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Moses Naiim Fuseini (PhD)
Moses Naiim Fuseini holds a PhD in Development Studies from the School for Development Studies, University of Cape Coast, Ghana. Dr. Fuseini’s research interests encapsulate issues of poverty, inequality, social protection, rural development, governance, conflict studies, and education.
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Poverty poses a significant global challenge, particularly prevalent in specific regions of the global South, commonly referred to as developing countries. Crafting an efficient poverty reduction strategy necessitates pinpointing the geographic concentrations of impoverished populations and understanding the factors contributing to their predicament. Adopting a geographical perspective of poverty is essential in this regard. Evidence suggests that poverty is predominantly concentrated in sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia. The root causes of poverty in these regions stem from the interplay between physical conditions, human activities, and the environmental context in which communities reside. Consequently, practical poverty reduction efforts in developing nations must tailor programmes to target impoverished populations based on their geographical locations while addressing their unique environmental challenges.
balanced development across the country. The reorganisation was informed by spatial extent and concerns about the limited access to government institutions or services, measured by the travel distances between communities or towns and the capital of a region. However, studies have failed to assess the changes in the spatial extent and the travel distances from human settlements to the regional capitals in the newly created regions as well as the distribution of public services. As such, the motivation for this study. The data were gathered using an interview guide and from the Mapcruzin open-source database whereas the analysis was done using ArcMap, Geographical Information Systems, descriptive statistics, paired sample t-tests, and thematic analysis. The results indicate that the reorganisation significantly decreased the average travel distances in all the regions of interest, and the same was observed at the district and municipality levels, which suggests a general improvement in accessibility to services and institutions. However, the average travel distance rose for a few affected districts and municipalities. To achieve balanced development, the government must improve the transportation network to facilitate better access to public services.
IMPACT STATEMENT
Poverty poses a significant global challenge, particularly prevalent in specific regions of the global South, commonly referred to as developing countries. Crafting an efficient poverty reduction strategy necessitates pinpointing the geographic concentrations of impoverished populations and understanding the factors contributing to their predicament. Adopting a geographical perspective of poverty is essential in this regard. Evidence suggests that poverty is predominantly concentrated in sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia. The root causes of poverty in these regions stem from the interplay between physical conditions, human activities, and the environmental context in which communities reside. Consequently, practical poverty reduction efforts in developing nations must tailor programmes to target impoverished populations based on their geographical locations while addressing their unique environmental challenges.
balanced development across the country. The reorganisation was informed by spatial extent and concerns about the limited access to government institutions or services, measured by the travel distances between communities or towns and the capital of a region. However, studies have failed to assess the changes in the spatial extent and the travel distances from human settlements to the regional capitals in the newly created regions as well as the distribution of public services. As such, the motivation for this study. The data were gathered using an interview guide and from the Mapcruzin open-source database whereas the analysis was done using ArcMap, Geographical Information Systems, descriptive statistics, paired sample t-tests, and thematic analysis. The results indicate that the reorganisation significantly decreased the average travel distances in all the regions of interest, and the same was observed at the district and municipality levels, which suggests a general improvement in accessibility to services and institutions. However, the average travel distance rose for a few affected districts and municipalities. To achieve balanced development, the government must improve the transportation network to facilitate better access to public services.
constituted the study design. The sample size was 302 respondents selected using stratified random sampling. Data was collected using interview schedule, observation guide and interview guide. Analysis of data involved the application of descriptive statistics, chi-square test, hypothesis test for two independent proportions, Mann-Whitney U test and thematic analysis. The study
found that beneficiaries largely used the LEAP cash grant in consumption of
basic needs while few invested in farm and non-farm enterprises. In addition, LEAP led to the reduction in poverty as acceptable food consumption, income
levels, savings, access to healthcare and school attendance improved; yet, there were insufficient and weak exit strategies. The major challenges
confronting LEAP were: travelling to collect cash grant, inadequate means of transport, limited meeting of scheme implementers and inadequate
complementary services. However, the study concludes that LEAP contributes to poverty reduction despite its challenges. It is therefore, recommended that
the Department of Social Welfare should base the targeting of LEAP beneficiaries on the Ghana National Household Registry data to reduce the inclusion errors that lead to wastage of state resources and collaborate with partners like the National Health Insurance Authority in order to improve on the provision of complementary services. Furthermore, beneficiaries of LEAP should invest part of their grant in farm activities to earn extra income to enable them to meet their basic needs and develop self-sufficiency.