China-Pakistan Economic Corridor: Meeting Security Challenges in Balochistan Through Trade and Development by Hashmat Ullah Khan, Shan Yu

“…CPEC provides potential opportunities for improving the economic and security situation in the province and the region on the whole, as it brings a huge amount of Chinese foreign direct investment to the province, creates jobs, encourages infrastructure development, establishes special economic zones, and turns the province into a corridor of regional trade connecting it with other economies. The article substantiates that CPEC has prospects to cool down the Baloch uprising, bring peace, prosperity, and stability, solve the economic crises, decrease poverty and improve the country's living conditions and region.…”
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Boardroom diversity and financial performance in Palestinian banks and insurers by Aladdin Dwekat, Abdulmalik Taweel, Ali Salameh

“…Unlike previous studies focused mainly on developed markets or gender diversity, this research offers new insights into the role of board diversity in emerging economies, particularly in the Middle Eastern context. …”
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Bridging Big Data Analytics Capability and Competitive Advantage in China’s Agribusiness: The Mediator of Absorptive Capacity by Peng Zhang, Ramayah Thurasamy

“…Although BDAC has been extensively studied in other industries, its role within agribusiness remains underexplored, particularly in developing economies like China. This study addresses this gap by investigating how BDAC can be utilized to enhance competitive advantage in the unique context of agribusiness. …”
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Greater and More Focused Measures Are Needed to Tackle Diabetes and Obesity Epidemics in the Nations of the Gulf Cooperation Council by Abdelilah Arredouani

“…Beyond the suffering of the affected subjects, type 2 diabetes (T2D) and obesity epidemics gripping the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states are expected to seriously jeopardize these nations’ economies and development due to productivity losses. …”
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Le chemin de fer Abidjan-Niger : la vocation d’une infrastructure en question by Foussata Dagnogo, Olivier Ninot, Jean-Louis Chaléard

“…Le chemin de fer Abidjan-Niger a joué un rôle important dans l’économie coloniale. Après une gestion publique à partir de 1960 qui a conduit à son déclin, son exploitation a été concédée en 1995 sous la pression des bailleurs de fonds à la Sitarail (Société Internationale des Transports par rail). …”
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A framework to assess socioeconomic and spatialized nature-related risks: An application to South Africa by Paul Hadji-Lazaro, Julien Calas, Antoine Godin, Andrew Skowno, Pamela Sekese

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Una crisis financiera estructural by Pierre Salama

“…Des-de esta perspectiva terminar la crisis requerirá más que una restructuración de la arquitectura financiera, será necesario modificar la desregularización financiera y comercial.The author maintains that the economic crisis that broke out in mid-2008 in industrialized countries and quickly spread to economies throughout the world does not have its origins solely in deregula-tion of the financial market. …”
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Traduction de la poésie mystique : le non-dit et le déjà-dit dans la note du traducteur by Safoura Ajdari

“…Ce paratexte nourrit des polémiques qui se constituent tant autour de sa raison d’être, voire de sa nécessité, qu’autour de son économie, voire de son efficacité. La traduction française de Mantiq at-Tayr de Joseph Héliodore Garcin de Tassy (1794-1878), orientaliste et traducteur français, comporte de nombreuses notes du traducteur. …”
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Role of labor migrants from Central Asia in the socio-economic development of Russia in the context of new global challenges by A. Kh. Rakhmonov

“…Although migration has always had both positive and negative consequences for the host countries, from an economic point of view it has rather a positive impact on the host countries’ economies. After February 2022 Western countries have imposed new economic and political sanctions against Russia, which have affected the situation and orientation of migrant workers from Central Asian countries. …”
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Enhancing individuals’ engagement in marine recreational sport activities: from an institutional perspective by Minghuan Shou, Jiawei Xu

“…IntroductionEncouraging consumer participation in marine recreational sport activities is recognized as a key strategy for boosting both local and regional economies. However, compared to other traditional outdoor activities, participation rates in marine recreation remain relatively low. …”
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Biosólidos en la producción de maíz: impacto socioeconómico en zonas rurales del municipio de Puebla by Eduardo González Flores, Engelberto Sandoval Castro, Andrés Pérez Magaña

“…El objetivo del estudio fue eva- luar la magnitud de los benefi cios económi- cos y sociales que reciben por utilizar biosó- lidos. …”
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Note sul processo di creazione dell’euro dagli anni Sessanta al nuovo millennio by Francesca Fauri, Paolo Tedeschi

“…Prevista per l’inizio degli anni Ottanta la moneta unica, l’euro, arrivò solo alla fine del Novecento, sia a causa delle conseguenze dello shock petrolifero, sia per la grande difficoltà di armonizzare economie molto diverse tra di loro in un contesto caratterizzato, dopo la caduta dell’URSS, dalla diminuzione della solidarietà intra-comunitaria. …”
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Foreign Language Mediation Activities in the Dialogue of Cultures by E. V. Voevoda

“…Ten years later it became evident that the descriptors needed to be revised. While economies were converging, cultures began to diverge. …”
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"An overgrown monster": London in Some Eighteenth-Century Writings by Hélène Dachez

“…Londres, lieu malléable par excellence, où alternent circulation déréglée et menace de stase, devient le lieu de tous les excès, et les auteurs mettent en avant un processus de contamination réciproque entre les êtres répréhensibles qui y pullulent et la capitale parasite, corrompue et corruptrice.Il faut alors souligner et analyser le traitement particulièrement original que propose Samuel Richardson (qui partage avec Samuel Johnson un amour immense pour la capitale), dans Clarissa, où Londres joue un rôle primordial dans le destin des personnages et dans l’économie du roman.…”
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Organizational innovation and creativity perception of public sports organization employees in Turkey by Nuh Osman Yildiz

“…This is also true for the employees of the Ministry of Youth and Sports of Turkey, which is the public institution and organization that directs the sports sector, which is one of the world's major economies, on a country basis. In this context, this study aims to examine the innovation and creativity perceptions of the employees of the central and provincial organizations of the Ministry of Youth and Sports. …”
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GENERAL JOB-EXCHANGES IN ROMANIA. A COMPARATIVE SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF VACANCY SUPPLY AND DEMAND BEFORE AND DURING THE CURRENT ECONOMIC – FINANCIAL CRISIS by IRENA MOCANU

“…Au niveau des départements, les analysesindiquent la constance spécifique pour la demande d’emplois (la classe de plus de 2500 emplois) et le déclin d’offre d’emplois, qui signifie la baisse d’emplois, généralisée dans l’économie pendant la crise économiquefinancière actuelle.…”
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A Critical and Progressive Review on Maternal and Child Health Policies in India by Prity Kumari, Anand Kumar Chaudhary

“…Although India outperformed the global average in terms of maternal mortality reduction between 1990 and 2016, we still have a long way to go to catch up with large economies such as Brazil (44), China (27) and Japan (5). …”
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Application of real options valuation in nuclear energy systems by Abdollah Arasteh

“…The present implementation of economies of scale has led to the development of a Light Water Reactor (LWR) design that lacks the ability to assess the strategic advantage and economic potential of contemporary nuclear systems. …”
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COVID-19 Lockdowns Improve Air Quality in the South-East Asian Regions, as Seen by the Remote Sensing Satellites by Abirlal Metya, Panini Dagupta, Santanu Halder, S. Chakraborty, Yogesh K. Tiwari

“…Barring the essential services, most of the business activities and transport sectors have been suspended and an unprecedented lockdown imposed over major economies in the world. South-East Asian regions, such as India and China, were no different. …”
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Green growth dynamics: unraveling the complex role of financial development and natural resources in shaping renewable energy in Sub-Saharan Africa by Alhasan Osman, Mohd Afjal, Majed Alharthi, Mohamed Elheddad, Nassima Djellouli, Zhang He

“…This research not only clarifies the dynamics of financial and natural resource interdependencies but also motivates significant policy implications for enhancing renewable energy landscapes in developing economies.…”
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