Green investment, renewable energy capacity and climate policy: an econometric analysis of sustainable development in Brazil, Canada, China and India (2005–2023), Mohamad Knio, Ali Balikel
Mohamad Saad El Dine Knio School of Business, Economics Department Lebanese International University Lebanon ORCID: 0000-0001-9074-8618 Ali Eren Balikel School of Business, Management Department Istanbul Kent University Turkey ORCID: 0000-0002-9739-9729 Paper Type: Research Received: 23 October 2025 / Revised: 29 November 2025 / Accepted: 12 December 2025 / Published: 8 March 2026 DOI: 10.47556/J.WJEMSD.22.3.2026.4 Purpose: This […]
Forecasting sustainable development indicators using XGBoost: evidence from Brazil, Canada, China and India (2005–2023), Dr Mohamad Knio, Dr Ali Balikel
Dr Mohamad Saad El Dine Knio School of Business, Economics Department Lebanese International University Lebanon ORCID: 0000-0001-9074-8618 Dr Ali Eren Balikel School of Business, Management Department Istanbul Kent University Turkey ORCID: 0000-0002-9739-9729 Paper Type: Research Received: 23 October 2025 / Revised: 29 November 2025 / Accepted: 12 December 2025 / Published: 30 December 2025 DOI: 10.47556/J.WJEMSD.21.4.2025.4 […]
Probit analysis of factors influencing rural employment promotion in southern Nigeria, Dr. Oluwatoyin Kolawole
Dr. Oluwatoyin Dare Kolawole Okavango Research Institute University of Botswana, Maun Botswana Email: tkolawole@ori.ub.bw/toyin_kolawole@yahoo.com DOI: 10.1108/20425961211276642 Purpose: Poverty, inequality and unemployment challenges need to be adequately addressed if sustainable human development is to be achieved. Although these key issues are not mutually exclusive, the purpose of this paper is to identify factors influencing rural employment […]
Driving local community transformation through participatory rural entrepreneurship development, Dr. Oluwatoyin Kolawole and Dr. Kehinde Ajila
Dr. Oluwatoyin Dare Kolawole Okavango Research Institute University of Botswana, Maun Botswana Dr. Kehinde Ajila Department of Family Nutrition and Consumer Sciences Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife Nigeria Email: tkolawole@ori.ub.bw DOI: 10.1108/WJEMSD-06-2014-0016 Purpose: Rural entrepreneurship development and employment generation are fundamental to enhancing local-level progress and transformation. Achieving gainful employment in rural communities contributes immensely to […]
Challenges and perspectives facing the development of entrepreneurship education and training in South Africa, Prof. Alain Ndedi
Prof. Alain A. Ndedi YENEPAD, Douala Cameroon Institute for Management and Entrepreneurship, Douala Cameroon Email: ndediaa@gmail.com DOI:10.1108/WJEMSD-01-2013-0009 Purpose: The study aims to investigate some of the interventions which have been introduced by the South African Government through its various agencies (Sector Education Training Authorities or SETA, for example) to support youth entrepreneurship and explore the […]
Youth employment in Ghana: economic and social development policies perspective, Emmanuel Jumpah, Richard Ampadu-Ameyaw and Johnny Owusu-Arthur
Emmanuel Tetteh Jumpah, Richard Ampadu-Ameyaw, Johnny Owusu-Arthur AMED, CSIR-STEPRI, Accra Ghana Email: emmanuel.jumpah@gmail.com DOI: 10.1108/WJEMSD-07-2019-0060 Purpose: Creating employment opportunities for the youth remains a dilemma for policymakers. In many cases, policies and programmes to tackle youth unemployment have produced little results, because such initiatives have failed to consider some fundamental inputs. In Ghana, youth unemployment rate has doubled or more than […]