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Drivers of trust and trustworthiness
Jon ReiersenThe purpose of this paper is to contribute to the understanding of why people act trustworthily in anonymous non-repeated meetings where trustworthiness benefits the trustor and…
Nonfarm enterprise participation and healthcare expenditure among farm households in rural Ghana
Samuel Ampaw, Edward Nketiah-Amponsah, Nkechi Srodah Owoo, Bernardin SenadzaRural poverty remains high in many developing countries, Ghana inclusive. This has implications for healthcare affordability and utilization, and thus the attainment of universal…
Ethnic disparity in financial fragility in Malaysia
Selamah Abdullah YusofThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the extent of financial fragility and its disparity across ethnic groups in Malaysia. Disparities related to income and wealth are…
Performance of microfinance institutions in the MENA region: a comparative analysis
Ines Ben Abdelkader, Faysal MansouriThe purpose of this paper is to provide preliminary efficiency assessment of Arab microfinance institutions (MFIs) within the period 2002–2012. Microfinance is defined as the…
Fertility, education, and female labour participation: Dynamic panel analysis of ASEAN-7 countries
Waliu Olawale Shittu, Norehan AbdullahThe purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship among fertility, female education and female labour participation in ASEAN-7 countries: Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei…
Industrial development and unemployment in Nigeria: an ARDL bounds testing approach
Omobola Adu, Oghogho Edosomwan, Abiola Ayopo Babajide, Felicia OlokoyoThe industrial sector has been identified as one of the means to address the issue of unemployment due to its role in ensuring sustainable development. However, evidence from the…
Energy production, carbon emissions and economic growth in lower-middle income countries
Abubakar Hamid Danlami, Sirajo Aliyu, Ismail Aliyu DanmarayaThe persistent rise in the global discharges of carbon (CO2) emissions and the likely undesirable consequences of this practice on the global atmosphere attracts the attention of…
Double bottom line commitments of microfinance: evidence from Indian institutions
Prasenjit Roy, Ambika Prasad PatiThe purpose of the paper is to confirm the adherence of double bottom line objectives by the microfinance institutions (MFIs) of India and, further, to identify the causal factors…
Financial inclusion matters for economic growth in India: Some evidence from cointegration analysis
Dinabandhu Sethi, Susanta Kumar SethyThe purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between financial inclusion (FI) and economic growth in India.
Inter-linkages between remittance and savings in Ghana
Peter Quartey, Charles Ackah, Monica Puoma Lambon-QuayefioThe increase in volumes and circulation of internal and international remittances have become a substantial part of resource flow for economic development especially in developing…
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