The paper empirically investigates the relationship between bank competition, stock market and economic growth in Ghana using time series data for the period between 1992 and 2009. Short and long run relationship were ...

This chapter examined the linkages between audit committees’ effectiveness, audit quality, and internal control information disclosure. Empirical evidence on the effect of audit committee effectiveness and audit quality ...

Microfinance has played a critical role in poverty reduction within its catchment area. A viable microfinance institution helps improve economic status of beneficiaries. This study ascertains the purpose of loan and ...

Single currency for West Africa countries has been revered as the solution to a great deal of the sub region’s problems. Attentions of past and present government have been the champion of the introduction of single currency. ...

The role of SMEs in the economic development of a country cannot be over-emphasized. They contribute to employment, GDP, innovations, human resource development and poverty alleviation. However, they are constrained by ...

The main aim of this study was to analyze access to and usage of external finance by micro, small and medium manufacturing enterprises (MSMMEs) in the Kumasi Metropolis. According to Beck, Demirgüç-Kunt and Honohan, ...

The economy of Ghana profiles a trajectory of increasing government expenditure at the backdrop of an inconsistent growth in real GDP. Thus, this study explores the causal relationship between real economic growth and real ...

The critical role small enterprises play in economic growth of developing economies has been recognised. Policy makers have therefore initiated policies and programmes to promote their growth and sustainability. Despite ...

The proliferation of industrialization has resulted in increased wastewater generation and its disposal has rapidly been of serious concern in recent times to environmental scientists. The discharge of these untreated or ...

The increasing graduate unemployment rate in Ghana is a matter of concern not only to government but also to stakeholders in education. In an era of globalisation, the issue has culminated in discourses about curriculum ...