Purpose – Privately financed infrastructure projects commonly use a project finance structure. Project finance is expected to facilitate investment flow in risky environments. The objective of this paper examines the link between the use of project finance and investments in risky...

Purpose – Although a high proportion of the Ghanaian population live and work in under‐developed areas, research on rural infrastructure development is scarce. The purpose of this paper is to explore the challenges confronting rural infrastructure development and the requisite incentives...

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to identify the major determinants of bank asset quality in an era of regulation‐induced industry consolidation, using the Nigerian case to demonstrate how consolidation can heighten incidences of non‐performing credits in a fragile banking environment....

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide the ethical justification for an argument regarding compensatory sustainability programs in general and for small developing nations such as Guyana. Design/methodology/approach – This is a conceptual paper. A logical argument is presented and...

Purpose – Uganda is one of many African countries struggling to develop adequate healthcare, particularly in regard to local treatment and access to drugs. The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the understanding of how reducing supply‐chain complexity can improve health in developing...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore packaging in developing countries by means of identifying and describing supply chain needs regarding packaging. Design/methodology/approach – The research approach is qualitative and includes an embedded single case study of ambient milk...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present the development and implementation of a multiobjective optimization model and information system based on mobile technology, to support decision making in humanitarian logistics operations. Design/methodology/approach The trade-off between economic...

Five‐S, a simple tool was utilized as the initial step towards total quality management activities at a public hospital in Sri Lanka. This paper introduces the system improvement activities at the hospital which won several awards for quality of service at national level. Though there are...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the wider societal issues that can impact on the success of a TB programme. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is a qualitative study of the experiences of people involved in a community‐based DOTS programme in Lubombo, Swaziland,...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe and discuss policy analysis in Nepal and review the wide range of choices feasible in decentralisation decision making. Design/methodology/approach – In this paper an iterative qualitative method was developed and used in the research, which...