International Journal of Development Issues: Volume 19 Issue 1

Demand-side analysis of measuring financial inclusion: Impact on socio-economic status of primitive tribal groups (PTGs) in India

Prabhakar Nandru, Satyanarayana Rentala

The purpose of this paper is to measure the financial inclusion dimensions from the perspective of beneficiaries (demand-side).This research additionally attempts to assess the…

What debt threshold hampers economic growth in Africa?

Lord Mensah, Divine Allotey, Emmanuel Sarpong-Kumankoma, William Coffie

This paper aims to test whether a debt threshold of public debt has any effect on economic growth in Africa.

Voice of farmers in the agriculture crisis in North-East Nigeria: Focus group insights from extension workers

Ferdinand Ndifor Che, Kenneth David Strang, Narasimha Rao Vajjhala

The purpose of this study is to uncover ground truth insights underlying the agriculture crisis from the perspectives of rural farmers in North-East Nigeria. The needs of…

Does inequality benefit growth? New evidence using a panel VAR approach

Marcelo Eduardo Alves da Silva

This paper aims to investigate the dynamic relationship between economic growth and income inequality, an issue that has not found a clear consensus in the literature.

Financial development threshold, private capital inflows and economic growth: Evidence from sub-Saharan African countries

Friday Osemenshan Anetor

This study aims to examine the relationship between private capital inflows, financial development and economic growth in 28 sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries between the…

Economics of trickle-down corruption

Guych Nuryyev, Charles Hickson

This study aims to examine the effect of the crude oil price crash of 2014 on corruption decentralisation. In a corrupt state, a significant decrease in the state revenue might…

Identify strategies for cooperatives in East Java with analytic hierarchical process

Adya Hermawati

This study aims to test, analyze, review and describe the problem of “How effective strategies for cooperatives development in East Java.”

Inequality of opportunity among Indonesian school children: Education, electricity and clean water

Indra Indra, Suahasil Nazara, Djoni Hartono, Sudarno Sumarto

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the inequality of opportunity among Indonesian school-age children from 2002 to 2012. It focuses on the possibilities of accessing basic…