In view of rising inequality in fast growing Asian developing countries, it is important to study the relationship between economic growth and income inequity. We develop a simple model to establish that economic growth and inequality can bear a complex and non-linear relationship if policy...

Conflicts, development and progress: an introduction -- Insecurity from entitlement failures in the Middle East and North Africa -- Interest group politics and defence spending -- Dynamics of terrorism in a fragmented word: the Middle East and North Africa conundrum -- Conflict management...

Information technology (IT) is meant to improve bank performance by lowering operational costs and improving the process of financial intermediation of banks. However, the empirical evidence has failed to reach a consensus on the precise effects of IT on bank performance as some find evidence to...