While the traditional neoclassical production model postulates that it is the physical inputs such as private capital, labour, land, and technology that are the key determinants of output and economic development, in recent years, however, the social sector variables are also considered

An adequate provision of social services is a concurrent function of federal and provincial governments. However, in Pakistan, the financing and delivery of social services largely prevails in the hands of provinces and major sources of revenues in the hand of federal government, which creates

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The basic issue concerning production in welfare economics is whether a market solution will yield the socially optimum kinds and quantities of commodities. It is well known that problems can arise for three broad reasons: distributive justice; external effects; and scale economies. This paper

This paper proposes to study IT acceptance in the social sector with Decomposed Theory of Planned Behavior. To address our unique research context, we expand the construct of perceived usefulness, arguing that not only personal usefulness but also organizational and customer usefulness can affect

Few statisticians have not met the frustration of facing a problem which cries out for statistical treatment but where there is blank refusal to use such methods. Excuses range from "we don't need to be clever about it " or "we all know you people can prove anything " or "we've got a computer package to do that should we ever wish to".

The paper examines the trends in social sector attainment at the stale and regional levels in Maharashtra over the period 1960 to 1995 It evaluates the relative importance of historical processes, social infrastructure development and trends in government expenditure on social sector attainments

Many policies in India, including economic reform policies, are officially intended to alleviate poverty. But how committed is the Indian government? And to what? This article addresses India’s social spending priorities over the past decade. Looking at the rhetoric in budget speeches, actual

Brazil’s democratic constitution granted municipalities responsibility to design and implement social policies, allowing for tailored programs to meet local constituent demands. Yet instead of pursuing local diversity, many govern-ments chose to emulate programs made famous elsewhere. What explains

Abstract. In Norway, Green Care comprises farm-based services to schools as well as health and social care. Farms can be used to host a wide range of activities, such as kindergartens, after-school programmes, school projects and theme assignments, education adapted to pupils with special needs