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The applicability of growth machine theory to the knowledge economy: Social network analysis of Chattanooga’s civic infrastructure
Kenneth Chilton, Kyujin JungNeoliberal urban regimes focus on redeveloping downtowns to compete for economic development. Chattanooga has been lauded by urban development organizations such as Brookings and…
Social learning in information diffusion and capability of farmers
C.S. ShaijumonThe purpose of this paper is to empirically analyse the importance of social networking in information diffusion and capability of farmers by understanding the pattern of social…
Satisfaction with democracy and social capital in Greece
Irene DaskalopoulouThe purpose of this paper is to investigate how different types of social capital contribute to the satisfaction with democracy (SWD) in Greece. Understanding the relationship…
Internal governance mechanisms and the performance of decentralized financial systems in Niger
Hamadou BoubacarThe purpose of this paper is to study the effect of internal governance mechanisms on the financial and social performance of Niger’s decentralized financial systems (DFS).
Subsistence farmers’ access to agricultural credit and its adequacy: Some empirical evidences from Pakistan
Shahab E. Saqib, John K.M. Kuwornu, Mokbul Morshed Ahmad, Sanaullah PanezaiThe Government of Pakistan has allocated a substantial proportion of agricultural credit to subsistence farmers. The purpose of this paper is to analyze farmers’ access to credit…
Consumers’ valuation of academic and deprivation-compensating aspects of school performance in England
Sofia AndreouThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the willingness of households to pay for academic and deprivation-compensating components of the Contextual Value Added (CVA) indicator…
The impact of social trends: teenagers’ attitudes for organic food market in Thailand
Waripas JiumpanyarachThe purpose of this paper is to investigate teenagers’ preferences, attitudes, and purchasing power towards organic foods in markets and to explain influences of teenagers’…
Women’s formal and informal labour in Brazil: an inequality decomposition (2000-2010)
Francieli Tonet Maciel, Ana Maria Hermeto C. OliveiraThe purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of changes in the relative composition and in the segmentation between formal and informal labour on earnings differentials…
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