The purpose of this paper was to identify the information users assumed by the financiers of local governments in India and to empirically clarify the determinants of these users. The Ministry of Finance requires local governments in India to prepare public accounting information based on...

Prior research generally reports a positive relationship between firm-level accounting earnings surprises and contemporaneous stock prices, indicating that accounting earnings carry value-relevant information. Recent studies, however, show that investors respond negatively to unexpected changes...

Observations were made of 996 encounters between children with diarrhoea and practitioners (28 paediatricians, 62 general practitioners) in Karachi, Pakistan. Oral rehydration salt (ORS) was prescribed in more than 50% of encounters by 53% of general practitioners (GPs) and 61% of...

Prior research generally reports a positive relationship between firm-level accounting earnings surprises and contemporaneous stock prices, indicating that accounting earnings carry value-relevant information. Recent studies, however, show that investors respond negatively to unexpected changes...

Information on family planning play vital role in awareness regarding family planning. In this term paper, the change in attitudes towards practicing family planning methods including contraception use, unmeet demands, and demands satisfaction by these methods among ever married of age (15-49)...