Management Decision: Volume 45 Issue 8

Managing the linkage between export development and poverty reduction: An effective framework

Frederick Owen Skae, Brian Barclay

In the world's quest to eradicate poverty, the means to get there are not fully understood, nor are they universally agreed upon. However, most would accept that the link between…

The Great Game evolves for Central Asia and opportunities beckon

John Kidd

The purpose of this paper is to look to new opportunities that may be available to the nations comprising Central Asia. The region has recovered only slowly since the fall of the…

Is South‐South trade the answer to alleviating poverty?

Osvaldo R. Agatiello

South‐South trade is the fastest growing segment of world trade in the last two decades. This paper aims at demonstrating that it is a unique opportunity and a sound development…

The South African poor White problem in the early twentieth century: Lessons for poverty today

Johan Fourie

The purpose of this paper is to assess whether any meaningful lessons can be learned from South Africa's early twentieth century experience of White poverty and to what extent…

Company and society: The “Caras do Brasil” (Faces of Brazil) program as leverage for sustainable development

Luciano Barin Cruz, Eugenio Avila Pedrozo, Rosangela Bacima, Beatriz Queiroz

Inspired by a framework about the insertion of sustainable development in business strategy proposed by Steurer et al., the purpose of this article is to describe the Caras do…

Trade from the ground up: A case study of a grass roots NGO using agricultural programs to generate economic viability in developing countries

Allison Duke, Charla Long

The purpose of this paper is two‐fold. First, a case study is presented that examines a model of agricultural development created by Healing Hands International (HHI) as one…

Transaction costs in group microcredit in India

Savita Shankar

Existing literature indicates that transaction costs are a major contributor to high interest rates on microcredit loans. The purpose of the study was to examine the composition…

Alleviating poverty: how do we know the scope of the problem and when we have solved it?

Rocky J. Dwyer

This paper aims to outline and discuss how to incorporate the stakeholder perspective into performance measurement framework to enhance program effectiveness, accountability and…

The elephant in the room: gender and export‐led poverty reduction

Astrid Ruiz Thierry

The purpose of this paper is to explore the theoretical underpinnings and practical implications of gender‐sensitizing trade strategies aimed at export‐led poverty reduction…

Foreword

Eric Cornuel

Making trade work for the poor

Patricia R. Francis

Corporate social responsibility: making trade work for the poor

David Lamond