Social Media and Economic Development: The Role of Instagram in Developing Countries

2021 ◽  
pp. 85-99
Author(s):  
Bamidele Adekunle ◽  
Christine Kajumba
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Economic Development

Online Sisterhood

2016 ◽  
pp. 208-227 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ariane J. Utomo
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Middle Class ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Personal Income

Across developing countries, the role of social networks and social capital in facilitating women's access to income is well documented. However, less is known about how networks facilitated by social networking sites (SNS) may transform women's economic opportunities in these regions. In this chapter, I draw upon a relatively recent phenomenon of the use of SNS as a medium of trade in urban Indonesia. In 2010, I conducted preliminary interviews to examine the dynamics of Facebook-facilitated trade among urban middle-class married women residing in Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia. The interviews highlighted beneficial links between social media, social capital, and productivity – by means of increased personal income. However, this effective link between SNS and income-generating social capital is likely to be a rather distinctive example, as it depends largely on the class, gender, and cultural specificities that shape the nature of online and offline social interactions among my target group.

scholarly journals Mutual Effects of Land Distribution and Economic Development: Evidence from Asia, Africa, and Latin America

Land ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 96 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hossein Azadi ◽  
Eric Vanhaute
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Human Capital ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Latin America ◽  
The Political ◽  
Land Distribution ◽  
Land Inequality ◽  
Comparative Review ◽  
Different Dimensions

Land plays an important role in the economies of developing countries, and many theories connecting land inequality with different dimensions of economic development already exist. Even though efficacious land distribution allows societies to transition from poverty to a human capital-based developed economy, ongoing issues related to property rights, inequality, and the political economy of land distribution are unavoidable. The general objective of this paper is to explore the nexus between land distribution and economic development. The specific objectives are to: (i) identify which land distribution programs/activities contribute to economic development; (ii) investigate the role of stakeholders in land distribution programs that affect the growth of productivity; and (iii) assess the deficiencies of current land distribution policies in Asia, Africa, and Latin America to explore how economic development theories contribute to decreasing income inequality. This paper provides an overview of land distribution history and the main economic development theories. It also highlights the links between land distribution and the main elements of economic development. Finally, it provides a comparative review of the most recent empirical works regarding the characteristics, limitations, and potential (mutual) effects of land distribution and economic development settings on developing countries worldwide.

A World of Homicides

2012 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 238-258 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marc Ouimet
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Income Inequality ◽  
Infant Mortality ◽  
Socioeconomic Factors ◽  
Human Development ◽  
Homicide Rate ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Medium Level

The current study contrasts and compares the role of socioeconomic factors that explain variations in the homicide rate for 165 countries in 2010. Regression analyses demonstrate that economic development (GNI), inequality (Gini), and poverty (excess infant mortality) are significant predictors of the homicide rate for all countries. However, subsample analyses shows that income inequality, not economic development or poverty, predicts homicide for countries with a medium level of human development. Also, the variations in homicide for developing countries are inadequately explained by our model. To conclude, an analysis of the countries that exhibited significant discrepancies between their predicted and observed homicide rate is discussed.

The Role of Trade in Economic Development

1968 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isaiah Frank
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
International Organizations ◽  
World Trade ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Trade Policies ◽  
Poor Countries ◽  
Effective Instrument ◽  
First Time

The key role of trade in the development process is widely accepted today. Two recent events, both relating to international organizations, underscore this acceptance. One was the convening in 1964 of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and its establishment as a permanent organ of the UN system. Under UNCTAD's aegis a continuing examination is being conducted as to ways of reshaping world trade policies in the interests of the developing countries. The other event was the adoption early the following year of a new set of articles on trade and development in the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). In the new articles recognition of the role of exports in economic development was established for the first time in the text of the GATT itself, and a constitutional basis was provided for GATT's many activities designed to promote the exports of developing countries. Elsewhere in this volume are essays evaluating the contributions of UNCTAD and GATT toward the promotion of development in the world's poor countries. In this essay I will rather explore more generally the relation between international trade and economic development and discuss some of the problems that have arisen in the effort to make trade a more effective instrument of development.

scholarly journals Social Media Participation, Low-Carbon Agricultural Practices, and Economic Performance of Banana Farmers in Southern China

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qi Yang ◽  
Yueji Zhu ◽  
Fang Wang
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Economic Performance ◽  
Household Income ◽  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Southern China ◽  
Agricultural Practices ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Adoption Intensity

Low-carbon agricultural practices (LAPs) can reduce carbon emissions in agricultural production for farmers in developing countries. However, the role of emerging social media has not received enough attention in the diffusion of LAPs among farmers. This study first attempts to examine the impact of farmers’ social media participation on their adoption intensity of LAPs using the Zero-truncated Poisson model and specify the effect of each participation activity on social media by the endogenous-treatment Poisson regression model, then discuss the economic performance of LAPs using the quantile regression model, based on the primary data collected from banana farmers in Southern China. The results show that social media participation exerts a positive and significant effect on farmers’ adoption intensity of LAPs. Specifically, the adoption intensity of LAPs in the treated group who participated in the short-video social media is about 1.1 times higher than that in the control group. The treatment effects of the five activities (watch, like, forward, comment, and release) on farmers’ adoption intensity of LAPs are positive and significant. We also find that adoption of LAPs can increase household income of farmers, and the effect presents particularly significant for those at the higher income level. Whilst, Social media participation can significantly increase household income of farmers who are at the lower income level. Our findings underscore the important role of social media in the diffusion of LAPs among farmers and income growth of households in developing countries. Thus, supportive strategies can be designed by policymakers for encouraging farmers to participate the emerging social media platforms and adopt more LAPs in agricultural production.

Political Consumerism

2018 ◽  
pp. 878-898 ◽  
Author(s):  
Magnus Boström ◽  
Michele Micheletti ◽  
Peter Oosterveer
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Input Output ◽  
Political Consumerism ◽  
Cultural Traditions ◽  
Innovative Methodology ◽  
Industry Sectors ◽  
Theoretical Conceptualization

This chapter highlights The Oxford Handbook of Political Consumerism’s most interesting findings and identifies major characteristics and conceptual/methodological topics for advancing research on the phenomenon of political consumerism. It emphasizes how scholars study the phenomenon’s multidimensionality in a more fragmented context and explains differences in the forms and spread of political consumerism across industry sectors. The wide diversity in the forms and spread of political consumerism across countries and regions is related to political and cultural traditions, levels of economic development, and the role of social media. The Handbook also puts stress on how all four forms of political consumerism are involved in democratically problematic types of political consumerism. Political consumerism’s effectiveness is evaluated from several perspectives along with a recommendation for further study of input, output, and outcome aspects. The chapter encourages new studies on undemocratic types of political consumerism as well as investigations into the absence of political consumerism in certain countries and industry sectors. All this requires innovative methodology, new theoretical conceptualization, and cross-disciplinary work.” through innovative methodology, conceptualization, and cross-disciplinary work.

ROLE OF FOOD SERVICES IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 68-73
Author(s):  
Zaxriddin Ravshanov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Food Services ◽  
Services Sector ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Catering ◽  
Almost All

The experience of recent years has shown that today, developed and developing countries consider the rapid development of the services sector as one of the most important tasks of ensuring economic growth.Thus, the public catering sector covers all segments of the population and affects almost all the socio-economic processes taking place in society, which shows how important and significant this problem is

Role of Personalization in Shaping Attitudes Towards Social Media Ads

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 54-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gökhan Aydin
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Indirect Effects ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Equation Modelling ◽  
Research Gap ◽  
Value Model

The present article aims to understand attitudes towards social media ads, one of the most recent and rapidly growing forms of digital advertisements. So far, little attention has been paid in developing countries to the most rapidly growing type of advertising and the present study aims to contribute to fill this research gap. A survey study was carried out to understand the attitudes using Ducoffe's advertising value model and extending it by the inclusion of “rewards” and “personalization” constructs. Facebook ads are used as a proxy for social media ads and a total of 327 questionnaires were collected from Turkish consumers, which were filtered down to 281 and analyzed using structural equation modelling. The findings indicate that credibility, personalization, informativeness and entertainment have direct positive effects on advertising value and have indirect effects on attitudes towards social media ads. Personalization emerged as a significant factor affecting all other related constructs.

scholarly journals Agricultural Solid Wastes: Causes, Effects, and Effective Management

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isaac Oluseun Adejumo ◽  
Olufemi Adebukola Adebiyi
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Human Population ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Economic Loss ◽  
Solid Wastes ◽  
Agricultural Activities ◽  
Potential Risks ◽  
Almost All

The role of the agricultural sector in human development and economic development cannot be overemphasized. Awareness for increased agricultural production is on the increase, arising from the need to feed the ever-increasing human population. Interestingly, almost all agricultural activities generate wastes, which are generated in large quantities in many countries. However, these wastes may constitute a serious threat to human health through environmental pollution and handling them may result in huge economic loss. Unfortunately, in many developing countries where large quantities of these wastes are generated, they are not properly managed because little is known about their potential risks and benefits if properly managed. There are studies that address some of the challenges of agricultural solid wastes as well as suggestions on how they can be properly managed. In this chapter, we intend to explore the major sources of agricultural solid wastes, their potential risks, and how they can be properly managed.

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