Journal of World Economic Research

Volume 9, Issue 1, June 2020

  • The Nexus Between Income and Foreign Direct Investment: Evidence from the Gambia

    Alfusainey Touray

    Issue: Volume 9, Issue 1, June 2020
    Pages: 1-9
    Received: 24 June 2019
    Accepted: 9 September 2019
    Published: 4 January 2020
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    Abstract: The purpose of this study is to empirically examine the dynamic impact of the stock of foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows on the aggregate income of The Gambia. In order to find the dynamic nexus, the ARDL model was used to capture both short-run and the long-run impact of FDI inflows. The result shows that FDI has a negative impact on income ... Show More
  • Effects of Food Trade Liberalization on Poverty and Inequality in Bangladesh: A Partial Equilibrium Approach

    Mohammad Mahbubur Rahman, Cheng Fang

    Issue: Volume 9, Issue 1, June 2020
    Pages: 10-19
    Received: 3 October 2019
    Accepted: 12 November 2019
    Published: 6 January 2020
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    Abstract: Using a partial equilibrium model, we examine the effects of full tariffs withdrawal from food imports of Bangladesh on its poverty and inequality. We show that if tariffs are withdrawn from food imports, domestic food prices decrease, but the sizes of decreases in prices depend on import demand elasticities. Then we show that decreases in domestic... Show More
  • The Determinates of Export in Ethiopia, an Auto Regressive Distributive Lag Bound Test Approach

    Israel Bereket

    Issue: Volume 9, Issue 1, June 2020
    Pages: 20-26
    Received: 4 September 2019
    Accepted: 24 October 2019
    Published: 7 January 2020
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    Abstract: This paper identified some of the main determinants of export in Ethiopia for the period 1977-2016 G. C. Also the paper tried to include new variable such like export diversification index and financial development as one determinant which are not considered in the most of the previous research conducted under this area, moreover the study used a b... Show More
  • Role of Knowledge Acquisition on Firm Performance in the Context of Small and Medium Enterprises in Meru County, Kenya

    Cosmus Muriithi Gatuyu, Godfrey Muigai Kinyua

    Issue: Volume 9, Issue 1, June 2020
    Pages: 27-32
    Received: 14 November 2019
    Accepted: 30 December 2019
    Published: 7 January 2020
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    Abstract: Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are touted as the silver bullet in the revival and flourish of any country’s economy. It has the capacity to gainfully engage the highest number of work force. Effective and efficient performance of the sector is critical to economic growth. Large amounts of resources allocated to the sector have borne little fru... Show More
  • Measurement of Regional Industrial Ecological Efficiency in China and an Analysis of Its Influencing Factors

    Wu Mingran

    Issue: Volume 9, Issue 1, June 2020
    Pages: 33-40
    Received: 7 December 2019
    Accepted: 16 December 2019
    Published: 17 January 2020
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    Abstract: In recent years, with the rapid advancement of industrialization and urbanization, China's economy has experienced a period of rapid development. However, while China has become the world's second largest economy, it has also become a veritable resource consumer and environmental polluter. So China must need to transform its economic development mo... Show More
  • Foreign Aid Inflow and Domestic Savings in Uganda: Error Correction Modelling

    Henry Tumwebaze Karamuriro, Edward Patrick Ssemanda, Edward Bbaale

    Issue: Volume 9, Issue 1, June 2020
    Pages: 41-50
    Received: 13 June 2019
    Accepted: 23 July 2019
    Published: 27 January 2020
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    Abstract: The study sought to establish the impact of foreign aid inflow on domestic savings in Uganda. It was motivated by the low savings ratio which was identified as one of the major constraints to future growth in Uganda, under Vision 2025. Error-Correction Modelling was applied on a time series database for the period 1970-2016. Results of the study sh... Show More
  • Evolutionary Game Analysis of Campus Credit Strategy Selection Under Incomplete Information Conditions

    Guoshun Ma, Chonghui Ma

    Issue: Volume 9, Issue 1, June 2020
    Pages: 51-57
    Received: 9 January 2020
    Accepted: 31 January 2020
    Published: 10 February 2020
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    Abstract: Since the China Banking Regulatory Commission issued relevant policies on standardizing the credit card business of college students in 2009, college students' credit cards have gradually withdrawn from campus loan business. In recent years, with the rapid development of the Internet, "Online campus loan" began to take the college student market as... Show More
  • Assessment on the Determinant and Impact of Coffee Production on House Hold Income (In Case of Anfilo Woreda)

    Habtu Nibret, Getnet Ayalew

    Issue: Volume 9, Issue 1, June 2020
    Pages: 58-65
    Received: 17 December 2019
    Accepted: 14 February 2020
    Published: 6 March 2020
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    Abstract: Coffee is increasingly becoming a part of Western culture, it is most likely that they will not think of the more than “25 million people around the world [that] base their livelihoods on its production”. Coffee is the major agricultural export crop, providing currently 35% of Ethiopia’s foreign exchange earnings. The coffee sub-sector is also impo... Show More
  • Economic Growth in Nepal: Macroeconomic Determinants, Trends and Cross-Country Evidences

    Luna Ghimire, Ajay Kumar Shah, Ram Kumar Phuyal

    Issue: Volume 9, Issue 1, June 2020
    Pages: 66-72
    Received: 24 February 2020
    Accepted: 20 April 2020
    Published: 19 May 2020
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    Abstract: Using time series data of the last twenty-seven years (1990 to 2016), this study tries to go in-depth regarding the relationship between macroeconomic variables and its impact on economic growth of Nepal. Further, this study also compares the economic growth of Nepal with six Asian countries such as Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Pakistan and Sr... Show More