A New Look at School Enrolment in Ghana: A Statistical Analysis

Ahiakpor, Ferdinand; Nunoo, Jacob

doi:10.5296/jse.v4i2.5242

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“…Notably, a large body of work from various settings around the world has demonstrated that improved, modernized, and better-equipped health facilities can raise the standard of care, strengthen health capacity, and promote positive outcomes (CGD, 2015;Datar, Mukherji, and Sood, 2007;Marrufob, 2007;WHO, OECD, and World Bank, 2018). Similarly, the construction of schools, improvement of infrastructure, and expansion of resources or learning materials can raise access and enrich educational experiences (Ahiakpor, Nunoo, and Alnaa, 2014;Glewwe and Jacoby, 1994;Handa, 2002;Lavy, 1996). Around two-thirds of the country's population lives in rural areas, with farming, animal herding, and fishing being the mainstay of livelihoods for a large percentage of the population.…”

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Dragon Meets Camel: An Exploration of China’s Engagement with Eritrea

Amahazion¹

2022

JSDS

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Over the past several decades, the People’s Republic of China’s engagement with African countries has grown tremendously. China has emerged as Africa’s largest trading partner, while Chinese investment in and lending to African countries has grown rapidly. In Eritrea, a young, developing country located in the Horn of Africa, Chinese involvement has also considerably increased in recent years. However, although there has been extensive study of China’s partnerships across the continent, very little work has been dedicated to examining its ties with Eritrea. What are the history and current scale of involvement? What has been the impact of this engagement on Eritrean society? What are locals’ overall perceptions about the relationship or about China more generally? Utilizing a mix of qualitative research methods, including surveys, the current paper explores China’s engagement with Eritrea, adding to the voluminous, ever-growing body of literature and helping to diversify and deepen understanding of this important topic. Additionally, although various narratives about the China-Africa relationship have arisen, often led and framed by non-Africans, the present study broadens the discussion by offering local, African perspectives on China-Africa links. Engagement and cooperation between China and Eritrea are longstanding and extend to numerous areas, driven by a range of interests, while local perceptions are quite nuanced and largely consistent with many cross-national studies.

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Dragon Meets Camel: An Exploration of China’s Engagement with Eritrea

Amahazion¹

2022

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“…This is an intuitive result that has been reported in a number of previous studies (see e.g. Ahiakpor et al ., 2014), depicting the positive relationship between household expenditure and number of children in developing countries: larger households generally have less money to spend on children’s education, leading to lower enrolment rates and school performance. The size of the effect is higher and more strongly significant for younger children (0–5 years).…”

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Picking winners: An empirical analysis of the determinants of educational outcomes in India

Darko

Vasilakos

2020

British Educational Res J

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We use data from the Young Lives longitudinal survey to analyse the effect of socioeconomic conditions and gender on the educational performance of young children in India. In particular, we use data for standardised scores on two cognitive tests: the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT) and a maths test. Our results show that there are significant gender differences in the way that household wealth affects the educational performance of children. Specifically, boys born into wealthier households perform significantly better in maths than those from worse-off economic backgrounds. The effect of wealth on the PPVT is stronger for girls than it is for boys. The results are robust across a range of specifications. The effect of household wealth on performance differed between the genders, even when we focused our analysis on the bottom 10% and top 10% of the performance distribution. One possible explanation for these differences is parental aspirations. We tested this hypothesis and found that boys from wealthier households with higher parental educational aspirations are positively and significantly associated with higher maths scores. Further analysis showed that the moderating role of parents' educational aspirations was more pronounced at the top of the test score distribution, an indication that more able children are associated with wealthier and more ambitious parents.

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“…Meanwhile, because it can be difficult for owners to provide relevant financial information, the addition of nonfinancial measures is much preferred (Hayat et al, 2019). Furthermore, a variety of writings suggests that the underutilization of higher capacity is a crucial factor that hinders the production growth of several SMEs in Africa (Ahiakpor et al, 2014;Worlu and Granville, 2017). The concept of capacity utilization is quite desirably used in the production of simpler-to-measure tangible products (Worlu and Granville, 2017), which is very characteristic of SME manufacturing firms in Ghana.…”

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“…The concept of capacity utilization is quite desirably used in the production of simpler-to-measure tangible products (Worlu and Granville, 2017), which is very characteristic of SME manufacturing firms in Ghana. While there is quite a plethora of information on capacity utilization, limited surveys have established capacity utilization as a measure of business performance, particularly in the instance of emerging economies (Ahiakpor et al, 2014). There has been some research into the relationship between BI and firm performance (Nuseir et al, 2021;Chen and Lin, 2021;and Rana et al, 2022;Paulino, 2022;Huang et al, 2022;Lateef and Keikhosrokiani, 2022;Yang et al, 2022;Chen and Lin, 2021;Torres et al, 2018).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Meanwhile, because it can be difficult for owners to provide relevant financial information, the addition of nonfinancial measures is much preferred (Hayat et al ., 2019). Furthermore, a variety of writings suggests that the underutilization of higher capacity is a crucial factor that hinders the production growth of several SMEs in Africa (Ahiakpor et al. , 2014; Worlu and Granville, 2017).…”

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Effect of business intelligence on operational performance: the mediating role of supply chain ambidexterity

Mbima

Tetteh²

2023

MSCRA

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PurposeThis study aims to examined the impact of business intelligence (BI) and supply chain ambidexterity (SCA) on operational performance (OP), contributing to dwarf knowledge in small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the context of emerging economies. The mediating role of SCA was considered in the proposed model.Design/methodology/approachThe study used the quantitative method to investigate the interdependencies between variables. As a result, 216 senior and middle managers/owners of SMEs in Ghana were surveyed using a purposive and convenient sampling method. SPSS version 23 and Smart PLS version 3 were used to conduct the research.FindingsWhile the direct link among BI, SCA and OP was confirmed. The outcome also showed that SCA plays a significant mediating role between BI and OP among SMEs.Practical implicationsThe outcome of the study indicates that SCA encourages the use of BI to generate superior OP among SMEs. This knowledge will improve the performance of SMEs and their ability to withstand the competition in the global market.Originality/valueWith the discovery of this study, the theory of a resource-based view now has some empirical evidence behind it. As a result, SMEs prioritize aspects that could improve their operations and implement tactics that would nurture better performance and competitive advantages.

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A New Look at School Enrolment in Ghana: A Statistical Analysis

Cited by 7 publications

References 27 publications

Dragon Meets Camel: An Exploration of China’s Engagement with Eritrea

Dragon Meets Camel: An Exploration of China’s Engagement with Eritrea

Picking winners: An empirical analysis of the determinants of educational outcomes in India

Effect of business intelligence on operational performance: the mediating role of supply chain ambidexterity

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