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(2023), "Index", Das, R.C. (Ed.) Inclusive Developments Through Socio-economic Indicators: New Theoretical and Empirical Insights, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 333-347. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80455-554-520231028

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INDEX

Aberration

towards non-traded sector

, 108–109

Absolute beta convergence

, 300, 302

of forest products

, 302

Absolute convergence phenomena

, 16

Academy for Educational Development, The (AED)

, 158

Accompany Children College related matter (ACCRM)

, 313

Accompany Children for School/College related matter (ACSRM/ACCRM)

, 313, 317

Adult literacy rate (ALR)

, 205

Agenda for Sustainable Development (2030)

, 46

Agricultural/agriculture

activities

, 325

growth

, 323

output

, 322

policies

, 162

productivity

, 325

sector

, 224, 230, 322

Akaike information criterion (AIC)

, 9

Allocative efficiency

, 107

ALMPs

, 174–175

American freeways

, 142

Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)

, 49

technique

, 50

Analytical approach

, 237

Annual Development Programme (ADP)

, 129

Aqaba Water Company

, 160

Arab Spring

, 72, 79, 82

Arithmetic mean

, 327

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)

, 16

Asian Development Bank (ADB)

, 171

report

, 173

Strategy 2020

, 171

Assets

, 272

Augmented Dickey Fuller (ADF)

, 183

Autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL)

, 183

Autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA)

, 183

Azure, IoMT FHIR Connector for

, 278–279

Azure IoT solutions

, 279

Backward linkages

, 237

Balance of payment (BoP)

, 221

Balochistan Drought Needs Assessment Report (BDNA Report)

, 117

Baluch

community

, 118, 120

people

, 119

tribal groups

, 119

Baluchistan, socio-economic profiles of tribes of

, 118–121

Baluchistan Institute of Technical Education (BITE)

, 121

Baluchistan Liberation Army (BLA)

, 120

Bangladesh

, 129

current development paradigm of Bangladesh finance for development

, 129–130

development governance in Bangladesh

, 132–135

DPs’ involvement and development effectiveness in

, 131–132

Bangladesh Development Forum (BDF)

, 132

Bangladeshi Taka (BDT)

, 133

Bank credit

, 259

data

, 262–263

methodology

, 260

observations from literature on credit and economic development

, 259–260

results

, 263–267

TOPSIS algorithm

, 261–262

Banking sector

, 258

Beta convergence (β convergence)

, 16, 63, 258, 300

Big data

, 272

Big-bang approach

, 204

BIS

, 75

Blockchain

, 272, 274

architecture

, 279

architecture for blockchain in IoMT

, 275

DLT integration with IoMT

, 276

eye hospital stores details of eye donators

, 278

IoMT FHIR connector for Azure

, 278–279

remote patient monitoring with IoMT

, 277–278

setup and requirements

, 279

standards and technology

, 273

technology

, 272

Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)

, 276

Boron

, 36

Boston Housing’s study

, 143

Box plots for comparative macroeconomics rankings of states

, 270

Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa (BRICS)

, 16

countries

, 60

Break points, results of test on

, 251–254

British Indian Empire

, 119

Brush Pegan test

, 289

Business Process Management (BPM)

, 228

Business process outsourcing (BPO)

, 226

Business strategies

, 88

CA Bi-plots

, 264

for cross-tabulation based on SCB credit and macroeconomic performances

, 270

Capital constraint

, 104

Capital government expenditure (CGE)

, 181, 185

Capital-intensive production techniques

, 98

CENSUS data

, 210

Central Provident Fund

, 175

Chattogram–Cox’s Bazar Railway Project

, 132

Chhotonagpur Plateau’

, 296n1

Chi-square test statistic

, 92

Child’s right to free and compulsory education. project

, 253

Children’s Average Education (CAEd)

, 312, 318

Children’s educational attainment

, 310

in Assam

, 312

China

, 204

Classical linear multiple regression model (CLMRM)

, 49, 52

Classical theory

, 4

Climate change

, 194

Climate smart soil (CSS)

, 197

Cloud systems

, 274

Cluster analysis

, 149

Co-integration

, 183

CO₂ emissions

, 20, 27, 63, 66

Cobb–Douglas production function

, 184

Coefficient of determination

, 49

Coefficient of variation (CV)

, 49, 56, 63, 327

Composite performance indicator

, 263

Compulsory education Act (1964)

, 253

Computable general equilibrium (CGE)

, 248

Conditional beta convergence

, 303

analysis

, 299

Conditional convergence concept

, 16

Confidence Interval Approach (CIA)

, 49, 279

Congolese copper belt

, 242

Construction industry stakeholders

, 201

Consumption-based services

, 227

Contextual factors influencing price of real estate

model

, 145–147

real estate market analysis

, 141

results

, 147–151

selection of variables

, 143–145

Conventional irrigation methods

, 162

Conventional method of ADF test

, 185

Conventional β-convergence hypothesis

, 64

Convergence

, 63, 258, 296, 298

σ-convergence

, 258

aims and objectives

, 49

data source

, 49

of forest products

, 302–303

of income from forestry

, 301–303

literature survey

, 61–63

methodology

, 49–50, 63

model

, 64–65

objectives

, 60–61

process

, 17

results

, 50–56

results of test on

, 251–254

review of literature

, 47–48

β-convergence

, 258

Convergence analysis

, 302

Correlation analysis

, 49

Correlation coefficient

, 49, 327

Corruption

, 134

Countries in study sample

, 30–31

COVID-19

, 128, 130, 223

pandemic process

, 196

Credit allocation

, 98

to MSME’s and formation of usurious interest rates

, 99–101

priority sector lending and

, 105–106

tariff protection for

, 104–105

Credit flow dynamics, cross-country empirical analysis of

, 111

Credit guarantee

, 107

Credit markets

, 237

Credit mobilization

, 98

through FDI

, 102–103

Crop production

, 324

Cross-country empirical analysis of credit flow dynamics

, 111

Cryptographic techniques

, 277

Current daily status (CDS)

, 225

Cutting-edge tools

, 272

Dalits in India

, 285–286

Dasherkandi Sewage Treatment Plant (Dasherkandi STP)

, 134

Data

, 80–81

accumulation

, 275

management layer

, 275

Debt autonomy (DA)

, 205, 207

Decentralization

, 209

Decision of marriage and higher education for their children (DCBMHEdC)

, 317

Decision regarding Choice Between Marriage and Higher Education of Children (DCBMHEdC)

, 313

Decision regarding Higher Education of Children (DHEdC)

, 313

Decision regarding Marriage of Children (DRMC)

, 313

Decision-making process

, 117, 120

Defensive strategy

, 77

DEI

, 286–287

Delta Plan 2100, The

, 130

DEMATEL methodology

, 38

Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

, 242

Department of Statistics (DoS)

, 162

Dependency ratio (DR)

, 49, 54

Depreciation of human capital

, 82

Developed countries

, 4, 8–9

dependency on MSMEs for employment in developing and less

, 99

Developing countries

, 4, 7

Development effectiveness agenda

, 128

Development effectiveness in Bangladesh

, 131–132

Development Effectiveness Wing (DEW)

, 132

Development governance in Bangladesh

, 132–135

Development process

, 241–242, 284

Development Project Proforma (DPP)

, 132

Development projects in Bangladesh

, 134

Device data

, 278

Diesel Electrical Multiple Unit (DEMU)

, 134

Difference stationary (DS)

, 251

Digital adoption

, 88–89

Digital adoption in business across countries

data analysis

, 90–91

empirical results

, 92–94

literature review

, 89–90

methodology

, 90–92

Digital Adoption Index (DAI)

, 89–90, 92–93

in business

, 90

dependent variable as

, 91

variation

, 91

Digital economy

, 88

Digital finance inclusion

, 89

Digital intensity

, 88

Digital Ledger Technology (DLT)

, 273

integration with IoMT

, 276–278

Digital transformation

, 88

Digitalization

, 90

in financial sector

, 88

information technology

, 89

process

, 220

Digitization

, 90

Digression to flexible coefficient case

, 107–108

District Primary Education Program (1997–1998)

, 253

Divergence

, 298

Divine power

, 73

Domestic economy of Nigeria

, 180

DP

, 131

involvement in Bangladesh

, 131–132

Dropping variable technique

, 292

Dummy variables

, 250

Dynamic factor model

, 18

Dynamic panel equation

, 8

Dynamic panel regression structure

, 9

Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC)

, 311

Earnings equations

, 240

Eco Development Committees (EDC)

, 297n5

Econometric equations

, 302

Econometric technique of least square method

, 302

Econometric tools

, 49

Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA)

, 159

Economic cohesion

, 63

Economic convergence

, 16

Economic criterion

, 231

Economic development

, 322

observations from literature on credit and

, 259–260

Economic growth

, 6, 180, 241

literature

, 63

models

, 60

in Nigeria

, 181

Economic Relations Division (ERD)

, 132

Economists

, 6

Educated mothers

, 310

Education

, 61, 120, 248, 310–311, 322

system

, 122

Education of mother in years (MEd)

, 313

Effective demand

, 7

Elective services

, 60

Electronic commerce (e-commerce)

, 88

EMISSION

, 20

Employment

, 224–226

sectoral contribution of

, 221–224

Empowered women

, 312

Endogenous growth theory

, 184

Endogenous variables

, 104

Energy

, 198

Enthusiasm for microcredit

, 100

Entrepreneurship development

, 227

Epanechnikov Kernel function

, 206

Error correction modelling techniques (ECM techniques)

, 183

results

, 188–189

Estimation, results of

, 251

Ethnic groups

, 116

of Pakistan

, 117

Ethnic/religious fragmentation (ERF)

, 205

EU-funded SPuMoNI project

, 274

Euclidean distance

, 208

European sovereign debt crisis

, 222

Excel version (2021)

, 243

Exclusion

, 116, 220

policy of

, 119

Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC)

, 133

Expenditure ratio (ER)

, 205–207

Explanatory variables

, 313, 317

Export

, 226

External-debt-to-GDP ratio

, 221

Factor analysis

, 145, 241

Factor score coefficient matrix

, 146

FED

, 75

Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA)

, 117

socio-economic profiles of tribes in

, 121–122

FERTILITY indicator

, 20

Fertility rate

, 20

Final-demand linkages

, 237

Financial institution

, 230

Financial sector reform

, 221

Financial services

, 228–229

Financialization process

, 228

Fiscal decentralization

empirical model and variable description

, 209–210

goals

, 204

index

, 206

methodology

, 206–209

results

, 211–214

Fiscal linkages

, 237

Fiscal transfers

, 215

Five Year Plans (FYP)

, 130

Fixed effect (FE)

, 92

Flexible coefficient case, digression to

, 107–108

Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO)

, 157 296

Foreign direct investment (FDI)

, 20–21, 34, 72, 99, 130, 222, 235

credit mobilization through

, 102–103

Foreign institutional investors (FII)

, 222

Forest products, convergence of

, 302–303

Forest protection Committees (FPC)

, 297n5

Forest Survey of India (FSI)

, 296

Forestry

, 296–297

convergence of income from

, 303–305

sector

, 298

Forward linkages

, 237

Fossil fuel-based energy resources

, 34

Gender

, 286

Generalized Entropy Index (GE Index)

, 208

Generalized Method of Moments strategy (GMM strategy)

, 8

GMM Kernel estimations

, 206, 210

Ghana Statistical Service 2010 Population and Housing Census (PHC)

, 243

Gini coefficient

, 209, 242

GINI index

, 204, 242

Global financial crisis

, 222

Global Gini index

, 7

Global health stagnation

, 61

Global Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation (GPEDC)

, 128

Globalization

, 221

data and methodology

, 8–9

empirical results

, 9–11

literature survey

, 5–7

process

, 45

Governance

, 72, 128–129

issue

, 128

Government

, 227

Government deficit financing (GDP)

, 185

GDP per capita (2009)

, 174–175

growth

, 222

Government expenditure (GE)

, 180

Government of Bangladesh (GoB)

, 129, 131

Government-DP Local Consultative Group (Government-DP LCG)

, 132

Granger causality tests

, 259

Great Crisis (2007–2011)

, 72, 74, 78–79

Great recession

, 46

Greenhouse gas (GHG)

, 34

Gross district domestic product (GDDP)

, 20, 301

Gross domestic product (GDP)

, 72, 90, 180, 235, 258, 272, 325

Gross enrolment ratio (GER)

, 253

Gross national product (GNP)

, 241

Gross non-performance asset ratio (GNPAR)

, 111

Gross state domestic product (GSDP)

, 249, 262

Gross value added (GVA)

, 262

Group liability

, 99

Growth

export

, 226

India’s growth story

, 221

lack of convergence in

, 258

process

, 220, 251

sectoral contribution of

, 223–226

GSDP expenditure on education (GSDPE)

, 250

Guaranteed Employment Program

, 175

Gwadar Institute of Technical Education (GITE)

, 121

Health

, 322

data

, 272

Healthcare

, 59–60

professionals

, 275

High income (HI)

, 9

‘Homoeconomicus’ concept

, 72

‘Homopoliticus’ concept

, 72

Homosapien

, 72

definition for

, 73

Household’s Annual Income (HAI)

, 313

Human being, evolution and devolution of

, 83–84

Human capital theory

, 238

Human Development Index (HDI)

, 46, 117, 248, 251

Human development report (HDR)

, 117, 248

Hypothesis testing

, 49

Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division (IMED)

, 134

Implementation process

, 129

Inclusive development

data presentation and analysis

, 185

ECM results

, 188–189

empirical issues

, 182–184

Johansen co-integration test result

, 186

literature review

, 181

long-run statistic regression of SMEs output

, 186–188

model specification

, 184–185

Musgrave theory of public expenditure growth

, 181–182

SMEs and

, 189

Solow’s Growth Theory

, 182

theoretical framework

, 184

unit root test

, 185

Inclusive growth

, 47, 170, 220, 230, 322

changes of benefits and coverage of SPI and spending on SPI in our study period 2009–2015

, 174–175

database and methodology

, 173

results and analysis

, 176–177

status of components of SPI across selected states

, 173–174

Inclusiveness

, 220

aims and objectives

, 49

data source

, 49

enigma to

, 230–231

methodology

, 49–50

results

, 50–56

review of literature

, 47–48

Income

, 4

convergence of income from forestry

, 303–305

data and methodology

, 8–9

data requirement and method

, 243

empirical results

, 9–11

equations

, 241

gap

, 194, 196

inequality

, 39, 50

literature review

, 236–242

literature survey

, 5–7

results

, 243–244

Income Concentration Index (ICI)

, 50

Index of democracy (ID)

, 205

India

, 204

alternative discourse

, 229–230

analyzing different subsectors of services sector to understand outperformance

, 226

enigma to inclusiveness

, 230–231

financial services

, 228–229

growth story

, 221–223

India’s growth process

, 220

India’s irrigational efficiency

, 323

information technology/information technology-enabled services

, 228

sectoral contribution of growth and employment

, 223–226

service-led growth in

, 224

Indian banking

, 258n1

Indian context

, 102

Indian economy

, 221, 259

Indian States

, 258, 262

data

, 251

methodology

, 250–251

overview of literature

, 248–249

results of estimation

, 251

results of test on convergence and break points

, 251–254

Indicators

, 60

Indigenous technology, lack of

, 102

Industrial liberalization

, 221

Industrial Revolution (IR)

, 34

Industry

, 224

Industry 5. 0

, 272

Inequality

, 4, 11, 46, 209, 214, 241

in LEB

, 50

Inequality in education (IE)

, 50

Inflationary rate (INF)

, 185–187

Information technology (IT)

, 223

information technology/information technology-enabled services

, 228

IT-BPM

, 228

Initial regression equation

, 9

Intel software guard extensions technology (Intel SGX technology)

, 273

Intellectual property rights

, 272

Intermediate goods

, 103

International aid basket

, 128

International financial institutions

, 75

International institutions

, 73

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

, 6, 75, 129

International policies for water sharing

, 161

Internet of Medical Things (IoMT)

, 274

devices

, 274, 278

DLT integration with

, 276–278

FHIR Connector for Azure

, 278–279

Internet of Thing (IoT)

, 197, 272

Irrigation facilities, disparities in

, 321–322

data descriptions and sources

, 326–327

literature review

, 324–325

major hypotheses

, 326

methodology

, 327

research gaps and objectives

, 325–326

results

, 328–332

Irrigation impact on agricultural productivity

, 325

Islamic Republic of Pakistan

, 116

Jobless growth

, 220

in Indian service sector

, 221

Johansen co-integration test result

, 186

Joint Cooperation Strategy (JCS)

, 131

Joint Forest Management (JFM)

, 297n5

Jordan

, 158

River Basin

, 159

strategies and recommendations for solving Jordan’s water problem to support socio-economic development

, 160–162

Jordan Water Authority (JWA)

, 160

Jordan’s water resources and problems

, 159–160

Jordanian-Israeli Peace Treaty

, 159

Kaiser criterion

, 146

Kalat State

, 119

Keynesianism

, 5

Khyber Pashtun Khoa, socio-economic profile of tribes of

, 122–123

Knowledge transmission

, 310

KOF Globalisation Index

, 8

Kuznets curve

, 242

Kuznets hypothesis

, 241

Labour market programs (LMP)

, 173

programs

, 171

Labour market reforms

, 221

Labour market segmentation in regional Ghanaian mining sector

data requirement and method

, 243

literature review

, 236–242

results

, 243–244

Labour-supply theory

, 238

Land

acquisition

, 132

markets

, 237

Learning without burden policy

, 253

Least square dummy variable (LSDV)

, 300

Leave-On-Out error (LOO error)

, 210

Leave-One-Out error loss function (Looloss)

, 210

LEMA (French company)

, 161

LEMA Amman Water Company

, 161

Level of education

, 151

Liberalization

, 102, 221

process

, 45

Life expectancy at birth (LEB)

, 46, 63, 65–66

Linkages

, 237

backward linkages

, 237

final-demand linkages

, 237

fiscal linkages

, 237

forward linkages

, 237

Local Consultative Group (LCG)

, 132

Location Quotient Method (LQM)

, 49, 50, 55

Log t’ regression model

, 19

Long-run statistic regression of SMEs output

, 186–188

Low income (LI)

, 9

Lower middle income (LMI)

, 9

Macroeconomic performance

, 263

data

, 262–263

methodology

, 260

observations from literature on credit and economic development

, 259–260

results

, 263–267

TOPSIS algorithm

, 261–262

Market mechanism

, 98

Marshall and Pigou’s direct effect

, 5

Mass Rapid Transit Project (MRT Project)

, 132

Mathematical tools

, 49

Medical Services Layer

, 275

MedRec

, 275

Micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME)

, 98

credit allocation to MSME’S and formation of usurious interest rates

, 99–101

credit guarantee, moral hazard and allocative efficiency

, 107

credit mobilization through FDI

, 102–103

cross-country empirical analysis of credit flow dynamics

, 111

dependency on MSMEs for employment in developing and less developed countries

, 99

digression to flexible coefficient case

, 107–108

hindrances in expansion of MSMEs

, 99

issues on unorganized sector

, 108–109

lack of credit rating of MSME

, 102

lack of indigenous technology

, 102

model

, 103

priority sector lending and credit allocation

, 105–106

impact of protection of organized sector and impact on non-traded unorganized sector

, 109–111

review of literature

, 99

tariff protection for small-scale sector and credit allocation

, 104–105

Micro and small enterprises (MSEs)

, 99

Microfinance institution (MFIs)

, 98, 100

Microfinance repayment schedules

, 100

Millennium Development Goals (MDG)

, 47

Mining

, 236

companies

, 236

industry

, 235

Ministry of Water & Irrigation (MWI)

, 158

Model-1 standard OLS. 290

Modernization of industries

, 98

Modified fundamental index of fiscal decentralization (MFDI)

, 207, 210

index

, 208

Moral hazard

, 107

Mortality rate (MR)

, 205

Mother’s Age (MA)

, 313, 318

Mother’s Decision-Making Power regarding Children’s Education (MDMP_CEdu)

, 313, 315–318

index

, 315

Mother’s education

, 317

data

, 312

explained variable

, 312

explanatory variables

, 313

MDMP_CEdu

, 315–318

methodology

, 312

objectives of study

, 312

reliability analysis

, 315

results

, 313–315

review of literature

, 311

Mother’s Property (MP)

, 313

MSE Exchange

, 102

MSE Rating Agency of India (MSERA)

, 102

Multi-brand retail trade (MBRT)

, 102

Multiple criteria decision-making (MCDM)

, 258

Multiple Regression Analysis (MRA)

, 49

Multiple regression equations

, 54

Multiple Regression Model (MRM)

, 49

Musgrave theory of public expenditure growth

, 181

Wagner’s Law/Theory of Increasing State Activities

, 181–182

Muslim communities of Pakistan

, 117

Myanmar Climate Smart Agriculture Strategy (MCSAS)

, 198

National Accounts Classification (NAC)

, 223

National Bank for Financing Infrastructure and Development (NaBFID)

, 230

National Human Development Report (2017)

, 121

National income (NI)

, 182

National Research Institute

, 273

National Vision and Strategy (2015)

, 162

Nationalistic spirit of Pakistan

, 121

Near-field communication (NFC)

, 276

Negative ideal situations (NS)

, 261

Neighbourhood prestige

, 151

Neo-classical economic models

, 259

Neo-classical labour economics

, 238

Neoclassical School

, 5

Neoclassical theory

, 4–5, 239

Nigerian economy

, 181

NITI Aayog database

, 210

Non-random approach

, 292

Non-revenue water (NRW)

, 160

Non-traded unorganized sector, impact on

, 109–111

Non-traditional products

, 102

Normalization, anonymity, monotonicity, proximity, uniformity and signalling (NAMPUS)

, 208

Nuclear energy

, 34–36

analysis results

, 38

data source

, 38

socio–economic indicators of nuclear energy investments

, 36

theoretical background

, 36–38

Nutrition

, 322

Nykaa (consumption-based services)

, 227

Occupational segmentation

, 240

OMI

, 143

Optical fibre-based 5G enabled telecommunication

, 223

Ordinary Least Squares (OLS)

, 73, 241, 250

standard error

, 289

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)

, 311

Organized money markets

, 101

Organized sector, impact of protection of

, 109–111

Orissa Education Amendment Act and Establishment, The

, 253

Output subsystem

, 109

Paddy production

data descriptions and sources

, 326–327

disparities in

, 324

literature review

, 324–325

major hypotheses

, 326

methodology

, 327

research gaps and objectives

, 325–326

results

, 328–332

three different types of

, 326

Padma Bridge

, 133

Pakistan

, 117

federal government

, 119

Pakistani nationalism

, 116, 118

Panel causality approach

, 260

Panel cointegration

, 260

Panel data

methods

, 61

regression analysis

, 111

Panel model

, 18

Panel regressions model

, 92, 251, 253

Parliament Members (MP)

, 135

Paschim Medinipur District in West Bengal

, 325

Pashtuns

, 122

Per capita income (PCI)

, 9, 89, 248

Per capita renewable water resource

, 158

Personal health data management

, 281

Perspective Plan (2021–2041)

, 129

Planning Commission Databook (2014)

, 210

Pluralist society

, 117

Politic

, 164

Positive ideal solution (PS)

, 261

Poverty

, 284

Poverty alleviation programs

, 170

Poverty headcount ratio (POV)

, 9, 204, 208

Poverty reduction

, 209

Poverty-based social tension (PBST)

, 209

Poverty-led economy of IoMT under Industry 5. 0

architecture for blockchain in IoMT

, 275–279

overview of proposed architecture

, 274–275

proposed methodology

, 274

results

, 279–280

review technique and strategy

, 273–274

Poverty-related information

, 171

Poverty–line expenditures

, 172

Pre-crisis

, 76

Predictive Analytics SoftWare (PASW)

, 147

Price equations

, 104

Price of real estate, contextual factors influencing

model

, 145–147

real estate market analysis

, 141

results

, 147–151

selection of variables

, 143–145

Principal component analysis (PCA)

, 315

Principal component method

, 145

Privacy protection

, 275

Privatization

, 221

Pro-market growth momentum

, 220

Production

process

, 224

system

, 93

Public expenditure growth, Musgrave theory of

, 181–182

Public works programs

, 171

Punjab Education Sector Reform Programme (PESRP)

, 252

Purchasing power parity (PPP)

, 4, 46, 65, 222

Quota system

, 120

Rabindra Mukta Vidhyalaya Act

, 253

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)

, 276

Random approach

, 292

Random effects (RE)

, 81, 92

Rational economic agents

, 239

Rawlsian social justice theory

, 117

Real Estate Index (REI)

, 143

Recurrent government expenditure (RGE)

, 181, 185

Red Sea Dead Sea Canal Project, The (RSDSCP)

, 161

Regional development process

, 236, 238

Regression analysis

, 173, 317

Regression equation

, 54, 176

Reliability analysis

, 315

Remittance

, 130

Renewable energy (RE)

, 34

Research and Development intensity (R&D intensity)

, 88

Reserve Bank of India (RBI)

, 263

Revenue autonomy (RA)

, 205, 207

Right to food security

, 62

Right to nutrition

, 62

Rules of the game

concepts

, 72

data and variables

, 80–81

definition for

, 72–73

definition for Homosapien

, 73

definition for sage

, 74

descriptive statistical analysis

, 80

empirical analysis

, 80

evolution and devolution of human being

, 83–84

model and estimation results

, 81–83

theoretical perspective

, 74–80

Rural education rate

, 324

Sage, definition for

, 74

Sakta village, The

, 198

Sardar

, 118

Sardari system

, 118

Sarva Siksha Abhiyan project

, 253

Scalar identity

, 285

Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs)

, 258

Schnorr Identification Scheme (Schnorr IS)

, 272

Second-order auto-correlation test

, 11

Secondary data sources

, 49

Secondary sector

, 224

Security protection

, 275

Security reference architecture (SRA)

, 274

Segmentation theory

, 238–239

Segmented labour market (SLM)

approach

, 239

theory

, 238

Selection of Course of Study for the children (CSSC)

, 313

Selection of School or College for the children (SSFC/CCFC)

, 313

Sensor nodes

, 272

Service-led growth

, 222

in India

, 224

Service-oriented production system

, 102

Services sector

analyzing different subsectors of services sector to understand outperformance

, 226–227

in India

, 223

Severance payments

, 171

Share of urban population (SUP)

, 205

Sigma convergence (σ convergence)

, 50, 56, 63, 258, 300

Sigma divergence

, 303

Simple moving average (SMA)

, 326

Small-and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)

, 99, 181

and inclusive development

, 189

long-run statistic regression of SMEs output

, 186

in Nigeria

, 180

sector

, 182, 189

subsector

, 180

Small-scale sector, tariff protection for

, 104–105

Smart Eko-Social Villages

, 198

Smart villages

, 196, 199

recommendations for smart villages effective in sustainable socio-economic development

, 196–200

Smartness transformation strategy

, 199

Social cohesion

, 63

Social exclusion

, 284

analytical perspectives

, 289–293

construction of social exclusion index

, 286–289

formalization of concept of

, 282

groundwork for measuring social exclusion

, 285–286

review of some of studies of

, 284–285

Social inclusion

, 200–201

Social Protection Index (SPI)

, 171–172

changes of benefits and coverage of SPI and spending on SPI in our study period 2009–2015

, 174–175

components of

, 173

status of components of SPI across selected states

, 173–174

Social Protection Program on Inclusive Growth

, 173

Social protection programmes

, 63

Social sector expenditure on education (SSEE)

, 248

Social sector expenditures (SSE)

, 249

on education

, 250

Social transfers

, 242

Socio-economic development

Jordan’s water resources and problems

, 159–160

strategies and recommendations for solving Jordan’s water problem to support

, 160–162

Socio-economic inclusion process

, 116

Socio-economic inclusiveness process

, 116, 123

Socio-economic indicators

, 119

analysis results

, 38

data source

, 38

drivers for transformation and establishment of villages into sustainable and smart ones

, 195–196

of ES

, 54

of nuclear energy investments

, 36

recommendations for sustainable and smart villages effective in sustainable socio-economic development

, 196–200

of SS

, 54

theoretical background

, 36–38

Socio-economic profiles

of tribes in FATA

, 121–122

of tribes of Baluchistan

, 118–121

of tribes of Khyber Pashtun Khoa

, 122–123

Socio-economic security concept

, 170

Socioeconomic aspects of society

, 310

Socioeconomic convergence

, 18

literature review

, 16–18

methodology and data

, 18–20

results

, 20

Socioeconomic status (SES)

, 47

Soil health

, 323

Solar water treatment technology

, 162

Solow model

, 299

Solow’s Growth Theory

, 182

Solow–Swan model

, 182

South Asia social protection

, 170

Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI)

, 274

Spearman coefficient

, 150

Spearman’s correlation coefficient

, 267

Spearman’s rank correlation test

, 266

Standard deviation (SD)

, 50, 327

Static panel data model variables

, 92

Static panel regression

, 91

Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (2021) (SPSS)

, 243

Statistical tools

, 49

Subsectors of services sector to understand outperformance, analyzing different

, 226–227

Supply-leading hypothesis

, 260

Surface water resources

, 159

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

, 46, 195

Sustainable management of Jordan’s water resources

, 158

Sustainable smart villages

, 197–198

Sustainable socio-economic development, recommendations for sustainable and smart villages effective in

, 196–200

Sustainable villages

, 196, 199

Swiggy (consumption-based services)

, 227

SZG

, 205

Tariff protection for small-scale sector and credit allocation

, 104–105

Tax

, 130

Technical Project Proforma (TPP)

, 132

Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS)

, 258, 261–262

Technology driven FDI (TFDI)

, 75

Tertiary sector

, 224

Test of Significance Approach (TOSA)

, 49

Theory of convergence

, 299

Tobit-I model

, 291

Tobit-II model

, 291

Tobit-III model

, 291

Total factor productivity growth (TFPG)

, 324

Trade liberalization

, 221

Trade openness ratio (TOR)

, 205

Transfer dependency ratio (TD)

, 205, 207

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB)

, 135

Trend stationary (TS)

, 251

Tribes of Pakistan, The

recommendations

, 123

research objectives, questions and methodology

, 116

review of literature

, 116–117

socio-economic profile of tribes of Khyber Pashtun Khoa

, 122–123

socio-economic profiles of tribes in FATA

, 121–122

socio-economic profiles of tribes of Baluchistan

, 118–121

theoretical outline

, 117–118

Twelfth Five-Year Plan, The

, 99

Two-step cluster analysis

, 147, 149

UN 2030 Agenda, The

, 195

Unconditional Beta Convergence

, 298

UNDP 2011

, 285, 290

Unemployment insurance

, 171

Unified political block

, 62

Unit root test

, 185

United Nations (UN)

, 129, 194

United Nations University–World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)

, 8

Universal Coverage Scheme

, 175

Universal Health Coverage (UHC)

, 61–62

Unorganized money markets

, 101

Unorganized sector

, 223

issues on

, 108–109

Upper middle income (UMI)

, 9

Upper middle-income country (UMIC)

, 129

Uranium

, 36

Urbanization

, 20

URBANIZATION

, 20

US-based financial MNCs

, 75

Utilities Performance Monitoring Unit (UPMU)

, 159

Variables

, 80–81

selection of

, 143–145

Variance inflation factor (VIF)

, 289–290

Village-specific sustainability

, 199

Villages into sustainable and smart ones, drivers for transformation and establishment of

, 195–196

Virtual water trade

, 162

Wagner’s Law/theory of increasing state activities

, 181–182

Washington Consensus

, 221

Water

, 158, 323

stress

, 162

sustainability

, 162

Water resources

, 158, 161, 323

efficient management of

, 162

Weighted normalized decision matrix

, 261

Welfare of children

, 310

Well-educated woman

, 311

West Bengal

convergence of forest products

, 302–303

convergence of income from forestry

, 303–305

data and methodology

, 301–302

results

, 302

review of existing literature

, 299–301

Western concept of nationalism

, 117

White test

, 289

Women

, 311

World Bank

, 129

database

, 90, 210

ratios

, 206

World Health Organization

, 160

World Income Inequality Database (WIID)

, 8

World Social Report of United Nations, The

, 48

Wu Hausman test statistic

, 92

Zomato (consumption-based services)

, 227, 229