Information technology (IT) is a catalyst for social change and requires frequent re-evaluation and updates to keep pace with current advancements. The Internet has revolutionized the world in a variety of ways, more so in under developed countries than in developing ones. The c…
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A massive tsunami hit Aceh in December 26, 2004. It was one of the biggest natural disasters of the century. The tsunami’s unprecedented destruction of the area attracted the biggest influx ever of international aid and highlighted the nearly non-existent social service system a…
While the potential efficiency gains to be realized through water utility privatization have been extolled, the impacts of such programs on different categories of service users are not well understood or closely scrutinized in the literature. Along with efficiency, do privatiza…
Organizations are embedded in a multilevel institutional environment where institutions at each specific level do not necessarily have uniform impact on various functions of organizations. In other words, institutionalization should not be viewed as a macro process that only aff…
Coral reefs are among the most interesting ecosystems on this planet. Located mostly in developing countries they are often prime examples of renewable resource exploitation under open access property rights regimes. Such resources will almost inevitably be depleted over time. T…
Understanding macroeconomic fluctuations is vital for the enhancement of economic prospects for developing countries. Despite the fact that these countries might experience larger and more significant fluctuations than their developed counterparts, there exists a shortage of rel…
This dissertation consists of three essays which examine household decisions regarding education in a developing country. The theme underlying each of the three essays is the importance of school quality. The first essay uses a data set from Honduras to study the determinants of…
As the international development community continues to identify the sustainability of water infrastructure as an important development goal, the need for technical performance-monitoring is significant. A number of research initiatives have identified limitations with respect t…
This thesis reports research in the Country-of-Origin (COO) area ofinternational business, into the postulated phenomenon of Negative Image.Image has been regarded as a potential purchase decision influencing factorbut to date not investigated in-depth. Research was carried out …
Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa and has been classified by the World Bank as a developing country since 1961. The purpose of this investigation was to explore factors that may have prevented Nigeria from attaining sustainable economic advancements from 1960 to 200…
Islamic law is an integrated part of the Muslim religion that encompasses every aspect of their way of life. In the world of finance, Islamic law provides financing regulations that restrict certain types of investments and forbid interest. This dissertation looked at the relati…
The thesis focuses on Pakistan and Bangladesh, as two case studies in the search for a probable answer to the problem of failing democracies in post colonial developing economies. Both nations have the same post colonial legacy and have been committed to democracy in different p…
While recovering from decades of conflict and trying to adjust to an incipient free market economy, public higher education in Afghanistan is currently confronted with rapidly increasing enrollment and inadequate government financing. The imbalance between high demand for and in…
An industrial cluster is a group of firms that are specialized by sector, located in close geographic proximity and consist of mostly small and medium sized enterprises. An introduction to these clusters is provided in Chapter One. Chapter Two develops a model to examine the con…
The purpose of this research was to advance scholarly research on disasters, development, and violent conflict by providing new insight into the interaction at a sub-national level. The research was designed and conducted according to one overarching question: Did the 2004 India…
This paper analyzes the impact of foreign direct investment on domestic financial markets—more specifically on the credit constraints of domestic firms. It has been argued that FDI has a negative impact by crowding out domestic firms or by reducing profitability via product mark…