South-Eastern Europe Journal of Economics

Upskilling teachers and trainers in entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurial pedagogy:

Katerina Sarri, Nikolaos Mouratoglou, Stavroula Laspita — Tue, 09 May 2023 00:00:00 +0300

Entrepreneurship education faces several challenges related to pedagogicaldidactic principles and methodologies adopted in delivering entrepreneurial
learning. More than half of EU member states have limited or no guidelines for
entrepreneurship teaching, while the training of teachers and trainers emerges
as an imperative need. Hence, the present manuscript attempts to discuss the
pedagogical theories and principles based on which the InnoGFEED project was
developed. The authors discuss the rationale, objectives and expected impact in
relation to policy conclusions and recommendations, contributing to the broader
dialogue on pedagogical and methodological considerations that need to be taken
into account regarding entrepreneurship education.

Women's livelihood choice, and bargaining power:

Tue, 09 May 2023 00:00:00 +0300

This study examines how women’s participation in multiple income-generating
activities influence their decision-making power; it is based on in-depth
interviews of 366 rural women in Ogun State, Nigeria. Women’s bargaining power
was estimated using Principal Component Analysis, and the Herfindahl index was
used to estimate their income diversification. Results found that women were
better off than men in two decision-making domains, food purchases, and harvest
use. Farm income explained 54.4% of women’s income in total household income.
70.3% of women have low bargaining power. Their participation in multiple
income portfolios results in higher level of bargaining power.

Global trade:

Emeka Okoro Akpa — Tue, 09 May 2023 00:00:00 +0300

This study investigates persistence in the liner shipping connectivity index for 16
countries, namely, the G7, BRICS, and MINT countries from 2006Q1 to 2021Q1. Both
the autoregressive and fractional integration methods are used for the analysis
of break-adjusted and non-break-adjusted series. Findings from the study show
that the liner shipping connectivity index (LSCI) for more countries in the G7
economic group has lower persistence than for countries in the other economic
groups – MINT and BRICS – whether the series is adjusted for a structural break
or not, thus pointing to a possible quick recovery from a shock than elsewhere.
This shows that any disruption to global trade, as proxied by LSCI, will be suffered
more by developing countries than developed ones.

Effectiveness of foreign aid for health in reducing HIV prevalence in Sub-Saharan Africa

Isiaq O. Oseni, Ibrahim A. Odusanya, Sakiru O. Akinbode — Tue, 09 May 2023 00:00:00 +0300

The study examined the effect of health aid on HIV prevalence in sub-Saharan Africa
(SSA) using data on 46 countries from 2000-2019 analysed with system-GMM due to
its appropriateness. Results confirmed persistence in HIV prevalence and showed
that health aid significantly reduced HIV prevalence in SSA. Furthermore, domestic
health expenditure, education and government effectiveness significantly reduced
the scourge in SSA. All post-estimation diagnoses indicated that the estimated
model was valid and robust. Increased domestic health expenditure to complement
health aid, determination to encourage school enrolment and efforts to improve
government service delivery, especially in the health sector, are recommended.