Local Communities’ Participation in Formulation and Management of Payments of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR): A Case Study of Mining Communities in Birim North District, Ghana

Abstract

In exploring the nexus of CSR and its influence on local development, a discussion on community engagements and participation becomes eminent. The impacts of these CSR payments on communities as well as the companies over the years have been diverse but whether beneficiary communities are involved in the CSR payments is a subject to be looked at. It is in line with this, that the study sought to look at local community’s participation in the formulation and management of payments of Corporate Social Responsibility in Birim North District in the Eastern Region of Ghana. The study used both quantitative and qualitative approaches to gather the data. A simple random sampling technique was used to select respondents and a questionnaire survey conducted to obtain the quantitative data.