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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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What should you do?

Revise the paper according to the comments (if applicable)

All authors must agree on the publication, please sign and scan the agreement letter (see
Appendix I) and send it to afa@redfame.com

Pay a publication fee of 200.00USD for the paper.

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Please notify the editorial assistant when payment has been made

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.

Additional Information

You will receive two copies (per paper) of printed journal, free of charge

If you want to buy more printed journals, please contact the editorial assistant

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Other questions please contact the editorial assistant at: afa@redfame.com

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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

Contribution to existing knowledge

Organization and Readability

Soundness of methodology

Evidence supports conclusion

Adequacy of literature review

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Comments and Suggestions

Revise the paper according to Paper Submission Guide:

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Revise table(s) into three-line table(s)

Add DOI links to those references that have DOIs, please see Paper Submission 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

1. Contribution to existing knowledge

2. Novel ideas/concepts/techniques

3. Complete and accurate figures and tables

n/a

4. Appropriate formatting and structure

5. Readability

6. Correct analysis

7. Soundness of methodology

8. Evidence supports conclusion

9. Adequacy of literature review

10. Clear, concise and interesting writing

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

11. Contribution to existing knowledge

12. Novel ideas/concepts/techniques

13. Complete and accurate figures and tables

14. Appropriate formatting and structure

15. Readability

16. Correct analysis

17. Soundness of methodology

18. Evidence supports conclusion

19. Adequacy of literature review

20. Clear, concise and interesting writing

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
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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: