Purpose: Migration of skilled workers to other countries remains a highly contentious issue. Skill drain does not take place based on skill surplus and deficient equation. Skilled migrants can make their choice to migrate on their own with minimal control of the Government. This paper aims to...

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine the role of institutions and policies on growth convergence in Africa. Design/methodology/approach: This study uses different methods of panel modelling on a panel of 50 African Countries covering a period of 1990-2014. Findings: The results...

Purpose The purpose of the paper is to understand the interlinkage with financial inclusion and how it interacts with biometric identification. To investigate this in detail, the authors employ household-level data on India to examine the interlinkage among Prime Minister Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY)...

Purpose Using data from the sixth round of the Ghana Living Standards Survey, this paper aims to take a critical look at issues relating to the demand for education in Ghana. Design/methodology/approach In doing this, the paper develops a model for the determinants of household’s educational...

Purpose This study aims to understand basic elements that form and influence citizen engagement to sustain service delivery of rural water in Indonesia. Design/methodology/approach Citizen engagement is elaborated through a sociological perspective of basic elements of social life that consist...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to study the decline of the Tuareg, and explore the emergence of traditional elements of Tuareg culture to circumvent formal barriers to trade. Design/methodology/approach This paper examines the history of the Tuareg through the lens of the New Development...

Purpose The purpose of this article is to examine the effects that dynamic incentives and the borrowing histories of clients of informal lending institutions have on loan repayment performance, in particular, the extent to which multiple borrowing and progressive lending affect the repayment of...

Purpose This paper aims to examine the relationship between workplace use of social media, collaboration and Gen Y employees’ engagement. Design/methodology/approach A sample of 209 Indian Gen Y employees from information technology industry participated in the survey. Structural equation...

Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of monitoring local authorities on the quality of governance and public services reported by citizens in Vietnam, using the Vietnam Governance and Public Administration Performance Index (PAPI) surveys. Design/methodology/approach PAPI...

Purpose This paper aims to explore the moderating effect of intellectual property rights (IPR) protection on the relationship between migrants and competitiveness. Design/methodology/approach This study explores how IPR protection in the sending country stimulates domestic competitiveness by...