...Simplice Asongu; Emeride F. Kayo; Mame Mor Sene Purpose The primary objective of this study is to assess the incidence of bank concentration on female education in developing countries. Design/methodology/approach The focus of the study is on 80 countries from 2000 to 2020 and the empirical...

...Martin Sawadogo; Issa Dianda; Patrice Rélouendé Zidouemba Purpose This paper examines the impact of access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking on female salaried employment and gender equality in wage and salaried employment in developing countries. Design/methodology/approach...

...Mohammad Yaqoob; Yasmin Bani; Suryati Ishak; Anitha Rosland Purpose The ongoing demographic change has been changing the age structure of populations in developing countries, with far-reaching implications for economic growth and productivity. This study engages with the ongoing debate concerning...

... laws on gender equality in employment. Design/methodology/approach We employ quantiles via moments regression, as developed by Machado and Silva (2019) in a sample covering 115 developing countries from 2000 to 2021. Findings Our analysis reveals that gender-equal laws enhance gender equality...

...Akanganngang Joseph Asitik; Victor Fannam Nunfam; Michael Kodom; Ebenezer Afrifa-Yamoah Purpose Financial inclusion remains limited for rural women in developing countries. To address this gap, this study examined the mediating role of financial literacy in the relationship between Village Savings...

...Hien Nguyen Phuc; Dung Nguyen Viet; Xuyen Le Thi Kim; Cuong Nguyen Van; Minh Nguyen Van Purpose This paper aims to investigate whether official development assistance (ODA) inflows to developing countries (lower-middle and low income) can cause the symptoms of Dutch disease or not. Design...

... a Generalized Method of Moment model and data from 45 developing countries covering the period between 2005 and 2021. The estimation covers a wide range of specifications. Findings The study finds that uncertainty undermines gender equality. However, economic management policies, public sector management...

...Kabiru Kamalu; Wan Hakimah Binti Wan Ibrahim Purpose This study examines the effect of digitalization on poverty and income inequality in developing countries. The study answers the question of whether digitalization is a way for developing countries to get out of poverty and income inequality...

...Azmat Gani Purpose This study investigates if wealth from natural resources impacts child health in developing countries. Design/methodology/approach The methodology includes testing the effect of rents from natural resources on under-five mortality rates using a multifactor health production...

...Ameena Arshad Purpose The paper empirically investigates the impact of financial inclusion on food security. Subsequently, it examines the overall effect of various dimensions of financial inclusion on food security of developing countries using the panel data for the time period of 2004–2019...

... the selection of these variables based on the association that has been reported between them and healthcare expenditure. Age Developing countries Education Health expenditure Household National health expenditure in Malaysia has increased enormously over time. The report of Ministry of Health...

...Chong Siew Huay; Jonathan Winterton; Yasmin Bani; Bolaji Tunde Matemilola Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse the impact of remittances on human development in developing countries using panel data from 1980 to 2014 and to address the critical question of whether the increasing trend...

...@gmail.com 26 04 2019 07 08 2019 15 08 2019 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2019 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Development Agricultural economies Institutions and institutional analysis Rural areas Developing countries Ethiopia In many...

... influence upon economic development. Originality/value This study contributes to the debate over whether infrastructure has a real developmental effect in developing countries. Some important policy implications are then drawn from the empirical analysis. As a result, this paper will be of value...

...Mohammed Abdullahi Umar; Chek Derashid; Idawati Ibrahim; Zainol Bidin Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between public governance quality and tax compliance behavior in developing countries in terms of what transpires between governments and citizens, leading...

...Chong Siew Huay; Yasmin Bani Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze the relationship between remittances and poverty through the human capital channel in developing countries, which has received less attention in the literature. Design/methodology/approach The paper applied the system...

... Development Nigeria Democracy Economics of war and conflict Education Developing countries Welfare Child labour Coping strategies Income shocks Issues relating to household welfare have continued to receive significant attention in development discourse over the years. Particularly how...

... a qualitative component to better understand impact pathways. Development Evaluation Agricultural economies Developing countries Poverty Mozambique Microfinance Savings In Sub-Saharan Africa, 408 million people lived on less than $1.25 a day in 2008; of those, 75 percent resided in rural...

... to developing countries. What makes matters worse for India is that up until recently there have been no comprehensive efforts to collect reliable data on the elderly population in India. As a result there is extremely limited availability of policy-relevant research dedicated to issues relating to the older...

...: adding up across the share equations, symmetry of the second-order derivatives and the linear homogeneity of degree zero: India Agricultural economies Welfare economics Developing countries Almost ideal demand system Compensation variation Food is the essential input for human...