This paper examines the critical linkages between macro, sectoral and labour market policies and employment in the context of Pakistan's Medium-Term Development Framework (MTDF) 2005-10 and the Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRSP-1).

Costly competitions between economic agents are modeled as contests. Researchers use laboratory experiments to study contests and test comparative static predictions of contest theory. Commonly, researchers find that participants’ efforts are significantly higher than predicted by the standard...

Many economic, political and social environments can be described as contests in which agents exert costly efforts while competing over the distribution of a scarce resource. These environments have been studied using Tullock contests, all-pay auctions and rank-order tournaments. This survey...

Group contests are ubiquitous. Some examples include warfare between countries, competition between political parties, team-incentives within firms, group sports, and rent-seeking. In order to succeed, members of the same group have incentives to cooperate with each other by expending individual...

Tournaments are commonly used in the workplace to determine promotion, assign bonuses, and motivate personal development. Tournament-based contracts can be very effective in eliciting high effort, often outperforming other compensation contracts, but they can also have negative consequences for...

This study evaluates the efficacy of e-Government initiatives in addressing local governance challenges in Zamboanga City, Philippines. Utilizing a mixed-methods approach, the research examines how digital tools have improved administrative processes and service delivery, identifies key barriers...

This study evaluates the efficacy and efficiency of online information dissemination strategies at a public college in Zamboanga City, Philippines, focusing on their implications for enhancing administrative communication within public sector organizations. As online communication increasingly...

This study explores the relationship between university governance and corporate social responsibility (CSR) in State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) in Zamboanga City, Philippines. With higher education institutions increasingly tasked with addressing societal challenges, the role of...

Leadership is a function of the relationship between leaders and followers and a leader plays a vital role to manage the human resources and to reshape an organization for its better output. A contingency-based approach would have future leadership capabilities determined by a culture itself...

This paper studies the economic role of Sepah (The Guardians of Revolution) in the Iranian Economy. It discusses the relationship of Sepah and the indeterminate property rights, parastatal sector and the confiscatory regime under the Islamic republic of Iran.