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Foreign direct investment and economic growth nexus in Africa
(Emerald Publishing Limited, 2019-07-23) Hagan,Edmond; Amoah,Anthony
Purpose – African countries are generally fragile. This and other related characteristics affect the potential for
growth and development. The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether the effect of FDI on economic
growth is contingent on a financial system that accounts for financial market fragility. An important point of
departure from earlier studies is the adoption of a new measure of financial market fragility.
Design/methodology/approach – Given the uniqueness of the data set, the study uses a panel data and
estimates an econometric model using an instrumental variable approach. For robustness purposes, a pooled
ordinary least square is also estimated.
Findings – The study provides evidence that if the financial market is fragile as in the case of Africa, FDI
inflows may have a marginally significant positive impact on economic growth. The findings suggest
that fragility in the financial market is a key absorptive capacity and cannot be trivialised when exploring
FDI–growth nexus in Africa.
Research limitations/implications – The uniqueness of the data set limited the time period of the study.
Nonetheless, the findings are still crucial to policy makers in Africa and other developing countries with
similar characteristics.
Originality/value – To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first study in Africa to investigate the
FDI–growth nexus which accounts for financial market fragility
The Effects of Diminishing Family and Community Ties on the Elderly in Ghana
(Sprin Journal of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, 2022-07-31) Agyemang, Akosua; Tei-Muno, Agnes Naki
Over the years, family and community ties in Ghana have been a major guarantor of
support provision for older persons, especially those who reside in rural areas. While the
support provided by family and community members has proved to be vital in enhancing the
well-being of older persons, it is also clear that the ties that exist between these sources of
support and older persons are gradually diminishing. This paper highlights some implications
that come with the gradual decline of communal and familial bonds for older adults.
How External Assessment Mediates Teaching, Learning and Assessment in Junior High School in Ghana
(International Journal of Humanities Social Sciences and Education (IJHSSE), 2014-12-01) Agbeti, A.
Abstract: External assessment is traditionally regarded as a neutral activity detached from teaching and
learning. Consequently the learning-inducing effect of this type of assessment receives little attention when
the tests are developed. This article reports the findings of a study of the importance attached to an external
assessment by 40 teachers and 120 students in their teaching and learning activities respectively.
Questionnaires and interviews were used to gather data on the perceived influence of the assessment and
the real life experiences of its role in the interaction between the teachers and their students in the
classroom. Statistical analyses show that the students have a significantly higher opinion of the learninginducing effect of the external assessment than the teachers and there are differences in the structure of the
factors that underlie their opinions. Analysis of the interviews confirms that both the teachers and students
attach a great deal of importance to the assessment as it influences teaching and learning activities in the
classroom. It was concluded that both the teachers and the students attach a great deal of importance to the
external assessment, suggesting that more attention needs to be paid to its hidden effect on education when
tests are developed for such assessments.
Evaluation of selected local spices on sensory characteristics of fresh pork sausage
(International Journal of Nutrition and Food Sciences, 2017-12-14) Coleman, Fred Newman; Ohene-Adjei, Samuel; Barnes, Anna
This is to improve pork meat together with spices to enhace meat taste Xylopia aethiopica (African pepper) and Monodora myristica (African nutmeg) are used as spices in Ghanaian
local dishes and as traditional medicine. The objective of this study was to substitute two spices in “normal” fresh pork sausage
formulation with selected local spices and evaluate their effect on sensorycharacteristics of the product. A 4x4 factorial design
was used with 4 spice treatments (Control – Syzygium Gaertner (clove), Allium cepa (onion), Piper nigrum (white pepper) and
Myristica fragrans (nutmeg); African pepper (AP) substituted for white pepper; African nutmeg (AN) substituted for nut meg
(Myristica fragrans); and combination of AP and AN (AP*AN) at 4 inclusion levels (0%, 0.05%, 0.1% and 0.15%). AP and
AN were obtained from the local market in Accra. They were cleaned, dried and blended. The spices were irradiated with dose
of 10KGY to reduce microbial load. The experiment had three replicates each replicate was made up of lb treatments. Six
trained panellists evaluated the sausages using a 15 cm continuous scale on six sensory parameters (crumbliness, juiciness,
palatability, saltiness, off flavour and overall liking), the formulated sausages with the selected local spices at varying
concentrations did not differ (p ˃ 0.05) from the control product in all the sensory parameters. However, AP treated sausage at
0.15% was overall rated high. The present study shows that Xylopia aethiopica and Monodora myristica can be used to
substitute for Piper nigrum and Myritica fragrans resp
The prevalence and predictive factors of breast cancer screening among older Ghanaian women
(Heliyon, 2020-04-21) Agyemang,Akosua F.; Tei-Muno, Agnes Naki; Dzomeku,Veronica Millicent; Nakua,Emmanuel Kweku; Duodu,Precious Adade; Duah,Henry Ofori; Bentil,Anna Boakyewaa; Agbadi ,Pascal
Background: Breast cancer cases are on the rise in Ghana, with older adult women being more at risk of the
disease. However, there is a paucity of current studies on factors that predict breast cancer screening among older
adult women using nationally representative data. The present study, therefore, addressed this gap by estimating
the prevalence of and identifying the factors that predict breast cancer screening among older adult women in
Ghana.
Methods: We used the cross-sectional survey dataset of the 2014/2015 (wave II) Study on global AGEing and adult
health (SAGE). A complex survey design methodology was employed to estimate the prevalence of breast cancer
screening and the descriptive statistics of the demographic characteristics of the respondents. We used the firth
logistic regression for the bivariate and multivariate analysis.
Results: The estimated breast cancer prevalence among older Ghanaian adult women was 4.5%. Older Ghanaian
adult women who have screened for cervical cancer [AOR: 13.29; CI: 6.12, 28.84], had attained some primary
education [AOR: 3.70; CI: 1.94, 7.07], junior secondary [AOR: 4.02; CI: 1.75, 9.21], senior secondary and higher
[AOR: 4.57; CI: 2.15, 9.71], and have ever participated in a club meeting [AOR: 1.85; CI: 1.05, 3.24] were more
likely to screen for breast cancer.
Conclusion: The significant predictors of breast cancer screening were cervical cancer screening status, formal
education, and participation in club meetings. Given that the prevalence of breast cancer screening among the
older adult women in Ghana is low, we recommend that policies and programs dedicated to encouraging women
to screen for breast cancer should aim at giving women the opportunity to obtain higher formal education,
encouraging women to be actively involved in club meetings and to intensify efforts to encourage women to
screen for breast cancer.