This book initially addresses conceptual underpinnings of planning and development. The first section of the book specifically discusses planning as a development concept, planning as procedural method, planning as tool for resource allocation and evolution of planning thought in development discourse. The next phase systematically discusses levels of planning, aspects of planning, forms of planning and sectors of planning. Also, simplified explanations are offered for Linear Programming, Input-Output Model, Demographic Model (Arithmetic and Exponential Models) and Forecasting (Time-Series...

Over the past decade, shea butter business activities have received stakeholder attention as a potential means to an end for some women in Ghana. The shea butter business provides alternative livelihood options for women who are either engaged in shea nut processing and/or shea butter processing as a business. Shea butter was initially processed manually at the household level. Subsequent developments in the shea business facilitated the processing of shea butter at group levels with improved techniques due to quality and issues of standardization among others. Interestingly, despite the shea...