The youthful population of South Asia, holding the majority in the subregion, will also have a great share in the future alongside the risk of being not in education, employment, or training with a persisting gender gap. This makes it important to adopt a gender-responsive policy framework for...

Social business is a growing phenomenon in the emerging economy due to its appeal toward reducing social problems from the society. Women’s, especially rural women’s, economic activities are mainly confined to the household chores because of the existing patriarchal norms of the society....

The conflict between economic growth and keeping greenhouse gases (GHG) at controllable levels is one of the ultimate challenges of this century. The aim of Kyoto Protocol is to keep the level of carbon dioxide (CO2) below a certain threshold level. The purpose of this paper is to study the...