Socio-Economic Development Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications

Multi-criteria fuzzy analysis of competitiveness : comparative evaluation of regional development / Katsiaryna Navitskaya -- Big data dilemmas : the theory and practice of ethical big data mining for socio-economic development / Debashis "Deb" Aikat -- A systemic approach towards responsible and sustainable economic development : entrepreneurship, systems theory, and socio-economic momentum / Thea Van der Westhuizen -- An integrated approach for sustainable environmental and socio-economic development using offshore infrastructure / Phoebe Koundouri, Amerissa Giannouli, Ioannis Souliotis -- Role of ICT in socio-economic development in Kenya : demystifying gender empowerment through mobile telephony / Juliet W. Macharia -- Implications of the proposed communication service tax bill on the socio-economic development of Nigeria / Benjamin Enahoro Assay -- National migration policy as a principle for economic system structuring in the modern states : the case of Russia / Ekaterina Andreeva -- Urbanization and electric power crisis in Ghana : trends, policies, and socio-economic implications / Patrick Brandful Cobbinah, Ellis Adjei Adams -- Community radios and the socio-economic development of the north-west region of Cameroon : case of the Donga Mantung Community Radio / Wuchu Cornelius Wutofeh -- Regional development disparities in Romanian agriculture and rural development : a multi-criteria approach / Gabriel Popescu, Simona Bara -- Foreign aid to Africa : conceptualising socio-economic and political development applying complexity theory / Sultan Juma Kakuba -- Urbanization in Ghana : insights and implications for urban governance / Patrick Brandful Cobbinah, Michael Odei Erdiaw-Kwasie -- Changes in the local government system and regional policy in Poland : the impact of membership in the European Union / Andrzej Klimczuk, Magdalena Klimczuk-Kochaska -- Strategic fundamentals of knowledge and information management for social and economic growth in Sub-Saharan African countries / Nathaniel O. Agola -- Discussion on social entrepreneurship in South Africa : a look at why social entrepreneurship offers opportunity to strengthen civil society and fast track socio-economic development in South Africa / Kerryn Krige