26 research outputs found
Yemenâs urbanârural divide and the ultra localisation of the Civil War
In 2015, civil war broke out in Yemen, swiftly followed by military intervention by a Saudi-led coalition intended to restore to power the deposed but legitimate government. Yemen was already the poorest country in the Middle East before the start of the fighting, with high levels of food insecurity, infant mortality and child malnutrition, and during the past two years, macroeconomic conditions have severely deteriorated. The majority of Yemenis live in rural areas, yet policy-oriented research and media reporting on the current conflict tend to focus on the situation in major cities
Le développement durable et le monde des grandes entreprises
Le concept du dĂ©veloppement durable a eu des rĂ©percussions manifestes sur les technologies et les prestations commercialisĂ©es par les grandes entreprises. Son impact sur les stratĂ©gies et les mĂ©thodes de travail, bien que moins Ă©vident, ne cesse de croĂźtre. Depuis 2001, les sociĂ©tĂ©s cotĂ©es Ă la Bourse de Paris ont lâobligation dâintĂ©grer des donnĂ©es sociales et environnementales dans leurs rapports annuels. Beaucoup de grands groupes ont choisi de publier un document distinct, donnant ainsi ..
Yemen's urban-rural divide and the utra-localisation of the civil war: workshop proceedings
In 2015, civil war broke out in Yemen, swiftly followed by military intervention by a Saudi-led coalition intended to restore to power the deposed but legitimate government. Yemen was already the poorest country in the Middle East before the start of the fighting, with high levels of food insecurity, infant mortality and child malnutrition, and during the past two years, macroeconomic conditions have severely deteriorated. The majority of Yemenis live in rural areas, yet policy- oriented research and media reporting on the current conflict tend to focus on the situation in major cities. On 29 March 2017, the LSE Middle East Centre convened a workshop to explore the scale of need of Yemenâs population, and to look at the extent to which rural and urban livelihoods were directly affected by the fighting as well as changing market conditions. Eleven specialists on Yemen, including academics, activists and members of the NGO community, presented short papers and contributed to the discussion. Colleagues from the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Department for International Development were also present
Benefits of Alaska Native Corporations and the SBA 8(a) Program to Alaska Natives and Alaska
Senator Begichâs office asked ISER for assistance assembling information to document
the social and economic status of Alaska Natives and the benefits of the 8(a) program.
His purpose is to brief Missouri Senator McCaskill and her committee which is reviewing
the status of ANC contracts awarded under SBAâs 8(a) program. This review was
triggered by a 2006 GAO report recommending increased SBA oversight to 8(a)
contracting activity. Highlights of the GAO report are provided in Tab A.1; a letter dated
May 15, 2009, from Senators Begich and Murkowski to Sentaor McCaskill, outlining
their concerns is provided in Tab A.2.
As the Congressional Research Service report (Tab A.3) explains, the Small Business
Administrationâs 8(a) program targeting socially and economically disadvantaged
individuals was operating under executive authority from about 1970, and under statutory
authority starting in 1978. A series of amendments from 1986 to 1992 recognized Alaska
Native Corporations (ANCs) as socially and economically disadvantaged for purposes of
program eligibility, exempted them from limitations on the number of qualifying
subsidiaries, from some restrictions on size and minimum time in business, and from the
ceiling on amounts for sole-source contracts. Between 1988 and 2005, the number of 8(a)
qualified ANC subsidiaries grew from one to 154 subsidiaries owned by 49 ANCs. The
dollar amount of 8(a) contracts to ANCs grew from 1.1
billion in 2004, approximately 80 percent of which was in sole-source contracts. (GAO
Highlights, Tab A.1)
The remainder of this briefing book is divided in three sections. Section 2 addresses
changes in the social and economic status of Alaska Natives from 1970--the year before
the enactment of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act and the subsequent creation of
the ANCs--to the present. ISERâs report on the âStatus of Alaska Natives 2004â (Tab
B.1) finds that despite really significant improvements in social and economic conditions
among Alaska Natives, they still lag well behind other Alaskans in employment, income,
education, health status and living conditions. A collection of more recent analyses
updates the social and economic indicators to 2008. There were many concurrent changes
throughout this dynamic period of Alaskaâs history and we cannot attribute all the
improvements to the ANCs, though it is clear that they play an important catalyst role. In
the final part of section 2 we attempt to provide some historical context for understanding
the role ANCs have played in improving the well-being of Alaska Natives.
Section C. documents the growth in ANCs and their contributions to Alaska Native
employment, income, social and cultural programs and wellbeing, and their major
contributions to the Alaska economy and society overall.
Section D. Looks specifically at the 8(a) program. Although there are a handful of 8(a)
firms with large federal contracts, the majority are small, village-based corporations
engaged in enterprise development in very challenging conditions. A collection of six
case studies illustrate the barriers to business development these small firms face and the
critical leverage that 8(a) contracting offers them.Mark BegichIntroduction / Status of Alaska Natives 1970 to 2000 / Benefits from Alaska Native Corporations / Benefits from the 8(a) progra
Contemporary contestations over working time: time for health to weigh in
Non-communicable disease (NCD) incidence and prevalence is of central concern to most nations, along with international agencies such as the UN, OECD, IMF and World Bank. As a result, the search has begun for âcauses of the causeâ behind health risks and behaviours responsible for the major NCDs. As part of this effort, researchers are turning their attention to charting the temporal nature of societal changes that might be associated with the rapid rise in NCDs. From this, the experience of time and its allocation are increasingly understood to be key individual and societal resources for health (7â9). The interdisciplinary study outlined in this paper will produce a systematic analysis of the behavioural health dimensions, or âhealth time economiesâ (quantity and quality of time necessary for the practice of health behaviours), that have accompanied labour market transitions of the last 30 years - the period in which so many NCDs have risen sharply
Yemen and Somalia : terrorism, shadow networks and the limitations of state-building
Sally Healy; Ginny Hil
Yemen, Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States: elite politics, street protests and regional diplomacy
Ginny Hill; Gerd Nonnema