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Poverty, Inequality and Growth in Developing Countries
There are many problems regarding poverty, inequality and growth in developing countries in Asia and Africa. Policy makers at the national level and at international institutions such as the United Nations, World Bank, International Monetary Fund and others have implemented various policies in order to decrease poverty and inequality. This book provides empirical observations on Asian countries and Africa. Each chapter provides theoretical and empirical analysis on regional case studies with an emphasis on policy implications. The book will be of use to many who wish to assess and improve policies in developing countries and mitigate poverty and inequality, and stimulate growth, by drawing on relevant empirical research and economic theories. Clearly, there have been numerous policy failures and the book aims to provide a basis for improving policies and outcomes based on relevant empirical observations
Poverty, Inequality and Growth in Developing Countries
There are many problems regarding poverty, inequality and growth in developing countries in Asia and Africa. Policy makers at the national level and at international institutions such as the United Nations, World Bank, International Monetary Fund and others have implemented various policies in order to decrease poverty and inequality. This book provides empirical observations on Asian countries and Africa. Each chapter provides theoretical and empirical analysis on regional case studies with an emphasis on policy implications. The book will be of use to many who wish to assess and improve policies in developing countries and mitigate poverty and inequality, and stimulate growth, by drawing on relevant empirical research and economic theories. Clearly, there have been numerous policy failures and the book aims to provide a basis for improving policies and outcomes based on relevant empirical observations
Migration and Integration. Common Challenges and Responses from Europe and Asia
With the signing of the ASEAN Framework Agreement for the Integration of Priority Sectors
(FA) in 2004, migration and integration issues gained significance on the agenda. Primarily
concerned with increasing economic growth, this framework excludes the integration of low
and unskilled migrant workers; instead, ASEAN efforts to address migration and integration
issues have been limited to Mutual Recognition Agreements for skilled labour and professionals.
After an analysis of migration policy in the region, we highlight specific barriers to the
integration of labour migrants in two priority sectors – nursing, which is highly regulated by
the state, and Information, Communications and Technology (ICT), which is typically selfregulated
and privately run. Despite a MRA for nursing allowing registered nurses to practice
in another ASEAN country under supervision of local nurses without registering with the
host country’s nursing regulatory authority, in practice, there are major barriers to the free
movement of nurses within ASEAN in terms of skills recognition, licensure requirements and
other protectionist measures. Although regulations governing the inflow of ICT professionals
are not as stringent as those for healthcare professionals, private costs associated with job
search and gaining foreign employment are higher in the ICT sector, largely due to limited
information on international mobility within the industry. Three sets of barriers to greater
integration are discussed. First, the economic and political diversity within ASEAN makes
integration more problematic than in the European Union. Second, the primary concern
with value-adding economic growth means that regional agreements are focused on skilled
and professional labour migration only. Third, the “ASEAN way” of doing things – via a
strong emphasis on consensus and non-interference with domestic policies – often means that
the FA provision for the free movement of labour is usually trumped by domestic policies that
do not reflect the same desire for labour integration
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U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform
The U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform was created by Congress to assess U.S. immigration policy and make recommendations regarding its implementation and effects. Mandated in the Immigration Act of 1990 to submit an interim report in 1994 and a final report in 1997, the Commission has undertaken public hearings, fact-finding missions, and expert consultations to identify the major immigration-related issues facing the United States today.LBJ School of Public Affair
Growing and gathering cultures: An exploration of Portuguese and Karenni migrants’ small-scale agricultural and wild food foraging practices
In Australia, environmental debates around carrying capacity and food security are increasingly tinged with hostility toward ethnic minority migrants. Geographers have recently argued that ethnic minority migrants’ culturally specific knowledge may represent a “circuit-breaker” for Western groupthink concerning notions of sustainability (Head et al., 2018, p. 14). Small-scale agriculture has been recognised as one of the most effective ways of promoting biodiversity while feeding a growing urban population.
This thesis aims to reveal what forms of ecological knowledge ethnic minority migrants draw on from their countries of origin and how they adapt their small-scale agriculture and wild food foraging practices to the local socio-ecological conditions of Wollongong, Australia. It seeks alternate ways of conceptualising ecological knowledge and place-based practices of ethnic minority migrants by combining two concepts: ecological knowledge and translocality. The thesis therefore develops nuanced understandings of ecological knowledge that simultaneously account for movement and situatedness. It investigates how Portuguese and Karenni participants (n=35) grow and gather food across a variety of sites. The study used a mixed methods approach of semi-structured interviews, walking tours, participant observation and collaborating with community co-researchers to derive its findings
Social Mobility in Developing Countries
Social mobility is the hope of economic development and the mantra of a good society. There are disagreements about what constitutes social mobility, but there is broad agreement that people should have roughly equal chances of success regardless of their economic status at birth. Concerns about rising inequality have engendered a renewed interest in social mobility—especially in the developing world. However, efforts to construct the databases and meet the standards required for conventional analyses of social mobility are at a preliminary stage and need to be complemented by innovative, conceptual, and methodological advances. If forms of mobility have slowed in the West, then we might be entering an age of rigid stratification with defined boundaries between the always-haves and the never-haves—which does not augur well for social stability. Social mobility research is ongoing, with substantive findings in different disciplines—typically with researchers in isolation from each other. A key contribution of this book is the pulling together of the emerging streams of knowledge. Generating policy-relevant knowledge is a principal concern. Three basic questions frame the study of diverse aspects of social mobility in the book. How to assess the extent of social mobility in a given development context when the datasets by conventional measurement techniques are unavailable? How to identify drivers and inhibitors of social mobility in particular developing country contexts? How to acquire the knowledge required to design interventions to raise social mobility, either by increasing upward mobility or by lowering downward mobility
Social Mobility in Developing Countries
Social mobility is the hope of economic development and the mantra of a good society. There are disagreements about what constitutes social mobility, but there is broad agreement that people should have roughly equal chances of success regardless of their economic status at birth. Concerns about rising inequality have engendered a renewed interest in social mobility—especially in the developing world. However, efforts to construct the databases and meet the standards required for conventional analyses of social mobility are at a preliminary stage and need to be complemented by innovative, conceptual, and methodological advances. If forms of mobility have slowed in the West, then we might be entering an age of rigid stratification with defined boundaries between the always-haves and the never-haves—which does not augur well for social stability. Social mobility research is ongoing, with substantive findings in different disciplines—typically with researchers in isolation from each other. A key contribution of this book is the pulling together of the emerging streams of knowledge. Generating policy-relevant knowledge is a principal concern. Three basic questions frame the study of diverse aspects of social mobility in the book. How to assess the extent of social mobility in a given development context when the datasets by conventional measurement techniques are unavailable? How to identify drivers and inhibitors of social mobility in particular developing country contexts? How to acquire the knowledge required to design interventions to raise social mobility, either by increasing upward mobility or by lowering downward mobility
Proceedings of USM-AUT International Conference 2012 Sustainable Economic Development: Policies and Strategies
This proceedings includes papers presented at the USM-AUT International Conference (UAIC 2012) carrying the theme “Sustainable Economic Development: Policies and Strategies”, held on 17-18 November 2012 at Bayview Beach Resort Penang Malaysia. This conference is jointly organized by the School of Social Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Malaysia, and Faculty of Business and Law, Auckland University of Technology (AUT), New Zealand.
We received a total of 167 papers from various institutions and organizations around the world where 82 papers were accepted for inclusion in this proceedings. The proceedings is compiled according to the three sub themes of the conference. It covers both theoretical and empirical works from the scholars globally. It is hoped that the collection of these conference papers will become a valuable reference to the conference participants, researchers, scholars, students, businesses and policy makers. The proceedings will be submitted to Thomson ISI for indexing
Malaysian bilateral trade relations and economic growth
This paper examines the structure and trends of Malaysian bilateral exports and imports and then investigates
whether these bilateral exports and imports have caused Malaysian economic growth. Although the structure of
Malaysia’s trade has changed quite significantly over the last three decades, the direction of Malaysia’s trade
remains generally the same. Broadly, ASEAN, the EU, East Asia, the US and Japan continue to be the
Malaysia’s major trading partners. The Granger causality tests have shown that it is the bilateral imports that
have caused economic growth in Malaysia rather than the bilateral exports
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