...Ranjan Dash; Deepa Gupta; Aditi Mishra Purpose Human development is critical for fostering economic growth and development. Given the importance of human development, this study examines the asymmetric impact of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) on human development by decomposing total FDI...

...Aomar Ibourk; Soukaina Raoui Purpose This paper deals with the spatial impact of cooperative entrepreneurship on territorial human development in Morocco. Within the background of the new development model in Morocco, this study aims to explore how the social and solidarity economy (SSE) through...

... model for 57 developing nations. The panel estimation procedure was applied to data covering 2002 to 2017, disaggregated by non-renewable and renewable resources and low and medium human development countries. Findings The results provide strong evidence that wealth from total natural resources has...

...Belay Seyoum Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of state fragility on select indicators of human development and identify aspects of state fragility that have the greatest impact on poverty reduction and sustainable development. The paper also explores the impact of social...

...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...

... (2008), there are different ways through which social, economic and environmental sectors’ expenditure by the various states can accentuate regional human developmental differences within a country and in essence perpetuate underdevelopment. If human development efforts of a country...

...Necati Aydin Purpose Given the fact that the Islamic economic paradigm differs from the secular capitalist paradigm in terms of its emphasis on morality and spirituality, the author thinks that the current Human Development Index (HDI) does not capture human development from an Islamic perspective...

..., hunger, ill-health, illiteracy, poverty, insecurity and other forms of deprivation point toward the failure of the modern world to bring even the most basic capabilities within the reach of all people of the society. Society needs combined human development and sustainable approach with universal appeal...

...Olusegun Ayodele Akanbi Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of migration on economic growth and human development in selected Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries. Design/methodology/approach The estimations were carried out in a panel of 19 selected SSA countries over...

... Publishing Limited 2017 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Religion Sustainability Social economy Entrepreneurship Management Human development Luc de Brabandere makes a distinction between innovation and creativity. Innovation is to change reality. It requires...

... of development as an expansion of capability. Welfare Human capabilities Marxism Human development Social justice Well-being There are several citations from Karl Marx’s works scattered across Amartya Sen’s writings. In this paper I am chiefly concerned with citations of Marx’s work...

... the natural parents, there is a stronger father-son relation than the father-daughter one. Toseef Azid can be contacted at: toseefazid@bzu.edu.pk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2016 Gender Education Family Human development Intergenerational transmission The concept...

... countries NGOs Feminism Human development Decades ago, most countries across the globe proudly published data on their per capita GDP, employment, investment, inflation, and human capital, etc., as an economic indicator of growth and prosperity. Today, most of these countries are also engaged...

...Madhu Sehrawat; A.K. Giri Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between financial development indicators and human development in India using annual data from 1980-2012. Design/methodology/approach – The Ng-Perron unit root test is used to check for the order...

..., k. The whole stock of composite capital is defined as: (Equation 8) Dr Soumyananda Dinda can be contacted at: sdinda2000@yahoo.co.in © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014 Social capital Human development Human capabilities Development Developing countries Malnutrition...

... advances the Post-2015 MDG Development Agenda suggested during the United Nations MDG Summit in 2010 which called for academic contributions on how MDGs can be realized even after 2015. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014 Development Developing countries Human development Community Well...

... within the region, then, not only are worker remittances extremely significant for Caribbean economies but their significance appears to be increasing. Development Developing countries Governance Human development Local economies Migration/immigration The remittance flow to Guyana has...

... Publishing Limited 2013 Poverty Human development Fiji Although Fiji has experienced a steady rise in the Human Development Index (HDI), which integrates income, access to education, health services and gender equality, during the period 1975 (0.663) to 2004 (0.758), poverty has increased...

...Desi Peneva; Rati Ram Purpose The purpose of this research is to study the relation between “restrictiveness” of a country's trade policy and its socio‐economic well‐being as reflected in the indicators of human development. Design/methodology/approach A recently‐developed trade...

... Social change Economic theory Market Value Wealth Economic philosophy/theory Human development If one word could summarize recent 300 years of human history and 30 years of China, it is “market”. Marketization since the industrial revolution in eighteenth century has brought human society...