eprintid: 646 rev_number: 1 eprint_status: archive userid: 1 dir: disk0/00/00/06/46 datestamp: 2020-04-23 05:18:52 lastmod: 2020-04-23 05:18:53 status_changed: 2020-04-23 05:18:52 type: thesis metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Sam-Awortwi, Wilfred Ebo title: Institutional Transformation: Redefining Institutions to Guide Municipal Solid Waste Management in Accra (Ghana) ispublished: pub full_text_status: public abstract: The effect of society’s solid waste is very evident in Accra; and its management is understood to be knocked about. The main aim of this research was to empirically assess the institutional environment and arrangements to help propose an approach to (re)design institutions that accounts for the unknown. The qualitative approach to analysis was adopted. An area-based approach that embodies principles of what I call a ‘pro-adaptive’ approach to institutional (re)design is proposed. This is basically a consolidation of being proactive (taking preventive initiatives rather than damage control) and also being able to adjust to changing social and environmental circumstances in a specific context. The root of this proposal is in two folds: the fact that traits of area specific patterns have already been established, but are (to a large extent) restrictive in practice; and the overall limited and reactive focus of institutional environments. date: 2016 date_type: published thesis_type: master degree_programme: EIP tutors_name: Roo, G. de keywords_local: Governance keywords_local: Institutional design and transformation keywords_local: Institutions keywords_local: Management keywords_local: Solid waste keywords_local: Accra language_iso: en titleorder: Institutional Transformation: Redefining Institutions to Guide Municipal Solid Waste Management in Accra (Ghana) dbi: 57d13f6da41f4 imported_item: yes date_of_import: 2020-04-22 imported_from: http://scripties.frw.eldoc.ub.rug.nl/root/ma/EIP/2016/wesamawortwi/ import_source_file: theses-frw-20200422132454-57d13f6da41f4.xml date_issued: 2016-01-01 citation: Sam-Awortwi, Wilfred Ebo (2016) Institutional Transformation: Redefining Institutions to Guide Municipal Solid Waste Management in Accra (Ghana). Master thesis. document_url: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/646/1/FinalThesis_Wilfred_Sam-Awortwi.pdf