A risk-based hybrid multi-criteria approach to support managers in the industrial location selection in developing countries: A case study of textile sector in Africa

Some of the factors which determine the efficient use of scarce resources in industrial development are: the size of firms in the industry [I ;10 and 22], the type of technology - 'sophisticated' or 'traditional' - used in the production process [9; 18; 19 and 21] , availability of skilled manpower [7] ,depth of the entrepreneurial talent [2; 6 and IS}, and judicious policies regarding industrial location [20). In the discussion that follows we attempt to quantify the impact of these factors on firm efficiency, using evidence from Pakistan.

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IMPACT OF URBAN FORM ON ENERGY USE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES - A CASE STUDY APPROACH

10.15396/eres2008_170 ◽

2008 ◽

Keyword(s):

Developing Countries ◽

Urban Form ◽

Energy Use ◽

Case Study Approach ◽

Study Approach

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Environmental impacts of improper solid waste management in developing countries: a case study of Rawalpindi City

The Sustainable World ◽

10.2495/sw100351 ◽

2010 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

N. Ejaz ◽

N. Akhtar ◽

H. Nisar ◽

U. Ali Naeem

Keyword(s):

Developing Countries ◽

Waste Management ◽

Solid Waste ◽

Environmental Impacts ◽

Solid Waste Management

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The Role of Mobile Money in Moderating Financial Exclusion: A Tanzanian Experience

The International Social Sciences Review ◽

10.37467/gka-socialrev.v2.2287 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 2 ◽

pp. 1-24 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Deogratius Joseph Mhella

Keyword(s):

Developing Countries ◽

Financial Institutions ◽

Banking Sector ◽

Research Question ◽

Microfinance Institutions ◽

Mobile Money ◽

Access To Credit ◽

Financial Exclusion

Prior to the advent of mobile money, the banking sector in most of the developing countries excluded certain segments of the population. The excluded populations were deemed as a risk to the banking sector. The banking sector did not work with cash stripped and the financially disenfranchised people. Financial exclusion persisted to incredibly higher levels. Those excluded did not have: bank accounts, savings in financial institutions, access to credit, loan and insurance services. The advent of mobile money moderated the very factors of financial exclusion that the banks failed to resolve. This paper explains how mobile money moderates the factors of financial exclusion that the banks and microfinance institutions have always failed to moderate. The paper seeks to answer the following research question: 'How has mobile money moderated the factors of financial exclusion that other financial institutions failed to resolve between 1960 and 2008? Tanzania has been chosen as a case study to show how mobile has succeeded in moderating financial exclusion in the period after 2008.

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