A large and growing literature addresses the impact of foreign aid on the growth of per capita incomes in recipient countries. While this link is important, given its implications for poverty reduction, an arguably more important link is that between aid and human development, broadly defined....

In this paper we construct thirteen different types of composite indices by linear combination of indicator variables (with and without outliers/data corruption). Weights of different indicator variables are obtained by maximization of the sum of squared (and, alternatively, absolute)...

1. Indonesian Economy in Time of Covid: Surviving the Turmoil through Manufacturing Sector -- 2. Post-COVID Recovery: Harnessing Digital Platforms -- 3. A Better Match: Do technology gaps with foreign subsidiaries affect domestic firms’ productivity? Case Study of Indonesian Manufacturing --...

The main aim of this study is to determine current human development level of Southeastern Anatolia region which is one of the least developed regions of Turkey. To reach this aim, main human development indicators are being analyzed depending on the global and national human development...