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{"title":"Rural Road Connectivity and Access to Health Care Services in Poonch District of Jammu and Kashmir (J & K)","authors":"Avishake Raina, Sajad Ahmed","doi":"10.37256/redr.3220221356","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37256/redr.3220221356","url":null,"abstract":"Road connectivity is an indispensable component of rural development. It is crucial for rural transformation and providing access to healthcare, education, and other socio-economic services. Around 72.62 percent of the population of Jammu and Kashmir (J & K) lives in villages. Road connectivity is the dominant source of transportation in the rural areas of J & K. Therefore, the availability and accessibility of health care services largely depend on rural road connectivity. The present paper aims to evaluate the impact of rural road connectivity on access to health care services in the district Poonch of Jammu and Kashmir. The paper is descriptive in nature and is based on primary data. A sample of 200 respondents from two blocks of district Poonch, namely, Bufflliaz and Surankote, have been taken for the study. The finding of the paper revealed that accessibility and availability of health care services are comparatively better in the Surankote block than Buffliaz block. It is mainly due to the availability of better rural road connectivity in the Surankote block. Better rural roads in Surankote block led to better access to health facilities by reducing travel time to reach the health centres, availability of medical staff, types of equipment, and other basic infrastructure required in the health institutions compared to Buffliaz block. It also leads to the availability of all major healthcare facilities for pregnant women in Surankote block. The paper highlights the need for continuous efforts by the government to develop better roads, which is a prerequisite for eliminating the regional imbalances in the development process.","PeriodicalId":342250,"journal":{"name":"Regional Economic Development Research","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121821508","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":"Econometric Relationship between the Agriculture Sector Performance and Economic Growth in Nigeria","authors":"Agwu Gabriel, Mohammed Abdulrahman, Best Abah, Udi Joshua","doi":"10.37256/redr.3220221386","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37256/redr.3220221386","url":null,"abstract":"The impact of the agricultural sector in maintaining sustainable economic growth has been a continuous major subject of controversy among scholars. Although some scholars claimed that agriculture is the bedrock for any growing economy and thus a precondition for industrialization, others failed to subscribe to this. This study examines the interaction between the agricultural sector and economic growth in Nigeria from 1981 to 2019 using data obtained from the World Bank development indicators. The unit root test indicates that the variables are all integrated after the first difference which informed the decision to adopt the Vector Error Correction Model (VECM) technique. The result of the estimation shows that Agricultural output has a significantly positive relationship with GDP in the long run. Granger causality shows a uni-directional causal relationship running from agricultural output to GDP. This study recommended that since the agriculture sector is a machine for economic growth in Nigeria, efforts to add value to the sector should be made through increased investment by both government and private sectors. Secondly, the linkages between the agriculture sector and other sectors be strengthened to increase the effect of agriculture sector growth on growth across the sectors. This can be achieved through increased productivity and the development of the agriculture value chain.","PeriodicalId":342250,"journal":{"name":"Regional Economic Development Research","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122285284","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":"Domestic Violence, Family Structure and Women's Childbearing Preference: Evidence from Sri Lanka","authors":"Nirmani Upekha Samarasekera, Darshana Rajapaksa, Udugalage Sunila Dilrukshi, U A D Prasanthi Gunawardena","doi":"10.37256/redr.3220221262","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37256/redr.3220221262","url":null,"abstract":"Over the past decades, most of the countries in the world have undergone unprecedented demographic changes, such as childbearing preferences. This has been a basis for a large array of research; however, studies so far have focused a little on the impacts of domestic violence and family structure on childbearing preferences which is the overall aim of this study. A logistic regression model was developed using a large data set (8,776) that represents different residential sectors (urban, rural, and estate) in Sri Lanka. Results indicate that women in an extended family structure are more likely to prefer another child than women in a nuclear family. The disaggregated analysis indicates the heterogeneity in childbearing preferences. Precisely, the experience of domestic violence shows a negative impact  in rural and urban sectors. The findings suggest providing appropriate programs on reducing family violence, alleviating poverty and encouraging women's education, to achieve healthy population growth and SDGs.","PeriodicalId":342250,"journal":{"name":"Regional Economic Development Research","volume":"119 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134005450","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":"Leveraging the Potential of SME Capital Markets: Evidence from Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Jammu Region, India","authors":"Falendra Kumar Sudan","doi":"10.37256/redr.3220221263","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37256/redr.3220221263","url":null,"abstract":"The paper intends to explore the potential for developing Small and Medium-sized Enterprise (SME) capital markets in India by analyzing the business conditions of SMEs, the priority, reasons, necessary actions and critical factors needed for developing capital markets for SMEs, and to offer strategies for development of new SME capital market. Besides, the status of the SME capital market in India has also been analyzed. The study has been restricted to 114 non-financial firms consisting of 43 SMEs engaged in manufacturing activities and limited to five selected major industrial areas surrounding suburbs of Jammu city. The study covered 71 SMEs engaged in service activities and confined to hotel and restaurant, computer and electronics, offset printing, pharmaceutical distribution, wine trade, motor parts, gold jewelry, and wholesale general merchant in the commercial areas of Jammu city in Jammu and Kashmir. The study has used a life cycle approach to analyze the sources of finance in different stages of the SME. A simple descriptive technique has been used to analyze the data. The study reveals that there are various challenges to establish direct growth capital financing for SMEs. Looking at numerous viewpoints on the development of SME capital market, a specialized market infrastructure of non -exchange foundation equity market for SMEs can be developed. The establishment of a separate foundation equity market for SMEs from exchange market can be advantageous. There is a need to develop a preliminary market for growing SMEs. This should ultimately integrate into the regular SME stock exchange market. A preliminary market is expected to endow SMEs with a chance to understand clearly SME capital market rules and responsibilities linked to disclosures before integrating into the organized capital market. It will imbibe the corporate culture through knowledge regarding the significance of enhanced corporate value for the growth and development of firms. The foundation market should evolve into a robust system for carrying SMEs in equity finance from various dimensions. These dimensions can be the promotion of the venture capital market to provide initial risk capital for SMEs, the development of a strong base of capital market professionals to train and goad the SME disclosure process through a network of certified public accountants, and the development of a blueprint for government policy support measures including tax incentives for SME issuers and investors.","PeriodicalId":342250,"journal":{"name":"Regional Economic Development Research","volume":"68 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121701195","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":"Developing a Wine Event Portfolio by Wine Stakeholders at Individual Wineries in Victoria, Australia","authors":"Paul Strickland","doi":"10.37256/redr.3220221779","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37256/redr.3220221779","url":null,"abstract":"This exploratory study identifies the economic benefits for wine regions, but specifically where wine stakeholders invest in their own event portfolio creating fun and social occasions. There is little empirical research about the utility of an event portfolio in regional areas and even less in relation to their application to Victorian wine events making the study innovative in nature. It is the first attempt to represent the viewpoint of wine stakeholders. A qualitative geographical bounded case study approach was applied to explore the rational and benefits of developing a wine event portfolio in two Victorian wine regions from a wine stakeholders' perspective. The findings suggest that while destination marketing organizations were familiar with the term 'event portfolio' the concept was quite new for event organizers at individual wineries. Nonetheless, they were planning for multiple events across the year and aimed to capture a range of benefits by holding more than one annual event. These benefits for wine stakeholders' representing individual wineries are an increase in wine sales, diverse demographics of winery visitors and repeat visitation throughout the calendar year. This is despite the increase in financial risk and time commitments by wine stakeholders' hosting wine events at their winery. The paper concludes by suggesting the future research should focus on other viewpoints and replicating this study in other wine regions highlighting the importance and greater benefits of investing in regional development focusing on wine event tourism.","PeriodicalId":342250,"journal":{"name":"Regional Economic Development Research","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115150094","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":"Effect of Governance on Macroeconomic Instability in Sub-Saharan Africa: Does Regional Analysis Matter?","authors":"Mofow Neville Zoatsa, Tafah Edokat Edward, Molem Christopher Sama","doi":"10.37256/redr.3220221669","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37256/redr.3220221669","url":null,"abstract":"Macroeconomic instability is a growth blockage in any contemporary societies, businesses, and governments. However, how to achieve macroeconomic stability remains a gap in extant literature for most developing countries. This study examines the effect of governance on macroeconomic instability in a sample of 42 Sub-Saharan African countries over the period 1996-2019. Four governance indicators, namely political governance, economic governance, institutional governance and general governance are constructed with the use of principal component analysis. Empirical evidence based on the Generalized Method of Moments and alternatively by Two-Stage least Squares technique for regional analysis reveals that the selected governance indicators do not have the same reducing influence on macroeconomic instability in Sub-Saharan Africa. Considering sub-regional analysis, evidence of a positive effect of political governance over growth instability in Central Africa is sparingly apparent in Voice and Accountability, and liberal democracy. This finding therefore recommend, improved local contents of governance policies toward economic sustainability, redesigning and returning the content of democracy in line with the demands, peculiarities and realities of central Africa state.","PeriodicalId":342250,"journal":{"name":"Regional Economic Development Research","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127980181","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":"A Pragmatic Approach to Study Vulnerability Using Livelihood Vulnerability Index: A Case Study from Cold Desert of Nubra Valley, Ladakh (Himalaya)","authors":"Tsering Tashi, F. K. Sudan","doi":"10.37256/redr.3220221305","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37256/redr.3220221305","url":null,"abstract":"Livelihood Vulnerability Index (LVI) is being proposed to assess the degree of vulnerability and adaptability against the impacts of natural disasters in the Nubra valley. The index comprises households variables of all the three dimensions of vulnerability such as Exposure, Sensitivity, and Adaptive Capacity. Exposure is described by 'Natural disaster', 'Its impact', and 'Flood warning'. Sensitivity is defined by 'Water', 'Housing', 'Health' and 'Finance', and Adaptive Capacity by 'Socio-demographic profile', 'Livelihood strategies', 'Food', and 'Social networks'. The study is based on the primary data and information collected from 300 sample households in the three blocks such as Turtuk, Diskit, and Panamik in the Nubra valley (Union Territory of Ladakh), India. Data were aggregated using a composite index and disparity vulnerabilities were compared. The result reveals that Panamik block was higher exposed (0.402) to the impacts of natural disasters and higher sensitivity (0.333) of water, housing, health, and finance due to the less adaptive capacity 0.298) of socio-demographic profile, livelihood strategies, food, social network in respect to other blocks. The LVI of Turtuk 0.889, Diskit 0.836, and Panamik 0.904 or LVI-IPCC was 0.004, -0.017, and 0.035 for Tutuk, Diskit and Panamik blocks, respectively, and this suggests that overall vulnerability was higher to Panamik households, and least vulnerability to Diskit households. This pragmatic LVI approach may be used to monitor vulnerability under different stress situations. The result obtained by LVI may have implications for improving adaptation or coping strategies to the region.","PeriodicalId":342250,"journal":{"name":"Regional Economic Development Research","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129937679","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 Airports and Economic Growth: Evidence from the Single European Aviation Market","authors":"Nicolas Volkhausen","doi":"10.37256/redr.3220221544","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37256/redr.3220221544","url":null,"abstract":"This paper exploits market changes induced by the Single European Aviation market liberalization initiative to bring new evidence on the link between regional airports and economic development. Using administrative level data for the EU-15, a difference-in-differences research design is applied to identify the causal effects and spillovers of regional airports on local economic activity, population, and employment. The results suggest that the presence of regional airports on economic activity in the EU is positive and ranges between 2 and 6 percent. Population levels increase between 1 and 3 percent and the effect on employment is in the magnitude of 2 percent. An additional instrumental variable estimation points towards a similar outcome, with each additional 1 million passengers yielding to a positive effect between 2 and 3 percent on GDP.","PeriodicalId":342250,"journal":{"name":"Regional Economic Development Research","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132798250","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":"Gauteng Enterprise Propeller's Support on Manufacturing MSMEs in Gauteng","authors":"Siyavuya Mangwana, Bulelwa Maphela","doi":"10.37256/redr.3220221168","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37256/redr.3220221168","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this study is to assess the effect that the support provided by the Gauteng Enterprise Propeller (GEP) has on Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in Gauteng. The study aimed to explore the kind of support the GEP provides to MSMEs and the effect of that support on their annual turnover, employment, and employee income levels. A descriptive research strategy, incorporating mixed methods of data collection, was used. Questionnaires were used to collect primary from the selected sample of MSMEs, while secondary data were obtained from the GEP's reports. The results of the study illustrate that the support provided by the GEP is generic and does not address the specific needs of the MSMEs. Furthermore, the support provided by the GEP was found to be supply side driven, as it is not informed by the needs of the MSMEs. It was determined that the support resulted in an increase in annual turnover and income levels for employees, while employment remained stagnant. MSMEs prioritized higher productivity as opposed to increasing the number of employees.","PeriodicalId":342250,"journal":{"name":"Regional Economic Development Research","volume":"137 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130197234","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":"Do Cities Improve Our Health Status? A State-Level Analysis in India","authors":"Sabyasachi Tripathi","doi":"10.37256/redr.3220221417","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37256/redr.3220221417","url":null,"abstract":"While several cross-country level studies suggest urbanization increases health outcomes; national-level studies are missing. On the other hand, India is experiencing a very low level of urbanization due to policy failures. In this context, this study assesses the impact of urbanization on health outcomes in Indian states from the period of 1991 to 2011. Urbanization is measured by the total urban population and percentage of urban population as different states are having a different level of urbanization. Health outcomes are measured by total fertility rate, infant mortality rate, and life expectancy at birth. The static panel data models such as fixed-effect and random-effect panel data models suggest that the total urban population and the percentage of the urban population have a positive effect on life expectancy at birth and have a negative effect on the infant mortality rate and total fertility rate. Among the control variables, the percentage of urban households having access to electricity, urban monthly per capita consumption expenditure, and per capita net state domestic product has also had a similar effect on the health outcomes. Other important variables such as rural to urban migration, literacy rate, poverty rate, access to safe drinking water, labor force participation rate, and the extent of inequality also play an important role in increasing health outcomes. We also checked the robustness of our results by using the instrumental variable generalized method of moments. Our results support the Theory of Demographic Transition and suggest that Indian policymakers must support increasing the urbanization rate for achieving higher health outcomes. However, proper management of urbanization by providing basic services to urban dwellers is also very important in this regard.","PeriodicalId":342250,"journal":{"name":"Regional Economic Development Research","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132178030","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}