Information and communications technology has evolved significantly over the last seven decades, beginning with radio and video vans and culminating in the rise of smartphones and mobile internet in remote areas of the Global South. While ICT is an integral part of agricultural extension, little...

The paper proposes a dynamic factor model to augment the conventional three factor Fama and French – CAPM, by introducing two distinct latent variables which constitute investor behavior i.e. market sentiment and herding. Our analysis suggests that both factors significantly impact the asset...

The paper aims to study the dynamic investor behavior and how it helps explain variation in stock returns. We propose a dynamic factor model to extract distinct latent factors representing fluctuations in asset returns due to changes in fundamentals and investor behavior. We study investor...

The primary motivation of this study is to explore the field of elementary education in the Madhya Pradesh region of India from gender perspective. With only 3 years in hand to achieve the goal of universal education for all as per Dakar declaration, it assesses the extent to which the basic...

The primary motivation of this study is to explore the field of elementary education in the Madhya Pradesh region of India from gender perspective. With only 3 years in hand to achieve the goal of universal education for all as per Dakar declaration, it assesses the extent to which the basic...

Effective management of natural resources in ecologically-fragile regions is a major concern for international development agencies and resource-dependent communities. It is suggested that multi-agency partnerships involving various stakeholders (donors, governmental agencies, non-governmental...

We use Process Net‐Maps to visualize the irregular migration patterns of refugees and identify influential actors/factors shaping their decisions. A qualitative case study was used that included 87 Afghan and Syrian refugees (52 individual in‐depth interviews and 35 participants in five...