411 research outputs found

    Crisis for Whom?

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    Children feature centrally in the ubiquitous narratives of ‘migration crises’. They are often depicted as essentially vulnerable and in need of special protections, or suspiciously adult-like and a threat to national borders. At the same time, many voices, experiences, and stories are rarely heard, especially about children on the move within the global South. This bilingual book, written in English and Spanish, challenges simplistic narratives to enrich perspectives and understanding. Drawing on collaborations between young (im)migrants, researchers, artists and activists, this collection asks new questions about how crises are produced, mobility is controlled, and childhood is conceptualised. Answers to these questions have profound implications for resources, infrastructures, and relationships of care. Authors offer insights from diverse global contexts, painting a rich and insightful tapestry about childhood (im)mobility. They stress that children are more than recipients of care and that the crises they face are multiple and stratifying, with long historical roots. Readers are invited to understand migration as an act of concern and love, and to attend to how the solidarities between citizens and ‘others’, adults and children, and between children, are understood and forged.La niñez ocupa un lugar central en las narrativas omnipresentes de las ""crisis migratorias"". A menudo ésta es representada como esencialmente vulnerable y necesitada de protección especial, como sospechosamente parecida a los adultos, o como una amenaza para las fronteras nacionales. Al mismo tiempo, existen muchas voces, experiencias e historias que rara vez son escuchadas, especialmente aquellas que hablan sobre las infancias en movimiento dentro del Sur global. 'Este libro bilingüe, escrito en inglés y español, desafía las narrativas simplistas para enriquecer nuestra perspectivas y comprensión. Basada en colaboraciones entre jóvenes (in)migrantes, investigadores, artistas y activistas, esta colección plantea nuevas preguntas sobre cómo se producen las crisis, cómo se controla la movilidad y cómo se conceptualiza a la infancia y la niñez. Las respuestas a estas preguntas tienen profundas implicaciones para la distribución de recursos, la infraestructura y las prácticas de cuidado. Las y los autores ofrecen perspectivas que surgen de diversos contextos globales, construyendo un rico y detallado tapiz sobre la (in)movilidad infantil. Destacan que niñas y niños son mucho más que simples receptores de cuidados y que las crisis que enfrentan son múltiples y estratificadas, con profundas raíces históricas. Se invita a las/os lectoras/es a entender la migración como un acto de concientización y amor, y a poner atención en cómo se entienden y forjan las solidaridades entre ciudadanos y aquellos que son percibidos como “otros”; entre adultos y niñas/os, y entre las/os niñas/os mismas/os

    Economic and Social Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Energy Sector

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    The purpose of the Special Issue was to collect the results of research and experience on the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic for the energy sector and the energy market, broadly understood, that were visible after a year. In particular, the impact of COVID-19 on the energy sector in the EU, including Poland, and the US was examined. The topics concerned various issues, e.g., the situation of energy companies, including those listed on the stock exchange, mining companies, and those dealing with renewable energy. The topics related to the development of electromobility, managerial competences, energy expenditure of local government units, sustainable development of energy, and energy poverty during a pandemic were also discussed

    Urban-Rural-Partnerships

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    This is a reprint of the Special Issue “Urban-Rural-Partnerships: Sustainable and Resilient” in Land, which, based on the URP2020 objectives, invited original contributions dealing with interactions in regional systems, particularly between urban and rural actors, institutions and projects to tackle great societal challenges. The 16 contributions published included conceptual and methodological papers, as well as case studies dedicated to striking examples and providing transferable knowledge and solutions. The guest editors hope that the contributions will stimulate learning processes on various levels, i.e. cross- and transdisciplinary as well as from the local level to entire regions to the broader European and international levels, in order to foster an understanding of integrated regional and urban–rural development

    Towards COP27: The Water-Food-Energy Nexus in a Changing Climate in the Middle East and North Africa

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    Due to its low adaptability to climate change, the MENA region has become a "hot spot". Water scarcity, extreme heat, drought, and crop failure will worsen as the region becomes more urbanized and industrialized. Both water and food scarcity are made worse by civil wars, terrorism, and political and social unrest. It is unclear how climate change will affect the MENA water–food–energy nexus. All of these concerns need to be empirically evaluated and quantified for a full climate change assessment in the region. Policymakers in the MENA region need to be aware of this interconnection between population growth, rapid urbanization, food safety, climate change, and the global goal of lowering greenhouse gas emissions (as planned in COP27). Researchers from a wide range of disciplines have come together in this SI to investigate the connections between water, food, energy, and climate in the region. By assessing the impacts of climate change on hydrological processes, natural disasters, water supply, energy production and demand, and environmental impacts in the region, this SI will aid in implementation of sustainable solutions to these challenges across multiple spatial scales

    Exploring the relevance of intellectual capital recognition in the financial statements of listed insurance companies in Nigeria

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    The purpose of this research is to explore the relevance of Intellectual Capital recognition in the financial statements of listed insurance companies in Nigeria with a focus on the cities of Abuja and Lagos. The scope of this research was limited to the review and analysis of the relevance of intellectual capital recognition in the financial statements of listed insurance companies for the period 1st January 2015 to 31 December 2020 in developing countries, using Nigeria as a case study. This study employed a mixed method (quantitative and qualitative) research design; adopting the purposive or judgement sampling method. This research utilised a combination of tools: SPSS, Multiple Regression analysis, NVivo, and Word Cloud. The field survey questionnaire, interview and content analysis were utilised with 176 questionnaires distributed. Interview data were collected from 20 out of 30 Listed Insurance companies. The response rates from the field survey and interview were 141 respondents representing 80.1%, and 20 representing 66.7% respectively. Quantitative and qualitative analyses of financial statements and annual reports of listed insurance companies were conducted. In total, 116 annual reports were analysed using NVivo. The research showed that the worth of listed insurance companies in Lagos is higher than those of Insurance companies based in Abuja. This research is one of the few to introduce the “Business recipe or strategic capital”; as the fourth capital as one of the categories of intellectual capital in listed insurance companies in Abuja and Lagos. The research established that intellectual capital components do have individual and joint effects on the performances and valuations of listed insurance companies in Abuja and Lagos. This research produced the first intellectual capital research on listed insurance companies under three recapitalisation regimes since the recapitalisation event of 2007 and during an unstable economic condition which included the covid-19 period. This research covers six years of listed insurance companies including the years 2018, 2019 and 2020, the years of varied recapitalisation introduced by the National Insurance Commission of Nigeria (NAICOM). This is the first research to apply mixed methods and data triangulation in intellectual capital research relating to the insurance industry in Abuja and Lagos, Nigeria. The results and findings have varied inferences for policy, practice and research. A local Intellectual Capital report should be encouraged as part of a mandatory management report in Nigeria as already being practised in some developed countries. The effect of covid-19 restrictions and guidelines impacted the research and resulted in changes in the strategy of the research. Travel restrictions due to covid-19 posed a major challenge for the researcher. For the full benefit of their Intellectual Capital to be derived by companies, measurement and recording of Intellectual Capital should be included in the business accounting system. Future research should include the insurance brokers, and unlisted insurance companies together with the listed insurance companie
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