Theoretische Kontroversen zwischen Systemtheoretikern und Neomarxisten haben bislang die Herausbildung einer angemessenen soziologischen Entwicklungstheorie verhindert. Ansatzpunkte dafür liegen in der Weiterentwicklung der von Max Weber geprägten Begriffe Rationalität und 'Geist' bestimmter...

This study provides an adequate account of the effect of infrastructure on poverty reduction in Nigeria over the period 1996-2019. The basis of evidence is anchored on the adoption of Autoregressive Distributed Lag bounds testing approach to cointegration and Granger causality test based on...

Economic development of a remote, mountainous region is a challenge for any country. This paper examines how this development challenge has been addressed in a high-altitude backward region of the People's Republic of China. Is this region increasingly being left behind or has it entered a...

The paper aims to establish whether austerity measures promote economic development, improve infrastructure development, and whether they exacerbate infrastructure backlogs. The methodology used is a quantitative research method, sourcing secondary quarterly data from the South African Reserve...