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Women Empowerment in Microfinance: Poverty Alleviation Tool

Anurudha Gishan Illangakoon, S. M. Ferdous Azam, Ali Khatibi & Sepali Sudasinghe · South Asian Journal of Social Studies and Economics · 2021

This article attempts to discuss, how does women empowerment in Sri Lanka could be used as an effective tool to alleviate poverty. Predominantly microfinance was identified as an effective concept to reduce poverty and improve social well-being. The women empowerment is also play...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/sajsse/2021/v12i430324

Hypotheses Testing: Capital Flight and Human Development Index in Nigeria

Emmanuel Uzoma Makwe, Augustus N. Gbosi & Clever A. Gbanador · South Asian Journal of Social Studies and Economics · 2021

This study examined Capital Flight and human development index in Nigerian. Capital Flight was proxied by foreign direct investment abroad, external debt servicing, external reserves and capital and financial account deficits. Based on the study objectives, relevant literature we...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/sajsse/2021/v12i430325

A Review of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education in India

Shahid Kaleem & S. M. Jawed Akhtar · South Asian Journal of Social Studies and Economics · 2021

It is evidenced that country which has a large number of the educated and skilled labour force has a higher potential to lead others in economic development. So, it can be said that the education increases the productivity of the population in general and of the labour force in p...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/sajsse/2021/v12i430323

Capital Flight and Unemployment Rate in Nigeria

Emmanuel Uzoma Makwe, Augustus N. Gbosi & Clever A. Gbanador · South Asian Journal of Social Studies and Economics · 2021

This study examined Capital Flight and unemployment rate in Nigeria. Capital flight was proxied by foreign direct investment abroad, external debt servicing, external reserves and capital and financial account deficits. Based on study objectives, relevant literatures were reviewe...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/sajsse/2021/v12i430322

Personality, Group Thinking and Cohesiveness as Predictor of Criminal Behavior among Adolescents

Arowosegbe, Christianah Kehinde, Bankole Emmanuel Temitope & Ajayi Olubukola · South Asian Journal of Social Studies and Economics · 2021

The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of Group thinking, cohesiveness and Personality characteristics as predictors of Criminal Behaviour. The population comprises of Three Hundred (300) students through stratified sampling technique from institutions in Ekiti St...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/sajsse/2021/v12i430321

Effects of Remittances on Income Inequality in Bangladesh: A Macroeconomic Analysis

Hazera-Tun -Nessa · South Asian Journal of Social Studies and Economics · 2021

This study attempts to examine the effects of remittances on income inequality in Bangladesh over the period of 1990 to 2016. The study period has been chosen based on data availability at macro level. To serve the purpose, Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) cointegration tech...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/sajsse/2021/v12i430320

The Determinants of Online Stock Investment in Malaysia: A Case in Early Phase of COVID-19 Pandemic

Tan Yong-Da, Teoh Teng-Tenk, Melissa & Lee Teck-Heang · South Asian Journal of Social Studies and Economics · 2021

The purpose of this research is to determine the factors that affect the behavioral intention of Malaysians individuals to adopt online stock trading. The primary data is collected with the help of structured questionnaire from 285 participants in the study who are current or pot...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/sajsse/2021/v12i430318

Impact of Demonetization and Goods and Services Tax (GST) on India’s Economic Growth: A Critical Review

Jamil Ahmad · South Asian Journal of Social Studies and Economics · 2021

India’s economic growth has been affected by the sudden withdrawal of currency notes from the circulation and hasty implementation of GST (Goods and Services Tax) in the economy. Demonetization not only pull-down the economic growth but also paralyzing the informal sector and sma...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/sajsse/2021/v12i430317

Cultural Arts Tourism Business during the COVID-19 Pandemic (Case Study: Saung Mang Udjo, West Java, Indonesia)

Rella Dwi Respati, Dewi Ayu Kusumaningrum & Gabriella Fefany Jakaria · South Asian Journal of Social Studies and Economics · 2021

During a pandemic, the priority is the need for security from exposure to the virus. However, although safety is a particular concern, the fulfillment of psychological needs (recreation) must still be considered with various forms of entertainment. One of them is art entertainmen...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/sajsse/2021/v12i430315

Constraints Faced by the Farmers in Practicing Coping Strategies towards Household Food Security during Flood

M. E. Haque, M. N. Islam, M. R. Islam, M. M. Haque, M. A. Majid, J. Tasnim, M. A. Rahman, M. J. Alam, M. Y. Uddin & K. M. Rahman · South Asian Journal of Social Studies and Economics · 2021

A study was carried out at each of three flood affected reverine villages of three upazilas (small administrative unit) under Jamalpur district in Bangladesh during September, 2011 to May, 2012 to find out the constraints faced by farmers in practicing coping strategies towards h...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/sajsse/2021/v12i430316

Yield Curve and Monetary Policy in Nigeria: Investigating the Predictive Power of the Yield Curve

J. B. Tawose, K. E. Adedeji, K. J. Ajayi, A. O. Onah & F. Emma-Nwachukwu · South Asian Journal of Social Studies and Economics · 2021

This research paper examines the effectiveness of the yield spread in forecasting future economic activity and inflation in Nigeria. Quarterly data on GDP, Open Buy Back (OBB) Nigerian Treasury Bill (NTB), FGN Bond yields and inflation rates from 2010Q1 – 2020Q1 were employed in...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/sajsse/2021/v12i430314

Online vs Offline: Experimenting the Belief in Career Exploration Methods of University Students

D. K. Manodara, W. D. N. S. M. Tennakoon & W. J. A. J. M. Lasanthika · South Asian Journal of Social Studies and Economics · 2021

The beliefs in career exploration methods varying largely between the online and the offline career exploration methods. Among large pool of career explorers, university undergraduates can be considered as one of the most intense and immature group of explorers. At the same time,...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/sajsse/2021/v12i430313

Customers’ Perceived Risk and Attitude towards Adoption of the Digital Banking Services

Arathi Sivaram & E. K. Satheesh · South Asian Journal of Social Studies and Economics · 2021

Extensive use of technology in the banking sector has redefined the role of a modern banker and banks are not mere purveyors of credit but providers of a number of hi-tech services at the doorsteps of customers anytime, anywhere, and anyhow. The banking industry is currently witn...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/sajsse/2021/v12i430312

Development of Donor Profiles to Improve Donor Financing: A Case Study of Sri Lanka

J. L. Himali R. Wijegunasekara · South Asian Journal of Social Studies and Economics · 2021

To strengthen the donor funding, the requesting governments should have a clear idea about the donor agencies, their priority fields and the ways to contact them and communicate with them. For this special purpose, countries are compelled to build up concise formats called “donor...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/sajsse/2021/v12i430311

Excess Volatility in the Tunisian Stock Market: Explanation by Behavioral Finance

Dhouha Hadidane Chkioua · South Asian Journal of Social Studies and Economics · 2021

In this paper, we tried to show the existence of excess volatility of stock prices in the Tunisian stock exchange during the period 2000 - 2017, by applying the variance bounds of Shiller. We used data on daily closing prices and the transaction volume of 22 companies listed on T...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/sajsse/2021/v12i430310