","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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FEASIBILITY OF RICE HUSK FOR ELECTRICITY GENERATION: A CASE STUDY AT AVNASH RICE MILL 稻壳发电的可行性:以avnash碾米厂为例

UDS International Journal of Development Pub Date : 2022-02-10 DOI: 10.47740/609.udsijd6i

F. Kumih, M. Issahaku

{"title":"FEASIBILITY OF RICE HUSK FOR ELECTRICITY GENERATION: A CASE STUDY AT AVNASH RICE MILL","authors":"F. Kumih, M. Issahaku","doi":"10.47740/609.udsijd6i","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47740/609.udsijd6i","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract \u0000The erratic power supply from the national grid has the potential to decrease the production hours of industries. Climate change is altering rainfall patterns and threatening crop production and food security. Rice factories' process capacity is affected negatively. The Hybrid Optimization for Multiple Energy Resources (HOMER) software used in the study provided the technical and economic modeling to provide power for a rice mill in northern Ghana. A biomass system is considered the optimal system comprising a 1250 kW biogas generator, with a gasification ratio of 0.4, an estimated daily rice husk generation of 50 tonnes/day, and a daily load demand 3689.75kWh/day. The cost of energy (COE) of the proposed system was US$ 0.0703/kWh, with a total net present cost (NPC) of $712,082.00 and initial capital of US$ 437,500.00. The base system which was a 1300kW diesel generator, with NPC of US$ 2.93M, COE of US$ 0.290/kWh, and lower initial investment capital of US$ 186,697.00. The proposed system could generate electricity in a 98,158 kWh/yr surplus, which could power the mill's administrative building with zero unmet loads. Analysis of the system showed that the quantity of rice husk produced at the Avnash mill was sufficient for power generation from a biogas generator at current production. It suggested that the mill could be self-sufficient and contribute significantly to reducing GHG emissions. \u0000 \u0000Keywords: Rice husk, Hybrid system, Sensitivity, Electricity, COE, HOMER \u0000","PeriodicalId":222373,"journal":{"name":"UDS International Journal of Development","volume":"39 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-02-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125569065","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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