JOURNAL OF APPLIED BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS
Financing Political Parties in Ghana
Author(s): Wilbert Nam-Katoti, James Doku, Joshua Abor, Peter Quartey
Citation: Wilbert Nam-Katoti, James Doku, Joshua Abor, Peter Quartey, (2011) "Financing Political Parties in Ghana," Journal of Applied Business and Economics, Vol. 12, Iss. 4, pp. 90 - 102
Article Type: Research paper
Publisher: North American Business Press
Abstract:
This study ascertained the views of civil society and politicians regarding the need for state financing of
political parties in Ghana. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the results. We found that that,
while party executives endorsed state financing of political parties, civil society held a contrary view.
Civil society also indicated that state funding of political parties could lead to political corruption
whereas party executives disagreed on that score. Both civil society and party executives were of the
opinion that political parties should be accountable to the public through disclosure of their sources of
funds, expenditure and other activities.