ANALYIS OF THE 2010 NATIONAL BUDGET AND ECONOMIC POLICY STATEMENT OF THE GOVERNMENT OF GHANA TO DETERMINE GAPS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN MARCH 2010 ISODEC-UNICEF Collaboration Table of Contents Page EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .......................................................................................................................... 6 CHAPTER ONE ...................................................................................................................
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Question: Advice the Ministry of Health on how to deal with Maternal Mortality in Ghana Maternal mortality is the death of a woman during pregnancy or within 42 days at the end of pregnancy from causes aggravated by the pregnancy but not from incidental causes. A woman’s risk of death in childbirth over the course of her life may be due to many factors including the number of children she already has‚ spacing of the births‚ conditions under which she gives birth and her own health and nutritional
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History of the Ashanti Kingdom Asante Kings (Asantehene) Nana Osei Tutu (1680 tp 1717)‚ Nana Opoku Ware I (1720-1750) Nana Kusi Obodum (1750-1764) Nana Osei Kwadwo (1764-1777 Nana Osei Kwame (1777-1798) Nana Opoku Fofie (1798-1799) Nana Osei Bonsu (1800-1823) Nana Osei Yaw Akoto (1824-34) Nana Kwaku Dua I (1834 - 67) Nana Kofi Karikari (1867-74) Nana Mensah Bonsu (1874-1883) Nana Kwaku Dua II in 1884 Nana Kwaku Duah II alias Nana Agyeman Prempeh I from 1888 to 1931‚ Nana Osei Tutu
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Group 1 Okomfo Anokye According to Akuapem (Guan) tradition‚ Kwame Frimpong-Manson Anokye (a.k.a. Okomfo Anokye) was the son of Ano‚ a quiet and physically weak father‚ and Manubea‚ an energetic‚ talkative and sentimental mother (Some texts say his father’s name was Agya Annor‚ whilst his mother’s was Maarne Nkob). They were native of Awukugua‚ a town in the “Nifa” (Right) Division of the Akuapem state in Eastern Region. It is said that when Okomfo Anokye was born‚ he was holding in his right
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EDUCATION IN GHANA 1.0. INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND INFORMATION The Republic of Ghana is located in West Africa which borders Côte d ’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to the west‚ Burkina Faso to the north‚ Togo to the east‚ and the Gulf of Guinea to the south. The word Ghana means "Warrior King" and derives from the Ghana Empire. Ghana was inhabited in pre-colonial times by a number of ancient predominantly Akan Kingdoms‚ including the Akwamu on the eastern coast‚ the inland Ashanti Empire and various Fante
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Globalization on Ghana Globalization is a phenomenon that has conquered much of the world we live in today. From the depths of the most rural village to the world’s biggest cities‚ the effects of globalization are quite apparent. However‚ this paper aims to address the issues that globalization presents for countries in West Africa; more specifically‚ Ghana. To fully understand the situation of Ghana‚ we must look at the meaning of globalization and what it represents to Ghana and the Ghanaian
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or sex slaves in Africa. (Child Labour in Africa‚ 2006) Children works at earlier age in Ghana and farm labor predominates. According to Bhalotra in a report published by the OECD‚ “work on the household farm engages 41% of boys and 44% of girls aged 10-14‚ while household enterprise work involves 2.5% of boys and 3.6% of girls.” (Bhalotra‚ 2003) This research will discuss the causes of child labor in Ghana and the effect it will have on the child‚ the family and the economy. The International
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Technological Innovations and Banking in Ghana: An Evaluation of Customers’ Perceptions JOSHUA ABOR University of Ghana‚ Legon Abstract In Sub-Saharan Africa‚ developments in information and communication technology are radically changing the way business is done. These developments in technology have resulted in new delivery channels for banking products and services such as Automated Teller Machines (ATMs)‚ Telephone Banking‚ PC-Banking‚ and Electronic Funds Transfer at Point of Sale
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It is inevitable that many developing countries look to progress economically‚ socially‚ and politically. In the case of Ghana‚ issues of development range from poverty to primary education‚ also from internal and external resources to basic healthcare. Africa‚ among the many developing continents full of Third World countries‚ has been invariably problematic in terms of economic growth and development. The need to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDG’s) is critical to the people of Africa
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POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES IN GHANA AND THEIR EFFECTS ON THE PRIVATE SECTOR; 1957 TO 2010 Introduction It is certainly true that no car can move in a specific direction without a steering wheel and no ship can be steadfast without a rudder. Even though a rudder may seem to be a very small and insignificant instrument or device in comparison to the body of a ship‚ it is the rudder that gives direction to the ship. In the same way‚ A Political Party cannot move in a certain direction without the existence
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