Abstract:
Over the world, the role of technology in ensuring growth and development cannot be
over emphaised. The study seeks to find answer to the problem, savings behaviour
and its effect on trade activities among market women within Ejisu Municipality with
highlight on the role of technology. The study used a sample size of 250 and adopted
a cluster and accidental sample technique with Binary logistic regression as an
estimation technique; it was found that Average income, Family size, marriage, and
trust are the factors that affect market women‘s savings behaviour within the Ejisu
municipality using technology. The study concluded that technology is capable of
improving savings behaviour of market women in Ejisu. It was further found that
fraud, poor network, high charges, and complexity in using available technology for
savings are the limiting factors. It was recommended that the government through
National Communication Authority (NCA) and National Commission for Civic
Education (NCCE) should educate citizens through the media on how the activities of
the fraudsters, improve network system, reduce transaction charges via tax reduction
affect these technology providers.
Description:
A dissertation in the Department of Economics Education,
Faculty of Social Sciences Education, submitted to the School
of Graduate Studies in partial fulfillment
of the requirement for the award of the degree of
Master of Science
(Economics Education)
in the University of Education, Winneba
DECEMBER, 2020
