Th is paper comparatively reviews and analyzes the participatory component of two participatory r... more Th is paper comparatively reviews and analyzes the participatory component of two participatory rural development projects in the North-West Frontier Province (NWFP), Pakistan. Th e participatory rural development models of the two projects are compared in terms of institutional building, rural capital formation, natural resources management and capacity building. Th e two models are also comparatively analyzed in the context of three aspects of participation: the extent and quality of participation, the cost and benefi t of participation, and the impact of participation on outcome, performance and sustainability. Th e study confi rmed that a government-sponsored project is comparatively more eff ective, effi cient and sustainable than an NGO-sponsored project. Th e superiority of the government project is due to its approach fl exibility, exit strategy, formulation of NGOs on the basis of economic, socio-cultural and ethnic norms, and values.
It has been observed that professional and qualified teacher's retention become a challenge for H... more It has been observed that professional and qualified teacher's retention become a challenge for Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in Pakistan as the turnover rate has been significantly increased in recent years. The main objective of this paper is to access personal, push and pull factors and to find out that which factors contribute more to turnover intention. Primary data were collected from 100 teachers of 5 HEIs using questionnaire methods. The results indicate that all factors (personal, pull and push) have contributed in the employees' turnover intentions. However, some facets of personal factor have significantly contributed in turnover intentions.
... Sami Ullah Department of Economics, University of Gujrat, Gujrat, Pakistan E-mail: samigcu@ya... more ... Sami Ullah Department of Economics, University of Gujrat, Gujrat, Pakistan E-mail: [email protected] ... Sami Ullah achieved his Masters in Economics at Punjab University and MPhil in Economics at GC University, Lahore. ...
Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 2010
The objective of this paper is to empirically investigate a two-way statistical relationship betw... more The objective of this paper is to empirically investigate a two-way statistical relationship between the agriculture environment and rural poverty. To recognise the relationship between the two variables, a time series, co-integration and Granger causality tests have been employed. Secondary data pertaining to Pakistan from 1980–2009 on rural poverty and environmental factors (such as commercial energy consumption, water availability and total cropped area) have been used for the analysis. The empirical results only moderately support the conventional view that rural poverty has a significant long-term casual effect on environmental proxies in Pakistan. The present study finds evidence of uni-directional causality between poverty and the environment in the context of the agriculture sector in Pakistan.
Th is paper comparatively reviews and analyzes the participatory component of two participatory r... more Th is paper comparatively reviews and analyzes the participatory component of two participatory rural development projects in the North-West Frontier Province (NWFP), Pakistan. Th e participatory rural development models of the two projects are compared in terms of institutional building, rural capital formation, natural resources management and capacity building. Th e two models are also comparatively analyzed in the context of three aspects of participation: the extent and quality of participation, the cost and benefi t of participation, and the impact of participation on outcome, performance and sustainability. Th e study confi rmed that a government-sponsored project is comparatively more eff ective, effi cient and sustainable than an NGO-sponsored project. Th e superiority of the government project is due to its approach fl exibility, exit strategy, formulation of NGOs on the basis of economic, socio-cultural and ethnic norms, and values.
It has been observed that professional and qualified teacher's retention become a challenge for H... more It has been observed that professional and qualified teacher's retention become a challenge for Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in Pakistan as the turnover rate has been significantly increased in recent years. The main objective of this paper is to access personal, push and pull factors and to find out that which factors contribute more to turnover intention. Primary data were collected from 100 teachers of 5 HEIs using questionnaire methods. The results indicate that all factors (personal, pull and push) have contributed in the employees' turnover intentions. However, some facets of personal factor have significantly contributed in turnover intentions.
... Sami Ullah Department of Economics, University of Gujrat, Gujrat, Pakistan E-mail: samigcu@ya... more ... Sami Ullah Department of Economics, University of Gujrat, Gujrat, Pakistan E-mail: [email protected] ... Sami Ullah achieved his Masters in Economics at Punjab University and MPhil in Economics at GC University, Lahore. ...
Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 2010
The objective of this paper is to empirically investigate a two-way statistical relationship betw... more The objective of this paper is to empirically investigate a two-way statistical relationship between the agriculture environment and rural poverty. To recognise the relationship between the two variables, a time series, co-integration and Granger causality tests have been employed. Secondary data pertaining to Pakistan from 1980–2009 on rural poverty and environmental factors (such as commercial energy consumption, water availability and total cropped area) have been used for the analysis. The empirical results only moderately support the conventional view that rural poverty has a significant long-term casual effect on environmental proxies in Pakistan. The present study finds evidence of uni-directional causality between poverty and the environment in the context of the agriculture sector in Pakistan.
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