Journal of Asian Development
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From 2021, "Journal of Asian Development" (ISSN 2377-9594) will be published by Bigedu Foundation. Please see the new <a href="https://journalpro.org/index.php/jad">JAD homepage</a> for more information.Macrothink Instituteen-USJournal of Asian Development2377-9594<p>Submission of an article implies that the work described has not been published previously (except in the form of an abstract or as part of a published lecture or academic thesis), that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere, that its publication is approved by all authors and tacitly or explicitly by the authorities responsible where the work was carried out. However, we accept submissions that have previously appeared on preprint servers (for example: arXiv, bioRxiv, Nature Precedings, Philica, Social Science Research Network, and Vixra); have previously been presented at conferences; or have previously appeared in other “non-journal” venues (for example: blogs or posters). Authors are responsible for updating the archived preprint with the journal reference (including DOI) and a link to the published articles on the appropriate journal website upon publication.</p>Copyrights for articles are retained by the authors, with first publication rights granted to the journal. Authors have rights to reuse, republish, archive, and distribute their own articles after publication. The journal/publisher is not responsible for subsequent uses of the work. Authors shall permit the publisher to apply a DOI to their articles and to archive them in databases and indexes such as EBSCO, DOAJ, and ProQuest.Women’s Sexuality through Ratauli Songs in Hindu Society
https://www.macrothink.org/journal/index.php/jad/article/view/18071
<p>The aim of this research is to identify the voices of women, about their sub- ordination, oppression that has been practiced in Nepalese society and culture through the analysis of lyrics of Ratauli songs. The contradictions between the myths about gender and real experienced (by suffered in realist manner) is also over looked and tried to analyze the situation experience by Women and non-women in Nepali society<strong>. </strong>To understand the socio-cultural feeling, emotion, aspiration, lyrics of music may be the probable means to analyze what message is provided, what is understood by the people. How message can help to unite the people and what is the role performed by these lyrics of music in society and culture in physical as well as socio-cultural sphere in society and culture.</p><p>General objectives of this research are to identify the nature, types and dimension of Ratauli songs. Specifically, the formation of Ratauli songs, their contents with various dimensions, culture, social context and time relative are also researched here. The conducted research explored more about different aspects of Ratauli songs their contexts and its formation in different time periods as well as carried contents and their messages. This research found comparisons between the context and content of Ratauli songs in different time.</p>Bishnu Prasad Dahal
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2020-12-152020-12-157111810.5296/jad.v7i1.18071Bridging Africa’s Infrastructure Gap Through Strong Sino-Africa Cooperation
https://www.macrothink.org/journal/index.php/jad/article/view/18093
<p>The objective of the paper was to review the socio-economic benefits of the budding Sino-Africa economic relationship with a view to arriving at an informed opinion on its desirability and potency or contribution in closing Africa’s infrastructure investment gap.</p><p>The paper also discussed the issues that may militate against or strengthen the new-found relationship against the backdrop of criticisms from pro-West sentiments.</p><p>The desirability of Sino-Africa economic cooperation was established, and recommendations advanced on the issues that will guarantee mutual benefits and sustainability.</p>Adetunji Adeniyi
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2020-12-182020-12-1871192710.5296/jad.v7i1.18093Vietnam Land Market: Definitions, Characteristics, and Effects
https://www.macrothink.org/journal/index.php/jad/article/view/18209
<p>The land is a vital resource, and the world’s powers that want to develop must rely on land as their core. Vietnam is in economic renewal, so whether the country can produce as expected or not depends on how land is used. The land conversion is continuously changing, leading to the constant volatility of the land market. Besides, the land is a unique commodity, and in a socialist country like Vietnam, only land use rights can be bought and sold. The article uses descriptive and explanatory methods to highlight the results that need research. This article also shows Vietnam’s land market characteristics through the primary market and the secondary market. This market decentralization creates a two-price mechanism, meaning that a piece of land is priced differently depending on the organization that uses it. This mechanism has created difficulties in producing an available land bank, leading to a reduction in investment attraction in this potential country.</p>Tuan Tran NGUYEN
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2021-01-282021-01-2871283910.5296/jad.v7i1.18209Designing a Framework for Employment-Growth Targeting in Nigeria
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<p>Unemployment in Nigeria has assumed disturbing proportions despite fifteen years of sustained economic growth outcomes between 2000 and 2014. This needs very urgent attention from policy makers since the problem has further resulted in other social vices like: armed robbery, kidnapping, political thuggery, pipe-line vandalisation, and social unrest.</p><p>Unfortunately, policy makers have approached the deep-rooted problems with only tactical and superficial methods. There has been no serious attempt to target employment based on the economic fundamentals; and, the interdependencies and the interconnectedness of the various sectors and the working of the economy.</p><p>Using Johansen co-integration, and applying Vector Error Correction Model (VECM) regression to time series sectoral economic data of Gross Value Added (GVA), employment, interest rate, wage rate, and inflation rate, collected from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) this study constructed a framework that policy makers can use to target growth and employment simultaneously.</p>Adetunji Adeniyi
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2021-02-052021-02-0571407210.5296/jad.v7i1.18401Developing Vietnamese Individual Economy in the Context of International Economic Integration: Research at Vinh Phuc Province
https://www.macrothink.org/journal/index.php/jad/article/view/18352
<p>Economic restructuring has been one of the urgent requirements for the Vietnamese economy, especially in the context of the expanding the economy in the industrial revolution 4.0. The growth effects are intensifying and the growth rate seems to slow down. The individual economy is considered to be one of the important drivers for economic growth in Vietnam in the upcoming years. As the region with the largest proportion in the economy, about 40% of GDP (Thanh Binh, 2018), the achievement of economic restructuring goals in the direction of industry restructuring, agriculture developing of worms processing, refined processing of agriculture, forestry, fisheries, manufacturing; increasing the internal productivity of the industry, increasing the technology content and the proportion of domestic value in the product, etc. This article focuses on analyzing the situation of individual economy development in Vinh Phuc province, Vietnam, pointing out the achievements, limitations, causes and some recommendations to promote individual economy development in Vinh Phuc province, Vietnam in the context of world economic integration. </p>Nguyen Thi Thu HươngDo Thi NangHo Thi HoaTran Thi HienNguyen Quang SangLe Hoang Anh
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2021-03-112021-03-1171739310.5296/jad.v7i1.18352The Recovery of Traditional Cultural Values in Rural Area in North Vietnam in the Doi Moi Period
https://www.macrothink.org/journal/index.php/jad/article/view/18582
Due to the lingering impacts of the Vietnam war and the difficulties that Vietnam has been confronting in the post-war period, traditional cultural values in rural areas in North Vietnam were neglected. Since Đổi mới (in 1986), the Communist Party of Vietnam and the Vietnamese government have drawn more concern and been thoroughly aware of the role of culture on Vietnam’s developing path of the country. In addition, the remarkable growth of Vietnam’s economy recently paves the way for Vietnamese residents to rebuild and renew their spiritual lifeas well as enjoy benefits created based on traditional cultural values. This research elucidates the resilience of conventional cultural values in rural areas in North Vietnam in the Đổi mới period, particularly emphasizing the following aspects: Inhabitants’ contributions to build and rebuild temples and pagodas; reinstating conventional rituals and festivals; restoring family customs, and compiling village convention.Do Danh Huan
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2021-04-302021-04-30719410910.5296/jad.v7i1.18582