A kind of gender revolution is passing through various countries in various continents. By being offered free access to educational infrastructure, women become better educated, improve their skills and capabilities, gain possibilities to enter the labour market and use financial resources to...

Poverty – differently defined and measured – still remains one the crucial parts of the world development debate. It`s broadly perceived as multidimensional phenomenon which deprives people from basic capabilities and freedoms, limits their opportunity to educate and fully participate in the...

The paper presents the analysis outcomes on the catching-up process. Additionally, it seeks to identify the “convergence clubs” in cross-national section. It implements a traditional analysis of convergence, tracking the catching-up process as well as the per capita income dynamics across...

In recent years, enormous changes are noted worldwide when broad adoption of new Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). These unique technologies – often perceived as economic development incentives – have a great ability to spread at high pace and low cost in world countries,...

Exchange traded funds (ETFs) are one of the most influential financial innovations, reshaping the investment funds market in many countries, including Mexico. Due to their similar investment objectives, ETFs are considered substitutes for mutual funds. This paper examines the changes of the...

For the last two decades, global landscape has been profoundly reshaped by two overwhelming processes: rapid diffusion of new technologies (ICT) and high-tech solutions have contributed to functioning of global economy, enhancing shifts in productivity and pervasively impacting economy,...

This book tells a story about Information and Communication Technologies’ diffusion in 46 economically backward countries between 2000 and 2012, offering to the reader a fresh perspective on the issues discussed. It examines the spread of ICT from four broadly defined perspectives that...

This paper draft presents a novel methodological approach to the analysis of the potentially emerging relationships between the intensity of entrepreneurship – approximated by the self-employment, and business cycle. Its main objective is to determine whether the variables defined as proxies...

Similar to economic growth, the process of technology diffusion may well be approximated by easily distinguishable phases (stages). During the initial phase, the process of diffusion slows, whereas subsequently, under favourable circumstances, it accelerates and proceeds at an exponential growth...

Long-run impact of economic growth on fertility trends is ambiguous and sensitive for in-time variations. Over last decades, economic growth has led in many countries to significant falls in total fertility rates. However, recently, in high-income economies a kind of “fertility rebound” is...