Title Page
List of Acronyms
ABSTRACT
Contents
CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION 13
1.1. Background 13
1.2. PROBLEM STATEMENT 14
1.3. OVERVIEW OF NEA/GRID 15
1.3.1. NEA/GRID activities on health delivery 18
1.3.2. NEA/GRID activities on education 19
1.3.3. NEA/GRID activities on income activities 21
1.4. RESEARCH QUESTIONS 23
1.5. RESEARCH OBJECTIVES 24
1.6. SCOPE OF THE STUDY 24
CHAPTER 2. LITERATURE REVIEW 25
2.1. Role of NGOs 25
2.2. THEORY OF CHANGE (LOGICAL FRAMEWORK) 27
2.3. THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVE OF NGOs 28
2.3.1. Civil society theory 28
2.3.2. NGO AND CIVIL SOCIETY 28
2.4. RURAL DEVELOPMENT 29
2.4.1. THEORIES OF DEVELOPMENT 30
2.4.2. Modernization theory 31
2.4.3. The neo classical counter revolution (Market fundamentalism) 32
2.5. CHALLENGES TO RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN GHANA 32
2.6. CASE STUDIES OF NGOs IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES 33
2.6.1. Action aid Kenya. 33
2.6.2. BUCODEV 33
2.6.3. SUCAM 34
2.6.4. BRAC 34
2.6.5. World health partners (WHP) 35
2.7. ROLES OF NGO IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT 36
2.7.1. CHALLENGES OF NGO IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT 37
CHAPTER 3. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 38
3.1. Study Area 38
3.2. RESEARCH DESIGN 38
3.2.1. Source of Data 38
3.2.2. Data Collection Methods and Procedures 39
3.2.3. Sampling Size and Techniques 39
3.2.4. Data Analysis and Discussion 39
CHAPTER 4. RESULTS 41
Demographic Information 41
4.1.1. Age sex group of respondents 41
4.1.2. Educational attainment 42
4.1.3. Residence Status 43
4.1.4. Marital Status 44
4.1.5. Ethnicity 44
4.1.6. Religion 45
4.1.7. Community stay 46
4.1.8. Occupational Types 46
4.2. Knowledge about NEA/GRID 47
4.2.1. How well you know about NEA/GRID 47
4.2.2. How well do you understand what NEA has been doing? 48
4.2.3. Satisfied with NEA/GRID operations? 49
4.3. NEA/GRID Activities on Educational Development 50
4.3.1. Scholarship provision 50
4.3.2. Stationery provision 51
4.3.3. Education request 52
4.3.4. School buildings provision 53
4.3.5. Impacts of NEA/GRID 54
4.4. Impacts of NEA/GRID on income increase 55
4.4.1. Economic Activities 55
4.4.2. Gari Production 56
4.4.3. Loans provision 57
4.4.4. Fisheries production 58
4.4.5. Market availability 59
4.4.6. Impact of economic activities 59
4.5. NEA/GRID Activities on Provision of Health Services 60
4.5.1. Access to Health care 60
4.5.2. NEA/GRID put up a hospital in the district? 60
4.5.3. Health facilities provision to existing clinics 61
4.5.4. NHIS registration 61
4.5.5. Health activities embarked on by NEA 62
4.5.6. Where do you normally seek for healthcare? 62
4.5.7. Who paid your expenses when you visited the health care? 63
CHAPTER 5. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 64
5.1. Conclusions 64
5.2. Recommendations 65
References 67
Appendix 70
요약 76