International Journal of Social Economics: Volume 34 Issue 3

Tourism and the general agreement on trade in services: Sustainability and other developmental concerns

Babu P. George, Tony L. Henthorne

The paper is developed around, and aims to focus on, the possible impacts of the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) for sustainable development of tourism, especially…

An empirical investigation of the relationship between government revenue and expenditure: The case of the Fiji Islands

Neelesh Gounder, Paresh Kumar Narayan, Arti Prasad

Understanding the relationship between government revenue and government expenditure is important from a policy point of view, especially for a country like Fiji, which is…

Housing and superannuation: social security in Singapore

David Reisman

Singapore does not have a welfare State. Instead it has full employment, rapid growth, affordable education and equality of opportunity. It also has the Housing Development Board…

GM crops in sub‐Saharan Africa: A critical comment on GTAP modelling

J. Ram Pillarisetti, Roger Lawrey, Kylie Radel

The Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP) model has been used to claim that genetically modified (GM) crops have substantial positive welfare potential for sub‐Saharan Africa. The…

Corruption, firm growth and export propensity in Kenya

Peter Kimuyu

This paper draws from research that sought to explore the structure of corruption in Kenya and its implications on the performance of firms.