Cooperativa alimentària

El projecte intenta connectar el barri apèndix de Ciutat Meridiana, mitjançant una intervenció multiescalar lligada a l'alimentació. A partir de la producció d'aliments, el seu tractament i la posterior distribució, la proposta solventa les diferents mancances del barri

Un epígrafe latino en Herrería (Guadalajara)

Se da a conocer un epígrafe latino inédito procedente de Herrería (Guadalajara).Presentatíon of an unprecedented Latin epigraph from Herrería (Guadalajara)

The Contributions of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises in Rural-Urban Linkages in Wolaita Zone, South Ethiopia

Development Policies and strategies of Ethiopia envisage micro small and medium enterprises as a strategic tool for strengthening rural-urban linkages and for bringing overall economic development and poverty eradication. This is due to the role of the enterprises in bridging urban and rural areas and the interdependence of the rural and urban economies in developing countries. However, the Ethiopian micro, small and medium enterprises do not seem to be on the right track in their relationship to the agricultural sector as required by the government policy and strategies. Most Ethiopian micro, small and medium enterprises are known for their high dependence on imported raw materials. Past studies failed to realize the potential benefits of creating production linkages by reinforcing rural-urban links across the country. The objective of this paper is to evaluate the capacity of micro, small and medium enterprises to forge rural-urban relationships that will assist in towards achieving the goals of GTP. The methodology for putting the paper together is by drawing results from the ongoing doctoral research1 by the author. The study is based on a concurrent triangulation mixed method approach using both quantitative and qualitative data with a questionnaire survey from 525 owners/managers of micro, small and medium enterprises as the main data collection tool. The study also collected qualitative data through informant interviews from 22 MSME owners/managers. The research question addressed in this paper is what contributions can micro, small and medium enterprises play to strengthen rural-urban economic linkages? There is every reason to believe that micro, small and medium enterprises have the capacity to expand their demand for local agricultural raw material. Rural areas, on the other hand, have an equally reliable desire for agro-based products such as fertilizers, pesticides, and farming equipment. Unfortunately, the paper finds from the study that as high as 53.1 percent of micro, small and medium enterprises in the three administrative towns of Wolaita in south Ethiopia are wholly or partially dependent on industrial products and that only 1.5 percent appear involved in the production and supply of agricultural inputs. Extraordinarily, however, as much as 57.6 percent of the study's respondents chose the main reason hindering linkages as the unavailability of preferred and quality raw materials in the local market. In order to promote the linkage between the two sectors and areas, both the agricultural and MSME sectors productivity should be enhanced through improved agricultural productivity and enhancing the performance of small business sector to provide agricultural inputs through all rounded support of the government. Keywords; Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises; Rural-Urban Linkage, Contributions, Wolaita Zone, South Ethiopia DOI: 10.7176/CER/11-4-01 Publication date:May 31st 201

Understanding country images of Colombia, the Dominican Republic and Mexico as perceived by American college students

The purpose of this thesis was to better understand current perceptions of selected Latin American countries, Colombia, the Dominican Republic and Mexico, held by young people in the Unites States. Through a survey of U. S. college students in the southeastern region of the United States and social listening with Salesforce Marketing Social Studio, this thesis used current models of measurement of the country image construct (Buhmann & Ingenhoff, 2015; Ingenhoff et al., 2018) to understand the current country images of countries in Latin America. This study found that aesthetic and functional dimensions more strongly affect overall country image. This study also found traditional mass media continue to inform country images of Colombia, the Dominican Republic and Mexico, and first hand experiences (i.e. travel to or knowing people from these countries) result in more positive country images overall. An important contribution of this thesis was affirming that social media listening and analysis alone is limited in its ability to understand and measure country image, and making recommendations for future public diplomacy efforts and research