Albert Ahenkan
Biographic Data
| ID | 90631 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Albert Ahenkan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Albert |
| FAMILY NAME | Ahenkan |
| SIGNATURE | AHENKAN A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Ghana |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2672-0498 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Exploring climate change investment initiatives and funding challenges among faith‐based organizations in Ghana
Fostering Collaboration and Stakeholder Engagement for Sustainable Decent Work Policies in Africa
To meet the 169 targets of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), it has been argued that governments alone are unable to deal with its associated challenges. Consequently, studies have shown how expanding governance to public, private, and civil society organizations (CSO) across scales could help make significant contributions to achieving the SDGs. Despite this admission, little is known about stakeholder engagement and collaborative approa…
Mining for a Sustainable Future
Amid global calls for sustainable resource management, limited research explores the drivers of green mining adoption in Ghana's extractive sector. This study examines how regulatory frameworks, investor expectations, institutional commitment, and community advocacy shape sustainable mining practices, drawing on institutional theory and the Natural Resource‐Based View (NRBV). Using qualitative interviews with mining firms, regulators, and communi…
Building stakeholder trust in regulatory governance
Community participation in enterprise development programmes for poverty reduction and sustainable development in Ghana
To trickle down poverty in rural areas, development partners and national governments have instituted enterprise development programmes which call for the establishment of some participatory frameworks to enable rural entrepreneurs determine for themselves, the exact Business Development Service (BDS) they desire to bring about economic improvement and social change. In ensuring that the concept of participation is not merely a wish list, the art…
Insulating highly vulnerable populations from global pandemics
Understanding electricity nightmare and health implications among slum dwellers in Ghana
Purpose The purpose of the study was to examine the electricity challenges confronting slums in order to understand the health implications thereof. Design/methodology/approach The study utilized purposive sampling techniques supported by the convenience sampling method within the context of qualitative research to select 30 interviewees of varying demographics for in-depth interviews. Findings The findings revealed that slums faced various forms…
Collective learning and Covid-19 mitigation in Ghana
COVID-19 has created significant uncertainty and disruption among governments and people across the globe. Policy studies present various theoretical frameworks that allow scholars and practitioners to make sense of these developments in a structured and systematic fashion. In this paper, we combined the collective learning framework with documentary data and process tracing analysis to describe, first, the features of the COVID-19 collective lea…
Mainstreaming climate change adaptation into pro-poor development initiatives
Climate change remains a serious threat to climate sensitive pro-poor development interventions in the Pru District of Ghana. This study examined how climate change impacts on Local Economic Development (LED) interventions, the extent to which climate change adaptation (CCA) initiatives are integrated into LED and the challenges associated with the mainstreaming process. Qualitative research design and purposive sampling was used to collect data …
The Policy and Practice of Local Economic Development in Ghana
Too weak to lead
Local Government Financing of Climate Change in Ghana
Uncertainties about the amount of resources needed to combat climate change, dwindling local resources, limited local autonomy and limited expertise constrain local governments (LGs) in their response to the effects of climate change. As a result, financing climate change remains a major nightmare for LG actors across diverse nested territorial containers. It certainly requires the embracing of a multifaceted approach - the use of system thinking…
The “Third Sector” and Climate Change Adaptation Governance in Sub-Saharan Africa
In spite of growing evidence of non-governmental organizations’ (NGOs) active participation in both bottom-up and top-down climate change policy negotiations and implementation, a research effort that focuses on the former barely exists. Grounded within the qualitative research approach, this paper contributes to the emerging climate policy literature by drawing on experiences from three purposefully selected non-state actors’ adaptation program …
Stakeholder participation in community development projects
The increasing importance of stakeholders in project design, implementation, and evaluation requires mechanisms to ensure their effective participation to enhance project success. As a national non-governmental organisation (NGO) engaged in the design and implementation of community development projects, International Centre for Enterprise and Sustainable Development (ICED) adopts a quadripartite project participation model (QPPM) that facilitate…
Non-timber forest products farming and empowerment of rural women in Ghana
Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs)
Though a significant volume of information has been documented on the importance and potential of NTFPs’ utilisation and its impacts on poverty reduction, livelihoods improvement and environmental sustainability, a lot of confusion is still associated with NTFPs semantics and terminologies. NTFPs have proved to be difficult to clearly define because of the blurred boundaries between timber and non-timber products and the underlying difficulty in …
The Socio-economic Contribution of African Migrants to their Home and Host Countries
Non-timber Forest Products in Bardiya District of Nepal
This article scopes the status and potential of non-timber forest products (NTFPs) in community forests and the national forest of Bardiya district in western Nepal. The human ecological approach, participatory rural appraisal, focus group discussions and interviews were used to gather data and information for analysis. The results of the data analysis indicate that the area harbours a high diversity of potential NTFPs. Altogether, 101 species an…
Stakeholder participation in community development projects
The increasing importance of stakeholders in project design, implementation, and evaluation requires mechanisms to ensure their effective participation to enhance project success. As a national non-governmental organisation (NGO) engaged in the design and implementation of community development projects, International Centre for Enterprise and Sustainable Development (ICED) adopts a quadripartite project participation model (QPPM) that facilitate…
Community participation in enterprise development programmes for poverty reduction and sustainable development in Ghana
To trickle down poverty in rural areas, development partners and national governments have instituted enterprise development programmes which call for the establishment of some participatory frameworks to enable rural entrepreneurs determine for themselves, the exact Business Development Service (BDS) they desire to bring about economic improvement and social change. In ensuring that the concept of participation is not merely a wish list, the art…
Collective learning and Covid-19 mitigation in Ghana
COVID-19 has created significant uncertainty and disruption among governments and people across the globe. Policy studies present various theoretical frameworks that allow scholars and practitioners to make sense of these developments in a structured and systematic fashion. In this paper, we combined the collective learning framework with documentary data and process tracing analysis to describe, first, the features of the COVID-19 collective lea…
The “Third Sector” and Climate Change Adaptation Governance in Sub-Saharan Africa
In spite of growing evidence of non-governmental organizations’ (NGOs) active participation in both bottom-up and top-down climate change policy negotiations and implementation, a research effort that focuses on the former barely exists. Grounded within the qualitative research approach, this paper contributes to the emerging climate policy literature by drawing on experiences from three purposefully selected non-state actors’ adaptation program …
Non-timber Forest Products in Bardiya District of Nepal
This article scopes the status and potential of non-timber forest products (NTFPs) in community forests and the national forest of Bardiya district in western Nepal. The human ecological approach, participatory rural appraisal, focus group discussions and interviews were used to gather data and information for analysis. The results of the data analysis indicate that the area harbours a high diversity of potential NTFPs. Altogether, 101 species an…
Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs)
Though a significant volume of information has been documented on the importance and potential of NTFPs’ utilisation and its impacts on poverty reduction, livelihoods improvement and environmental sustainability, a lot of confusion is still associated with NTFPs semantics and terminologies. NTFPs have proved to be difficult to clearly define because of the blurred boundaries between timber and non-timber products and the underlying difficulty in …
The Socio-economic Contribution of African Migrants to their Home and Host Countries
Non-timber Forest Products in Bardiya District of Nepal
This article scopes the status and potential of non-timber forest products (NTFPs) in community forests and the national forest of Bardiya district in western Nepal. The human ecological approach, participatory rural appraisal, focus group discussions and interviews were used to gather data and information for analysis. The results of the data analysis indicate that the area harbours a high diversity of potential NTFPs. Altogether, 101 species an…
Non-timber forest products farming and empowerment of rural women in Ghana
Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs)
Though a significant volume of information has been documented on the importance and potential of NTFPs’ utilisation and its impacts on poverty reduction, livelihoods improvement and environmental sustainability, a lot of confusion is still associated with NTFPs semantics and terminologies. NTFPs have proved to be difficult to clearly define because of the blurred boundaries between timber and non-timber products and the underlying difficulty in …
The Socio-economic Contribution of African Migrants to their Home and Host Countries
Stakeholder participation in community development projects
The increasing importance of stakeholders in project design, implementation, and evaluation requires mechanisms to ensure their effective participation to enhance project success. As a national non-governmental organisation (NGO) engaged in the design and implementation of community development projects, International Centre for Enterprise and Sustainable Development (ICED) adopts a quadripartite project participation model (QPPM) that facilitate…
The “Third Sector” and Climate Change Adaptation Governance in Sub-Saharan Africa
In spite of growing evidence of non-governmental organizations’ (NGOs) active participation in both bottom-up and top-down climate change policy negotiations and implementation, a research effort that focuses on the former barely exists. Grounded within the qualitative research approach, this paper contributes to the emerging climate policy literature by drawing on experiences from three purposefully selected non-state actors’ adaptation program …
The Policy and Practice of Local Economic Development in Ghana
Too weak to lead
Local Government Financing of Climate Change in Ghana
Uncertainties about the amount of resources needed to combat climate change, dwindling local resources, limited local autonomy and limited expertise constrain local governments (LGs) in their response to the effects of climate change. As a result, financing climate change remains a major nightmare for LG actors across diverse nested territorial containers. It certainly requires the embracing of a multifaceted approach - the use of system thinking…
Mainstreaming climate change adaptation into pro-poor development initiatives
Climate change remains a serious threat to climate sensitive pro-poor development interventions in the Pru District of Ghana. This study examined how climate change impacts on Local Economic Development (LED) interventions, the extent to which climate change adaptation (CCA) initiatives are integrated into LED and the challenges associated with the mainstreaming process. Qualitative research design and purposive sampling was used to collect data …
Understanding electricity nightmare and health implications among slum dwellers in Ghana
Purpose The purpose of the study was to examine the electricity challenges confronting slums in order to understand the health implications thereof. Design/methodology/approach The study utilized purposive sampling techniques supported by the convenience sampling method within the context of qualitative research to select 30 interviewees of varying demographics for in-depth interviews. Findings The findings revealed that slums faced various forms…
Collective learning and Covid-19 mitigation in Ghana
COVID-19 has created significant uncertainty and disruption among governments and people across the globe. Policy studies present various theoretical frameworks that allow scholars and practitioners to make sense of these developments in a structured and systematic fashion. In this paper, we combined the collective learning framework with documentary data and process tracing analysis to describe, first, the features of the COVID-19 collective lea…
Insulating highly vulnerable populations from global pandemics
Community participation in enterprise development programmes for poverty reduction and sustainable development in Ghana
To trickle down poverty in rural areas, development partners and national governments have instituted enterprise development programmes which call for the establishment of some participatory frameworks to enable rural entrepreneurs determine for themselves, the exact Business Development Service (BDS) they desire to bring about economic improvement and social change. In ensuring that the concept of participation is not merely a wish list, the art…
Exploring climate change investment initiatives and funding challenges among faith‐based organizations in Ghana
Fostering Collaboration and Stakeholder Engagement for Sustainable Decent Work Policies in Africa
To meet the 169 targets of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), it has been argued that governments alone are unable to deal with its associated challenges. Consequently, studies have shown how expanding governance to public, private, and civil society organizations (CSO) across scales could help make significant contributions to achieving the SDGs. Despite this admission, little is known about stakeholder engagement and collaborative approa…
Mining for a Sustainable Future
Amid global calls for sustainable resource management, limited research explores the drivers of green mining adoption in Ghana's extractive sector. This study examines how regulatory frameworks, investor expectations, institutional commitment, and community advocacy shape sustainable mining practices, drawing on institutional theory and the Natural Resource‐Based View (NRBV). Using qualitative interviews with mining firms, regulators, and communi…
Building stakeholder trust in regulatory governance
Economics (15 works) · Business (12 works) · Economic growth (12 works) · Political science (12 works) · Geography (9 works) · Public relations (6 works) · Sustainable development (6 works) · Environmental resource management (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Urban and Rural Development Challenges (5 works)