International Journal of Social Economics: Volume 51 Issue 1

From “Switzerland” to “Venezuela” of the Middle East: who is harmed the most by inflation in Lebanon?

Sandra Khalil, Diana Dagher

The paper explores the inflationary consequences of the Lebanese economic and financial crises on Lebanese society. The study investigates the distribution of inflationary harm…

New insights into the impact of global security on economic growth: The case of Tunisia

Amal Jmaii, Noomene Zaafouri

This paper provides a new empirical evidence of the impact of Global security on economic growth in Tunisia. Like Buzan (1991), the framework used four types of security: army…

Corporate social responsibility and performance among rural banks in Ghana: the moderating role of governance structures

Elvis Kwame Agyapong, Louis David Junior Annor, Williams Ohemeng

This paper evaluates the effect of corporate social responsibility (CSR) on the performance of rural banks, as well as the moderating influence of effective governance on the…

Painting art and sustainability: relationship from composite indices and a neural network

Driss El Kadiri Boutchich

This work aims to establish the relationship between painting art and sustainability, which allows for highlighting implications likely to improve sustainability for humanity's…

Macroeconomic cyclical indicators and bank non-performing loans: does country governance matter in African countries?

Godwin Ahiase, Denny Andriana, Edinam Agbemava, Bright Adonai

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the influence of macroeconomic cyclical indicators and country governance on bank non-performing loans in African countries.

Distributional impacts of anchor borrower program on the welfare of rice farming households in Oyo State, Nigeria

Osayi Precious Emokpae, Christopher Osamudiamen Emokaro, Nneji Ifeyinwa Umeokeke

This study assessed the heterogeneous impact of the Anchor Borrower Program (ABP) on the welfare distribution of rice farming households in Nigeria.

Environmental stringency and competitive export strengths: a study in context of environmentally sensitive goods in G20

Alisha Mahajan, Kakali Majumdar

Trade of environmentally sensitive goods (ESGs) is often exposed to countries with less stringent regulations suggesting that those countries have comparative advantage in the…

Do corruption and inequality shape sustainable development? Evidence from the post-soviet countries

M. Mesut Badur, Ekrem Yılmaz, Fatma Sensoy

This paper aims to investigate the role of corruption and income inequality in three-dimensional sustainable development in the post-Soviet countries.

Can the ocean economy in Brazil become blue?

Samuel Façanha Câmara, Francisco Roberto Pinto, Felipe Roberto da Silva, Paulo Torres Junior, Marcelo Oliveira Soares

This study aimed to identify the potential for economic activities related to the ocean economy in Brazil to become blue economy (BE) activities, in which the concept of the…