International Journal of Business and Economics Research

Volume 7, Issue 6, December 2018

  • A Single Factor Theory of Africa’s Underdevelopment

    Ezekiel Oseni

    Issue: Volume 7, Issue 6, December 2018
    Pages: 175-182
    Received: Sep. 01, 2018
    Accepted: Sep. 29, 2018
    Published: Oct. 29, 2018
    DOI: 10.11648/j.ijber.20180706.11
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    Abstract: Africa is in dire need of economic, socio-political and infrastructural developments that will take it out of abject poverty and other forms of backwardness that have made it a subject of scorn among its peers in spite of its vast natural and human resources. Many scholars have attributed the economic and developmental state of the African continen... Show More
  • The Role of Ethiopian Commodity Exchange (ECX) in Crop Value Chain Development in Ethiopia

    Bizualem Assefa Gashaw, Saron Mebratu Kibret

    Issue: Volume 7, Issue 6, December 2018
    Pages: 183-190
    Received: Sep. 20, 2018
    Accepted: Oct. 16, 2018
    Published: Oct. 29, 2018
    DOI: 10.11648/j.ijber.20180706.12
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    Abstract: This study intended to assess the role of Ethiopian Commodity Exchange (ECX) in crop value chain development with the aim of identifying agribusiness and Value Chain activities in ECX; identifying development intervention and its underlying impact and associated chain problems of ECX; identifying major value chain enterprises operating under ECX; a... Show More
  • High Technology Exports, Gross Capital Formation and Economic Growth in Uganda: A Vector Auto Regressive Approach

    Paul Wabiga, Sawuya Nakijoba

    Issue: Volume 7, Issue 6, December 2018
    Pages: 191-202
    Received: Sep. 05, 2018
    Accepted: Sep. 26, 2018
    Published: Nov. 01, 2018
    DOI: 10.11648/j.ijber.20180706.13
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    Abstract: This study examines the relationship between high technology exports, gross capital formation and economic growth in Uganda with the ultimate aim of establishing whether exportation of high-tech goods and gross capital formation have a significant effect on economic growth. Motivated by the continued policy shift in Sub-Saharan Africa and generally... Show More
  • An Examination of the Empirical Validity of the Thirlwall ‘Law’: The Case of Egypt

    Eman Elish

    Issue: Volume 7, Issue 6, December 2018
    Pages: 203-211
    Received: Oct. 27, 2018
    Accepted: Nov. 15, 2018
    Published: Dec. 20, 2018
    DOI: 10.11648/j.ijber.20180706.14
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    Abstract: The Balance of Payment constrained growth model was first introduced by Thirlwall in 1979, see [1-2]. According to him a country’s growth rate cannot surpass the rate consistent with its balance of payment equilibrium unless it can finance its endlessly growing current account deficit, which is deemed impossible. In addition, this country’s actual ... Show More
  • Importance of Input and Output Parameters in Analysing Economical Cost of Healthcare

    Saba Madae'en, Mohammad Adeinat

    Issue: Volume 7, Issue 6, December 2018
    Pages: 212-217
    Received: Oct. 28, 2018
    Accepted: Nov. 26, 2018
    Published: Dec. 20, 2018
    DOI: 10.11648/j.ijber.20180706.15
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    Abstract: Financing health care has remained a challenge to the governments for a long time. There seems to be very high investment in health by the governments, and inappropriate allocation of resources within the government health budget would cause inefficiency and waste in resources. Given that health is a basic human right, the health situation remains ... Show More
  • Research on the Phenomenon That the Increase of Grain Production Did Not Cause the Harvest Paradox in China from 2003 to 2014

    Xu Jianlong, Zhang Xinyue

    Issue: Volume 7, Issue 6, December 2018
    Pages: 218-226
    Received: Nov. 08, 2018
    Accepted: Nov. 30, 2018
    Published: Dec. 20, 2018
    DOI: 10.11648/j.ijber.20180706.16
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    Abstract: The phenomenon that China's increase of grain production didn’t cause the Harvest Paradox from 2003 to 2014 occurred in the context of significant increase in domestic residents’ income and food demand, as well as loosening price and the market of grain purchase and sales. Research on the phenomenon not only enhances the understanding of the condit... Show More