Resource Management in Local Governments: A Bane or a Boon to Development at the Local Level in Ghana
The decentralised local government system makes funds available to local governments to develop the communities and improve living conditions of the people. In Ghana, however, the people in the communities complain of poor service delivery including the provision of poor amenities. This deprives the...
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Mashhad: Behzad Hassannezhad Kashani
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| description | The decentralised local government system makes funds available to local governments to develop the communities and improve living conditions of the people. In Ghana, however, the people in the communities complain of poor service delivery including the provision of poor amenities. This deprives them of decent livelihood and there is despondency at the local level. This study investigated the situation by examining the operations of local governments to ascertain the management of resources at the local level. Using the transaction cost theory and the institutional theory, desk research was conducted based on successive Auditor-Generals’ reports and other relevant documents on local governance in Ghana. The data were subjected to thematic analysis for interpretation and comparison. The study found that the local governments performed their basic functions but successive Auditor-Generals’ reports contained irregularities which were the result of mismanagement of resources. The management of resources in local governments is, therefore, a bane rather than a boon to development at the local level in Ghana. The Head of Local Government Service should severely sanction perpetrators of irregularities. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-c815105024f247b9bba6bc9ac9e31b832025-01-12T08:07:51ZengMashhad: Behzad Hassannezhad KashaniInternational Journal of Management, Accounting and Economics2383-21262024-12-0111121757177910.5281/zenodo.14561916210437Resource Management in Local Governments: A Bane or a Boon to Development at the Local Level in GhanaAnthony Aikins0John Mensah1Augustina Amissah2Management Consulting, Rigour Consult, Cape Coast, GhanaDepartment of Governance, Environment and Sustainable Development University of Cape Coast, Cape Coas, GhanaVocational and Technical Education, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, GhanaThe decentralised local government system makes funds available to local governments to develop the communities and improve living conditions of the people. In Ghana, however, the people in the communities complain of poor service delivery including the provision of poor amenities. This deprives them of decent livelihood and there is despondency at the local level. This study investigated the situation by examining the operations of local governments to ascertain the management of resources at the local level. Using the transaction cost theory and the institutional theory, desk research was conducted based on successive Auditor-Generals’ reports and other relevant documents on local governance in Ghana. The data were subjected to thematic analysis for interpretation and comparison. The study found that the local governments performed their basic functions but successive Auditor-Generals’ reports contained irregularities which were the result of mismanagement of resources. The management of resources in local governments is, therefore, a bane rather than a boon to development at the local level in Ghana. The Head of Local Government Service should severely sanction perpetrators of irregularities.https://www.ijmae.com/article_210437_703075e3407c5ef02a4cc5f845f3bec9.pdfcommunitiesdecentralised local government systemlocal governmentsmanagement of resourcesoperations of local governmentsservice delivery |
| spellingShingle | Anthony Aikins John Mensah Augustina Amissah Resource Management in Local Governments: A Bane or a Boon to Development at the Local Level in Ghana International Journal of Management, Accounting and Economics communities decentralised local government system local governments management of resources operations of local governments service delivery |
| title | Resource Management in Local Governments: A Bane or a Boon to Development at the Local Level in Ghana |
| title_full | Resource Management in Local Governments: A Bane or a Boon to Development at the Local Level in Ghana |
| title_fullStr | Resource Management in Local Governments: A Bane or a Boon to Development at the Local Level in Ghana |
| title_full_unstemmed | Resource Management in Local Governments: A Bane or a Boon to Development at the Local Level in Ghana |
| title_short | Resource Management in Local Governments: A Bane or a Boon to Development at the Local Level in Ghana |
| title_sort | resource management in local governments a bane or a boon to development at the local level in ghana |
| topic | communities decentralised local government system local governments management of resources operations of local governments service delivery |
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