International Journal of Social Economics: Volume 45 Issue 6

The economic value of social capital

Luminita Postelnicu, Niels Hermes

Empirical studies on the importance of social capital for poor households show divergent outcomes. This divergence may stem from the lack of a conceptual framework for capturing…

An empirical analysis of nature, magnitude and determinants of farmers’ indebtedness in India

Subhendu Datta, Aviral Kumar Tiwari, C.S. Shylajan

According to the 70th round of the National Sample Survey published by the Government of India in 2014, the incidence of indebtedness among households in the rural areas of…

China-Pakistan Economic Corridor: a gateway to sustainable economic development

Shazia Kousar, Abdul Rehman, Mahwish Zafar, Kamran Ali, Nadia Nasir

The purpose of this paper is to discuss positive spillovers of this project, especially for Pakistan because the majority of the literature discusses challenges associated with…

The impact of remittances on Sudan’s economic growth: does the exchange rate matter?

Atif Awad, Abdalla Sirag

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the presence of the Dutch disease hypothesis through examining the remittance-growth nexus using annual data for Sudan covering the…

An examination of the social economy: some new theoretical insights

Jasmine Alam, Mustapha Ibn Boamah, Rob Moir

The purpose of this paper is to analyze social profit institutions (SPIs) in the context of the social economy. By drawing on case studies of existing businesses, this paper…

Microfinance and microenterprise performance in Indonesia: an extended and updated survey

Adwin Surja Atmadja, Parmendra Sharma, Jen-Je Su

The purpose of this paper is to address the small, women micro-entrepreneur dominated and heterogeneity limitations of the Atmadja et al. (2016) study. The sample is much larger…

The main driver of social unsustainability and its remedy

Arif Malik

The purpose of this paper is to emphasize on the need for a fair and just economic system to achieve sustainability.

Evolution of market concentration and competition in the microfinance industry of Bangladesh

Md Aslam Mia

The purpose of this paper is to measure and track the evolution of market concentration and competition in the microfinance industry in Bangladesh by employing both the structural…