rural levels. Design/methodology/approach It adopted Engel curve approach, which was estimated using ordinary least squares … rural locations. Findings The result shows that individual characteristics like age, religion, education and household …-level variables possess stronger significant effects among the rural households while marital status and employment had differential …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse the issues and concerns of Indian rural credit, which is a powerful … adopted by Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to increase the rural credit facilities in the rural area of India. Design …/methodology/approach – The various tools of rural credit are analysed in detail. The Regional Rural Bank (RRB) who play a vital role in …

Purpose – In the Western world the voices calling for a secular society have grown ever louder over the last three … economic and moral grounds. Design/methodology/approach – A discussion focusing on those calling for a secular society and, in … history from a purportedly positive view, they have argued that “modernization” leads to a secular society. Recently …

the era of Reforms and openness, a picture portraying the traits of Chinese rural society is provided. The author delves … deep into the foundations of econometric as well as western society to draw comparisons between Occidental and oriental … society. Findings – Unlike the widely held view that implicitly identifies the basis of studies in Chinese economical …

their political nature. Finally, the paper assigns an all-impressing role to civil society organizations (CSOs) in promoting …

society and offer alternative measurements for the increasingly more global economy of today. Design …