Social Sciences and Humanities

Enhancing the capacity of the unbanked (under banked) to consume financial services

Access to safe, easy and affordable credit and other financial services by the unbanked and vulnerable groups, disadvantaged areas and lagging sectors is recognized as a pre-condition for accelerating growth and reducing income disparities and poverty. Access to a well-functioning financial system, by creating equal opportunities, enables economically and socially excluded people to integrate better into the economy and actively contribute to development and protects them against economic shocks.

Export finance by commercial banks and economic development – A review ofliterature study

The paper aims to review the literature relates to banking finance and export. The export is one of the major sources of foreign income which leads to uplift our Indian economy. It is the only business creating employment opportunity and also developing financial system of our country. India is place having abundant sources of human power but lack in financial aid. To use the proper human resources financial support is inevitable. This intends to review various studies which interlinked the finance and export. Here, the finance is analysed with commercial banking finance.

Internal control and sharia supervisory board role in zakat management organization

This study aims to determine the relation of internal control implementation and the role of sharia supervisory board in Zakat Management Organization (ZMO). The method which is used in this study is a survey method, it is descriptive and verification, and the data is collected from a sample that has been determined, it is obtained by using a specific data collection tools,the questionnaires. The unit of analysis in this study is the ZMO in Bandung city. The respondents in this study are director, member of the sharia supervisory board as well as Zakah collection and utilization.

Place names of kerala: A historical view

In the Modern period we have only very limited historical study especially of the microlevel.  Such studies regarding many places in Kerala are getting to come. The study of nomenclature is very important part of micro level history; many historians tell that micro level studies regarding names enable us to understand the details history of that particular area. Many of the Indian historians wrote about excavation and expedition without concentrating minute issue like nomenclature. Recently modern historians gave explained on   minute level historical study.

Ablution and different kinds of diseases’ prevention in hadith perspective

This article attempts to find out the understanding and benefits of ablution contained in the Prophet Muhammad hadith. The writers used a method of documentation, for instance, finding data on things or variables such as notes, books of hadith, fiqh books, books on health through ablution, and other books that are related to the research title. The purpose of this study is to provide an understanding about ablution (wudu), obligation for wudu before prayer, the benefit of ablution for Muslims’ health, as well as ablution is the prevention of various diseases.

Factors constraing agribusiness growth in lesotho

The purpose of this project was to identify the factors constraining agribusiness growth in the Maseru district. Primary data from 10 owners/managers of agribusiness enterprises were selected for the study, and were analysed using descriptive analysis and empirical probit models. The results indicate that majority of the respondents were females (60%), aged between 40-49 years (50%), majority of the forms of agribusiness enterprises were sole-trade enterprises. The results also showed that majority (70%) had secondary education.

echnical consraints to marketing of eggs in mohale’s hoek district of lesotho

This study was designed to identify technical constraints to marketing of eggs in Mohale’s Hoek district of Lesotho. The primary data used were obtained through the use of semi-structured interview schedule from 30 egg producers in the study area. A range of technical factors in marketing were incorporated in a binary choice model to investigate the egg marketing with their previous year’s farming results.

Customers’ satisfaction in service quality aspects among public sectors banks and private sectors banks in Coimbatore city – An empirical study

The present study prominences on the customer satisfaction in service quality aspects among public sectors banks and private sectors banks in coimbatore city. The major objectives of this study are to identity the expectations (E) of consumers concerning banking facility, to discover perception (P) of consumers concerning service excellence of banks and to associate service excellenceslits (P-E) in public sectors banks and private sectors banks in Coimbatore city. Empirical method adopted with the basic arrangements of SERVQUAL instruments to measure the service Quality of banks.

On-the-job stress and stressors among police officers of a metropolitan city of pakistan

Background: The experience of work stress can cause unusual and dysfunctional behaviour at work and contribute to poor physical and mental health. No job is immune from stress, but for the law enforcement officer, the strains and tensions experienced at work are unique, often extreme, and sometimes unavoidable. The study was intended to explore the workplace stressors responsible for stress among police officers working in Karachi which is a Cosmopolitan City of Pakistan.

Source of knowledge and choice of contraceptive method among married rural women of pakistan

Background: Pakistan is the sixth most populous country in the world, fourth in Asia & 2nd Muslim nation. Pakistan's population is growing by around two per cent a year but the economy has failed to keep pace with the population growth. Even though family planning programme was started in 1951 but rates of contraceptive use are low particularly in rural Pakistan, which is home to two-thirds of the about 180 million people in the nation. There is a wide range of contraceptives including traditional and modern methods.