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1. | Ackah, Ishmael 2016. Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Energy supply and demand, Ghana, Renewable Energy, Sustainable Development Goals @workingpaper{Ackah2016, title = {Policy interventions in renewable energy for sustainable development: is Ghana on the right path to achieve SDG 7?}, author = {Ishmael Ackah}, editor = {African 2016 Governance and Development Institute WP/16/013}, url = {http://www.afridev.org/RePEc/agd/agd-wpaper/Policy-interventions-in-renewable-energy-for-sustainable-development.pdf}, year = {2016}, date = {2016-06-01}, abstract = {Goal 7 of the Sustainable Development Goals seeks to ensure universal access to affordable, reliable and modern energy services and increase substantially the share of renewable energy in the global energy mix by 2030. This target provides an opportunity as well as a challenge to African countries including Ghana. Indeed, the Ghana Energy Commission estimates that Ghana has about 34 potential hydro sites and enjoys about 330 days of sunshine annually. For instance, the three Northern regions, Volta and northern parts of Brong Ahafo have radiation levels with monthly average of between 4.0 and 6.5kWh/m2/day. These hydro and solar resources, coupled with abundant waste, wind potential of about 2000 MW and tidal potential can make Ghana a net exporter of power when the needed investment is provided. This paper examines the policy interventions in renewable energy in Ghana over the past 20 years. It also includes a review of the literature on the relationship between renewable energy investment and sustainable development and provides policy recommendations to fast-track renewable energy technology deployment in Ghana.}, keywords = {Energy supply and demand, Ghana, Renewable Energy, Sustainable Development Goals}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {workingpaper} } Goal 7 of the Sustainable Development Goals seeks to ensure universal access to affordable, reliable and modern energy services and increase substantially the share of renewable energy in the global energy mix by 2030. This target provides an opportunity as well as a challenge to African countries including Ghana. Indeed, the Ghana Energy Commission estimates that Ghana has about 34 potential hydro sites and enjoys about 330 days of sunshine annually. For instance, the three Northern regions, Volta and northern parts of Brong Ahafo have radiation levels with monthly average of between 4.0 and 6.5kWh/m2/day. These hydro and solar resources, coupled with abundant waste, wind potential of about 2000 MW and tidal potential can make Ghana a net exporter of power when the needed investment is provided. This paper examines the policy interventions in renewable energy in Ghana over the past 20 years. It also includes a review of the literature on the relationship between renewable energy investment and sustainable development and provides policy recommendations to fast-track renewable energy technology deployment in Ghana. |
2. | Darfor, Isaac Koomso & Abigail Arthur Jacob Nunoo Kwabena Nkansah Employment Security and Workers’ Moonlighting Behaviour in Ghana 2016. Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: employment contract, employment security, Ghana, job security, moonlighting, trade union @workingpaper{Nunoo2016, title = {Employment Security and Workers’ Moonlighting Behaviour in Ghana}, author = {Isaac Koomso & Abigail Arthur Jacob Nunoo Kwabena Nkansah Darfor}, editor = {African 2016 Governance and Development Institute WP/16/006}, url = {http://www.afridev.org/RePEc/agd/agd-wpaper/Employment-Security-and-Workers-Moonlighting-in-Ghana.pdf}, year = {2016}, date = {2016-04-06}, abstract = {Purpose - This study sets out to determine the effect of employment security on moonlighting in Ghana as a means to inform policy on enforcing issues of employment security. Design/methodology/approach – The paper follows the work of Shishko and Rostker (1976) in using the GLSS6 data by applying the ordered logit estimation technique. An employment security index is created using four variables. Findings - The findings indicated that as a person with a single job becomes more secure with employment, the likelihood of moonlighting is decreased by 0.03 while increasing levels of employment security for people with two and three or more jobs, on the contrary, increases the likelihood of moonlighting by 0.0297and 0.0008 respectively. This implies that workers can be made to stick to single jobs by providing them with higher levels of employment security but once they take on two or more jobs, providing them with employment security pushes them to even want to moonlight the more. Originality/value - With current harsh economic conditions in the country and the urgent need for multiple jobs (moonlighting) as a risk coping mechanism, little has been done on the role employment security plays as a catalyst or otherwise. This paper fills the gap by employing a comprehensive index on employment security in the case of Ghana.}, keywords = {employment contract, employment security, Ghana, job security, moonlighting, trade union}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {workingpaper} } Purpose - This study sets out to determine the effect of employment security on moonlighting in Ghana as a means to inform policy on enforcing issues of employment security. Design/methodology/approach – The paper follows the work of Shishko and Rostker (1976) in using the GLSS6 data by applying the ordered logit estimation technique. An employment security index is created using four variables. Findings - The findings indicated that as a person with a single job becomes more secure with employment, the likelihood of moonlighting is decreased by 0.03 while increasing levels of employment security for people with two and three or more jobs, on the contrary, increases the likelihood of moonlighting by 0.0297and 0.0008 respectively. This implies that workers can be made to stick to single jobs by providing them with higher levels of employment security but once they take on two or more jobs, providing them with employment security pushes them to even want to moonlight the more. Originality/value - With current harsh economic conditions in the country and the urgent need for multiple jobs (moonlighting) as a risk coping mechanism, little has been done on the role employment security plays as a catalyst or otherwise. This paper fills the gap by employing a comprehensive index on employment security in the case of Ghana. |