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Employment and Economic Growth
Based on the Cobb–Douglas production function, researchers developed an employment demand model to find the employment elasticity with respect to economic growth using working hours and population as explanatory variables.
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Irrigation Advisory Services
The EU research project OPERA—“Operationalizing the increase of water use efficiency and resilience in irrigation” focuses on the sustainable management of water resources in agriculture and the use of irrigation advisory services (IASs), and thus, intelligent irrigation systems that provide information to a large number of farmers have become useful tools for irrigation programs. The issue is not new, and extensive research and investments have been made to develop more advanced methods and practices to accurately provide water to the crops based on their needs.
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5G-Based Technologies in Logistics and Supply Chain
The transport and logistics industry plays a crucial role in supporting the economy, but it faces various challenges, including high costs and the need for operational efficiency. To address these challenges, the industry is embracing digital transformation, and 5G networks are expected to play a significant role in this process. 
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Blended Finance and Partial Risk Guarantee
A partial risk guarantee (PRG) is one of the critical instruments in the blended finance approach that provides assurance to the risk investor to lend leveraged capital to the borrower. Under the PRG scheme, philanthropic capital is employed as a risk guarantee to create financial and economic additionality through the multiplier effect.
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Conventional and Islamic Stock Indices during COVID-19 Pandemic
Islamic finance encompasses financial activities such as Islamic banking, Islamic insurance (Takaful), and Sharia-compliant credit, all adhering strictly to Islamic law (Sharia law). The term also includes Sharia-compliant investments and broader capital and equity markets.
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Circular Economy and Circular Business Model
Circular business models (CBMs) are integral to the concept of the circular economy (CE). 
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Monetary Policy Affect Bank Credit Supply to Enterprises
In order to develop the real economy and solve the problems of enterprise financing and lending, banks should increase their support for SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises). The People’s Bank of China introduced two direct monetary policy tools in June 2020, which are important for alleviating the financing problems of SMEs, improving the construction of financial support for the real economy and promoting the recovery of economic development.
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Sustainable Management of Railway Companies
Sustainable transport is a critical and complex issue that the world is currently facing. Managers of railway companies in particular face significant challenges in achieving self-sustainable management of their assets. 
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Agricultural Food System Transformation on China’s Food Security
With the development of economy, the definition of food security has undergone a series of changes. The connotation of food security has undergone changes from macro total amount to micro individual, from production to livelihood, and from objective index to subjective perception. Food security is associated with poverty, and food diversity, cultural acceptance, malnutrition and child mortality, environmental and climate impacts, agricultural land use structure, energy and water resource constraints, and other influencing factors have been gradually taken into consideration as influences.
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Research Trends on Islamic Finance and Fintech
Due to its devotion to Shariah principles and values, Islamic finance has attracted substantial attention as an alternative to traditional finance. With the increased use of technology in finance, Islamic finance has adapted and integrated financial technology (fintech) to provide its consumers with more efficient and accessible financial services. The rise of fintech has created new possibilities and difficulties for the Islamic finance industry, providing creative solutions to old financial issues while also raising new regulatory and ethical concerns. 
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