438 research outputs found

    再考日本の直接投資とアジア経済 : 国際産業連関表による分析

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    1.はじめに 2.通貨危機以前の生産リンケージ 1)日本の海外直接投資の特徴 3)各国聞での誘発力比較 4)貿易依存度と誘発効果 3.通貨危機後のアジア経済 1)対アジア直接投資の動向 2)貿易からみる生産リンケージ 4.むずびにかえて

    Processing Anti-Asian Violence: A Roundtable Discussion on the Atlanta Shootings

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    A Roundtable Discussion on the Atlanta Shootings The alarming rise of anti-Asian violence, especially the shooting deaths of six women of Asian descent on March 16 in Atlanta, is prompting conversations about the intersections of racism and misogyny, dispelling stereotypes aboutsex work, and inspiring activism and allyship in support of the AAPIcommunity. In this conversation, Notre Dame professors and PhD students will examine the intersectional nature of anti-Asian violence as well, discuss the roots of systemic racism, and explore the needs of AAPI communities now and in the future. Participants: Jennifer Huynh, Assistant Professor of American Studies Xian Wang, Assistant Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures and Gender Studies Sharon Yoon, Assistant Professor of Korean Studies Lailatul Fitriyah, PhD student in Theology Grace Song, PhD student in History Flora Tang, PhD student in Peace Studies, Theology, and Gender Studieshttps://scholarship.law.nd.edu/ndls_posters/1537/thumbnail.jp

    Iron fortification and iron supplementation are cost-effective interventions to reduce iron deficiency in four subregions of the world

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    Iron deficiency is the most common and widespread nutritional disorder in the world, affecting millions of people in both nonindustrialized and industrialized countries. We estimated the costs, effects, and cost-effectiveness of iron supplementation and iron fortification interventions in 4 regions of the world. The effects on population health were arrived at by using a population model designed to estimate the lifelong impact of iron supplementation or iron fortification on individuals benefiting from such interventions. The population model took into consideration effectiveness, patient adherence, and geographic coverage. Costs were based on primary data collection and on a review of the literature. At 95% geographic coverage, iron supplementation has a larger impact on population health than iron fortification. Iron supplementation would avert <12,500 disability adjusted life years (DALY) annually in the European subregion, with very low rates of adult and child mortality, to almost 2.5 million DALYs in the African and Southeast Asian subregions, with high rates of adult and child mortality. On the other hand, fortification is less costly than supplementation and appears to be more cost effective than iron supplementation, regardless of the geographic coverage of fortification. We conclude that iron fortification is economically more attractive than iron supplementation. However, spending the extra resources to implement iron supplementation is still a cost-effective option. The results should be interpreted with caution, because evidence of intervention effectiveness predominantly relates to small-scale efficacy trials, which may not reflect the actual effect under expected conditions

    Anti-corruption Strategies in Afghanistan: An Alternative Approach

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    © 2016, © 2016 SAGE Publications. Afghanistan is one of the most corrupt countries in the world. This article provides a critical examination of Afghan anticorruption strategies based on formal anticorruption strategy, bureaucratic reform, and counter-narcotics. This article includes reference to some of the opinions of 70 semi-structured interviews conducted by the author in Kabul during May–June 2010 with anticorruption experts, rights-based organizations, civil society groups, ministries, and international and national organizations. The findings are that political interference from Afghan elites preserves corruption and deep roots of patron–client corruption—patronage networks and illicit drug trafficking interests with criminal groups for profitable gain—are difficult to combat with the existing anticorruption strategy. Hence, new approaches need to be attempted, such as, incorporating religion and ethics and empowering local leaders to combat corruption within a sixfold approach which involves (i) raising awareness, (ii) prevention, (iii) prosecution and sanctions, (iv) detection, (v) a collaborative counter-narcotics strategy, and (vi) linking religion

    Higher education in Indonesia: Contemporary challenges in governance, access, and quality

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    This chapter presents the development of Indonesian higher education since its origins to current challenges in the fields of governance, autonomy, access, equity, quality, and internationalization. Indonesia has a massive and diversified tertiary education, including experiments in community colleges and online programs. The higher educational system remains mainly centralized, with the exception of some reforms towards financial autonomy. Insufficient public funding hinders the capacity to provide adequate teaching, research, and facilities among other aspects. The consequential rise in student fees contributes to an overrepresentation of students from Java, urban centers, and higher social classes
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