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Widow Allowance Scheme plays vital role to empower the elderly widow in Bangladesh which promote their social and economic wellbeing in Bangladesh. This scheme was introduced to empower distressed widowed, divorced and husband-deserted women through financial support and to improve their status both within the family and in the society. It was a descriptive but exploratory study and aimed to assess the effectiveness of Widow Allowance Scheme for the empowerment of elderly women in Bangladesh. This study was carried out in Gutudia Union under Dumuria Thana of Khulna district in Bangladesh and the area was selected purposively. For in-depth study check list and Focus Group Discussion guideline were used as data collection tool. Additionally, six case studies (three cases were beneficiaries and three cases were non-beneficiaries) and two Focus Group Discussions, consisting twenty participants, both from beneficiary and non-beneficiary of the scheme were selected using purposive sampling. From the analysis of the case study it had been found that the beneficiaries could influence the household aspects rather than the non-beneficiaries. In Focus Group Discussion it had been found that the beneficiaries had access to financial security than the nonbeneficiaries and they were quite satisfied with life rather than the nonbeneficiaries Finally, the result of the study exposed that though the empowerment indices of the beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries did not have any significant difference but the beneficiaries enjoyed more empowerment facilities than the opposite group due to financial power.

Keywords: Widow Allowance, Empowerment, Women, Bangladesh

Jel Code: H00, (H3: H30)

To cite this paper:

Dipika Chandra, Md. Anisur Rahaman, Abdullah Abusayed Khan, Hasan Jamil & Md. Shahin Parvez (2022). Assessment of the Effectiveness of Widow Allowance Scheme for the Empowerment of Women in Bangladesh. Journal of Global Economy, Trade and International Business. 2(1), 1-17.

The purpose of this paper is to assess the effect of consumption (consumer spending) on economic growth based on 222 countries/ territories in the world, while the effect of other variables that are also assumed to affect economic growth is statistically controlled. The four factors (patterns) of economic growth// identified are as follows: Factor 1/consumption-driven economy; Factor 2/Savings-based; Factor 3/oilresource based; Factor 4/government-spending. Empirical evidence shows the predominance of the consumption-driven economy in affecting economic growth across the world, developing, or developed. Eight variables were found significantly loaded in the pattern of the consumption- driven economy: (1) consumption (2) globalization (3) economic freedom (4) knowledge economy (5) global competitiveness (6) corruption, (7) foreign direct investment, and (8) economic growth. The consumption- driven economy is multidimensional in affecting economic growth. It was found significantly associated with not only economic g rowth but also globalization (both ‘domestic’ and ‘international’), corruption, economic freedom, knowledge economy, and foreign direct investment.

Keywords: Consumption-driven Economy, Globalization, Knowledge Economy, Factor Analysis, Logistic Regression Analysis

JEL Code:  C/Mathematical and Quantitative Methods; Code F/ International Economics; Code O /Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth

To cite this paper:

Hae Kim (2022). An Analysis of Patterns of World Economy: Consumption and Economic Growth. Journal of Global Economy, Trade and International Business. 2(1), 19- 38.

The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of how companies approach diversity training in the workplace and effectiveness for fostering an inclusive workplace environment. Research indicates that resistance may accompany diversity training programs which may in turn undermine efforts to create inclusive workplace environments. By defining inclusion and differentiating between diversity and inclusion, we argue for a contemporary approach to developing diversity training in the workplace for creating an inclusive environment. Using theoretical frameworks for workplace training and development, organizational culture, and research related to diversity training programs, this paper presents a conceptual model for creating an inclusive workplace environment. This model indicates a reciprocal relationship between diversity training and an inclusive workplace culture that includes four dimensions of organizational culture: adaptability, involvement, mission, and consistency.

Keywords: Diversity, inclusion, culture, workplace environment

To cite this paper:

Steven Royall, Vikkie McCarthy & Gloria J. Miller (2022). Creating an Inclusive Workplace: The Effectiveness of Diversity Training. Journal of Global Economy, Trade and International Business. 2(1), 39- 55.

Few places in the world have the potential to offer various types of tourism within a small radius, as does Tahlequah, a small city nestled in the Western foothills the of Ozark mountains in Northeastern Oklahoma. Despite so much to offer, the city and its surroundings have shown little growth in the number of visitors to the area over the past several decades. This exploratory research looks at the current tourism scenario in Tahlequah, and the challenges’ the city and its neighborhood face in attracting tourists. It also suggests efforts needed to develop the tourism infrastructure in the region to make it a prime tourist destination from the perspective of the theory of planned behavior (TPB). The study is expected to create awareness among potential visitors, provoke thought among stake holders, and inform the decision makers; in addition to making contribution to the extant tourism literature about the area and its tourist potential.

Keywords: Tahlequah, Cherokee-Nation, Oklahoma, Native-America, Tourism, Challenges.

JEL Classification Code: M31

To cite this paper:

Nayyer Naseem (2022). Developing, Positioning, and Promoting Tahlequah as a Global Tourist Destination: Opportunities and Challenges. Journal of Global Economy, Trade and International Business. 2(1), 57-86.

The aim of this paper is to analyze the nationalism and populism as the driving forces of economic deglobalization processes and regionalism. T he analysis departs from the assumption that the economic deglobalization processes responds to a more complex dynamic forces created by the economic, financial and the most recent health crisis that blocks the continuity of the economic globalization. Moreover, at the center of the analysis is the conceptualization that both globalization and deglobalization are two faces of the same coin, but with opposite driving forces. Nationalism and populism are the driving forces of deglobalization leading to find regional and more local solutions to economic growth, social and environmental problems.

Keywords: Economic deglobalization, localism, nationalism, populism, regionalism.

To cite this paper:

José G. Vargas-Hernandez (2022). Economic Deglobalization, Regionalism and Localism Processes. Journal of Global Economy, Trade and International Business. 2(1), 86-106