This study examined the impact of microfinance credit access on households’ income and welfare case study in rural South Gondar zone, Ethiopia. The main objective of the study was investigating the impact of microfinance credit access on households’ income and welfare. The study used cross...

Migration from rural to urban areas is common in many low- and middle-income countries. However, temporary migration from rural to other rural areas also occurs and is not well understood. We explore what drives rural people in Bangladesh to migrate temporarily to other rural areas, rather than...

Purpose – This research study aimed to investigate the factors that influence the adoption of digital banking during the COVID-19 pandemic among self-help groups (SHGs).Design/methodology/approach – The study employed a mixed-methods design with utilizing Google Trends Analysis (GTA) to...

Following the Minimum Food Security Quota (MFS-Quota) proposed by Ruiz Estrada, Ndoma, and Park (2016) to evaluate and determine the food sustainability of any given developing and least developed countries in the event of any famine this paper sets out to apply the MFS-Quota to test...

This study investigates the impact of participation in a social scheme on toilet adoption and soap usage, while addressing the issue of self-selection bias. Using a linear probability model, we find that households receiving treatment were significantly more likely to adopt a toilet and use soap...

This study examines the effectiveness of a place-based policy targeting rural areas in Japan to address regional economic disparities. The policy offers financial incentives to regions with significant declines in population and an aging population to increase capital investment and public...

This study investigates the impact of participation in a social scheme on toilet adoption and soap usage, while addressing the issue of self-selection bias. Using a linear probability model, we find that households receiving treatment were significantly more likely to adopt a toilet and use soap...

This article contributes to the ongoing discussion on rural development programs aligning with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the Global South. The research question examines how the Smart Rural Communities (SRC) framework can support the SDGs as an international cooperation model....

We wrote, produced, and implemented a randomized intervention of a five-episode soap opera focusing on attitudes related to trust and savings. It was shown to females living in poor and violence-scarred rural areas and who received the national conditional cash transfer. We find that one year...

This paper investigates the impact of a public school nutrition program on household education expenditure from a novel perspective of the intra-household flypaper effect (IFE). In theory, public feeding programs not only improve children's health but also increase the future return on their...