The objective of this research is to derive a comparative human development index by which to study the social welfare position of the Egyptian economy relative to the Middle East region and developing countries. This includes a comprehensive set of economic development indicators: per-capita...

This paper explores ways of enlarging the measurement and understanding of Human Development (HD) beyond the relatively reductionist Human Development Index. From the extensive literature on well-being, we derived eleven categories of HD. Within each category, we then identified a potential set...

The study examines the effect of software piracy on inclusive human development in 11 African countries for which software piracy data is available for the period 2000-2010. The empirical evidence is based on instrumental variable panel Fixed Effects (FE) and Tobit models in order to control for...

This paper examines two dimensions of the software piracy-development nexus to complement existing formal literature. It empirically assesses the incidence of piracy on the Human Development Index (HDI) and its constituents and then the instrumentality of Intellectual Property Right (IPR)...

The study examines the effect of software piracy on inclusive human development in 11 African countries for which software piracy data is available for the period 2000-2010. The empirical evidence is based on instrumental variable panel Fixed Effects (FE) and Tobit models in order to control for...

This paper explores the links between economic growth and human development, identifying two chains, one from economic growth to human development, the other from human development to economic growth. The importance of various links in each chain are explored empirically with the help of...

Despite extensive policy discussion, limited empirical literature is available concerning the impacts of infrastructure on human development. Furthermore, major infrastructure services, such as transport and energy, are missing in the current Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) framework;...

Measuring” human development is a very important way for evaluating life level of a given human population. However, this task is not as easy as we may think of! Numerous parameters have to be taken into account to reach this goal. The main objective of this work is to emphasize the importance...

Finance being the life blood of any commercial activity, availability of sufficient pecuniary resources at rational terms is constitutive to secure prompt economic development. It is a widely accepted fact that microfinance maneuvers an evidential function in financing commercial activities...

This study examines the impact of financial crises on human development over a panel of 113 countries for the years 1980-2017. Special attention is given to the effects of different types of financial crises on overall human development and its components: health, education, and income. Relying...