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African Jobless Growth Morphology:Vulnerabilities and Policy Responses
NWAOBI, GODWIN - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
As by product of economic growth, jobs are indeed transformational. In other words, efficiency increases as workers get better at what they do (as more productive jobs appear and less productive one disappear). In fact societies flourish as jobs bring together people from different ethnic and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011107833
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Good governance in microcredit strategy for poverty reduction: focus on western Mindanao, Philippines
Moreno, Frede - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2004
The study argues for the integration of good governance principles in developing financially viable, effective and social equity-laden microcredit strategy for the impoverished agrarian reform beneficiaries in Western Mindanao. It particularly examines the program design and implementation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009401358
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Magison-ison: A parallel reality construction of war among Joloano Muslim Survivors in Sulu, Philippines
Usman-Laput, Lea - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005
The Mindanao conflict in Southern Philippines is a long-standing controversy that has eluded comprehensive solutions. Despite efforts of the Government of the Philippines (GRP) and the representatives from the peoples of Mindanao in undertaking peace initiatives, “the war:” continues. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009401312
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Contradictions of capitalism: A review for Globalization and Its Discontents by Joseph Stiglitz
Estrada, Fernando - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
The core issue raised in Globalization and its Discontents, what is the critical evaluation of the IMF's role in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011109673
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Energy Power, Digital Infrastructure and Elearning Platforms: Afrrican Experience.
NWAOBI, GODWIN - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
Information and communication technologies are one of the most pervasive technologies in the world, second only to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005787174
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Earnings differences between homosexuals and heterosexuals and the effects of anti-discriminatory laws: equal but still unmarried
Christafore, David; Leguizamon, Sebastian - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
Anti-discrimination laws on the basis of sexual orientation have been adopted by many states to counteract perceived discrimination in the labor market. We �find that relative to married heterosexual men, homosexual men earn less and anti-discriminatory laws, over time, partially lessen this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011261066
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Three essays on the economic and cultural integration of migrants in Switzerland: putting into perspective the influence of economic discrimination and of host society culture
Kohler, Pierre - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
This thesis consists of three essays on the economic and cultural integration of migrants in Switzerland, reverse causation between these two dimensions of the integration process, and the role of host society culture. Whereas each dimension is usually examined separately, this study proposes a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011111800
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Dilemas de decisión (Nozick) y compañías militares de seguridad privada en Colombia
Estrada, Fernando - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
Using two theoretical categories of the work of Robert Nozick: (a) protection agencies and (b) minimal state, to illustrate by analogy with the CMSP, the dilemmas arising from the use of private military in regions with civil wars and conflicts irregular. We see that the relations preserved PBMC...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008498486
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Testing The Effects of Economic, Social, and Political Globalization on Human Rights in Africa
Vadlamannati, Krishna Chaitanya - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
The relationship between globalization and human rights remains highly controversial in African context. Neoliberals … argue that globalization lead to growth and development generating respect for human rights. While skeptics contend that … globalization process always tends to be ‘exclusive of poor’ increasing inequality leading to social unrest and economic insecurity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004999182
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Energy management in 21st century: an inquiry into the mounting corporate hegemony over basic human necessities and the role of civil society as a countervailing force.
Dey, Dipankar - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
In 21st century, as energy and food supplies are increasingly becoming dependent on each other, any strategy to manage these two basic human needs should be formulated collectively –not in isolation. The ‘green revolution’ of 1950s paved the way for ascertaining corporate control on food...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005025735