The analysis shows that the process of shifting the burden of stabilisation to the lower tiers of the government has seriously shrunk the capacity of the provincial governments to invest in social services. This has resulted in low social expenditures and, consequently, poor social conditions in...

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Chapter 1: On the Logical Character and Coherence of Islamic Economics -- Chapter 2: Consilience as Islamic Methodology of Tawhid: The General Socio-Scientific Framework -- Chapter 3: Economics for a Better Future -- Chapter 4: Game-Theoretic Investigation...

This book links financialization and income inequality and studies the dynamic of financialization in OIC countries empirically. Readers learn how the empirical relationship between the selected variables interact with institutional variables in mitigating or promoting income inequality and also...

Frontmatter -- Contents -- 1. Editorial Pro-Poor Tourism: Do ‘Tourism Exchanges Benefit Primarily the Countries of the South’? / Hall, C. Michael -- 2. Tourism and Poverty Alleviation: An Integrative Research Framework / Zhao, Weibing / Brent Ritchie, J. R. -- 3. Tourism as a Tool for...