The study explores the impact of ecological supply chain management practices such as Green Supply Chain, environmental and operational management practices of organizational performance in Ghana.  The organizational performance was measured based upon three parameters constituting Sustainable Environmental Performance (SENP), Sustainable Economic Performance (SECP), and Competitiveness (COMP). Exogenous factors included the constructs of Sustainable Supply Chain Management (SSCM) practices and the single-item construct voluntary adoption of SSCM practices, while endogenous variables included the three aspects of firm performance. The relationship between sustainable management practices and organizational performance was ascertained using Structural Equation Modeling. A few significant results are presented as follows; (1) Environmental Management Practices (EMP) results in enhanced Sustainable Environmental Performance (SENP) and Sustainable Economic Performance (SECP); (2) Organizational Performance has a strong correlation with SECP and COMP; (3) SECP has a substantial and favorable relationship with both competitiveness and sustainable environmental performance, as well as sustainable economic performance. The positive relationship between SSCM practices and firm performance demonstrates that continual sustainable management principles eventually improve community capacity. This ultimately results in an organization’s competitiveness. Additionally, the managerial implications of the results are addressed.

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This paper examines the impact of interest rates on the Ghana Stock Exchange performance over 20 years, from 2000 to 2019. Ghana Stock Exchange Composite index was the dependent variable for the study with controlled variables of Interest rate, rate of Inflation, Exchange rate and Money Supply were analyzed in this study. The Johansen Multivariate Cointegration Method was conducted to test if there is a long-term relationship between the interest rate and the Ghana Stock Exchange Composite Index. According to the findings, with a coefficient of 14.63%, interest rates significantly impact the Ghana stock composite index. The inference is that a 1% increase in interest rates would result in a 14.63% drop in Ghana Stock Exchange Composite Index. Results of the study also indicated a long-run cointegration among interest rate and the Ghana stock composite index was a significant level of 5% with a p-value of 0.0025. According to the analysis, policymakers will benefit from this study because it will give them insight into developing and implementing effective fiscal and monetary policies to bolster the financial market. KEYWORDS: Consumer Price Index, Exchange Rate, Unit Root Test, Johansen Co-integration Test

This study sought to investigate the features of local NGOs in Ghana and how their current status and challenges influence their potential for partnerships and sustained operation. Cross-sectional survey design was followed and ten health sector NGOs were engaged to respond to questions bordering funding, infrastructure, legalization/registration, and partnerships. Quantitative assessment of data and descriptive statistics was performed. Results showed that 60.0 % of local NGOs lacked funding and 20 % were not legalized/registered. Crosstabulation of data revealed that the lack of funding was explained up to 80.0 % by NGOs' inability to register and legalize their operations. These challenges negatively impacted their ability to secure funding from donors in the health sector and government and as well hindered their partnership potential to a large extent and should be addressed.