Barriers to e-commerce in developing countries by Lawrence, Japhet Eke, Tar, Usman A.

“…However, there has been some doubt about the relevance of ecommerce for developing countries. The absence of adequate basic infrastructural, socio-economic and the lack of government national ICT strategies have created a significant barrier in the adoption and growth of e-commerce in developing countries. …”
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CSR and firm performance: new evidence from developing countries by Amini, Chiara, Dal Bianco, Silvia

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Regulating multinationals in developing countries: a conceptual and legal framework for corporate social responsibility by Mujih, Edwin

“…Using the Chad-Cameroon oil pipeline as a case-study, the book examines the difficulties of regulating multinational corporations operating in developing countries, in particular in the extractive industry, to ensure that they operate in a socially responsible manner.…”

Implementation challenges of blockchain technology in closed-loop supply chain: a Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) management perspective in developing countries by Joshi, Sudhanshu, Sharma, Manu, Barve, Akhilesh

“…Closed-loop supply chain (CLSC) activities ensure flawless Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) management by the usage of IoT and Blockchain technology (BCT) is proven as an effective and sustainable solution among developed countries. However, implementation challenges including data integrity, accessibility, and reluctance to change restrict the potential of these digital technologies in developing countries. …”

Industry 4.0 enablers for a cleaner production and circular economy within the context of business ethics: a study in a developing country by Shayganmehr, Masoud, Kumar, Anil, Garza-Reyes, Jose Arturo, Moktadir, Md. Abdul

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The impacts and visions of the green fertilizer technologies (GFT) by Adnan, Nadia, Nordin, Shahrina Md, Rahman, Imran, Noor, Amir

“…In the year 1980, an initiative took place to simplify the adoption decision in the developing countries. Regardless of the low adoption rate elsewhere, comparable exertions in the current year have originated in developing countries. …”

The sociomateriality of digitalisation in Nepalese NGOs by Adhikari, Pawan, Upadhaya, Bedanand, Wijethilake, Chaminda, Dhakal Adhikari, Shovita

“…In doing so, the paper delineates the role that the technology itself can play in shaping NGOs’ day-to-day practices in developing countries.…”
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Tourism development, community participation and community empowerment : the case of Shiraz in Iran by Hamedi, Maryam

“…Drawing of analysis of the results of the primary research, the major findings of this research are as follows: 1) Tourism literature has not paid enough attention to the importance of the impact of power relations and prevailing socio-political conditions of different contexts on the tourism development process. 2) Tourism development in the context of developing countries is generally challenged by a set of operational and structural obstacles. 3) The study suggests that adopting a participatory approach could, economically and socially, contribute to community empowerment; however, it is not the final solution. 4) In the context of Iran and other developing countries with similar conditions, there is a need for a strong political power to adopt and implement participatory tourism development approach. 5) Analysis of the results indicates that the level of community participation is co-related to the level of community empowerment. …”
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Gender inequality and academic freedom in Pakistani higher education by Fakhr, Zainab, Messenger, Hazel

“…Gender inequality and how it negatively influences the opportunities available for females to progress is a universal issue; however, although initiatives designed to tackle this problem are being seen to result in gradual improvement internationally, particularly in industrial countries, the situation in developing countries remains a concern. In developing countries, women tend to be either absent from many organisations or exist at the margins of organisational life with the result that they have fewer opportunities for development or career progression. …”
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Evaluating barriers to sustainable boiler operation in the apparel manufacturing industry: implications for mitigating operational hazards in the emerging economies by Siraj, Md. Tanvir, Debnath, Binoy, Kumar, Anil, Bari, A. B. M. Mainul, Samadhiya, Ashutosh, Payel, Spandan Basak

“…Unsustainable boiler operating practices are still surprisingly frequent in developing countries, resulting in environmental liabilities and catastrophic accidents. …”
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Developing an integrated appraisal and revalidation process for Sri Lankan doctors : an expedited, low-cost process using a prototype by Kavisekara, Heenatikumbure

“…Medical revalidation is considered as one of the better ways which can improve quality of health care and improving patient safety and satisfaction. Many developed countries in the world have either implemented or in the process of implementing medical revalidation systems. …”
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Stakeholder involvement in the selection of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)-focussed voluntary standards within the food / agri-business industry by Monks, Christopher

“…The lack of inclusiveness and representation of non-financial stakeholder interests in the design and governance structures of the observed standards make it difficult for participants to see such standards as being sources of moral legitimacy at local level, and particularly in developing countries.…”
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Coming to terms with a wired world? Challenges of information technology in the developing world by Tar, Usman A.

“…In this paper and the articles presented in the present Volume of Information, Society and Justice, it is argued that a number of challenges bedevil the desire by developing countries to enjoy equal access to the opportunities of globalisation and information technology. …”
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Issues and challenges in the creation of institutional repositories with local content: critical reflections by Salawu, Bahsiru Akanni

“…This is of immense benefit for developing countries and Nigeria in particular because of prospects accruing from it. …”
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Health and development in the Maltese Islands by Mintoff, Yana

“…Health policy to overcome disease is limited because health and disease are manifestations of the mode of production. Health in developing countries is placed in the dialectic of imperialism and development, chauvinism and development and, essentially, the dialectic of capitalism and development.…”
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The New BRICS Bank: Challenging the International Financial Order? by Dixon, Chris

“…On 15th July 2014 the BRICS Group members (Brazil, India, China, Russia and South Africa) signed agreements that established two new international financial institutions, the New Development Bank (NDB) and the Contingency Reserve Arrangement (CRA).[1] The NBD with an initial capital of US$100bn. has a brief to provide no-strings loans to Emerging Market and Developing Countries (EMDCs), principally for major infrastructure and sustainable development projects. …”
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International financial integration and real exchange rate long-run dynamics in emerging countries : some panel evidence by Caporale, Guglielmo Maria, Hadj Amor, Thouraya, Rault, Christophe

“…The aim of this paper is to provide new empirical evidence on the impact of international financial integration on the long-run Real Exchange Rate (RER) in 39 developing countries belonging to three different geographical regions (Latin America, Asia and MENA). …”
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Central bank independence : an updated set of indices and the implications for inflation by Pearlman, Joseph, Sarantis, Nicholas

“…The Grilli-Masciandaro-Tabellini and Cukierman indices of central bank independence, as well as the turnover of central bank governors, are updated for the late 1990s and early 2000s using the most recently published central banking laws for 90 industrial and developing countries. Included in our indices are most of the Eastern European and South-East Asian countries and a subset of African states. …”
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Populism in world politics: a comparative cross-regional perspective by Hadiz, Vedi, Chryssogelos, Angelos

“…Populism has become more salient in multiple regions in the world, in developed as well as developing countries. Today it is largely a reaction to social dislocations tied to processes of neoliberal globalisation. …”
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New panel unit root and cointegration tests of purchasing power parity by Cerrato, Mario

“…Studies of PPP using data for developing countries are limited. In addition, very few of the studies have used black market exchange rates. …”
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