Women’s empowerment conduces economic growth and is crucial for empowering women. Economic freedom means that people can take actions independently. Yet, women remain disadvantaged in developing countries like Pakistan. The current study analyses how fosters women’s We employed time series data 1990-2021. an index of (WEI) the Women's Business Law Index (WBLI) freedom. WBLI based on 8 distinct ...

There is an increasing awareness among researchers and others that marginalized and vulnerable groups face problems in accessing health care. Access problems in particular in low-income countries may jeopardize the targets set by the United Nations through the Millennium Development Goals. Thus, identifying barriers for individuals with disability in accessing health services is a research prio...

There are many societal concerns that emerge as a consequence of Future Internet (FI) research and development. A survey identified six key social and economic issues deemed most relevant to European FI projects. During a SESERV-organized workshop, experts in Future Internet technology engaged with social scientists (including economists), policy experts and other stakeholders in analyzing the ...

background: caring is the essence of nursing. since care is influenced by cultural, economic, and social factors, various diverse barriers exist in the realization of care. the aim of the study was to clarify barriers to caring in emergency patients based on experiences of nurses and patients and their relatives. materials and methods: a qualitative design of content analysis was used to identi...

Precision farming may play an important role in agricultural innovation. The study focuses on the attitude of Hungarian farmers toward precision farming. Based relevant technical literature, we performed a nationally representative questionnaire survey 594 and deep interviews with experts (30 persons). As regards questionnaire, authors found that management average farm size Hungary has highest...

The paper is devoted to a variety of solutions aiming at taking time into account in economic and managerial analyses. It presents an example of a decision problem – namely the analysis of economic environment and of barriers to entry to a market space. Next, it shows how time can be treated in intelligent decision systems, in context of temporal knowledge representation and temporal reasoning.

Received: January 25, 2017 Revised: April 12, 2017 Accepted: June 04, 2017 Abstract: Introduction: The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) recently launched its ASEAN Economic Community (AEC), which could potentially revolutionize the economic output in the region through free movement of goods, people, and capital across borders. At this stage, several trade barriers still exist whi...