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{"title":"Job Opportunities and Labour Market Participation: A Case Study of Jammu City, India","authors":"Vibhuti Sharma","doi":"10.37256/redr.4220233803","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37256/redr.4220233803","url":null,"abstract":"The study explores the scope of job opportunities and labour market participation of youth in Jammu City, India. In recent years, India has observed significant changes in its economic conditions and the study provides an understanding of different aspects of job opportunities and labour market participation at the regional level and helps in framing informed policy decisions. The study uses a mixed-method approach, combining quantitative data analysis to find the relationship between the variables and qualitative interviews with local respondents. Quantitative analysis examines employment trends in various occupational sectors and the impact of education and gender on labour market participation. Qualitative interviews provide insights into the challenges and opportunities faced by respondents for labour market participation in Jammu City. The paper discusses educational attainment, the relationship between labour market participation and insufficient job opportunities, transition patterns, educational and working status. The study reveals that Jammu City's labour market is diverse, in both general and vocational educational respondents and factors such as education, job opportunities, gender and geographic location influence labour market participation. Moreover, the study reveals large participation of respondents in informal jobs and self-employment due to the lack of government jobs and the worse political situation of the state. The study draws implications for policymakers to promote inclusive economic growth and improve labour market outcomes in this region. Furthermore, research and policy measures also address the complexities of job opportunities and labour market participation in Jammu City which ultimately enhances the overall socio-economic well-being of the study area.","PeriodicalId":342250,"journal":{"name":"Regional Economic Development Research","volume":"26 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139157406","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Strategic Preferential Procurement Policy for Localisation and Inclusive Growth for Micro Small Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in Gauteng Province","authors":"Thulani Guliwe, Maphela Bulelwa","doi":"10.37256/redr.4220233706","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37256/redr.4220233706","url":null,"abstract":"The study aims to develop interventions to address the low productive capacity and competitiveness levels of township Micro Small Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) to enable meaningful participation in the mainstream economy. Most township firms continue to be informal and underdeveloped. Despite countless interventions by the development finance institutions, most township enterprises remain perpetual survivalists. The study is anchored upon the neoliberal theory, which emphasizes value for money and market efficiencies in procurement, as well as interventionist theories promoting the inclusion and participation of MSMEs in business, and advocating for the localization of products through various policy interventions. The researcher adopted a mixed-method approach to gather primary and secondary data. Secondary data was used for analysis and supported by the primary information or empirical evidence. The secondary data enriched the research content and complemented the primary data. Databases and reports on township suppliers from the Gauteng Provincial Treasury (Procurement Division) and Gauteng Department of Economic Development helped determine the extent of MSMEs' access to development and financial support opportunities. The study found that the high informality level of township businesses, low level of development, poor economic infrastructure, and lack of access to finance hinder MSMEs' participation in public procurement. Programs and products offered by government agencies do not adequately respond to public procurement challenges facing MSMEs, e.g. product testing and accreditation. The high barriers to entry due to complicated administrative processes and procedures continue to deter MSMEs from participating in the mainstream economy. The Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) were found to be a challenge due to a mismatch between the resource structure to drive economic development and the products offered. The study recommends that to increase the participation of MSMEs in public procurement, there needs to be a targeted growth continuum strategy that tracks interventions from the beginning to the end. Additionally, there needs to be a shift from a quantitative approach with minimal impact to a customised one with qualitative, tangible and tradable products and skills aimed at increasing participation of MSMEs. Furthermore, the political will is required to address the resource mismatch, repurpose resources, or develop specific products by the well-resourced Development Finance Institutions to suit the material conditions of township MSMEs with lesser stringent measures.","PeriodicalId":342250,"journal":{"name":"Regional Economic Development Research","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139159582","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Potential Relationship Between Income Inequality and Environmental Quality in Iran: The Panel Quantile Regression Approach","authors":"E. Shabani, B. Hayati, E. Pishbahar, M. Ghorbani, Mohammad, Ghahremanzadeh","doi":"10.37256/redr.4220232864","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37256/redr.4220232864","url":null,"abstract":"This paper addresses the relationship between income inequality and environmental quality in the agriculture sector as the most related sector to the environment. In this context, we used a panel data set for 28 provinces of Iran during 2003-2017 and implemented panel quantile regression. To choose the best econometric specification the Taylor diagram is used. To explore whether the effect on income inequality on CO2 emission is different for rich and poor provinces, we consider the GINI × GDP interaction term in the model. Results confirmed that EKC in the agriculture sector of Iran, and a major and significant effect of energy consumption on CO2 emission. Findings indicated a threshold per capita income ($ 17.60 thousand) from which the effect of income inequality on carbon emissions changes. Based on these results, Marginal Properties to Emit (MPE) is more significant for poor people in low-income provinces than rich ones. Therefore, the government should adopt appropriate policies to increase the income of farmers so that the policy of income distribution, along with social justice, also improves the quality of the environment.","PeriodicalId":342250,"journal":{"name":"Regional Economic Development Research","volume":"36 3","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114042321","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Regional Distribution of Foreign Direct Investment in India","authors":"Anmol Preet Chhina","doi":"10.37256/redr.4220232694","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37256/redr.4220232694","url":null,"abstract":"The tremendous rise in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows following the economic reforms in 1991, has been one of the most prominent features shaping the behavior of the Indian economy in the past three decades. The present study is based on secondary data and the objective is to examine the trends in FDI inflows to India following the global financial crisis, for the period 2009-2010 to 2021-2022. Additionally, the distributional pattern of FDI among the regions and states of India is also analyzed, using the data for 30 states/territories. The results reveal that total FDI inflows have increased in substantial amounts over the period from US$ 37,745 million in 2009-2010 to US$ 84,835 million in 2021-2022. Maharashtra and Karnataka have surpassed all other states in FDI equity inflows over the period from October 2019 to September 2022. These two states have commanded 50 percent of the total FDI, whereas the regions in central, eastern, and northeast India have received less than 3 percent of the total FDI equity inflows. Thus, the regional disparities in the distribution of FDI are quite visible post-analysis. It is suggested that government should focus on making investor-friendly policies to tap the potential of regions neglected by foreign investors.\u0000 ","PeriodicalId":342250,"journal":{"name":"Regional Economic Development Research","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129275029","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Subsidy of Land Rent and Wage Inequality in a Dual Agricultural Economy","authors":"Dianshuang Wang, Xiaochun Li","doi":"10.37256/redr.4120231894","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37256/redr.4120231894","url":null,"abstract":"Through the establishment of general equilibrium models with different development stages of modern agriculture, this paper examines the impact of subsidy on land rent in modern agriculture on the wage inequality between skilled labor and unskilled labor in a dual agricultural economy. Moreover, we also take the financing constraint into consideration, and the source of subsidy comes from taxes. The main conclusions are: at the preliminary stage of modern agriculture, enforcement of subsidy on land in the modern agriculture narrows down wage inequality. While at the development stage, implement of this policy obtains an opposite result and expands wage inequality instead.","PeriodicalId":342250,"journal":{"name":"Regional Economic Development Research","volume":"61 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125879969","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Economic Implications of COVID-19 in African Countries: Looking Beyond the COVID-19 Era","authors":"T. Moyo, Keith Tichaona Tashu","doi":"10.37256/redr.4120231932","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37256/redr.4120231932","url":null,"abstract":"Economic development or growth is interlinked with socio-political outcomes in any government. The outbreak of the COVID-19, a health crisis, across the globe coupled with policy responses formulated to address the spread of the disease has had greater implications for the economic trajectory of developing countries in Africa. This research paper is built upon a qualitative research design of data collection to explore the contextual and structural factors that further expose African countries to become more vulnerable to the COVID-19 pandemic. The paper further goes to assess the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on African economies as well as assessing possible strategies that can be adopted towards economic recovery through documentary analysis. Data collected from journal articles, financial reports, newspaper articles and books was analyzed through thematic means to derive meanings and relationships across the data set. The study established that the pandemic resulted in a decline in Foreign Direct Investments, Development Assistance Funds, and decline in household incomes, lost productivity (low levels of GDP) and high debt deficit among other challenges. The study indicates that African countries have to look beyond the COVID-19 pandemic to identify possible strategies towards spurring economic development. In the same light, developing countries ought to also address context specific challenges like corruption hindering effective economic growth. The study recommends developing countries to diversify their revenue sources, digitize tax systems and introduce fiscal policies towards addressing COVID-19 effects.","PeriodicalId":342250,"journal":{"name":"Regional Economic Development Research","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130034461","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Research on the Factors Influencing Digital Urban-Rural Sharing of Social Public Resources","authors":"Fan Jiang, Feng Xue, Shiyu Xiao, Dan Yang","doi":"10.37256/redr.4120232004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37256/redr.4120232004","url":null,"abstract":"Digital urban-rural sharing of social public resources (SPRs) is an effective way to narrow the urban-rural gap and promote integrated urban-rural development. Applying the method of the Grounded theory, 122 documents such as interview data and policy texts, and news reports are collected. And open codes, axial codes, and selective codes are developed to systematically examine the main factors affecting digital urban-rural sharing of SPR in China, and 23 categories and 6 main categories including government guarantee, talent support, technical support, resource supply, innovation drive, and social demand are obtained. On this basis, we construct a model of factors influencing the digital urban-rural sharing of SPR in China, analyze their effect mechanisms, and propose targeted countermeasures to enhance the digital urban-rural sharing of SPR in China.","PeriodicalId":342250,"journal":{"name":"Regional Economic Development Research","volume":"78 4","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132478531","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Assessment of Household Practices of Solid Waste Management in Jammu City, India","authors":"Rinnie Mahajan, Falendra Kumar, Sudan","doi":"10.37256/redr.4120231797","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37256/redr.4120231797","url":null,"abstract":"The problem of Solid Waste Management (SWM) has gained recent attention in developing countries. The city of Jammu being a major city of Union Territory (UT) J&K, a prominent tourist and pilgrim site is facing a massive upheaval in the waste generation rates. The city is facing a sharp contrast between increasing generation rates on one hand and inadequacy of funds on the other hand. Jammu city is observed to generate 350-400 Tons per Day (TPD) with a per capita generation of 550 grams per day. The survey shows that residents of the city do not segregate waste at the source, possess inadequate storage facilities and often dump the waste openly without any treatment. They tend to have little knowledge about the efficient practices of waste management, adverse consequences on the environment and public health and the prevailing laws in the state. Thus, the sound planning of waste management study attempts to address the challenges linked to current household waste management practices. The study further recommends resorting to the practice of 3 Rs-Reduce, reuse and recycle, involving households in segregation at the source, making the residents aware of the existing by-laws and encouraging their participation in efficient waste management practices. These practices will act as a driver for behavior change of individuals towards efficient household practices of managing waste.","PeriodicalId":342250,"journal":{"name":"Regional Economic Development Research","volume":"122 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124498130","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Demand-Supply Gap in Energy Use in BRICS Countries with Special Reference to India - Emerging Challenges and Policies","authors":"Archita Nayak, Kanti Paul, K. K. Bagchi","doi":"10.37256/redr.3220221796","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37256/redr.3220221796","url":null,"abstract":"Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa (BRICS) Energy Research Co-operation Platform (ERCP) is an international program for developing energy-based sustainable development and sharing advanced energy technologies. BRICS is a heterogeneous club of nations having around a quarter of GDP, supplyling energy products to 40 percent of the world's population. The central objectives of the study are (a) the overall production consumption gap in energy use, (b) details of energy production, consumption; total proved reserves, import, export of energy, growth rate of energy consumption, (c) associations among energy use, demographic, socio-economic and environmental aspects and (d) policy measures undertaken to reduce energy gap along with pathways to the low-carbon environment. The study is based on the secondary data on (a) energy proved reserves, production and consumption for the period 2011-2021, (b) associated demographic, socio-economic, and environment related data obtained from different reports and others. Results have been presented through tabular forms and through figures, and percentages. Among BRICS countries, there are heterogeneous production-consumption gaps for different sources of energy, particularly oil.","PeriodicalId":342250,"journal":{"name":"Regional Economic Development Research","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114262725","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Effect of Foreign Capital Inflows on Economic Growth in Nigeria","authors":"Chinasa E. Urama, Doris C. Ezema, Divine Ndubuisi Obodoechi, Ezebuilo R. Ukwueze, Afamefuna A. Eze, Ifeoma C. Mba, Joseph I. Amuka, Winnie O. Arazu, Hauwa Victoria Ibrahim","doi":"10.37256/redr.3220221550","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37256/redr.3220221550","url":null,"abstract":"Foreign capital inflows are major forms of resource transfer from the developed to the developing countries where they are usually found to be more productive and the result can be positive or negative. Hence, the work set out to empirically investigate the effect of foreign capital inflows and some selected macroeconomic variables on economic growth in Nigeria. The study applied the autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) model on time series data for the period, 1981-2020. The findings from the paper indicate that foreign capital inflows: FDI, Gross fixed capital formation and personal remittances have significant impact on real gross domestic product in Nigeria. Consequently, the study recommends that government should continue to fine tune bilateral trade and investment agreements with other nations of the world.","PeriodicalId":342250,"journal":{"name":"Regional Economic Development Research","volume":"102 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115568301","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}