Economic impact of microcredit women self-help groups in Chennai, India, Hemavathy Nithyanandhan
Hemavathy Nithyanandhan Mazoon University College Sultanate of Oman DOI: 10.47556/B.OUTLOOK2015.13.24 Purpose: Women community equals men community in population. In developing countries like India the status of women is low. The women are socially and economically invisible. The invisibility makes women to disqualify from formal employment opportunities due to lack of education and skills. In order […]
Africa’s second half-centenary: sustainable human development/citizen security?, Prof. Timothy Shaw
Prof. Timothy M Shaw The University of the West Indies Trinidad & Tobago Email: Timothy.Shaw@sta.uwi.edu DOI: 10.1108/20425945201100013 Abstract: Africa faces an unanticipated ‘second chance’ at the start of the second decade of the 21st century: how many ‘developmental’ versus ‘fragile’ states by 2020? The interrelated prospects for both BRICs & the continent are being transformed […]
Local territories, their power and their actions: development as a weapon for peace, Prof. Cristina D’ Alessandro‐Scarpari
Prof. Cristina D’ Alessandro-Scarpari Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris France Email: dalessandro@wanadoo.fr DOI: 10.1108/20425945201100014 Abstract: Focusing on local realities and more precisely on urban contexts, post-conflict reconstruction can use development as an instrument for peace – or even as a weapon for peace. At the present time, in an era of non-conventional conflicts, actors can […]
Development of low aflatoxin soycorn milk, Ignatius Santa, Indah Kuswardani, Agustinus Tanur, Fitri Anita and Veronica Lini
Ignatius Santa, Indah Kuswardani, Agustinus Elbert Tanur, Fitri Anita and Veronica Lini Widya Mandala Surabaya Catholic University Indonesia Abstract: A nutritious soycorn milk can be produced by combining soybean and corn. The beverage offers dual nutritional advantages for public health in combating protein and Vitamin A deficiency. However, many studies have shown high level aflatoxin contamination […]
Building Indigenous Knowledge capacity for development, Prof. Amer Al‐Roubaie
Prof. Amer Al-Roubaie College of Business and Finance Ahlia University, Manama Bahrain Email: amer@ahliauniversity.edu.bh DOI: 10.1108/20425945201000008 Abstract: The aim of this paper is to highlight the importance of Indigenous Knowledge (IK) in development. The paper focuses on the role that IK and local cultural values play in the process of development. Currently, knowledge, information, science […]
Advanced Biofuels: the evolution of international research networks, Dr. Pablo Catalan and Dr. Elena Berger
Dr. Pablo Catalan Technology Policy Assessment Center, School of Public Policy Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta USA Universidad de Concepción Chile Email: pablo.catalan@gatech.edu Dr. Elena Berger Technology Policy Assessment Center, School of Public Policy Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta USA Email: elena.berger@gatech.edu DOI: 10.1108/20425945201000010 Abstract: Alternative fuels for transportation are gaining momentum in the global […]
Introduction, Prof. Allam Ahmed and Dr. Gale Rigobert
Prof. Allam Ahmed Science and Technology Policy Research The Freeman Centre University of Sussex UK Email: allam.ahmed@sussex.ac.uk Dr. Gale T C Rigobert Institute of International Relations (IIR) The University of the West Indies (UWI), St. Augustine Trinidad and Tobago West Indies Email: gale.rigobert@sta.uwi.edu The theme of this special issue of WJSTSD is “ICTs, Technological Change […]
(E)-ducation in St. Lucia: Myth or Reality? Dr. Gale Rigobert
Dr. Gale T.C. Rigobert Institute of International Relations (IIR) The University of the West Indies (UWI), St. Augustine Trinidad and Tobago Email: gale.rigobert@sta.uwi.edu DOI: 10.1108/20425945201000003 Abstract: There is an ongoing debate on the economic viability of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in the emerging e-economy. The centrality of ICTs in the current development discourse, suggests […]
The National Innovation System and its relation to small enterprises: The case of the Republic of Macedonia, Prof. Radmil Polenakovik and Dr. Ricardo Pinto
Prof. Radmil Polenakovik Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Ss Cyril and Methodius University Business Start-up Centre, Karpos II bb, P.O. Box 464, 1000 Skopje Macedonia Email: radepole@mf.edu.mk Dr. Ricardo Pinto Pinto Consulting GmbH, Geusbleek 7, D-21435 Stelle Germany Email: r.pinto@pintoconsulting.de DOI: 10.1108/20425945201000007 Abstract: Authors summarises the research conducted for the needs of a EU-funded project to assist […]