Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR): motivations and challenges of a Multinational Enterprise (MNE) subsidiary's engagement with host communities in Ghana

LS Awuah, KO Amoako, S Yeboah, EO Marfo… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
This paper aims to explore the motivations and challenges of engaging host communities in
CSR practices within the context of Newmont Ahafo Mines (NAM), a subsidiary of a …

Government communication during the Covid-19 pandemic in Ghana

J Antwi-Boasiako, E Nyarkoh - International Journal of Public …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
One key approach to managing a pandemic is through effective government communication.
How countries have utilized communication strategies during this novel Covid-19 pandemic …

Tempering transnational advocacy? The effect of repression and regulatory restriction on transnational NGO collaborations

L Fransen, K Dupuy, M Hinfelaar… - Global …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
This paper examines through qualitative study the effect of government regulatory restriction
and repression on non‐governmental organizations (NGOs) engaging in transnational …

Do development projects crowd-out private sector activities? Evidence from contract farming participation in Northern Ghana

IB Lambrecht, C Ragasa - Food Policy, 2018 - Elsevier
Contract farming (CF) is attractive as a possible private sector-led strategy for improving
market coordination and smallholder farmers' welfare. At the same time, governmental and …

Representation by development organizations: Evidence from India and implications for inclusive development

S Katyaini, M Wessel, S Sahoo - The Journal of Environment …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
This article focuses on development organizations' construction of representative roles in
their work at the environment–development interface and on implications of these …

Reclaiming the authority to plan: recentralization of Covid-19 response in Ghana

KS Agomor, Z Langnel, M Abubakari - International Journal of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The paper examines the implications of COVID-19 pandemic on multi-level governance
(MLG) in Ghana. Adopting a qualitative document analysis approach supported by 18 key …

Worlds apart but much alike: Donor funding and the homogenization of NGOs in Ghana and Indonesia

J Kamstra, L Schulpen - Studies in Comparative International …, 2015 - Springer
In the field of civil society and democracy promotion, the relevance and effectiveness of
donor strategies is often linked to their ability to adjust to local contextual factors. Despite the …

Civil society and policy making in developing countries: Assessing the impact of think tanks on policy outcomes in Ghana

FLK Ohemeng - Journal of Asian and African studies, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Not long ago, the number of think tanks in Ghana began to increase steadily. These
organizations have now carved out a niche as repositories of ideas for government to tap …

Civil society and philanthropy in Africa: Parallels, paradoxes and promise

E Obadare, K Krawczyk - Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Civil society and philanthropy in Africa are regularly theorized in formal terms and oft
perceived as inherently democratizing forces. Yet, existing evidence exposes the limitations …

Civil society aid as balancing act–navigating between managerial and social transformative principles

J Kamstra - Development in Practice, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
The civil society policy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands shifted from
service delivery to lobby and advocacy in 2016 with the new Dialogue & Dissent policy …