Economics

Volume 9, Issue 2, June 2020

  • Asset Ownership by Women in Urban and Rural South West Nigeria

    Yetunde Olasimbo Mary Oladokun

    Issue: Volume 9, Issue 2, June 2020
    Pages: 21-26
    Received: 06 February 2020
    Accepted: 25 February 2020
    Published: 29 May 2020
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    Abstract: In improving the welfare of women asset ownership plays a key role. Therefore this paper examined asset ownership by women in urban and rural South West (SW) Nigeria. Secondary data from Demographic and Health Survey 2013 was used. Data on 1551 rural and 4323 urban women in SW Nigeria was used. Information on their socio-economic characteristics an... Show More
  • Balance on Monetary Policy and Macroprudential Policy

    Zhi Junli, Zeng Kanglin

    Issue: Volume 9, Issue 2, June 2020
    Pages: 27-39
    Received: 19 November 2019
    Accepted: 05 December 2019
    Published: 17 June 2020
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    Abstract: Monetary policy is based on the theoretical rationale of the insufficient effective demand. The mainly logical difference between Keynes and Friedman are what domain interest rate directly and which factor will offset the effect of interest rate. The empirical application of monetary policy has several aspects deserving study: (1) the target, range... Show More
  • Determinants of Access to Formal Credit in Rural Areas of Ethiopia: Case Study of Smallholder Households in Boloso Bombbe District, Wolaita Zone, Ethiopia

    Samuel Semma Waje

    Issue: Volume 9, Issue 2, June 2020
    Pages: 40-48
    Received: 28 May 2020
    Accepted: 09 June 2020
    Published: 29 June 2020
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    Abstract: The majority of agricultural production in Ethiopia is carried out by smallholder farmers. Improving food security in short run and poverty in the long run has remained to be the major challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa countries especially in Ethiopia. This study required to identify determinants that limit smallholder households’ access to formal c... Show More