148 research outputs found
The African Gender and Development Index: an engendered and culturally sensitive statistical tool
By Choice and by Necessity: Entrepreneurship and Self-Employment in the Developing World
Financial Satisfaction and (in)formal Sector in a Transition Country
This paper examines the relationship between working in the formal or informal sector and self-reported individual financial satisfaction in a country in transition. It does so by allowing for individual heterogeneity in terms of perceived financial insecurity and tax morale. The empirical analysis uses a dataset for Albania, a country in transition. The method applied is the ‘self-administered questionnaire’, which combines personal contacts with written questionnaire. The results indicate that, for most individuals, working in the informal sector has negative effects on their self reported financial satisfaction. For some individuals, however, this effect is positive. The characteristic defining these two groups of individuals is their attitude towards the perceived financial insecurity related to not paying taxes. These findings have important implications, in particular for transition countries with large informal sectors. Given the involuntary participation in the informal sector in these countries, the majority of individuals working in this sector will remain financially dissatisfied as long as they have no other social safety net
Community planning and urban design in contested places. Some insights from Belfast
Although social conflict due to the presence of different groups divided
by cultural, religious or ethnic issues plagues many contemporary cities,
community and participatory planning methods still pay little attention
to segregation in contested spaces as a specific matter of concern. This
paper aims to contribute to filling this gap through the development of
a novel tool to be implemented during community planning processes
in contested cities, particularly in (visual) mapping processes. The pilot
area for developing the lexicon has been selected within the city of
Belfast, which has been struggling for years with problems related to
inter-religious sectarian conflicts. The material effects on the urban
structure of the long process of defensive planning during the socalled
Troubles and within the post-conflicts peace programmes
have been investigated by analysing urban artefacts including edges,
borders, barriers, doors, visual control points. The paper suggests that
a simple, recognizable lexicon may contribute to honing community
planning methods in contested places by integrating the traditional
methodology of visual mapping with a tailored taxonomy of elements
of urban conflict, which may be used at many stages of the planning
process, including developing a visual map, design and planning, and
developing and implementing an action plan
From Water Poverty to Water Prosperity—A More Participatory Approach to Studying Local Water Resources Management
The Right to a Job, the Right Types of Projects: Employment Guarantee Policies from a Gender Perspective
Noisy-le-Sec, gentrification under pressure. Report from Paris's supposed gentrification front line
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