One of the most salient debates concerning microcredit pertains to the unexpectedly high rates of interest charged on microloans - rates which frequently are deemed usurious by outside parties. Microcredit is supposed to be to the advantage of poor borrowers, but at the same time microfinance...

This chapter argues for attending to the dynamics of freedom and unfreedom in all labour relations - not only those that might be categorised as 'slavery', trafficking or forced labour. It offers a critical review of varied approaches to conceptualising unfreedoms vis-à-vis labour: influential...

Transport pricing requires consideration of the specific characteristics of the demand and supply of transport. These specific characteristics fascinated some of the founders of modern economics as a discipline and have continued to provoke interest in successive generations of economists. It...

Purpose This chapter aims to provide a comprehensive overview of virtual tourism and its potential contribution to sustainable development in the tourism industry. Design/Methodology/Approach In this chapter, a qualitative approach is used to analyse relevant documents and resources to explore...

I will be making one general argument here. I hope that it will not be controversial. It will serve as an umbrella for three more particular arguments, and they might be controversial. The general argument is that behaviorally informed interventions, like all other interventions, should be...

Businesses have increasingly been urged to shift their emphasis away from a purely profit-driven economic perspective to a more sustainable approach to growth that holistically captures people, the planet and profits. Indigenous businesses are well suited to creatively integrate sustainability...

Recent academic studies, as well as media reporting, have devoted substantial attention to the ongoing “crisis of democracy .” Democratic “backsliding” of Central and Eastern Europe – sometimes referred to as an effort to establish a new system of “illiberal democracy” – is one...

As people get rich, the composition of their spending tends to fundamentally change. As income grows, people tend to dedicate less of their budget share to food (Engel’s Law), diversify their spending across a wider range of goods, and substitute spending away from necessities towards...

Chan assesses major transformations of the Chinese economy and its impact on the lives of workers through the intertwined realms of production and social reproduction. In an active way, the government excludes student interns from the rank of "employees" under the current internship regulations....

This chapter considers not only how gendered poverty has been measured, but also the challenges to gender poverty measurement posed by women’s differing experiences of poverty and deprivation. Demands for internationally comparable gender indicators have often led to measures being based on...