- Volume 10, Number 2 (2023)
HARVESTING POTENTIAL: EXAMINING CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN COTTON CROP PRODUCTION IN KURNOOL, INDIA
Radhika Devi Kondapalli, Suresh Kumar Yadavilli
Optimal site for locating borehole has been delineated on the basis of empirically derived aquifer hydraulic parameters. To that end, seventeen VES data were quantitatively interpreted via partial curve matching technique and the starting models refined by means of 1D Forward modelling with iteration to obtain geoelectric characteristics. The results indicted presence of varying geo-electric earth-layer models, ranging from 3- to 5- earth-layer models. Curve type analysis revealed that Htype and HA-type curves are predominant in the study area. The conceptual aquifer model showed a preponderance of Weathered/fractured aquifer systems archetypal to basement complex environments. The aquifer unit resistivity ranges...
SHAPING TOMORROW: ASSESSING THE LINK BETWEEN CORRUPTION, ECONOMIC FREEDOM, AND GROWTH IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
Zeynep Nur Aydın, Prof. Hasan Ali Güneş
Institutional weakness, including corruption and weak governance, has been identified as a major hindrance to economic growth in Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries. This study investigates the relationship between corruption, economic freedom, and economic growth in SSA countries from 1996-2014 using a multivariate cointegration and error-correction framework. The study finds that economic freedom Granger-causes economic growth in the short term, while economic freedom and economic growth Granger-cause corruption in the long term. Furthermore, there is positive unidirectional causality from economic freedom and economic growth to corruption in the long term and positive unidirectional causality from economic freedom to economic growth in...
TRADE ON THE BRINK: UNDERSTANDING THE EXTENSIVE AND INTENSIVE MARGINS IN EMERGING MARKETS DURING THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS
Aisha Banerjee
This study analyses the impact of the global economic crisis that began in 2008 on trade flows in emerging market economies (EMEs). Using data from 2003 to 2012, including the pre-crisis period of 2003-2007 and the crisis and post-crisis period of 2008-2012, the study focuses on the impact of the crisis on trade at the extensive and intensive margins. The results show that the crisis had a more severe impact on bilateral trade flows that did not exist before 2006. This study adds to the existing literature on the effects of economic crises on international trade and provides insights into...
TANGLED WEBS: EXAMINING THE IMPACT OF ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL FORCES ON CORRUPTION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
Mehmet Akif Yılmaz
Corruption is a global issue that is known to disproportionately affect developing countries. It has a detrimental impact on resource allocation, government and public policy, and the development of the private sector. To design effective policies to combat corruption, it is essential to identify the factors that influence it. This study aims to contribute to the literature on corruption in developing countries by investigating the economic and political factors that influence it. The study employs a fixed effects model with Driscoll-Kraay standard errors to estimate the impact of economic growth, economic freedom, trade openness, inflation, democracy, and political stability on...