April 2016

Impact of formal credit on agricultural output: Evidence from Pakistan

In the current study, we have analyzed the impact of formal credit on agricultural output : Evidence from Pakistan. by using secondary data from 1996 to 2015. Augmented Dickey Fuller (ADF) test was applied to check the stationarity of the data. Contrarily, the Johansen Co-integration test (Trace Statistic) was used to find out whether there exists a long run relationship between formal credit and agricultural output....

Author(s): Abbas Ali Chandio Jiang Yuansheng, Jam Ghulam Murtaza Sahito and Shahbaz Ali Larik

April 2016

Evaluating the impact of government subsidies on traceable pork market share based on market simulation: The case of Wuxi, Chin

In this study, choice-based conjoint (CBC) analysis combined with multivariate logistic regression model was used to investigate the Chinese consumers’ willingness to pay (WTP) for traceable pork hindquarters with different levels of attributes. High, medium and low-level traceable pork profiles were constructed, and the market share of traceable pork hindquarters was simulated under different types of government...

Author(s): Xiujuan Chen, Linhai Wu, Shasha Qin, and Dian Zhu

April 2016

Stakeholder participation: An empirical investigation

Studies point to the fact that most stakeholders in health projects implemented by non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in Uganda have in some one way or another, not been optimally involved in their implementation. This has led to various projects failing to provide anticipated benefits on a sustainable basis. This study therefore aimed at examining the level of stakeholder participation on health projects in...

Author(s): Sudi Nangoli, Sophia Namiyingo, Levi Kabagambe, Rehema Namono, Mahmood Jaaza and Mohammed Ngoma