The Great Game in West Asia examines the strategic competition between Iran and Turkey for power and influence in the South Caucasus. These neighboring Middle East powers have vied for supremacy and influence throughout the region and especially in their immediate vicinity, while contending with...

This paper analyzes the relationship between women’s decision-making regarding loan use, and their empowerment. Using a new analytical framework, it reassesses the effect of decision-making on empowerment index. It also presents the hypotheses and tests contrasting situations; decision-making...