Abstract Effective agricultural strategies are key to improving smallholder farmers’ livelihoods, with crop diversification emerging as a viable solution for income growth and market supply. We…

Abstract As sports betting is surging worldwide, so are concerns about excessive gambling. To explore the drivers of this phenomenon, we conduct an experiment investigating how regular sports bettors…

Abstract In developing nations, there are elevated levels of intimate partner violence (IPV) directed at women. The human capital model of health demand posits that if IPV impacts women's health, it…

Abstract Many firms hire workers via social networks. Whether workers who are socially connected to their employers exert more effort on the job is an unsettled debate. We address this question…

Abstract Introduction Public perception of the seriousness of the COVID-19 pandemic compared to six other major public health problems (alcoholism and drug use, HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, lung…

Abstract With the increasing expectation and demand for the government to supply public goods such as water, health, education, and road infrastructure, the pressure to mobilize more domestic revenue…

ABSTRACT Background: Obesity and the associated non-communicable diseases contribute significantly to the disease burden in Tanzania. Obesity can be attributed to the consumption of Sugar Sweetened…

Abstract The rural economic setup in developing countries is customarily dominated by primary production activities, mostly in the agriculture sector. While rural areas have been shown to experience…

Abstract We provide estimates of health priorities during the COVID-19 pandemic based on web-surveys administered in seven developing countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America in 2022. Using the…

Abstract Climate change has been one of the factors inducing people to migrate internally. As a result of climate change risks, the temporal migration strategy has been employed as an insurance…