...Sayed Mohammad Firozi Purpose This study aims to identify the key socio-cultural barriers and enabling factors influencing Afghanistan's economic development and to explain how these shape its developmental trajectory. Design/methodology/approach Adopting an interpretive paradigm...

... developmental challenges of each country. Hence, it is primordial to study the channels through which development moderates the relationship of social spending and poverty to support the creation of more effective policy frameworks in less developed countries. In general, the literature advocates applying...

...Jogeswar Mahato; Kumar Gaurav Purpose The study examines and ranks the dimensions of sustainable livelihood development among indigenous women in Odisha, India. Design/methodology/approach This research has used a structural equation model to examine the dimensions of sustainable livelihood...

...Hazwan Haini; Wei Loon Pang Purpose This study examines whether the gains from export sophistication is conditional on the level of globalisation. Previous studies have shown that the impact of export sophistication on growth varies depending on the level of a country's economic development...

...Shubham Kumar; Keya Sengupta; Bidyut Jyoti Gogoi Purpose The concept of sustainable livelihoods – commonly understood as managing of means of living without undermining natural resources – has gained momentum in international development discourse. This review focuses on broadening...

... group discussions conducted on 384 farm households from six Kebeles of Eastern Ethiopia. Findings The authors find that flexibility and credibility, ability of development agents to address neglected aspects in agricultural production, and reaching diversified groups of farmers as the perceived...

...Simplice Asongu; Ndemaze Asongu Purpose The purpose of this paper is to respond to some challenges in the transition to sustainable development goals by examining the correlations between mobile and inclusive development (quality of growth, poverty and inequality) in 93 developing countries...

..., Pan (2009) argue that food-aid and food-for-work programs are useful to a limited extend. Development Nigeria Democracy Economics of war and conflict Education Developing countries Welfare Child labour Coping strategies Income shocks Issues relating to household welfare have...

... ownership. Qualitative results indicate that SGs allowed households to bridge seasonal food consumption gaps and meet cash needs during crises. Accumulated savings supported asset purchases. Program activities supported agricultural activity, but enterprise development had limited scope. Challenges...

... social and developmental expectations ”, in QFinance (Ed.), Islamic Finance: Instruments and Markets , Bloomsbury , London , pp. 25 - 29 . Aydin , N. (2012), “ A grand theory of human nature and happiness ”, Humanomics International Journal of Systems and Ethics , Vol. 28 No. 1 , pp...

...Ambreen Fatima Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the effect of globalization and credit market imperfections on child labour. Design/methodology/approach Analysis is based on cross-country regression framework, incorporating 129 developing countries for the period 1970-2010...

... –weak enforcement of institutions accounts for such twists. Potential institutional changes that can help address specific socio-economic developmental challenges are suggested based on the characteristics of the African business environment. Research limitations/implications The paper lays bare...

...Richard Grabowski Purpose The purpose of the paper is to determine why premature deindustrialization is occurring in many developing countries. Design/methodology/approach A theoretical structure for explaining premature deindustrialization is utilized. Then the comparative experiences...

.... and Mackintosh , M. (2008), “ Global public health security: inequality, vulnerability and public health system capabilities ”, Development and Change , Vol. 39 No. 6 , pp. 1163 - 1169 . Kwon , H.-J. (2005), “ Transforming the developmental welfare state in East Asia ”, Development...

... capability approach.” Indeed, the “relationship between capabilities, opportunities and happiness in Mill’s writings suggests that he held a substantive view of human flourishing which involves the development and exercise of certain capabilities.” Mill’s utilitarianism is therefore “consistent...

...Richard Grabowski Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze the impact that slow growth in staple food productivity can have on the process of structural change and, more importantly, on the development of labor intensive industry. Design/methodology/approach A theory of a semi-open...

... and structural developmental impact (Ake, 1996). Still, others have seen only partial gains. In addition, the promised and expected gains of economic globalisation are still missing or insufficient in many “third world” countries in Africa (UNCTD, 2008). There is now concern that the costs of economic...

... of gratification: identifying diagnostic conditions ”, Developmental Psychology , Vol. 26 No. 6 , pp. 978 - 986 . Smith, T.A. (1988), Time and Public Policy , University of Tennessee Press , Knoxville...

... countries. Elvin Afandi can be contacted at: e.afandi@yahoo.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2016 Development Developing countries Social economy Social trust Use of banking services Transitional countries Following the seminal paper written by Coleman (1988) , research...

... Development Index (HDI) is arguably the most popular approach to incorporating individual capabilities in measuring well-being, where the notion of freedom is central to the capabilities approach, given its role as the agent of change [4] . Expanding on this Sen (1999) emphasises five types of freedom...