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How Innovative Activities Impact Firm Performances in Latecomer Countries? An Analysis of Five Manufacturing Clusters from Indian Punjab Millennial Asia (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2024-09-20 Swati Mehta, Harmandeep Kaur
Firms engage in innovative activities, either to maintain the status quo or to catch up with the front-runners. Innovation is difficult to comprehend as it may include efforts to introduce something ‘new to the world’ or it may include simply the efforts to introduce something ‘new to the firm’. It is equally difficult to comprehend how the clustered firms located in latecomer countries are coping
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Healthcare Expenditure, Health Outcomes and Economic Growth: A Study of BRICS Countries Millennial Asia (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2024-09-15 Sumandeep Kaur, Ravi Kiran, Rakesh Sharma
This study examines the relation of health spending, health indicators and macroeconomic variables of the BRICS economies with economic growth by using panel data that span the years 2000–2019. According to the panel data analysis, the amount of government spending on healthcare has a positive effect on the gross domestic product (GDP) and gross national income per capita of the BRICS countries. Indicators
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Effect of Technical NTMs on Indian Exports to ASEAN: What Role Do Logistics and Governance Capabilities Play? Millennial Asia (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2024-09-14 Ayesha Fatma, Nalin Bharti
Technical non-tariff measures (NTMs) represent a commonly employed set of trade policy tools with well-documented implications for international trade. However, this study seeks to delve deeper into the underlying factors shaping these trade effects, focusing specifically on Indian exports to the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN). This study posits that domestic institutional and infrastructural
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Navigating the Silver Seas of Ageing: A Phenomenological Study on Life Course Impacts on Older Adults in Senior Living Facilities Millennial Asia (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2024-08-14 Shi Yin Chee
This study examined the lived experiences of older adults in senior living facilities, focusing on the impact of their life course on their well-being. In-depth, semi-structured, one-on-one interviews were used to collect data from 28 older adults from six senior living facilities, and the results were thoroughly analysed. Using Moustakas’ transcendental phenomenology and the modified Stevick–Colaizzi–Keen
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Unravelling the Dynamics of Landscape Changes and Climate-sensitive Diseases in Kuttanad Wetland Ecosystem, India Millennial Asia (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2024-08-14 Bejo Jacob Raju, S. Manasi
The article attempts to understand the occurrence of climate-sensitive diseases in the Kuttanad Wetland Ecosystem, considering the backdrop of landscape changes. The study analysed the changes in the environmental landscapes of Kuttanad, which presumably had contributed to the disease epidemiology. The changes in the landscapes in terms of water bodies, land utilization, agricultural practices and
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Politics of Infrastructural Developmentalism: A Spatial Reading of the Colombo Port City Project Millennial Asia (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2024-08-13 Mayank Mishra
A state produces political space and uses this space as a privileged instrument to impose its rationality. A high-modernist state commences ‘prescribing’ and ‘imposing’ to establish a ‘new society’, thus adhering to a tabula rasa (blank slate) approach in policies and planning. It denounces the past as a model to ameliorate the present, disregarding local conditions and knowledge, and perpetuating
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Doubling Farmers’ Incomes in India by 2022: A Farmers’ Perspective Millennial Asia (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2024-08-02 Sukhwinder Singh, Nikhil Srinivasapura Venkateshmurthy, D. Prabhakaran, Sailesh Mohan
In 2016–2017, Indian government set a policy target of doubling farmers’ incomes by 2022. This article investigates farmers’ perspectives on this contentious policy. Results suggest that only 18% of farmers were aware of this policy. Most farmers blamed the government’s support, high cost of cultivation and low MSP for their inability to increase their farm profitability. While synthesizing farmers’
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Economic Policy Uncertainty and Liquidity Hoarding: Econometric Analysis for Indian Banks Millennial Asia (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2024-05-17 Madhur Bhatia
The present study investigates the impact of economic policy uncertainty (EPU) at the national and global levels on a comprehensive measure of bank intermediation, that is, liquidity hoarding (LH) of Indian banks during the 2005 to 2020 period. The findings of the Driscoll–Kraay non-parametric estimator show that Indian banks tend to hoard liquidity in times of economic uncertainty. As per the spillover
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Drivers of Adoption: Mechanical Harvesting in the Corporate Sector Tea Plantations in Sri Lanka Millennial Asia (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2024-05-11 T. G. Nimal Mahinda, Mohamed Esham, H. S. Rohitha Rosairo, H. W. Shyamalie
Tea industry experts emphasize that selective manual harvesting is the best way to maintain leaf quality while preserving tea plant health. However, tea plantations tend to adopt mechanical harvesting to overcome labour shortages and harvesting costs. But the adoption of mechanical harvesting is still low, prompting further investigations. The purpose of this study is to investigate tea plantation
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The Role of Money in India’s Elections: How Effective Is the Political Finance Regime? Millennial Asia (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2024-05-06 Ashutosh Kumar
Political finance does play a positive role in democratic regimes as it enables parties to strengthen their organizations and also run a dynamic electoral campaign. However, for the well-being of electoral democracies, it is imperative that political party funding/campaign finance is neither illegal nor illicit. Violation of political finance-related regulations erodes the citizens’ confidence in the
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Analysing Determinants of Institutional Delivery in NFHS-5: A Comprehensive Study in India with a Focus on Caste Dynamics Millennial Asia (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-29 Subhajeet Singh Sardar, Mridul Mandal, Subhasis Bhattacharya
The benefit of institutional delivery not only impacts maternal health but also reduces newborn mortality and increases overall well-being. This study focused on differences in the determinants of delivering at institution settings in India, with specific importance given to mothers within different caste groups. This is one area that was given less importance in the existing literature, particularly
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Institutional Quality and Economic Performance: A Study of Asian Countries Millennial Asia (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Alfa Rani Nayak, Kailash Chandra Pradhan
The objective of this article is to investigate the influence of institutional quality on the economic performance of 47 Asian countries, categorized into four income levels (low-income, lower-middle-income, upper-middle-income and high-income countries) over the period 1981–2021. The study utilizes six governance indicators, and a composite governance index is constructed to evaluate institutional
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Do Automation and Robotization Affect Occupation in India? An Empirical Study Millennial Asia (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Anjali Bansal, S. P. Singh, P. C. Mohanty, Jaspal Singh
Technology is reshaping the occupational landscape. Technological adoption has accelerated in the last few years with the increasing use of robots and automation. However, only a few pieces of literature are available that discuss how robotization and automation would change the world of work. In India, hardly any empirical research discusses the risk of robots and automation in occupations. The article
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Book review: Lakhwinder Singh and K. J. Joseph (Eds), 2024. Reimagining Innovation Systems In The COVID And Post-COVID World Millennial Asia (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2024-02-19 Pooja Sikka
Lakhwinder Singh and K. J. Joseph (Eds), 2024. Reimagining Innovation Systems In The COVID And Post-COVID World. Routledge, xxii+278 pp., £104 (hardback), £28.79 (paperback and e-book).
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Book review: Swati Mehta and Baldev Singh Shergill, 2023. Innovation Systems, Economic Development and Public Policy: Sustainable Options from Emerging Economies Millennial Asia (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2024-02-04 Rajeev Sharma
Swati Mehta and Baldev Singh Shergill, 2023. Innovation Systems, Economic Development and Public Policy: Sustainable Options from Emerging Economies. Routledge Oxon and New York, 426 pp., £120.00 (Hardback). ISBN: 978-103-22-6605-3.
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Indonesian Farmers’ Subjective Well-being: Determinants and Effect on Discounting Behaviour Millennial Asia (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2024-01-18 Toritseju Begho, Kehinde Odeniyi
The challenges prevalent in agriculture substantially impact the well-being of farmers compared to that of many other occupations. The national average rating of well-being may not provide a true representation of farmers. This article empirically examines the determinants and the effect of subjective well-being (SWB) on discounting the behaviour of farmers by estimating data from the 2014/2015 Indonesian
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Second-generation Asian American Identity of Indians: Assimilating with Americans or Retaining Asian-ness or Beyond? Millennial Asia (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2023-04-23 Saheeh Shafi
This article critically interprets the multi-dimensional Asian American identity of Indians in terms of their pan-ethnic identity formation as Asian Americans through cultural assimilation or mergi...
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Energy Poverty and Human Development: Empirical Evidence from Rural Rajasthan, India Millennial Asia (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2023-02-25 Arun Kumar Giri, Rahul Arora
This study attempts to establish the linkage between human development and energy poverty for rural households and evaluate the impact of government schemes such as Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana, f...
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Comparing the Catastrophic Health Expenditures on Different Non-Communicable Diseases Among Households in Goa, India Millennial Asia (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2023-02-08 Rivya Dias
The prevalence of NCDs is high in Goa. Households bear a significant burden of medical costs in India. The increased out-of-pocket expenditures on health can, in some cases, drive households into p...
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Kyoto Protocol and Paris Agreement: Transition from Bindings to Pledges – A Review Millennial Asia (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2023-02-07 Surender Mor, Ranjan Aneja, Sonu Madan, Mahesh Ghimire
The present thematic review assessed 47 articles on the world’s global climate management policy. It reviews the Kyoto Protocol and Paris Agreement aiming to mitigate climate change with the mechan...
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Does Labour Market Discriminate Against the Scheduled Castes? Empirical Evidence from Rural Punjab, India Millennial Asia (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2023-01-11 Harpreet Singh
Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes are the two most marginalized sections of Indian society that suffered discrimination through the ages. The government of India since independence has ado...
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The Dynamic Relationship Between Financial Development, Economic Growth, Foreign Direct Investment and Trade Openness: Evidence from South Asian Countries Millennial Asia (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2023-01-11 Ghulam Mustafa
This study examines the nature of the association among financial development, economic growth, foreign direct investment and trade openness in four South Asian countries from the period 1990–2019....
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Pandemic and Attitudes towards Immigrants: Evidence from South Korea during the COVID-19 Crisis Millennial Asia (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2022-12-28 Seong Hee Kim
This article investigates the changes in South Koreans’ acceptance towards multiculturalism and acceptance towards North Korean defectors during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic in South K...
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Investigating the Determinants of Female Child Labour: An Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) Analysis Millennial Asia (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2022-12-26 Sushma Yadav, Angrej Singh Gill, Kamlesh Narwana, Sanjay Gupta
This exploratory article, on the basis of a comprehensive field survey, identifies and empirically examines the various key quantitative and qualitative determinants of female child labour in Harya...
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Public Debt and Economic Growth in India: The New Evidence Millennial Asia (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2022-12-19 Bhanu Pratap Singh, Sujit Kumar
The study gives new evidence on the effects of public debt on economic growth in India with key macroeconomic indicators from 1980 to 2019. In the past decade, and after the COVID-19 pandemic, ther...
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Book review: Sharat Sabharwal, 2022. India’s Pakistan Conundrum: Managing a Complex Relationship Millennial Asia (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2022-11-30 Ranjit Singh Ghuman
Sharat Sabharwal, 2022. India’s Pakistan Conundrum: Managing a Complex Relationship. Rutledge, Taylor & Francis Group, x + 228 pp., ₹995. ISBN 9781032374314.
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What Drives the Young Malaysian Generation to Become Horticulture Farmers? A Qualitative Approach Millennial Asia (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2022-11-26 R. B. Radin Firdaus, Andrew Ebekozien, Mohamad Shaharudin Samsurijan, Hafizi Rosli
Over the last decade, the involvement of the young generation in agriculture has drawn considerable attention to the Malaysian development agenda. A number of comprehensive strategies and measures ...
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Book review: Ramnath Reghunadhan, 2022. Cyber Technological Paradigms and Threat Landscape in India Millennial Asia (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2022-11-11 Har Sandeep Kaur Bhangoo
Ramnath Reghunadhan, 2022. Cyber Technological Paradigms and Threat Landscape in India. Palgrave Macmillan, 134 pp., £39.99 (Hardcover). ISBN: 978-981-16-9127-0
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Asymmetric Effects of Foreign Direct Investment on Economic Growth: Fresh Evidence from India Using NARDL Simulation Millennial Asia (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2022-10-30 Waseem Alam, Firdos Ikram, Pushp Kumar, Mohammad Haseeb, Nazim Ali
The present article aims to examine the asymmetric effects of foreign direct investment (FDI) on economic growth in India during 1991–2019. Along with FDI, financial development, inflation and trad...
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Factors Influencing Sustainable Software Practices and the Moderating Role of Knowledge Accessibility: Evidence from the Malaysian Electronic Industry Millennial Asia (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2022-09-16 Chukwuyem Giweze, Nor Azah Abdul Aziz, Yusri Arshad
The current study investigates factors influencing sustainable software practices due to the growing concern for environmental desolation in software sustenance among software practitioners in the ...
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Customer Perception Towards Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana (PMJDY): An Empirical Investigation from Slum-dwellers Perspective Millennial Asia (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2022-09-08 Koustubh Kanti Ray
The government-sponsored welfare programmes are instrumental in balancing economic growth and reducing inequalities in society. Society becomes inclusive only when the deprived people have access t...
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Analyzing GAVI the Vaccine Alliance as a Global Health Partnership Model: A Constructivist Analysis of the Global Health Crisis Millennial Asia (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2022-09-05 Sandeep Singh, Jagmeet Bawa, Bawa Singh, Balinder Singh, Shankar Lal Bika
The ongoing debate on the conceptual underpinnings of constructivism and global health partnerships (GHPs) in global health studies has a dimension that deserves closer attention. This paper attemp...
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Do Trade Openness and Output Gap Affect Inflation? Empirical Evidence from BRICS Nations Millennial Asia (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2022-09-03 Megha Chhabra, Arun Kumar Giri, Arya Kumar
The recent economic disturbances such as the outbreak of coronavirus, the Russia–Ukraine war, and disrupted supply chains, have resulted in high inflationary shocks that are difficult to combat. Th...
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Regional Organizations and States in International Relations: A Study of India’s Approach Towards Regional Organizations Millennial Asia (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2022-07-28 Suneel Kumar
Regional organizations (ROs), a key component of the global order, have become a significant tool for achieving foreign policy objectives of the member countries. Amidst the prevailing politico-str...
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Does Innovation Spur Export Performances across Countries? An Investigation from Meta-regression Analysis Millennial Asia (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2022-07-07 Sidheswar Panda, Ruchi Sharma
Innovation plays a major role in determining exports of a country by strengthening domestic industries. The narratives of innovation and exports are important for national competitiveness. Therefor...
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Whither Demarginalization, Inclusion and Effectiveness? Challenges of Local Government Planning in Nepal Millennial Asia (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2022-07-07 Keshav Kumar Acharya, Habib Zafarullah
The planning system in local government follows a formal process mandated by legislation and a corpus of regulations. While these strongly advocate citizen participation in selecting, implementing ...
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Indonesia Sustainable Tourism Resilience in the COVID-19 Pandemic Era (Case Study of Five Indonesian Super- priority Destinations) Millennial Asia (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2022-07-03 Joshi Maharani Wibowo, Sugeng Hariadi
This study was conducted to know Indonesia sustainable tourism resilience in the COVID-19 era. The research was done through a qualitative approach then analyzed based on the sentiment analysis and...
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Does Volatility Cause Herding in Malaysian Stock Market? Evidence from Quantile Regression Analysis Millennial Asia (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2022-07-01 Ooi Kok Loang, Zamri Ahmad
This study examines the existence, tendency and determinants of herding in the Malaysian stock market under market stress from 2016 to 2020. This study adopts ordinary least square and quantile reg...
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Institutional Strengthening of Farmer Producer Organizations and Empowerment of Small Farmers in India: Evidence from a Case Study in Maharashtra Millennial Asia (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2022-06-29 N. Lalitha, P. K. Viswanathan, Soumya Vinayan
Small and marginal farmers contribute significantly to agricultural production and livelihoods all over the world. The small size of operational holdings, however, makes them highly susceptible to ...
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The Effects of Fragility in the Philippines Labour Market Employment and Wages Millennial Asia (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2022-06-26 Jr. Leonardo A. Lanzona
Fragility refers to weak regional institutions that fail to respond to specific risks and needs of the community. The article aims to measure fragility and its effects on labour market employment and wages. The observed non-work-related migration is used to derive annual fragility indices for regions that are then incorporated into standard labour market employment and Mincer wage equations. The estimates
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Comparative Performance of Cooperatives and Producer Companies in Member Producer’s Income Enhancement: A Case Study of the Milk Sector in Indian Punjab Millennial Asia (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2022-06-21 Manpreet Kaur, Naresh Singla
Small producers’ participation in milk collectives such as dairy cooperatives and producer companies is seen as one of the several ways to institutionalize the dairy value chains and leverage their production and marketing strengths. In this context, the study has explored procurement practices of a dairy cooperative vis-à-vis producer company that have recently ventured into direct procurement, processing
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Liberalisation and Technological Accumulation Strategy in Industries from Developing Economies: An Analysis of Indian Capital Goods Manufacturing Firms Millennial Asia (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2022-06-21 Swarnjeet Kaur, Swati Mehta
Technological accumulation is a complex process of correct mix of indigenous and/or imported technology, mainly for the firms belonging to developing economies after opening their economies. To understand these issues, the case of Indian capital goods industry is taken for the years 1994–1995 to 2015–2016. It was found that only 39% of the firms belonging to Indian capital goods sector are technologically
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Nonsuicidal Self-injury in Southeast Asia: A Systematic Literature Review Millennial Asia (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2022-06-21 Janet Ann Fernandez, Rafidah Aga Mohd Jaladin, Poh Li Lau
This article presents an overview on nonsuicidal self-injury in Southeast Asia. Following Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines, a systematic review was conducted regarding self-injury in Southeast Asia. Seventeen studies eligible for inclusion were identified. Findings revealed that self-injury is most common among youth between the ages of 14 and 35
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The Failure of Constitution-making in Sri Lanka (2015–2019) Millennial Asia (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2022-05-25 Nadarajah Pushparajah, Malini Balamayuran
When the coalition government known as the National Unity Government of 2015 initiated the promulgation of a new constitution for Sri Lanka, it had embraced transparent and inclusive procedures that were never rehearsed in the constitutional politics since independence. As part of the progress, within one and half years’ time, the members of the steering committee set up by constitutional assembly
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Technical Efficiency Analysis of Indian IT Industry: A Panel Data Stochastic Frontier Approach Millennial Asia (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2022-05-22 Nadeem Ahmad Bhat, Sandeep Kaur
Globalization and the development of modern technologies have led to the emergence of service trade. The success of Indian information technology (IT) has changed perception of globe about India and has captured the attention of the globe as it seems a paradox that a developing economy is emerging as a global hub for software exports. In the past three decades, the contribution of the Indian IT industry
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Remittances and Economic Growth: Empirical Analysis from a Panel of Selected Asian Nations Millennial Asia (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2022-05-22 Ujjal Protim Dutta, Brajendra Saikia
This article’s endeavour is to explore the consequences of remittances on the growth of an economy by employing a panel of 17 selected remittance-receiving Asian nations over the years, stretching from 1993 to 2017. Initially, the study used the panel unit root test to identify whether the variables are stationary or not. Subsequently, by using cointegration test, a long-run association among the variables
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Social, Political and Cultural Remittances: Implications for the Origin and Destination Countries Millennial Asia (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2022-05-13 A. K. M. Ahsan Ullah, Jannatul Ferdous, Diotima Chattoraj
Remittances have been one of the most critical components of the population migration debate. Since migration has been studied academically, the ‘remittance equals cash’ idea has dominated other types of remittances. This study focuses on in-kind remittances, which are transfers of goods and services sent by migrants (other than money) from their destination country. We examined the literature using
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Disempowerment of Women: The Experience of Indian States Millennial Asia (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2022-04-22 Tanusree Mishra, Tanmoyee Banerjee
The present study uses National Family Health Survey, 2015–2016 (NFHS-4) data to compute a multidimensional disempowerment index for women from India. A state-level analysis shows that disempowerment levels of women from the states of Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka and Bihar are found to be higher, with that of Bihar being the highest. Next, using a multilevel logistic model
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The Influence of Green Behaviour Using Theory of Planned Behaviour Approach: Evidence from Malaysia Millennial Asia (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2022-04-14 Osarodion Ogiemwonyi, Amran Harun, Mohammad Imtiaz Hossain, Asif Mahbub Karim
The study focuses on the influence of green behaviour based on the theory of planned behaviour (TPB). A conceptual model has been developed from TPB with additional factors linking green behaviour. A quantitative research method has been adopted. The data is gathered from a survey which has been administered by distributing questionnaires to 280 green consumers in Kuala-Lumpur, Malaysia. The data has
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Exploring the Relevance of Crude Oil Prices and Installed Generation Capacity in Prognosticating the NIFTY Energy Index Millennial Asia (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2022-04-01 Avik Ghosh, Suvajit Banerjee
The article brings a new approach with a proficient rendition of the existing literature emphasizing the stock and oil prices (OP) nexus, and it uniquely incorporates the demand-side impact of the domestic electricity installed capacity (IC) on India’s benchmark NIFTY Energy Index (NEI). The study undertakes a multivariate time series analysis consisting of a dual-cointegration exercise with the Johansen
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The Indian Growth Acceleration: A Brazilian Demand-led Insight Millennial Asia (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2022-02-08 Manuel Gonzalo
With an average GDP growth rate of more than 6% India was one of the most dynamic economies in the twenty-first century. The conventional narrative stresses on the success of the New Economic Policy (NEP) implementation since 1990s as a process of liberalization and global insertion of Indian economy that caused growth. Introducing some nuance on this conceptualization, the main objective of this article
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Book review: Sukhpal Singh, Lakhwinder Singh, and Kamal Vatta (Eds.). 2021. Covid-19 Pandemic and Economic Development Emerging Public Policy Lessons for Indian Punjab Millennial Asia (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2022-02-08 Pooja Sikka
Sukhpal Singh, Lakhwinder Singh, and Kamal Vatta (Eds.). 2021. Covid-19 Pandemic and Economic Development Emerging Public Policy Lessons for Indian Punjab. Palgrave Macmillan, xxvi + 309 pp., E93.08 (eBook), E109.99 (hardback). ISBN 978-981-16-4442-9 (eBook), ISBN 978-981-16-4441-2 (hardback).
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Household Expenditure on Secondary Education in Haryana (India): Levels, Patterns and Determinants Millennial Asia (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2022-02-08 Harvinder Singh, Angrej Singh Gill, Pradeep Kumar Choudhury
Existing studies on household expenditure on education in India largely focus on the elementary and tertiary levels of education. Until recently, researchers have paid little consideration to examining the issue of household investment at the secondary level of education, especially in the sub-national context. Using a recent primary survey encompassing quantitative and qualitative data, this article
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Can One Size Fit All: A Multi-group Analysis of Indian Corporates Millennial Asia (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2022-02-06 Aruna Jha, Madhavi Kapoor, Nidhi
This study aims to investigate the relationship among the various institutional pressures, corporate social responsibility, legitimacy, and reputation in the context of Indian corporates. It also provides an in-depth industry-wise analysis for the said relationship. BSE 500 listed companies form the population for this pan-India primary research. PLS-SEM is the statistical technique adopted to examine
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High Technology Trade and the Roles of Absorptive Capabilities in Malaysia Millennial Asia (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2022-01-24 Leonard Fong Litt Lam, Siong Hook Law, W. N. W. Azman-Saini, Normaz Wana Ismail
This article analyses the importance of high-technology trade as a channel of economic growth to ease Malaysia out of the middle-income trap. This study also wonders upon the missing absorptive capabilities that validate the likelihoods of dismal gross domestic product (GDP) growth since the 1990s. Using the autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) approach and fully modified ordinary least squares (FMOLS)
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Stakeholders’ Perspectives on Market-based Instruments and Trade Policies for Environmental Goods: Evidence from Malaysia Millennial Asia (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2021-12-03 Muralitharan Paramasua, Evelyn S. Devadason, Pardis Moslemzadeh Tehrani
This article investigates policy constraints for the environmental goods sector in Malaysia based on the dimensions of market-based (including regulatory) instruments and trade policies. In-depth structured interviews with the government and key industry players are conducted, and six overarching themes constraining the efficacy of the instruments and policies were identified. The findings suggest
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Agrarian Crisis and Agricultural Market Reforms in South Asia Millennial Asia (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2021-12-01 Sukhpal Singh,Barbara Harriss-White,Lakhwinder Singh
South Asia is home to 0.5 billion multi-dimensionally poor people accounting for 29% of the total population (UNDP & OPHI, 2021). In South Asia, the agricultural sector provides employment to 42% of the workforce (Singh & Gill, 2020), a majority of whom, both men and women, are not only poor but also indebted (Guerin, 2014; Singh et al., 2020). It is well established that productivity and wages in
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Separating Wheat from the Chaff: Farm Acts, Farmers’ Protest and Outcomes Millennial Asia (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2021-11-26 Lakhwinder Singh, Baldev Singh Shergill
The farmers’ protest at the outskirts of Delhi has completed one year and still continuing. It was triggered after the Government of India enacted three farm Acts in September 2020 that strive to initiate sweeping reforms in agricultural produce selling, procurement, and storage and public distribution of essential commodities. In this context, an attempt has been made in this article to examine the
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Contesting Agricultural Markets in South Asia: Farmer Movements, Co-operatives and Alternative Visions Millennial Asia (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2021-11-25 Ahilan Kadirgamar, Hashim Bin Rashid, Amod Shah
Recent laws for privatizing agricultural produce markets in India are just one prominent example of long-running efforts to liberalize agriculture across South Asia. These legacies of state withdrawal from agriculture and the growing role of private intermediaries in both input and output markets have precipitated simultaneous crises of reproduction and accumulation in the countryside. However, such
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Interrogating the MSP Regime, Farm Laws and Agrarian Future in India Millennial Asia (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2021-11-25 Pritam Singh, Shruti Bhogal
The three new farm laws promulgated by the Government of India in 2020 as agricultural marketing reforms, with the claim that they were aimed at expanding farmers’ marketing choices and increasing their incomes, have triggered massive protests by farmers. These protests have crystallized around two key demands: first, repeal the laws and second, make the minimum support price (MSP) for procuring farmers’