scholarly journals Drivers of Mobility in the Global South

2021 ◽  
pp. 35-53
Author(s):  
Patrizio Piraino
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Standard Model ◽  
Developing Country ◽  
Social Mobility ◽  
Emerging Economies ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Global South ◽  
High Income ◽  
Relevant Evidence ◽  
The Standard Model

Empirical studies in developing countries tend to find higher levels of socioeconomic persistence across generations compared with those of high-income economies. However, there have been relatively few advances in the identification of the drivers of such higher levels of intergenerational persistence. By focusing on relevant evidence from developing countries and emerging economies, this chapter points to some of the potential drivers of social mobility that are either outside those typically considered in high-income countries or likely to be of greater relevance in the developing world. The chapter builds on the standard model of intergenerational mobility to discuss the appropriateness of some of its assumptions in a developing-country context. It will then advance some suggestions for future theoretical and empirical investigations of social mobility in the Global South.

scholarly journals Obstacles to integrated pest management adoption in developing countries

2014 ◽  
Vol 111 (10) ◽  
pp. 3889-3894 ◽  
Author(s):  
Soroush Parsa ◽  
Stephen Morse ◽  
Alejandro Bonifacio ◽  
Timothy C. B. Chancellor ◽  
Bruno Condori ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Collective Action ◽  
Integrated Pest Management ◽  
Pest Management ◽  
Concept Mapping ◽  
Developing Country ◽  
Technical Support ◽  
High Income ◽  
Farming Community ◽  
Shed Light

Despite its theoretical prominence and sound principles, integrated pest management (IPM) continues to suffer from anemic adoption rates in developing countries. To shed light on the reasons, we surveyed the opinions of a large and diverse pool of IPM professionals and practitioners from 96 countries by using structured concept mapping. The first phase of this method elicited 413 open-ended responses on perceived obstacles to IPM. Analysis of responses revealed 51 unique statements on obstacles, the most frequent of which was “insufficient training and technical support to farmers.” Cluster analyses, based on participant opinions, grouped these unique statements into six themes: research weaknesses, outreach weaknesses, IPM weaknesses, farmer weaknesses, pesticide industry interference, and weak adoption incentives. Subsequently, 163 participants rated the obstacles expressed in the 51 unique statements according to importance and remediation difficulty. Respondents from developing countries and high-income countries rated the obstacles differently. As a group, developing-country respondents rated “IPM requires collective action within a farming community” as their top obstacle to IPM adoption. Respondents from high-income countries prioritized instead the “shortage of well-qualified IPM experts and extensionists.” Differential prioritization was also evident among developing-country regions, and when obstacle statements were grouped into themes. Results highlighted the need to improve the participation of stakeholders from developing countries in the IPM adoption debate, and also to situate the debate within specific regional contexts.

Dealer Dependence Levels and Reciprocal Actions in a Channel of Distribution in a Developing Country

1989 ◽  
Vol 53 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary L. Frazier ◽  
James D. Gill ◽  
Sudhir H. Kale
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Tungsten Carbide ◽  
Developing Country ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Distribution Channel ◽  
Carbide Tool ◽  
Channel Relationships ◽  
Tungsten Carbide Tool ◽  
Channel Theory

The primary purpose of this article is to expand our understanding of the dependence and reciprocal action constructs in distribution channel relationships. The authors develop a conceptual framework for channel relationships involving the exchange of industrial products within sellers' markets in developing countries. The framework is tested with data collected in the tungsten carbide tool industry in India. Results are generally supportive of the conceptual framework and illustrate the need to (1) take the channel context into account in developing channel theory and (2) perform empirical studies in a wide variety of channel settings.

E-commerce Trade and Data Localization: A Developing Country Perspective

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 153-175
Author(s):  
Abhijit Mukhopadhyay ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Data Management ◽  
Developing Country ◽  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Emerging Economies ◽  
Market Price ◽  
Digital Data ◽  
Data Safety ◽  
Digital World ◽  
The Ideal

This article explores the issue of data localization by capturing all relevant debates and discussion around it. It investigates issues related to data management, storage, and ownership, followed by the data safety and security concerns of developing countries in a rapidly changing digital world. Storing data locally can be an effective way to tackle these concerns. Data localization can bring the data storing market price down. It can inject sufficient incentive to spur technological innovation in the system. If workable templates of data safety and privacy frameworks can be built locally, consumers’ rights will also be protected. Data localization also has the potential to positively contribute to effective redressal of damages in developing countries related to data leakage. The COVID-19 pandemic has considerably sharpened existing conflicts in the e-commerce ecosystem. Treating this crisis as an opportunity and pushing for digital data safety and security by means of data localization is the ideal strategy for developing and emerging economies to adopt.

Impact of Fiscal Decentralization on Private Savings in a Developing Country

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 259-285 ◽  
Author(s):  
Imran Hanif ◽  
Pilar Gago-de Santos
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Developing Country ◽  
Fiscal Federalism ◽  
Fiscal Decentralization ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Vector Error Correction ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Major Interest ◽  
Short Run ◽  
Private Savings

In this article, we provide empirical evidence on the long-run relationship between fiscal decentralization and private savings in a developing country. We take into consideration the particular impact of fiscal decentralization on private savings and investment as vehicles for fostering growth in Pakistan over a period of almost four decades (1972–2010). Additionally, we use the same dataset to capture the short-run dynamics between these variables. We find a significant and positive correlation between fiscal decentralization and private savings in Pakistan during the period in question. To test this relationship for the long run, we have resorted to co-integrated variables; by contrast, for analysis of the short run, we used a vector error correction model (ECM). Private savings are positively correlated with the fiscal decentralization process from a revenue perspective. Though previous empirical studies have shown mixed results—in the sense that inconclusive outcomes still prevail when linking growth and fiscal federalism—our findings could be of major interest to other developing countries currently undertaking fiscal decentralization. According to our analysis, fiscal decentralization may indeed play a key role in promoting economic growth in developing countries.

Global and Globalizing Cities from the Global South: Multiple Realities and Pathways to Form a New Order

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 327-337
Author(s):  
Parsa Arbab
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Emerging Economies ◽  
Global South ◽  
Global City ◽  
New Order ◽  
Multiple Realities ◽  
The Past ◽  
The North ◽  
Local Contexts ◽  
Global North

Abstract The global city order has been changed and reconstructed during the past two decades by the rising of global or globalizing cities in developing and emerging economies in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. This transition has been dominated by the current global city label with reference to the prime and paradigmatic cases and hegemonic and monopolistic measures from the North. However, achieving a general set of uniform and convergent results is a barren probability, and has led to the underestimation of the local contexts, implications and probabilities. So, it will be challenging to explore the evidence of the globalization of cities in developing countries, and to explain the concepts and meanings of the global positions and functions for their vision and development. Therefore, it is necessary to focus on the neglected realities and pathways for reconceptualizing the global city theory by shift from the Global North to the Global South.

Indirect measurements in micro-space with the EM

1995 ◽  
Vol 53 ◽  
pp. 598-599
Author(s):  
Sterling P. Newberry
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscope ◽  
Standard Model ◽  
Particle Physics ◽  
Information Storage ◽  
Storage Space ◽  
Indirect Measurements ◽  
Storage And Retrieval ◽  
Adequate Information ◽  
Compelling Reason ◽  
The Standard Model

At the 1958 meeting of our society, then known as EMSA, the author introduced the concept of microspace and suggested its use to provide adequate information storage space and the use of electron microscope techniques to provide storage and retrieval access. At this current meeting of MSA, he wishes to suggest an additional use of the power of the electron microscope.The author has been contemplating this new use for some time and would have suggested it in the EMSA fiftieth year commemorative volume, but for page limitations. There is compelling reason to put forth this suggestion today because problems have arisen in the “Standard Model” of particle physics and funds are being greatly reduced just as we need higher energy machines to resolve these problems. Therefore, any techniques which complement or augment what we can accomplish during this austerity period with the machines at hand is worth exploring.

The Importance of Being Defunct (Presidential Address)

1985 ◽  
Vol 24 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 211-234
Author(s):  
Syed Nawab Haider Naqvi
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Development Economics ◽  
Developing World ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Presidential Address ◽  
Great Expectations ◽  
Founding Fathers

For development economists these arc the days of great expectations. Development economics as a discipline, born only three decades ago, has come to stay, notwithstanding the threats to its existence issued openly by such friends as Schultz [63], Bauer [2], Little [44], and Lal [39]. New theoretical constructs have been devised and novel empirical studies done to comprehend better the forces of change in developing countries. While of late there may not have been great festivity in the realm of ideas, the force of circumstances has widened the problem canvas of development economics and has opened up new vistas for economists to explore- much beyond the expectations of its founding fathers. Also notwithstanding the great diversity in the experience of individual countries, development economists may legitimately draw some comfort from the thought that their ideas have changed the developing world for the better.

An Interview with the Physicist that Her Head in the Universe and Both Feet on the Earth

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adib Rifqi Setiawan
Keyword(s):  
Standard Model ◽  
Particle Physics ◽  
Space Time ◽  
Additional Dimension ◽  
The Earth ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
The Universe

Put simply, Lisa Randall’s job is to figure out how the universe works, and what it’s made of. Her contributions to theoretical particle physics include two models of space-time that bear her name. The first Randall–Sundrum model addressed a problem with the Standard Model of the universe, and the second concerned the possibility of a warped additional dimension of space. In this work, we caught up with Randall to talk about why she chose a career in physics, where she finds inspiration, and what advice she’d offer budding physicists. This article has been edited for clarity. My favourite quote in this interview is, “Figure out what you enjoy, what your talents are, and what you’re most curious to learn about.” If you insterest in her work, you can contact her on Twitter @lirarandall.

An Interview with the Physicist that Her Head in the Universe and Both Feet on the Earth

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adib Rifqi Setiawan
Keyword(s):  
Standard Model ◽  
Particle Physics ◽  
Space Time ◽  
Additional Dimension ◽  
The Earth ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
The Universe

Put simply, Lisa Randall’s job is to figure out how the universe works, and what it’s made of. Her contributions to theoretical particle physics include two models of space-time that bear her name. The first Randall–Sundrum model addressed a problem with the Standard Model of the universe, and the second concerned the possibility of a warped additional dimension of space. In this work, we caught up with Randall to talk about why she chose a career in physics, where she finds inspiration, and what advice she’d offer budding physicists. This article has been edited for clarity. My favourite quote in this interview is, “Figure out what you enjoy, what your talents are, and what you’re most curious to learn about.” If you insterest in her work, you can contact her on Twitter @lirarandall.

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