International Journal of Social Economics: Volume 46 Issue 1

Drivers of trust and trustworthiness

Jon Reiersen

The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the understanding of why people act trustworthily in anonymous non-repeated meetings where trustworthiness benefits the trustor and…

Nonfarm enterprise participation and healthcare expenditure among farm households in rural Ghana

Samuel Ampaw, Edward Nketiah-Amponsah, Nkechi Srodah Owoo, Bernardin Senadza

Rural poverty remains high in many developing countries, Ghana inclusive. This has implications for healthcare affordability and utilization, and thus the attainment of universal…

Ethnic disparity in financial fragility in Malaysia

Selamah Abdullah Yusof

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the extent of financial fragility and its disparity across ethnic groups in Malaysia. Disparities related to income and wealth are…

Performance of microfinance institutions in the MENA region: a comparative analysis

Ines Ben Abdelkader, Faysal Mansouri

The purpose of this paper is to provide preliminary efficiency assessment of Arab microfinance institutions (MFIs) within the period 2002–2012. Microfinance is defined as the…

Fertility, education, and female labour participation: Dynamic panel analysis of ASEAN-7 countries

Waliu Olawale Shittu, Norehan Abdullah

The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship among fertility, female education and female labour participation in ASEAN-7 countries: Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei…

Industrial development and unemployment in Nigeria: an ARDL bounds testing approach

Omobola Adu, Oghogho Edosomwan, Abiola Ayopo Babajide, Felicia Olokoyo

The industrial sector has been identified as one of the means to address the issue of unemployment due to its role in ensuring sustainable development. However, evidence from the…

Energy production, carbon emissions and economic growth in lower-middle income countries

Abubakar Hamid Danlami, Sirajo Aliyu, Ismail Aliyu Danmaraya

The persistent rise in the global discharges of carbon (CO₂) emissions and the likely undesirable consequences of this practice on the global atmosphere attracts the attention of…

Double bottom line commitments of microfinance: evidence from Indian institutions

Prasenjit Roy, Ambika Prasad Pati

The purpose of the paper is to confirm the adherence of double bottom line objectives by the microfinance institutions (MFIs) of India and, further, to identify the causal factors…

Financial inclusion matters for economic growth in India: Some evidence from cointegration analysis

Dinabandhu Sethi, Susanta Kumar Sethy

The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between financial inclusion (FI) and economic growth in India.

Inter-linkages between remittance and savings in Ghana

Peter Quartey, Charles Ackah, Monica Puoma Lambon-Quayefio

The increase in volumes and circulation of internal and international remittances have become a substantial part of resource flow for economic development especially in developing…