Malaysia’s Energy-Growth Nexus and Environmental Kuznets Curve Hypothesis: Empirical Analysis Using the VECM and ARDL Cointegration Techniques

This paper investigated Malaysia’s energy-growth nexus and environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) hypothesis over the period 1971-2014 by taking the globalization variables of trade openness and foreign direct investment (FDI) and the structural break dummy of the Asian financial crisis of 1997 into estimation. To give interference, the Granger causality tests were implemented in the framework of two cointegration techniques: vector error correction model (VECM) and autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL). As per Malaysia’s energy-growth nexus, referring to different results of the two approaches, we concluded that the presence of the energy-growth nexus was statistically confirmed, but it has not been fully established yet in the country. On the other hand, both the VECM and ARDL results provided the same conclusion for Malaysia’s EKC hypothesis, that is, in the initial stage, as the higher economic growth, the less CO2 emissions, but after a threshold, the higher economic growth, the more CO2 emissions.

The Impact of Corruption on Economic Growth in Nigeria

This study empirically analyses the impact of corruption on economic growth in Nigeria, using time series data for the period 1980-2015 analyzed through the ARDL technique. The result of the Bound test confirmed the existence of Cointegration among the variables. The ARDL results revealed that corruption has a significant negative influence on economic growth both in the short run and long run. It was further confirmed that external debt, agricultural output, and human capital development positively impact growth while FDI and inflation rate endanger growth, in both the short and long run. The result of the interacting term revealed the damaging influence of corruption on the positive impact of human capital expenditure and external debt on economic growth. Based on the findings of the study, it is obvious that achievement of growth that is sustainable will remain elusive in a corrupt environment. The study, therefore recommends that government should strengthen the activities of the anti-corruption agencies in Nigeria to reduce the rate of corruption.

Recruitment Search Engines for Screening Resumes through AI by Using Boolean Search Functions

The days are gone when hard copies of resumes were sent to recruiters and they used to screen and set aside non relevant resumes. Artificial Intelligence has taken up mundane tasks of recruiters by simplifying search algorithms and human computer interaction. Job Boards provide recruiters with a database of candidates powered by a search tool with lot of filters. The demonstration paper actually carries out searches on recruitment database access tools to filter the relevant applicants from a wide pool of data with the help of search engine tools in resume databases of various jobboards. It shows how Boolean operators get through better search results in few minutes. Recruiter job to get to the right candidate is sorted out with Artificial Intelligence so that they can focus more on strategic tasks. Future of AI in recruitment is immense. Already companies are empowering recruiters with 360 degree tools which help with all Human Resource Aspects.

Use of Social Networking Sites Among the Student of Universities in Bangladesh: A Case Study of Cumilla District

Social networking sites are a well-known word in today’s world because of their enormous growth, development, and utilization. It has created a new world without boundaries. The total population, 5 percent, 9 percent, 10 percent, 38 percent, and 78 percent of Bangladesh, Pakistan, India, China, and the USA using the internet reported by the World Bank (Editor, 2013). Teenagers and young adults are used social networking sites devotedly—the study conducted on four universities in Cumilla district, Bangladesh. This research aims to determine the causes and consequences of using social networking sites (SNSs) among the students at universities in Cumilla, Bangladesh. In this study, we have used the survey method and questionnaire tools for collecting the data. The information was collected from 200 students through purposive sampling. We have assessed and analyzed the data through descriptive statistical methods. Some significant findings of the study demonstrate that the students use the SNSs to communicate with friends and family, collecting educational information. They spend an average of 2/3 hours daily using SNSs. Among the SNSs, Facebook is the most popular site. Findings also revealed that the excessive use of SNSs creates physical and mental disorders.

Developing Vietnamese Individual Economy in the Context of International Economic Integration: Research at Vinh Phuc Province

Economic restructuring has been one of the urgent requirements for the Vietnamese economy, especially in the context of the expanding the economy in the industrial revolution 4.0. The growth effects are intensifying and the growth rate seems to slow down. The individual economy is considered to be one of the important drivers for economic growth in Vietnam in the upcoming years. As the region with the largest proportion in the economy, about 40% of GDP (Thanh Binh, 2018), the achievement of economic restructuring goals in the direction of industry restructuring, agriculture developing of worms processing, refined processing of agriculture, forestry, fisheries, manufacturing; increasing the internal productivity of the industry, increasing the technology content and the proportion of domestic value in the product, etc. This article focuses on analyzing the situation of individual economy development in Vinh Phuc province, Vietnam, pointing out the achievements, limitations, causes and some recommendations to promote individual economy development in Vinh Phuc province, Vietnam in the context of world economic integration.

Designing a Framework for Employment-Growth Targeting in Nigeria

Unemployment in Nigeria has assumed disturbing proportions despite fifteen years of sustained economic growth outcomes between 2000 and 2014. This needs very urgent attention from policy makers since the problem has further resulted in other social vices like: armed robbery, kidnapping, political thuggery, pipe-line vandalisation, and social unrest.Unfortunately, policy makers have approached the deep-rooted problems with only tactical and superficial methods. There has been no serious attempt to target employment based on the economic fundamentals; and, the interdependencies and the interconnectedness of the various sectors and the working of the economy.Using Johansen co-integration, and applying Vector Error Correction Model (VECM) regression to time series sectoral economic data of Gross Value Added (GVA), employment, interest rate, wage rate, and inflation rate, collected from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) this study constructed a framework that policy makers can use to target growth and employment simultaneously.

Designing a Framework for Employment-Growth Targeting in Nigeria

Unemployment in Nigeria has assumed disturbing proportions despite fifteen years of sustained economic growth outcomes between 2000 and 2014. This needs very urgent attention from policy makers since the problem has further resulted in other social vices like: armed robbery, kidnapping, political thuggery, pipe-line vandalisation, and social unrest.Unfortunately, policy makers have approached the deep-rooted problems with only tactical and superficial methods. There has been no serious attempt to target employment based on the economic fundamentals; and, the interdependencies and the interconnectedness of the various sectors and the working of the economy.Using Johansen co-integration, and applying Vector Error Correction Model (VECM) regression to time series sectoral economic data of Gross Value Added (GVA), employment, interest rate, wage rate, and inflation rate, collected from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) this study constructed a framework that policy makers can use to target growth and employment simultaneously.

Vietnam Land Market: Definitions, Characteristics, and Effects

The land is a vital resource, and the world’s powers that want to develop must rely on land as their core. Vietnam is in economic renewal, so whether the country can produce as expected or not depends on how land is used. The land conversion is continuously changing, leading to the constant volatility of the land market. Besides, the land is a unique commodity, and in a socialist country like Vietnam, only land use rights can be bought and sold. The article uses descriptive and explanatory methods to highlight the results that need research. This article also shows Vietnam’s land market characteristics through the primary market and the secondary market. This market decentralization creates a two-price mechanism, meaning that a piece of land is priced differently depending on the organization that uses it. This mechanism has created difficulties in producing an available land bank, leading to a reduction in investment attraction in this potential country.

Bridging Africa’s Infrastructure Gap Through Strong Sino-Africa Cooperation

The objective of the paper was to review the socio-economic benefits of the budding Sino-Africa economic relationship with a view to arriving at an informed opinion on its desirability and potency or contribution in closing Africa’s infrastructure investment gap.The paper also discussed the issues that may militate against or strengthen the new-found relationship against the backdrop of criticisms from pro-West sentiments.The desirability of Sino-Africa economic cooperation was established, and recommendations advanced on the issues that will guarantee mutual benefits and sustainability.

Women’s Sexuality through Ratauli Songs in Hindu Society

The aim of this research is to identify the voices of women, about their sub- ordination, oppression that has been practiced in Nepalese society and culture through the analysis of lyrics of Ratauli songs. The contradictions between the myths about gender and real experienced (by suffered in realist manner) is also over looked and tried to analyze the situation experience by Women and non-women in Nepali society. To understand the socio-cultural feeling, emotion, aspiration, lyrics of music may be the probable means to analyze what message is provided, what is understood by the people. How message can help to unite the people and what is the role performed by these lyrics of music in society and culture in physical as well as socio-cultural sphere in society and culture.General objectives of this research are to identify the nature, types and dimension of Ratauli songs. Specifically, the formation of Ratauli songs, their contents with various dimensions, culture, social context and time relative are also researched here. The conducted research explored more about different aspects of Ratauli songs their contexts and its formation in different time periods as well as carried contents and their messages. This research found comparisons between the context and content of Ratauli songs in different time.