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    Gender dynamics in the choice of place of trade among young entrepreneurs in Ghana
    (University of Ghana, 2015-04-17) Bawakyillenuo, S.; Agbelie, I.S.K.
    Entrepreneurship has been considered a viable strategy by the youth as a means to create jobs and improve upon their livelihoods and economic independence. Despite the upsurge of research in the a rea of gender entrepreneurship worldwide since the late 1970s, little exist concerning the determinants of the choice of place of trade vis-a-vis gender among young entrepreneurs. This study explores how gender interacts with other determinants to influence the decision of choosing a suitable place for trade among young entrepreneurs in Ghana using multinomial logistic regression techniques. The results show that, while controlling for gender roles, young female entrepreneurs relative to their male counterparts have increasing probability of trading from home than trading from an organized market, but are more likely to trade from an organized market other than from a formal business space. Also, young female entrepreneurs who have supervisory roles are more likely to trade from their homes other than trading from an organized market relative to their male counterparts. However, it emerged that young female entrepreneurs are more likely to trade from an organized market compared to trading from a formal business space or from other places. Other findings of the study reveal that, young females from high income households are more likely to trade from an organized market compared to trading on the street, from a formal business space or from other places different from the locations being studied. These findings have policy implications regarding the very key elements needed to foster the growth of entrepreneurship among both young males and females entrepreneurs in Ghana.
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    The role of social protection interventions in enhancing climate change adaptation and mitigation: The case of LIPW component of Ghana social opportunities projects (GSOP)
    (University of Ghana, 2015-04-17) Bawakyillenuo, S.; Osei-Akoto, I.; Owusu, G.; Agbelie, I.S.K.
    The devastating effects of climate change and variability globally are incontestable, hence, the urgency for upscaling adaptation and mitigation strategies. Central to initiating and implementing robust adaptation and mitigation measures is innovative financing. While there are various climate change support projects in Ghana, much is still needed to fund adaptation and mitigation measures. Similarly, social protection intervention programmes abound in the country, many of which are aimed at reducing poverty and spatial development inequalities in targeted areas. Arguably, opportunities are embedded in many of these social protection programmes to bolster climate change adaptation and mitigation issues in the country. Using the Labour Intensive Public Works (LlPW) of the Ghana Social Opportunities Project (GSOP) as a case study, the paper examines how social protection interventions in Ghana could support both climate change adaptation and mitigation measures. Analysing the panel data from two rounds of survey on the LIPW, the results show that, paid employment among beneficiary communities increased by 9.4% relative to the non-beneficiary households. Furthermore, it was found that extreme poverty and average poverty reduced by 7% and 21% respectively in the LlPW beneficiary communities. Thus, the adaptive capacity to climate change of LIPW beneficiaries became stronger than non-beneficiaries. The analyses also reveal that the trees plantation activities of LlPW will strengthen the mitigation of climate change in the long-term through an increase in the country's carbon sinks. This interplay between social protection interventions and climate change objectives drums home the need to mainstream climate change objectives into all social protection interventions in Ghana
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    The shift from traditional window systems to new window designs in Ghana: sociological and energy efficiency issues in Ga East and Awutu Senya East municipalities
    (University of Ghana, 2015-04-17) Bawakyillenuo, S.; Agbelie, I.S.K.
    The challenge of reducing carbon emissions for the purpose of climate change mitigation requires both supply-side and demand-side energy efficiency measures and conservation. On the demand side, buildings worldwide account for about 30-40% of the total energy demand, thereby forming the largest sectoral consumer of electricity. Hence, the building sector offers a great opportunity for energy conservation and energy efficiency drives if certain behavioural patterns were to change. An important element of the building, which often influences energy consumption, is the window. Window types used in Ghana have evolved over time from traditional wooden to modern louvre blades and glazed (sliding-glass) windows. This paper therefore seeks to investigate the economic and energy efficiency dimensions of the shift from traditional to new window designs in Ghana as well as the sociological underpinnings of this shift. Evidence abounds from the quantitative and qualitative analyses of the data gathered for the 2014 Energy Surveys in the Ga East and Awutu Senya East Municipalities in Ghana that most people use new window designs mainly due to comfort and aesthetic reasons. The analyses reveal that, while more wooden and louvre blade windows users depend mostly on natural ventilation systems and to a little extent fans, glazed window users depend mostly on fans and air conditioners. In consequence, glazed windows users spend more on electricity compared to users of other windows types. These findings have implications regarding the current architectural designs in Ghana taking into account the need for efficient energy consumption and climate change mitigation