scholarly journals Sustainable Utilization of Financial and Institutional Resources in Reducing Income Inequality and Poverty

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 1038
Author(s):  
Atta Ullah ◽  
Zhao Kui ◽  
Saif Ullah ◽  
Chen Pinglu ◽  
Saba Khan
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Income Inequality ◽  
Financial Development ◽  
Institutional Quality ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Electronic Government ◽  
Sustainable Utilization ◽  
One Belt One Road ◽  
Institutional Resources ◽  
Belt And Road

This study aims to determine the role of globalization, electronic government, financial development, concerning the moderation of institutional quality in reducing income inequality and poverty in One Belt One Road countries. The electronic government and regional integration of the economies of the One Belt One Road countries has increased globalization and can play a vital role in reducing income inequality and poverty. However, this globalization and digital transformation of government systems can only be beneficial in the presence of good institutional quality. The sample includes 64 One Belt One Road countries from 2003 to 2018. We employed a two-step system generalized method of moment (Sys-GMM) and a robustness check through Driscoll–Kraay standard errors regression. Our findings show that globalization, economic growth, e-government development, government expenditure, and inflation have a statistically significant and negative impact on income inequality and are key to eradicating income inequality and poverty. On the other hand, financial development, gross capital formation, and population size positively influence income inequality, which causes an increase in poverty and income inequality as financial development and population levels increase. Moderating variable institutional quality also positively impacts income inequality, which means that institutional quality in Belt and Road Countries is weak, as they are mostly developing countries that need to improve their systems. Moreover, the marginal effect also revealed that institutional quality has a corrective effect on the factors’ relationship with income inequality. Our findings endorse and conclude that globalization and e-government development improve economic growth and eradicate poverty and income inequality by boosting digitalization, investments, job creation, and wage increases for semi-skilled and unskilled human capital in Belt and Road countries. The sustainable utilization of financial and institutional resources plays a vital role in reducing income inequality and poverty in Belt and Road countries.

Impact of remittances on economic performance in consideration of institutional quality

2020 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 479-507
Author(s):  
Surya Nepal ◽  
Sae Woon Park ◽  
Sunhae Lee
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
South Asia ◽  
Central Asia ◽  
Financial Development ◽  
Economic Performance ◽  
Institutional Quality ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Asian Developing Countries

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to empirically assess the impact of remittances on the economic performance of the 16 Asian developing countries, taking account of their institutional qualities.Design/methodology/approachA panel of 16 Asian developing countries (Central Asia, South Asia, and ASEAN) over the period of 2002–2016 is employed in the analysis. To assess the impact of remittances on economic performance in consideration of institutional quality, OLS estimates as well as GMM are used.FindingsThe effect of remittances on economic growth is statistically significant. In addition, they also impact economic growth when they interact with institutional or financial development variables. For the long-run growth process of Central Asian, South Asian, and ASEAN countries, a sound and smooth institutional framework appears to be indispensable. Also, it was found that more fragile economies tend to achieve bigger growth than less fragile economies, as this kind of growth is triggered by more remittances flowing into fragile economies. However, the impact of remittances on growth does not depend on the level of ICT. FDI and financial development have positive impact on growth.Research limitations/implicationsThere are limitations to this research as well. Due to the unavailability of data, several countries had to be removed from this study. The cost of sending money might be an important variable for this study. However, the data on this variable from reliable sources are almost impossible to gather. Therefore, this variable is also not included in this research. The savings from remittances when intermediated through formal financial channels will, in fact, produce a positive allocation and distribution of resources that may eventually become an important source of growth. However, one precondition for larger and greater growth is that remittances need to be well and properly utilized by the financial sector. Therefore, quality institutions should be formed first, which can facilitate investment activities and make the flow of remittances more convenient.Originality/valueThis paper exclusively considers the case of Asian developing countries (Central Asia, South Asia, and ASEAN) to assess the impact of remittances on the economic performance of these countries, with special consideration of the interaction effects of remittances and institutional quality in these emerging Asian economies. The previous studies on the effect of remittances on growth do not conform to one concrete conclusion. This study is undertaken in a bid to get the best possible result on the impact of remittances on the growth of the selected countries, majority of which attract substantial chunk of remittances into their economies.

A CONTEMPORARY RE-EXAMINATION OF MALAYSIA’S ECONOMIC GROWTH: THE ISSUES OF EQUITY, EFFICIENCY AND LIBERALIZATION

2017 ◽  
Vol 62 (02) ◽  
pp. 509-530 ◽  
Author(s):  
AZFAR HILMI BAHARUDIN ◽  
YAP SU FEI
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Income Inequality ◽  
Least Squares ◽  
Financial Development ◽  
Direct Investment ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Empirical Investigation ◽  
Ordinary Least Squares ◽  
Statistical Relationship ◽  
Long Run

This paper is an empirical investigation on economic growth for Malaysia, with focus on income inequality, foreign direct investment (FDI), financial development and trade. Co-integrating regression procedures namely, fully modified ordinary least squares (FMOLS), canonical co-integrating regression (CCR) and dynamic ordinary least squares (DOLS) were employed. Positive relationship between growth with financial development and trade are found to be consistent across all estimations. Income inequality on the other hand though negative, does not seem to exhibit robust significant statistical relationship with growth. The orders of integration for variables used have been demonstrated to be governed such that a long-run relationship prevails.

scholarly journals International Cooperation of Ukraine Tourism based on “The Belt and Road Initiative”

2020 ◽  
pp. 140-147
Author(s):  
Zhang Lianfeng ◽  
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Yurii Danko ◽  
Chen Zhuanqing ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
International Cooperation ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Belt And Road Initiative ◽  
Foreign Investors ◽  
One Belt One Road ◽  
International Projects ◽  
Belt And Road ◽  
The Belt And Road ◽  
Modern Technologies

The development of the tourism industry and the development of the country's economy as a whole complement each other, because an increase in the tourist attractiveness of the region and the number of tourists contribute to the development of the corresponding infrastructure - hotels, catering establishments, transport, roads. In addition, related sectors of agriculture and industry receive additional incentives for development. Along with the agriculture, tourism in Ukraine can become an engine of economic growth, because the country is quite interesting for both travelers and foreign investors. The purpose of this study is to assess the state of tourism development in Ukraine and substantiate the need for broader international cooperation in this area based on the use of the capabilities of the Belt and Road Initiative, formerly known as One Belt One Road. To confirm the hypothesis of the research, the authors use the provisions of the international cooperation theory, which is based on three questions: 1) what is the purpose of international cooperation? 2) What are the ways of international cooperation? 3) What is the value of international cooperation? The answers to these questions allowed the authors to substantiate the vision of the successful development of the tourism industry in Ukraine, taking into account its strengths and weaknesses. The priority steps for reforming the tourism industry in Ukraine have been identified. These steps involve state support, improvement and expansion of the range of tourist services, the introduction of modern technologies, and the adoption of the best practices of other countries. Tourism can become an effective tool for the dissemination of Ukrainian culture, economic growth in the country. Tourism will give an opportunity to represent Ukraine to the world, increasing the interest of foreign investors and encourage cooperation in international projects such as Belt and Road Initiative.

scholarly journals Institutions Powers, financial development and environmental factors influence on Carbon emission: Evidence from a Global Perspective

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
hayat khan ◽  
Liu weili ◽  
itbar khan
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Foreign Direct Investment ◽  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Financial Development ◽  
Environmental Quality ◽  
Direct Investment ◽  
Carbon Emission ◽  
Generalized Method Of Moments ◽  
Institutional Quality ◽  
Global Perspective

Abstract This study explores the moderating power of institutional quality on carbon emission through renewable energy consumption, foreign direct investment, economic growth and financial development in the globe for the period of 2002 to 2019. By using two Step System Generalized Method of Moments, the results illustrate that renewable energy usage and foreign direct investment inflow enhance environmental quality while financial development and economic growth lowers environmental quality in the panel. The results shows that quality institutions in countries are still not yet adequate to defend the harmful impact of every environmental factor and protect environment however, the interaction term of institutional quality confirms the significant moderating effect of all explanatory variables on environmental quality in the panel. The findings also confirm the existence of Environmental Kuznets Curve and evidence the pollution halo hypothesis. The findings of this paper can be useful for policy makers whereas conducting stricter environmental regulation.

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