...-financial interests to disclose. 02 05 2025 03 10 2025 15 11 2025 © 2025 Emerald Publishing Limited 2025 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Vulnerability Policies Dynamic programming Developing countries Minimum wage Financial inclusion Poverty...

...Durairaj Kumarasamy; Prakash Singh; Akhilesh Kumar Sharma Purpose This study aims to re-examine the relationship between financial accessibility and performance of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in developing countries using a large database. Design/methodology/approach This study...

...Sarbajit Chaudhuri; Anindya Biswas Purpose Some recent empirical studies have found that developing countries are more prone to external terms-of-trade shocks compared to developed nations. With this background, the purpose of this paper is to the question of whether developing countries possess...

.... These inefficiencies stem from ill‐defined property rights in the informal sector. Originality/value This paper is an original contribution to the class of political economy models of less developed countries. Political economy Economic growth Developing countries Property rights India The purpose...

... call it the “home country”. Trade Political economy Developing countries Environmental politics Lobbying Government policy The basic tenets of economics view that an effective rule‐based multilateral trading system is welfare improving, because it achieves economic integration...

...Vegard Iversen; Gaute Torsvik Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the roles of social networks and intermediares in recruitment and as instruments to control the workforce in lower end urban labour markets in developing countries. The existing literature favours explanations...

...Diganta Mukherjee; Uday Bhanu Sinha Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse the incidence of child labour in developing countries, focusing on the role of parental attitude towards education combined with the returns to education in deciding between child labour and child education...