Structural Model of Agricultural Markets in Developing Countries

2010 ◽  
Vol 92 (5) ◽  
pp. 1364-1378 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. S. Butler ◽  
Christine Moser
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
Agricultural Markets

scholarly journals A Structural Model for the Antecedents of Sustainable Project Management in Pakistan

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (19) ◽  
pp. 8013
Author(s):  
Mehfooz Ullah ◽  
Muhammad Waris Ali Khan ◽  
Lee Chia Kuang ◽  
Ammar Hussain ◽  
Faisal Rana ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Project Management ◽  
Institutional Theory ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
Partial Least Square ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Construction Firms ◽  
Isomorphic Pressures

Sustainable development is the core agenda item of the 21st century to be addressed simultaneously by societies, businesses, and academia. Likewise, sustainability research in the project context is fragmented and still at a nascent stage with less attention directed towards the key antecedents particularly in developing countries. Using institutional theory, this paper analyzes the role of normative and mimetic isomorphic pressures as external enablers for integrating sustainability in project processes. Additionally, it aims to empirically validate a structural model for predictors of sustainable project management (SPM). Data were collected from 146 large construction firms in Pakistan which were then analyzed using the partial least square structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) technique. The results show that mimetic isomorphic pressures assert more influence than normative pressures in predicting the sustainability performance of construction projects. The inferred implications suggest that large construction firms will tend to improve their sustainable performance under isomorphic pressure from professional bodies and from those competitors who are early adopters of sustainable project practices. This paper contributes to the literature by explaining the role of non-coercive isomorphism as an important enabler of SPM in developing countries. The model presented will enrich our current understanding of SPM by studying its juxtaposition with institutional theory and sustainable development research.

scholarly journals Infrastructure Quality and the Subsidy Trap

2015 ◽  
Vol 105 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shaun McRae
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
Private Investment ◽  
Distribution Networks ◽  
Electricity Demand ◽  
Alternative Programs ◽  
Investment Incentives ◽  
Unreliable Supply ◽  
Low Income Households

Electricity and water are often subsidized in developing countries to increase their affordability for low-income households. Ideally, such subsidies would create sufficient demand in poor neighborhoods to encourage private investment in their infrastructure. Instead, many regions receiving large subsidies have precarious distribution networks supplying users who never pay. Using a structural model of household electricity demand in Colombia, I predict the change in consumption and profits from upgrading low-quality electricity connections. I show that the existing subsidies, which provide greater transfers to areas with unreliable supply, deter investment to modernize infrastructure. Finally, I analyze alternative programs with stronger investment incentives. (JEL H23, H54, L94, L98, O12, O13)

scholarly journals A structural model of cooking fuel choices in developing countries

2018 ◽  
Vol 75 ◽  
pp. 449-463 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miguel Poblete-Cazenave ◽  
Shonali Pachauri
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
Cooking Fuel
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