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APPENDIX 1-d)
MASTER PLAN STUDY ON RURAL ELECTRIFICATION BY
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
IN THE THREE NORTHERN REGIONS OF GHANA
Socio-Economic Survey of Sample Communities
FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSION GUIDE
1.
Objectives:
1.1
Draw insights on the community's perceptions of quality of service from existing electricity
services, expectations, needs, and demands pertaining to electrification future electrification
programs.
Gauge the community's absorptive capacity to maximize use of electricity for their socioeconomic development
1.2
2.
Participants:
FGD will be administered to a group of 8 -10 people representing groupings that will indicate
possible differences in terms of socioeconomic contexts. Representations will be any of the
following:
1. Chief or village head
2. Teacher or health worker
3. Assemblyman or woman
4. Unit committee member
5. Women’s representative
6. Individual employed in farming activity
7. Individual employed in non-farming activity
8. Member of water and sanitation committee
9. Facilitator or member of adult literacy group
10. Religious leader
11. Village volunteer, eg Red cross, guinea-worm, or fire volunteers
3.
Contents of discussion:
3.1
Introduction of the background and purpose of the survey.
General Information
3.2
Approximate population
3.3
Approximate Number of compounds
3.4
Settlement Pattern
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