Economists have developed a vast empirical literature on how cultural traits like generalized trust affect economic output. Much of this literature finds a positive causal relationship between measures of generalized trust, as gathered by international surveys, and economic output. However, the...

Humans act based on the ideas they adopt and apply to circumstance with the intensity of action derived from the associated emotions. It follows that in any society the presentation of the ideas to citizens a major driver of citizen opinion and hence a major driver of social development. After...

Organization design is a new aspect of organization study that has arisen due linking the organization to individual psychology and the direct link it enables between daily staff behaviour to organization strategy, which in turn is linked to the national economy. Traditional global best practice...

India has the world's second largest urban population (after China). This paper shows the large disparities within this urban population in health related indicators. It shows the disparities for child and maternal health, provision for health care and housing conditions between the poorest...

The QE Principle is an economic concept and model for simultaneously measuring the degree of both quality and efficiency as one entity (QE). It was originally developed for health care industry services, but QE is also applicable to the production of both products and services for consumers in...

Modern risks are increasingly complex. Experts provide sober insights into the consequences of our regulatory choices. But these same risks also breed greater uncertainties and, thus, harder political decisions. Ever more urgent, then, becomes the need to ensure those decisions are transparent...

The book analyzes a regime that is controlling the big desert country Sudan, represented in group hiding behind a dogma they do not believe. The flag of Islamic principles are raised but whatever colors it carries, they are smeared by greed, envy, and blood of numberless innocents. The group is...

This paper continues the analysis of an organization in a community from within the spiritual model of humanity. The paper shows how corporate social responsibility is an integral aspect of governance strategic responsibility in integrating the organization into the community in which it is embedded