"This book provides a critical look at the process of social and economic transformation based on environmental and cultural factors, including income, skills development, employment, and education. Highlighting a range of topics such as economics, social change, and e-governance"--.

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Editorial Advisory Board
• List of Contributors
• Table of Contents
• Preface
• Section 1: Fundamental Concepts and Theories
  • Chapter 1: Global Market Trends
  • Chapter 2: Social Exclusion and Poverty
  • Chapter 3: A General View of Poverty in Turkey as an Issue for Social Work in the Light of Behavioral Finance and Game Theory
  • Chapter 4: Recursive Inter-Ethnic Violence and the Failure of Development Communication in Africa
  • Chapter 5: Theoretical Aspects on Bottom of the Pyramid in Emerging Economies
  • Chapter 6: Youth Engagement in the Era of New Media
  • Chapter 7: National Ethical Institutions and Social Entrepreneurship
  • Chapter 8: Towards a New Definition of Social Innovation
  • Chapter 9: Women's Economic Empowerment in the Developing Countries
  • Chapter 10: A Study of Two Microfinance Models and Their Suitability for Egypt
  • Chapter 11: The Making of the Information Society
• Section 2: Development and Design Methodologies
  • Chapter 12: Picking the People up From Poverty
  • Chapter 13: A National Crisis and a Call to Action
  • Chapter 14: Measuring the Poverty of Elderly People With Needs Analysis in Turkey
  • Chapter 15: National Migration Policy as a Principle for Economic System Structuring in the Modern States
  • Chapter 16: An Endogenous Switching Model to Poverty Dynamic Assessment in Tunisia
  • Chapter 17: FDI, Urbanization, and Economic Growth Linkages in India and China
  • Chapter 18: Corporate Governance
  • Chapter 19: Key Aspects to Develop Long-Term Microfinance and Financial Inclusion for Social Development
  • Chapter 20: Political Consumption as Supplement to Conventional Political Participation in Promoting Social Change
  • Chapter 21: Universities' Contributions to Sustainable Development's Social Challenge
  • Chapter 22: A Qualitative Analysis of Social Entrepreneurship Involving Social Innovation and Intervention
  • Chapter 23: Locational Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment in the Vietnamese Economy
  • Chapter 24: Multinational Corporations
  • Chapter 25: On the Road to SME Sector Development in Bangladesh
  • Chapter 26: Zakat and Its Socio-Economic Merits
  • Chapter 27: A Crowd-Funder Value (CFV) Framework for Crowd-Investment
• Section 3: Tools and Technologies
  • Chapter 28: Hunger Hurts
  • Chapter 29: Lorenz Curve, Gini Coefficient, and the Income Inequality in Turkey in the Last 13 Years
  • Chapter 30: The Effect of Microfinance on Poverty Reduction in Developing Economies
  • Chapter 31: Children and Youth Making Digital Media for the Social Good
  • Chapter 32: Is the EU Moving Towards Sustainable Development?
  • Chapter 33: Mobile Learning for Social Change
  • Chapter 34: Deploying ICT to Enhance Small Businesses and Achieving Sustainable Development
  • Chapter 35: Corruption, Business Climate, and Economic Growth
  • Chapter 36: Grassroots Innovation for Human Development
  • Chapter 37: The Arts, Civic Engagement, and Urban Youth
  • Chapter 38: Meaningful Youth Engagement Through Media Usage
  • Chapter 39: Opportunities and Challenges of Visualization and Open Data in Food Security Analysis
  • Chapter 40: Reducing Poverty and Sustaining Growth
  • Chapter 41: Real-Time Monitoring of Intercity Passenger Flows Based on Big Data
  • Chapter 42: Tourism Marketing in Developing Countries
  • Chapter 43: Utopia, Labor, and Informational Capitalism
• Section 4: Utilization and Applications
  • Chapter 44: The Inter-Linkage Between Governance and Poverty
  • Chapter 45: Games for Social Change
  • Chapter 46: Holistic, Evolving Aspects of Nonviolence for Bringing About Needed Social-Political Change and Important Practitioners of Nonviolence
  • Chapter 47: Poverty Reduction, Wealth Creation, and Tourism in Ethnic Minority Communities in Mainland Southeast Asia
  • Chapter 48: Digital Entrepreneurial Charity, Solidarity, and Social Change
  • Chapter 49: The Social Economy and Role of Government in South Africa
  • Chapter 50: Shrinkage of Rural Areas as a Result of Urbanization and Migration Processes in Mexico
  • Chapter 51: Using Creativity and Social Innovation to Create Social Value and Change
  • Chapter 52: The Role of Entrepreneurial Spirit in Indonesian Youths and Housewives to Reduce Unemployment and Poverty Rate
  • Chapter 53: The Crossroads That Were Never Meant to Be
  • Chapter 54: Functional Effectiveness and Modern Mechanisms for National Urban Systems Globalization
  • Chapter 55: Sustainable Rural Development in the Conditions of Trade Integration
  • Chapter 56: Effective Urban Infrastructure Governance in Africa
  • Chapter 57: Poverty as a Tourism Attraction
  • Chapter 58: Integrating Spatial Technologies in Urban Environments for Food Security
  • Chapter 59: Operation Sukuma-Sakhe
  • Chapter 60: Foreign Land Acquisitions
  • Chapter 61: ICT
  • Chapter 62: Foreign Direct Investment in Land Acquisitions in India
  • Chapter 63: Urban Economy and Sources of Its Efficiency as Factors Addressing the Challenges Faced by Urban Economy
• Section 5: Organizational and Social Implications
  • Chapter 64: Social Media for Promoting Grassroots Political Movements and Social Change
  • Chapter 65: Current Trends of Education and Social Change in Balochistan
  • Chapter 66: Women in Development Mobilize Grassroots Enterprises to Reduce Household Poverty
  • Chapter 67: Impact of Microfinance on Poverty in the Context of Global Financial Crisis
  • Chapter 68: Rational Asymmetric Development
  • Chapter 69: Population Growth and Urbanization in Africa
  • Chapter 70: Women Entrepreneurs Address Poverty and Social Change Through Empowering Grassroots Initiatives in Tanzania
  • Chapter 71: Reflections From Inside the World of Empowered Women
  • Chapter 72: Agriculture, Trade Liberalization and Poverty in the ACP Countries
  • Chapter 73: The Social Impact of the Financial Crises in the Recent Past and Evidence Thereof
  • Chapter 74: Perception of Corporate Social Responsibility by the Employees
  • Chapter 75: Impact of Local Self-Government Institutions on Creating a Business-Friendly Environment
  • Chapter 76: International Migration Through the Tourism Industry
  • Chapter 77: Population Growth, Governance and Urban Social Conflicts in Africa
  • Chapter 78: Promoting Agricultural Productivity and Inclusive Growth in Uganda
  • Chapter 79: Exploring the Social Impact of Foreign Direct Investment on Institutional Change
• Section 6: Critical Issues and Challenges
  • Chapter 80: Can Zakat Institutions Adopt Consumer-Centric Knowledge Management Successfully to Alleviate Poverty?
  • Chapter 81: Macroeconomic Reasons for International Migration Development
  • Chapter 82: Finding Inner Strength in the Face of Adversity Kgopolano GROW Group Empowerment Journey
  • Chapter 83: Global Economy Urbanization and Urban Economy Globalization
  • Chapter 84: Correlates of Political Consumption in Africa
  • Chapter 85: E-Government for Rural Development in Tanzania
  • Chapter 86: Historical and Methodological Approaches to the Analysis of International Labor Migration in a Globalizing World Economy
• Index