This paper reviews the relationship between marketing, with focus on international marketing, and economic development based on existing theoretical and empirical studies. There have been different stances on the relationship. It is, however, argued that engagement in effective marketing in general and international marketing in particular is much needed for the economic development process in …
This article asks a basic question: What set of form or factors might lead to the use of Type II economic development policies and thus, presumably, a more equitable distribution of economic development benefits? Research employing macrodata analysis has provided conflicting findings; on this point. Hence, this research explores the question using both regression and more case-specific analysis…
Interest in the role and contribution of ICT development, e-government development, and the quality of a nation's Institutions on economic development is profound. While extant research shows that the impact of institutions on national development is different across countries generally, the literature overlooks the role institutional quality plays in either the ICT development-economic develop…
Reflections by J. Brian Atwood, former administrator of the US Agency for International Development on economic development are presented. If the US fails to plan now for the new influx in world population in the next decade by investing in development assistance, then it risks the demise of globalization and economic and social progress. That is both a humanitarian and a pragmatic cause for fu…
The techno-nationalist and surveillant aspects of Chinese platform infrastructuralization are well-documented, yet less explored are the responses of citizens and consumers to the fast-evolving digital infrastructures shaping daily lives. Instead of focusing on the economic and political landscape, we offer a perspective that shifts from structures to processes, aiming to bridge studies of plat…
In the decades following Indian Independence, the exponential growth of urban populations, the encroachment of slums on all open lands, the expensive and exhaustive hurdles to commercial premises and the chronic shortage of leisure capacity in overcrowded Indian cities all contributed to a delivery mechanism that operated on the street. Even during the heady days of India's 'liberalisation' eco…
This study dig out to answer two different but correlated question ; firstly, what is the role of Social Safety Net (SSN) measures in targeting the poverty for a developing country like Pakistan. Secondly, can the provision of social safety nets help in Sustainable Economic Development (SED)? The study surrounds to answer these questions in context of Pakistan's economy. Pakistan being a develo…
This study about the economics of digital journalism focuses on transformations and development of media industries in the digital world. The technological rapid advances in the field of communication led to a new kind of media that relies on internet as a medium. Today, News are delivered and consumed via internet. The move to digital delivery has transformed not just the business model of new…
The research discusses the role played by libraries in the economic development of countries, and discusses the problems faced by most Arab libraries, which prevent them from their real role in economic development in their countries.