International Journal of Social Economics: Volume 46 Issue 7

Exploring the link between climate change perceptions and adaptation strategies among smallholder farmers in Chimanimani district of Zimbabwe

Edward Mutandwa, Benjamine Hanyani-Mlambo, Joseph Manzvera

The purpose of this paper is to establish the association between smallholder farmer perceptions toward climate change and adaptation strategies at the household level in…

Relationship between competitive SMEs’ orientation and “Catur Paramitha”

I. Ketut Rahyuda, Ida Bagus Anom Purbawangsa, Ida Bagus Ketut Surya

The purpose of this paper is to identify dimensions and indicators of “Catur Paramitha” that improve the performance of SMEs in Sarbagita area.

Building resilience against food insecurity through social networks: The case of rural farmers in Oyo State, Nigeria

Seyi Olalekan Olawuyi

Many nations in Sub-Saharan Africa, including Nigeria have initiated programmes targeted at addressing food insecurity, but without any major significant breakthrough. This…

Do market size and financial development indicators affect human capital of select south Asian economies?

Narayan Sethi, Bikash Ranjan Mishra, Padmaja Bhujabal

The purpose of this paper is to empirically investigate whether market size and its growth rate, along with financial development indicators, affect human capital in selected…

Weak economic institutions in Africa: a destiny or design?

Abdulkareem Alhassan, Abdulhakeem Abdullahi Kilishi

The primacy of institutions for economic progress has been established in the literature. Yet, less research attention is paid to the existence and persistence of weak economic…

What restricts credit to women enterprises? Evidence from India’s informal sector

Prateeksha Maurya, Pratap Chandra Mohanty

The purpose of this paper is to determine the factors which affect the financial access of the female-owned informal enterprises (FOIEs) in India. There has been a dearth of…

Human capital inequality and economic growth: evidence with sub-national data from Thailand

Md Nasir Uddin, Saran Sarntisart

The purpose of this paper is to find the effects of human capital inequality on economic growth.