Title Page
ABSTRACT
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
Contents
Chapter I. THESIS OVERVIEW 14
1.1. Background of Study 14
1.2. Statement of Problem 15
1.3. Research Objective & Questions 16
1.4. Motivation for the Study & Expected Outcome 17
Chapter II. LITERATURE REVIEW 19
2.1. Concept of Capacity Development 19
2.2. Local Service Delivery 24
2.3. Evaluation of Capacity Development Activity 29
Chapter III. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 38
3.1. Research Area 38
3.2. Local Government Service 40
3.3. Research Scope 44
3.4. Research Design 47
Chapter IV. RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS 55
4.1. Results 55
4.2. Discussion 63
Chapter V. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 71
5.1. Conclusion 71
5.2. Recommendations 71
REFERENCES 73
APPENDICES 77
요약 88
Table 1. Operational Definitions 49
Table 2. Questionnaire sources 53
Table 3. Reliability statistics 56
Table 4. Respondents Profile 57
Table 5. Overall impact of GDSP on Performance in the LGS 59
Table 6. Summary of Rotated Component Matrix, Variance and Eigen values 61
Table 7. Regression Model Summary 62
Table 8. ANOVA 63
Figure 1. Elements of Logic Model 35
Figure 2. Administrative map of Ghana showing the ten (10) Regions 39
Figure 3. The Local Government Structure 42
Figure 4. Conceptual Framework 48