The relationship between natural resource exploitation and the discount rate in economic theory is well documented. The discount rate is deemed to influence resource utilization such that a higher discount rate will speed up natural resource exploitation in market oriented economy and a lowering...

Idle land remains to be an issue that warrants further investigation. This study aspires to unveil the economic potential of idle land which is cultivated with a combination of cash crops -- vegetables and fruits by young enterprising individuals. Linear programming is employed to derive optimal...

The main objective of this study is to measure the impact of Amanah Ikhtiar Malaysia's (AIM) microcredit schemes on hardcore poor household's quality of life in Peninsular Malaysia. This study employed a cross-sectional design with stratified random sampling method to examine whether...