Purpose: This paper has examined the effectiveness of foreign aid on Ghanaian economy under different political regimes. Design/methodology/approach: Using vector error correction and co-integration models on the annual data set over a period of 35 years, the authors demonstrate that foreign...

Purpose: Given the persistence of low oil prices and the continued shrinking of government revenues, Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries continue to adapt to the new normal of the oil price environment, with a focus on pressing ahead with subsidies’ reforms and measures to increase...

Purpose: The issue of transaction cost (TC) has always been the concern of both researchers and policymakers in microfinance. This paper aims to measure the TC of borrowers across various microfinance business models in India. Design/methodology/approach: To identify sources of the TC of the...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to empirically examine the influence of women’s land ownership status on their inclusion in developing economies. Design/methodology/approach: The study adopted a cross-sectional analysis. Data were taken from Global Findex data of World Bank and Indices...

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between trade, foreign direct investment (FDI) and income inequality for Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), using annual data from 1990 to 2016. The study attempts to answer a critical question: does openness affect income...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine how political regimes and political transition affect government decisions to allocate budgets to the public health sector in Southeast Asia. Design/methodology/approach: Ordinary least squares with fixed-effects model is adopted to examine the...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the gender differences in time poverty in two Middle East North African (MENA) countries, particularly Egypt and Tunisia, as well as examining its determinants across gender. Design/methodology/approach: To this end, the authors make use of...

Purpose: State capacity for development is decomposed into two broad dimensions, intrinsic and extrinsic. The former concerns the state’s cohesiveness as a strategic actor, which encompasses the ability of the state to formulate and implement policy in a coherent fashion, and the latter is...

Purpose: Information and communication technology (ICT) appears to play an indispensable task in influencing and directing the growth process of several developing countries. The spread of ICT in the South Pacific region including Fiji has facilitated faster and smother business in different...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the factors that are significant in contributing to the per capita income growth of countries that are experiencing or have experienced the lower-middle and upper-middle income traps. Design/methodology/approach: The study comprises 85...