A5043623982- Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
- Urban and Rural Development Challenges
- Microfinance and Financial Inclusion
- Income, Poverty, and Inequality
- Community Development and Social Impact
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
- Political Conflict and Governance
- Local Government Finance and Decentralization
- Local Economic Development and Planning
- International Development and Aid
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Public-Private Partnership Projects
- Innovation and Socioeconomic Development
- Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact
- Education, Leadership, and Health Research
- Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion
- Blood donation and transfusion practices
- Evaluation of Teaching Practices
- Transport and Economic Policies
- Organ Donation and Transplantation
- Urban Planning and Governance
- Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
- Peacebuilding and International Security
- Taxation and Compliance Studies
Simon Diedong Dombo University of Business and Integrated Development Studies
2022-2025
University for Development Studies
2013-2025
University of Cape Coast
2019-2024
Nurses' Training College, Ho
2024
Ghana Education Service
2019
Poverty is a global development challenge. However, its incidence and prevalence rates are higher in specific regions of the Global South. To this end, one ways to appreciate dynamics poverty situate discussion within context geography. Whereas studies showing that several geographic traps exist South previous scoping reviews did not give geography sufficient consideration, those attempted cover entire Consequently, study draws on extensive data literature incidences investigate geographies...
Abstract We assessed university students’ knowledge, attitude, and practice toward blood donation identified the factors that promote or hinder their willingness to donate. employed a multicenter cross-sectional design, collecting data from August October 2022 through self-administered questionnaires available in Arabic English. Both online (Google Forms) paper surveys were utilized. Data analyzed using R Statistical Software (v4.1.3; Core Team 2022). A total of 12,606 students (7966 females...
Poverty, a pervasive and consequential global issue, has garnered significant attention due to its wide-reaching prevalence profound implications. Various strategies, including microfinance, have been implemented tackle this pressing concern. One such strategy is the Microfinance Small Loans Centre (MASLOC) in Ghana, which aims reduce poverty. However, despite potential, MASLOC's role poverty reduction yet be thoroughly examined, leading inconclusive findings, necessitating study. A single...
Poverty is a global issue, particularly in the Global South. This has made its reduction vital, although official efforts have yielded modest results. As result, non-state entities such as non-governmental organizations (NGOs) arose to supplement government's poverty initiatives. Even though there been studies on role of NGOs South, results remain inconclusive. such, this study investigates World Vision Ghana's (WVG) impact reduction. The employed an after-only design. sample size was 384...
This study investigates the impacts of small-scale mining on hazardous child labour in Upper West Region Ghana, drawing poverty hypothesis and conceptualization children as household assets. Employing a qualitative methodology, research engaged 33 purposively selected participants through in-depth interviews. Thematic analysis revealed that are driven into due to factors such poverty, poor academic performance, parental absence, weak enforcement educational laws. Additionally, identified...
Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation (PM&E) of projects programmes promotes greater transparency accountability in development governance. Some studies revealed that participation Metropolitan, Municipal District Assemblies monitoring evaluation (M&E) is low. This study adopted a case approach. A sample 196 people participated the study. The stakeholder M&E was high among Planning Co-ordinating Unit (MPCU) members Assembly but low at Zonal Council community levels. has impacted negatively...
The Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) programme was established in Ghana to tackle poverty, yet studies on LEAP yielded inconclusive results its effects. This article reports an assessment of the effects poverty reduction, using "after-only" study design. Results suggest that beneficiaries saw improvement food consumption, income levels, savings access healthcare, and school attendance following participation LEAP. concludes contributed reduction as it enhanced beneficiaries'...
Background Stunting and wasting are key public health problems in Ghana that significantly linked with mortality morbidity risk among children. However, information on their associated factors using nationally representative data is scanty Ghana. This study investigated the influence of Infant Young Child Feeding (IYCF) indicators, socio-demographic economic related factors, water sanitation stunting wasting, Methods a secondary analysis most recent (2017/2018) Multi-Indicator Cluster Survey...
Abstract There is a general problem of enrolment to basic education in northern Ghana. Available statistics indicate that from 2000–05 only about 42 per cent qualified applicants school-going age the Northern Region were enrolled schools. This paper assesses implementation programme Tamale Metropolitan Assembly. The findings showed that, whilst has increased primary school enrolment, major impediment cash flow constraints. Les défis et les perspectives du d'alimentation aux écoles Nord de...
This article assesses the contribution of Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) programme in reducing rural poverty Karaga district Northern Ghana, using a mixed research design to compare livelihoods beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries. It concludes that is contributing reduction among poor vulnerable, recommends school children benefiting from LEAP should be exempted paying extra expenses such as examination PTA fees. There also system provide subsidies for agriculture inputs...
This article draws on the poverty and access to health care framework explore barriers utilization of primary among aged indigents under Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty Programme (LEAP) in Ghana.
While many researchers have investigated the structural causative factors of ethnic conflict in Ghana, elite mobilisation as a cause Ghana has received less academic attention. This study role elites onset conflicts within Bawku Traditional Area context General Theory Ethnic Conflict. A qualitative method, using grounded theory perspective with systematic design was adopted where structured interview guides were used to gather primary data from 30 participants. The collected analysed...
This paper assesses the effects of inter-ethnic chieftaincy and land conflicts on socio-political development northern Ghana. The knowledge gap study sought to fill is use theoretical antecedents illustrate that have some merits for conflict theories equally depict solutions conflicts. Methodologically, makes content analysis secondary data, by following tenets realistic group theory. Examples were drawn from Konkomba, Gonja, Nanumba, Dagomba, Kusasi, Mo Sissala disputes emancipation. It was...
ABSTRACTConflicts relating to chieftaincy succession are recurrent among some monarchies in Ghana, and scholars have extensively debated their causes, resolution, peacebuilding approaches. There have, however, been limited studies into the role that local actors' acceptance or rejection of selected method dispute resolution plays disputes. This study fills this gap by using a multiple case design involving 45 participants recruited through maximum variation purposive sampling technique...
The worldwide globule in poverty is not spatially evenly distributed, particularly, the Ashaiman Municipality of Ghana. With advent microfinance, it was perceived as a magic bullet to reduction; yet, studies on its impact have been inconclusive motivating assessment microfinance’s role reduction. after only study strategy enquiry guided while sample 265 from which data were collected using questionnaire well interview and observation guides. Descriptive statistics, parametric non-parametric...
Social protection policies have been tools for fighting social exclusion, inequality and reducing poverty incidence among vulnerable populations in developing countries. In this regard, the government of Ghana through institution disability fund has demonstrated a commitment to advancing cause people with disabilities. assessing policy efficacy, realities on ground, as well challenges, 130 persons (PWDs) 10 Key Informants (KIs) were recruited from across five regions. addition conducting...
Aims: To determine the factors that affect students’ academic performance at tertiary institutions with view of enhancing learning. Study Design: Survey was adopted as research method for this study.
The role of urban planning capacity development in ensuring that cities are engines growth and Africa cannot be downplayed. However, limited research has examined how is responding to urbanisation emerging cities. Using mainly data gathered from key informants analysis relevant documents, the study found curative plans were increasingly used compliment master effort improve upon inner development. Google earth, satellite imagery, remote sensing, aerial photography also employed preparation...
Chieftaincy succession conflicts are a near-ubiquitous phenomenon in Ghanaian Chiefdoms. While many studies have investigated the causes and implications of such conflicts, extent to which traditional central authorities collaborate management chieftaincy Ghana is largely understudied. This gap literature that this study attempted fill. The was situated within frameworks Collaborative Leadership Theory. Exploratory Sequential variant mixed method approach adopted for where 16 key informants...
The concept of decentralisation has shaped development thinking in contemporary times both developed and developing countries. Indeed, the demand for is strong throughout world because its link to community improving quality life mass people rural areas. Decentralisation globally recognised as way ensuring participation local development. However, some authors argue that purported benefits leading are not obvious proponents suggest. In Africa, implemented various forms by governments across...