Sustainability of Rural Communities Drinking Water Systems andLocal Development Projects in the Bole, West andCentral Gonja Districts of the Savannah Region, Ghana

Prosper Bazaanah ()
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Prosper Bazaanah: Department of Anthropology and Development Studies, University of Johannesburg, South Africa.

Review of Social Sciences, 2019, vol. 4, issue 1, 16-36

Abstract: This study employed the post-positivist epistemology and the cross-sectional survey to examine the factors influencing the sustainability of communities drinking water and local development projects in the Bole, West and Central Gonja Districts of the Savannah Region, Ghana. Proportionate, systematic and simple random techniques were utilised to sample 450 respondents, composed of 392 household heads and 58 officials. Data was collected, utilising self-designed and semi-structured face-to-face interviews and questionnaires. Correlation and regressions were generated to determine relationships between the variables. Results showed community participation (r= 0.576, p-value = 0.019),finance (r = 0.517, p-value = 0.006), sense of ownership (r = 0.573, p-value = 0.012), labour support (r = 0.474, p-value = 0.015), education (r = 0.469, p-value = 0.021), technology (r = -0.436, p-value = 0.018), maintenance (r = -0.503, p-value = 0.029), water pollution (r = -0.389, p-value =0.041) and transparency (r = -0.250, p-value = 0.015), were significantly associated with water projects sustainability. 69.7 percent of variabilities were collectively explained by the independent variables. Since p-values were

Keywords: Sustainability; Community Drinking Water; Sustainable Development; Savannah Region; Ghana. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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