Evaluating the Effectiveness of Local Revenue Mobilization in Kumasi, Ghana

Authors

  • Samuel Siebie Ankamah School of Public Administration, Hohai University, China Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana
  • Feng Yao School of Public Administration, Hohai University, China

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4335/11.3.431-451(2013)

Keywords:

Fiscal Decentralization, Local Government, Internally Generated Fund, Revenue Assignment, and Ghana.

Abstract

The paper evaluates the effectiveness of local revenue mobilization in the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA), Ghana. The indicators for the evaluation included the Revenue Performance Index (RPI), Financial Autonomy Index (FAI) and Local Finance Support Index (LFSI). Both the primary and secondary sources of data were used as well as the employment of quantitative and qualitative data analysis methods. The paper reveals that KMA depends more on transfers to finance its development. There is therefore the need for the assembly to outline pragmatic measures to increase its Internally Generated Fund (IGF).

Author Biographies

  • Samuel Siebie Ankamah, School of Public Administration, Hohai University, China Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana
    Ph.D Student
  • Feng Yao, School of Public Administration, Hohai University, China
    Lecturer

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Published

2013-07-01

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 3 (2013)

Section

Conference Paper (Annual Conference 2020)

How to Cite

Evaluating the Effectiveness of Local Revenue Mobilization in Kumasi, Ghana. (2013). Lex Localis - Journal of Local Self-Government, 11(3), 431-451. https://doi.org/10.4335/11.3.431-451(2013)