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Result of Review Title: IMPACT OF MICROCREDIT ON AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN DISTRICT MASTUNG BALOCHISTAN: A CASE STUDY OF BALOCHISTAN RURAL SUPPORT PROGRAMME (BRSP) PAKISTAN Author(s): Ms.Irfana Noor Memon , Sanaullah Noonari, Syed Taimoor Shah,Moula Bux Peerzado, Ghulam Mustafa Panhwar , Asif Ahmed Sethar,Ghulam Yasin Kalwar, Mukhtiar Ali Bhatti, Abdul Shakoor Jamro Decision of Paper Selection ( ) a. Accept submission, no revisions required (*) b. Accept submission, minor revisions required; please revise the paper according to comments ( ) c. Accept submission, major revisions required; please revise the paper according to comments ( ) d. Decline submission; you may revise and resubmit for review ( ) e. Decline submission
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Proposed Schedule for Publication
Vol. 1, No. 2, August 2015, if you meet above requirements within 2 weeks.
Online First: The online version may be published soon after the final draft is completed
You may also ask to publish the paper later, if you need more time for revision or payment.
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Comments from Editor Evaluation
Grade Please give a grade of 5, 4, 3, 2, 1(high to low)
Overall evaluation on the paper
4
Contribution to existing knowledge
5
Organization and Readability
4
Soundness of methodology
3
Evidence supports conclusion
4
Adequacy of literature review
4 Comments and Suggestions
Revise the paper according to Paper Submission Guide: http://home.redfame.com/author-guide/
Revise table(s) into three-line table(s)
Add DOI links to those references that have DOIs, please see Paper Submission Guide: http://home.redfame.com/author-guide/
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Comments from Reviewer A Evaluation (Please assign the score for each item below) 5=Excellent
4=Good
3=Average
2=Below Average
1=Poor
Items
n/a=Not Applicable
Grade
Overall evaluation on the paper
4
1. Contribution to existing knowledge
3
2. Novel ideas/concepts/techniques
4
3. Complete and accurate figures and tables
n/a
4. Appropriate formatting and structure
3
5. Readability
3
6. Correct analysis
4
7. Soundness of methodology
4
8. Evidence supports conclusion
4
9. Adequacy of literature review
4
10. Clear, concise and interesting writing
3
Summary The paper contains a high quality work, in a key subject, and is well redacted. Good, accept the submission with minor revisions required.
Strengths The article is well written and focused. It is significant to the target community and contributes to its field. The literature review is to some extent enough and consistent The paper contains a good review on existing literature.
Weaknesses Not enough details on methodology on data collection and analysis of the data. The author should strictly follow the guidelines of this journal for preparing the manuscript Some typos and grammar errors need to be corrected. Paper needs a better structure with use of sub-headings I think that the article needs to be revised for slight corrections but that does not mean that there are big weaknesses. On the contrary, I believe that the article is of high importance and well written.
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Suggestions to Author/s Check and write according to the referencing style and format as required by the journal.
Recommend the appropriate section for this paper (Please mark “X” for appropriate option) (*) Original Article ( ) Review Article ( ) Case Report ( ) Short Communication Recommendation to Editor (Please mark “X” for appropriate option) ( ) Excellent, accept the submission (5) ( ) Good, accept the submission with minor revisions required (4) (*) Acceptable, revisions required (3) ( ) Resubmit for review, major revisions required (2) ( ) Decline the submission (1)
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Comments from Reviewer B Evaluation (Please assign the score for each item below) 5=Excellent
4=Good
3=Average
2=Below Average
Items
1=Poor
n/a=Not Applicable
Grade
Overall evaluation on the paper
4
11. Contribution to existing knowledge
4
12. Novel ideas/concepts/techniques
4
13. Complete and accurate figures and tables
4
14. Appropriate formatting and structure
3
15. Readability
3
16. Correct analysis
4
17. Soundness of methodology
4
18. Evidence supports conclusion
4
19. Adequacy of literature review
5
20. Clear, concise and interesting writing
4
Summary This is a well-organized research paper. The paper is well-written and concise. It is well-structured and organized, so that the results can be easily grasped.
Strengths The design of the study is good and well executed.
Weaknesses The paper should be better structured in its logic and writing. The author should strictly follow the guidelines of this journal for preparing the manuscript
Suggestions to Author/s I recommended accepting this manuscript after minor revisions by authors.
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Appendix I
Publication Agreement / /201
Title:
Submission Date:
All the author(s) agree the above paper for publication in the Applied Finance and Accounting (published by Redfame Publishing). The above-mentioned paper is the author(s)’ original work and has not been published before, and is not currently under consideration for publication elsewhere.
Thanks. Signature(s) of all author(s) in order:
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