International Journal of Social Economics: Volume 40 Issue 10

Determinants of antenatal care quality in Ghana

Roger A. Atinga, Anita A. Baku

To achieve Goal 5 of the MDGs, the Government of Ghana introduced the free maternal health service system to break financial barriers of access to maternal care services. In spite…

The public sector and the development of microfinance in Spain

Glòria Estapé‐Dubreuil, Consol Torreguitart‐Mirada

The study of the relationships between the public sector and the microfinance sector in Spain; through the analysis of the microcredit programs undertaken by the diverse…

Toiling children in India: the gender dimension

Rajnish Kumar, Arup Mitra, Mayumi Murayama

Child labour in several low‐income households is rather pursued for gaining experience and at times for meagre incomes, which are possibly spent on household food expenditure. The…

Default in a government‐sponsored agricultural loan programme in South‐Eastern Nigeria

Jacinta Nwachukwu

The Imo State Supervised Agricultural Credit Loans Board (ISACLB) has outright default rates of more than 50 percent. Thus, the purpose of this study is to identify the major…

Correlates of poverty in Fiji: An analysis of individual, household and community factors related to poverty

Neelesh Gounder

The purpose of this paper uses household survey data to model the correlates of household consumption and poverty in Fiji. A multivariate empirical analysis is conducted to…