...Edward Bbaale Purpose The World Bank (2017) ranks poor infrastructure, particularly electricity, as the second topmost obstacle (after access to finance) affecting enterprises in Sub-Saharan Africa. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of infrastructure quality on firm...

...Harishankar Vidyarthi Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the dynamics between banking penetration, infrastructure development and regional growth within a multivariate framework in 23 Indian states over the period 2000-2012. Design/methodology/approach The study employs...

... Nigeria Rural areas Employment Poverty Socio‐economic regions Ecology Rural employment Infrastructure Policy Probit Analysis also showed that most respondents in Ebonyi (67.0 per cent) and Ekiti (100.0 per cent) states felt agro‐allied processing was likely to ignite rural entrepreneurship...