Purpose: The African region has experienced relatively lower economic growth and higher outflow of migration over the years. The purpose of this research paper, therefore, is to focus on the African region to investigate whether or not there is any link between the poor economic growth and...

Purpose: Improving the quality of life of the masses is the prime objective of all policymakers of both developed and developing countries. However, the determinants of improved quality of life are not well explored in the empirical literature. This study has, therefore, tried to identify the...

Although the term globalization still awaits a globally agreed definition, it is commonly used in different walks of life like academia, politics, media and policy makers etc. It may be termed ‘all for good and good for all', or exactly opposite ‘all for sin and sin for all', reality reckons...

A huge 5 years foreign funded project implemented covering the whole of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa aiming at provision of rural water supply and sanitation ended in 2009. The Project was designed to improve not only the existing water and sanitation services but also hygiene behavioral patterns amongst...

Commercial banks are major components of financial sector and take part in the growth of economy. In Pakistan, both public and private banks are dealing the financial matters as per their capacity and nature of functioning. The purpose of this research work is to analyze the financial...

This paper depicts the influences or impact of advertisements on Consumers. It is basically about the relationship between advertisements and Consumer behavior. The three factors that make advertisements more influencing are appeal of advertisements; personalities in ads and captions/keyword are...

Use of Information technologies (IT's) is increasing day by day in banking industry all over the world. Investment in IT is helping the top level management in achieving their objectives and anticipated targets. This empirical study reveals the contribution and role of IT on the efficiency of...