Browsing by Author "Tetteh, C.K."
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Item Accountability and transparency: Is this possible in hospital governance?(Cogent Business & Management, 2023) Abor, P.A.; Tetteh, C.K.Health institutions in developing countries need to be transparent and accountable to attain universal health coverage and effective institutions as man dated by Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) 3 (target 3.8) and SDG 16 (target 16.6), respectively. This study seeks to achieve two objectives: 1) to examine financial, performance, and political or democratic accountability at the teaching hospitals in Ghana toward achieving good hospital governance; 2) to examine event and process transparency practices in the teaching hospitals. A comparative case methodology was employed with data from structured questionnaires administered to hospital administrators. The study revealed only one of the four teaching hospi tals understudy is accountable in terms of financial, political/democratic, and per formance accountability. Also, the same teaching hospital was found to practice both process and event transparency, establishing the correspondence between accountability and transparency. The study concludes that most of the teaching hospitals in Ghana have challenges with accountability and transparency at varying intensities. Thus, efforts to ensure accountability and transparency are recom mended for quality healthcare delivery and good hospital governance.Item An Investigation into the Role of R&D on Productivity in the Manufacturing Sector in Ghana(University Of Ghana, 2019-07) Tetteh, C.K.Using a firm-level dataset of 209 firms from the World Bank Enterprise Survey 2013, this study presents evidence of the impact of R&D, product, and process innovation on labour productivity in the manufacturing sector in Ghana. It examines the role R&D plays in ensuring the likelihood of manufacturing firms to embark on product and process innovation. The study employed a Three-Stage Least Square (3SLS) approach for the analysis in achieving the stated objectives. The study finds that labour productivity in the manufacturing sector in Ghana is determined by R&D, product innovation, foreign ownership, and the size of the firm. The results show a significant positive influence of R&D and product innovation on labour productivity in the manufacturing sector in Ghana. The study recommends the integration of the Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy of Ghana into the national development strategy to create an enabling environment for manufacturing firms to invest more into R&D activities and thereby become more productive. The study also suggests the need for the Government to support research and development and innovation through a coordinated effort by implementing a multi-sector policy action that considers the needs of the firms.Item A test of behavioural changes to electronic levy: Evidence from mobile money transactions in a developing country(Cogent Economics & Finance, 2023) Tetteh, C.K.; Amoah, A.; Kwablah, E.; Asiama, R.K.; Ahiabor, G.Even before its introduction, the electronic levy in Ghana stirred up different behavioural reactions from the public, despite the intention to use its proceeds to provide better public services. As a result, this study examines some of these behavioural changes using pre-tax survey data on the proposed electronic levy. Using a sample size of 2,810 individuals with mobile money accounts, we estimate a multivariate logit model with its marginal effects to determine the associated drivers of individuals’ behavioural changes to the proposed tax. The results show that the electronic levy is likely to have an immediate impact on an individual’s behaviour in positive and negative ways. Thus, while about 88% of the respondents indicated that they are likely to stop using mobile money or reduce their transactions, approximately 12% of the respondents rather reaffirmed their willingness to keep using mobile money or perhaps increase their mobile-money transactions. Furthermore, we find evidence that income, marital status, objective knowledge, trust in government, and the implementation timeframe are the sta tistically significant determinants of behavioural changes to the electronic tax in Ghana. The results suggest varying behavioural responses to the electronic levy in Ghana, which threaten the realization of expected revenues. We recommend proper education and advocacy at all levels and a keen consideration to implement the levy later, perhaps, when there is more trust in the government’s ability to use tax revenues prudently.