Leadership Traits and Ghana’s Foreign Policy: The Case of Jerry Rawlings’ Foreign Economic Policy of the 1980s

Kumah-Abiwu, Felix

doi:10.1080/00358533.2016.1180045

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“…The country's notable success with economic reforms in the mid-1980s to early 1990s is very well-recognized within the international community. There is no doubt that these achievements were possible due to Ghana's foreign economic policy choices [50]. It is therefore the argument of this article that the dualistic governance concept or the convergence of both governance principles (the democratic and the oil sector) represent another viable option that could create the necessary incentives for Ghana to escape the resource curse phenomenon.…”

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Democratic Institutions, Natural Resource Governance, and Ghana’s Oil Wealth

Kumah-Abiwu

2017

Social Sciences

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Abstract:The literature on natural resources is endowed with works on countries that have experienced slow economic performance despite their abundant natural resources (resource curse), with the exception of Norway and other few countries. Strong institutions and good governance practices have been underscored as some of the explanatory factors to the high performance of the outlier countries. Ghana's oil discovery in the era of its advancing democratic practices has led some to argue that the country might escape the resource curse phenomenon. While recognizing the importance of this argument, this article, however, argues that Ghana's likelihood of escaping the resource curse could be problematic due to its exclusive emphasis on democratic governance without greater focus on oil sector governance. Drawing on the theory of agenda setting and the existing literature, the article makes the case for agenda shift in the debate on Ghana's oil wealth and development. It stresses the need for a dualistic governance (the democratic and the oil sector) approach in the broader discourse on how Ghana can escape the resource curse.

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Democratic Institutions, Natural Resource Governance, and Ghana’s Oil Wealth

Kumah-Abiwu

2017

Social Sciences

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“…The emergence of the concept of trait leadership looks back to Thomas Carlyle's "great man" theory, which stated that the history of the world was the biography of great men. Subsequent commentators interpreted this view to conclude that the forces of extraordinary leadership shape history (Kumah-Abiwu, 2016). This trait perspective of leadership was widely accepted until the late 1940s and early 1950s, when researchers began to deem personality traits insufficient in predicting leader effectiveness.…”

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Determinants of Implementation of Photovoltaic Power Projects in Nairobi County, Kenya

WASWA,

MORONGE (Ph.D)

2019

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This study sought to examine the challenges facing the implementation of photovoltaic power plants in NairobiCounty. This study used a descriptive research design. The target population of this study was 123 project managers in photovoltaic power plants' projects in Nairobi County. The sample size was determined using Slovin's Formula. This study used of both primary and secondary data. Quantitative data was analyzed by use of both inferential and descriptive statistics with the help of statistical software known as Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS version 22). The study found that project planning has positive and significant effect on implementation of photovoltaic power plants in Nairobi County. The study also established that project funding has positive and significant effect on implementation of photovoltaic power plants in Nairobi County. Moreover, the results revealed that project management skills have positive and significant effect on the implementation of photovoltaic power plants in Nairobi County. Further, the study found out that project leadership has positive and significant effect on implementation of photovoltaic power plants in Nairobi County. The study recommended that project managers should avail all work related items, develop necessary task procedure and set time to review work progress so as to implement photovoltaic projects on schedule. In addition, the study recommended that the projects managers should seek for financial resources through application of grants, donations and enhance their venture capital so as to ensure adequate financial resources available for purchase materials and cater for miscellaneous expenses. Further, the study recommends that the management of photovoltaic projects in Nairobi County should come up with appropriate training, career development and talent attraction programmes so as to enhance project managers' competency skills. Furthermore, the study recommends that the project managers in Nairobi County should tie bonuses to projects, reward staffs that meet their goals and provide heartfelt appreciation as a way of improving on photovoltaic projects' rewarding schemes.

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