Microcredit Management in Ghana: Development of Co-Operative Credit Unions among the Dagaaba

Yeshanew Gheneti conducted PhD research in ethno-economics in Ghana on: Microcredit Management in Ghana: Development of Co-Operative Credit Unions among the Dagaaba.

This study with its focus on the development and management of local co-operative savings and credit unions has been inspired by the researcher’s own rural family background which was characterized by its close ties with local co-operatives activities. It further builds on years of engagement with the broad field of development studies and practical working experience with local institutions and organisations in East and West Africa.

The integrated management approach to local development which provides the basic theoretical framework for this study, has grown out of participation in the series of Sub-Saharan Africa seminars, and research on indigenous knowledge systems and development in Africa carried out under the auspices of LEAD-programme at Leiden University.

This community-based approach was further refined not only during subsequent field surveys among Daagaba households, but also through interesting discussions with students of Anthropology and Development Sociology at Leiden University during the researcher’s annual lectures on “Local Institutions and Sustainable Development in Sub-Saharan Africa”.

He was granted a PhD Degree at Leiden University on 27 June 2007 his promotor: Prof. Dr. L.J. Slikkerveer. The PhD Committee included Prof. Dr. L.J. Slikkerveer (Promotor), Dr. P.J.J. Konings (Referent), Prof. Dr. P.L. Geschiere, Prof. Dr. R.M.A. Bedaux and Dr. T. Ta’a (Addis Ababa University).

Yeshanew Gheneti: Microcredit Management in Ghana: Development of Co-Operative Credit Unions among the Dagaaba. PhD Dissertation Leiden University. LEAD Studies No. 2, xvii + 330 pp. ill, 2007.