A country's institutional framework plays a crucial role in promoting entrepreneurship, which drives economic growth. Encouraging a minimum level of certainty in ambiguous environments characterized by risk taking is important. Aware of this importance, we analyze the influence of institutional...

This paper agrees that a suitably generalized Darwinism may help understand socioeconomic change, but finds the most publicized generalization by Hodgson and Knudsen unsuitable. To do better, it generalizes the extension of Neo-Darwinism into evolutionary developmental biology ("evo-devo"),...

The study presented here reviews activities of NGOs in Sudan by surveying and studying the activities of Save the Children of United Kingdom. Activities of NGOs in Sudan were always a controversial issue that resulted in the expulsion of many in 2009. There were also precedents of such...

This report aims to identify, explain and detail the links and interactions in southern and eastern Mediterranean countries (SEMCs) between energy supply and demand and socio-economic development, as well as the potential role of energy supply and demand policies on both. Another related aim is...

Water pollution is a chronic crisis in Sudan that is rarely researched. However, it is combined with scarcity, disputes and uncertainty. In the current paper we introduce its concepts with emphasis on the growing problems of pollution combined with scarcity. A Case study of the growing problem...

Minimizing dependence on oil, Azerbaijan uses its natural resources, gains success in diversification in economics. Main branches in the non-oil sector in Azerbaijan are agriculture, tourism, informational-communication technologies and so on. Rapid development of tourist infrastructure brings...

As many domestic, inter-regional, and international political economy concerns burdened China's 2001 accession to the World Trade Organization (quot;WTOquot;), including the aftermath of accession, there is the often ignored impact of China's accession on Taiwan and its bid for international...

Malaysia continues to struggle in addressing the identified challenges that are preventing or delaying the country's shift to high-income status. Despite the numerous bold policy measures and long-term plans introduced by the Government over the years, Malaysia's economic progress continues to...

People have recently started to show a particular interest for the link existing between economy and ecology, including the environmental protection. This way, a new domain, called ecologic economy or eco-economy, has sprung into existence, aiming at the ensuring of the puttinginto- practice of...

Each state must protect its technological creations against third parties offenders in cyberspace and lately against cloud crimes, due to development programs of computing clouds. This means protecting computer programs and databases, whether they represent the works of authors, or they...