E-governance is very important for introducing greater effectiveness and efficiency in government operations and in government to citizen dealings. However, introduction of e-governance is not an easy task. It is not just introduction of technology, but it also involves human aspects. This...

It is often claimed that what is popularly known as the "flying geese paradigm" of dynamic comparative advantage has accurately depicted the East Asian catching-up process. This paper presents a critical study of the paradigm, as well as its application to the current situation in East Asia...

It is often claimed that what is popularly known as the "flying geese paradigm" of dynamic comparative advantage has accurately depicted the East Asian catching-up process. This paper presents a critical study of the paradigm, as well as its application to the current situation in East Asia...

One hundred one years passed since the secret treaty of Sykes-Pico between Britain and France signed in May 1916. It led to the division of the Arab territories, Kurds, Turks, and the Middle East between the two colonial powers. It was a secret agreement with the participation of Czarist Russia,...

This Article investigates the evolution of the Chinese legal mechanism for medical malpractice dispute resolution (MMDR) from the establishment of the first rules for MMDR in 1955 to the promulgation of the Regulation on Preventing and Dealing with Medical Malpractice Disputes in 2018. Using...

The aim of this paper is to describe the primary changes and development that outlined the history of Colonial Punjab and to narrate grassroots and provincial perspectives on the changes. I examine with a blend of grassroots and provincial perspectives by contextualizing actual historical events...

Religious identity affects preferences and can consequently affect policy. We propose two mechanisms through which a ruler's religious identity can affect public good provision: i) greater provision of goods in regions where more subjects are the ruler's co-religionists, and ii) lower provision...

India’s contribution to the global digital revolution is multi-faceted. The present report reflects the diverse landscape of India’s digitisation, which includes massive infrastructural investment, numerous software applications, and business models that often merge frontier technologies...

The North Korean economy has been a statistical black hole for decades but is undergoing substantial transformations. Rapid post-war industrialisation was not sustained beyond the mid-1960s and South Korea’s economy far outpaced North Korea’s during the next three decades, during which trend...

One of the most important factors for economic growth, development and stability is the financial system. The more stable, strong and developed is the financial system in a country; the more likely is that country's economy to be solid and able to maintain long-term growth. This research will...