Courts, graft and protests threaten Guatemala mining

2016 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Mining Activity ◽  
Extractive Industries ◽  
Court Decisions ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Reputational Risk ◽  
The Government

Subject Mining outlook. Significance The administration of President Jimmy Morales has resisted renewed calls to resurrect a former moratorium on mining activity. However, efforts to expand the sector have still suffered numerous setbacks in the form of protests, adverse court decisions and ongoing investigations into potential links between projects and the corrupt administration of former President Otto Perez Molina (2012-15). Impacts Weak structures for monitoring revenues will hinder progress towards membership of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative. Potential probes into operations that received mining licences under Perez Molina may expose some firms to sanctions and reputational risk. Popular opposition to some projects could lead the government to revisit proposals to increase royalty charges for firms in the sector.

Peru raps Pluspetrol following environmental protests

2015 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Business Community ◽  
Extractive Industries ◽  
Andean Region ◽  
Breach Of Contract ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Popular Pressure ◽  
The Government

Significance The government has ordered Pluspetrol, which owns and operates key oil and gas concessions, to abandon its exploratory activities in the central jungle region, following protests during which one student was killed and at least 32 people injured. The conflict typifies growing organised resistance throughout the Andean region by indigenous and other groups to the presence of extractive industries. Impacts Pluspetrol may lodge a complaint against Peru for breach of contract. Other communities may take this as their cue to lodge protests against extractive industries. The government will be criticised by the business community for having apparently succumbed to popular pressure.

Environmental enforcement pressures will mount in Peru

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Energy Development ◽  
Extractive Industries ◽  
Policy Agenda ◽  
Environmental Enforcement ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Will ◽  
Environmental Norms ◽  
The Government ◽  
Will Force

Subject Environmental protection. Significance Environmental protection has moved up Peru’s policy agenda, especially in the Amazon region. However, the government lacks the power -- and arguably still the will -- to enforce restrictions on uses that harm the environment, notably energy development and road building. Pressure for better environmental protection has hitherto come chiefly from abroad. Impacts Indigenous organisations will gain influence in the policy sphere. Extractive industries will come under pressure to adapt their practices to environmental norms. Climate change will force the government to take issues of deforestation more seriously.

Corruption will undermine Lao reforestation efforts

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Rural Poor ◽  
Illegal Logging ◽  
Infrastructure Projects ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Reputational Risk ◽  
Foreign Companies ◽  
Forestry Sector ◽  
The 1950S ◽  
The Government

Subject Deforestation and corruption in Laos. Significance Illegal logging is contributing to deforestation in Laos. About 40% of the country is now covered in forest, but the government seeks a return to the 70% level seen in the 1950s. Impacts Laos’s rural poor, who depend on the forests for their livelihoods, will see declining incomes. Logging corruption will likely dissuade most foreign companies from investing in Lao energy and infrastructure projects. Chinese and Vietnamese firms may assume the reputational risk of working in Laos’s forestry sector, operating on the margins of legality.

Jakarta's deregulation belies economic nationalism

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Extractive Industries ◽  
Foreign Workers ◽  
Coal Production ◽  
Investment Climate ◽  
Legislative Elections ◽  
Mining Company ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Foreign Companies ◽  
The Government ◽  
Regional Elections

Subject Indonesia's policies on extractive industries. Significance The end-April deadline set by President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo is fast approaching for the government and US mining company Freeport-McMoRan to conclude talks over plans for Jakarta to acquire a majority stake in PT Freeport Indonesia (PT-FI), which runs the economically important Grasberg mine in Papua province. The government is pressing foreign companies to bear more costs in their operations or relinquish majority ownership. Such tensions risk undermining the government’s aim of deregulating extractive industries to improve Indonesia’s investment climate ahead of the presidential and legislative elections due in April 2019. Impacts Domestic market obligations on coal producers could result in a loss of around 200 million dollars in state revenues. Over half of Indonesia’s annual coal production will be consumed domestically by 2019. A rise in foreign workers could become a campaign issue in June’s regional elections and next year’s national polls.

Tanzanian export ban unlikely to drive investors away

2017 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Extractive Industries ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Mining Sector ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Mining Companies ◽  
The Government ◽  
Restrictive Measures ◽  
Smelting Capacity

Subject Tanzania metal ore export ban. Significance On March 2, the Tanzanian government announced it had banned export of metal ores by international mining companies, in what firms see as part of a continuing attack on the extractive industries sector. The government has attempted to negotiate increased tax bills, or settlement of unpaid ones, and has repeatedly threatened to take a greater slice of revenues. Impacts Donor criticisms of the ban will be muted but further restrictive measures would cause concern. Mining sector employment could be damaged in the short term as investment shifts to developing smelting capacity over expanding production. Magufuli’s popularity is likely to persist and he will be projected as a champion against exploitative foreign interests.

Pandemic will increase indigenous activism in Peru

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Extractive Industries ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Indigenous Activism ◽  
The Government

Significance Under pressure from growing indigenous militancy, the government is taking belated steps to meet demands for better protection, including steps to stem the flow of extractive industries and migrants into the region. Impacts Further conflicts, similar to that in Bagua in 2009, are highly likely. The government in Lima is likely to resist conceding indigenous autonomies. Debate over the treatment of indigenous peoples in Peru will gain international resonance.

Jokowi’s new regulation is unlikely to curb corruption

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Presidential Election ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Reputational Risk ◽  
High Profile ◽  
The Government

Significance President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo in September signed a regulation allowing the government to pay those exposing corruption. Impacts Jokowi will seek to portray himself as a reformer dedicated to improving governance ahead of the 2019 presidential election. Further corruption scandals involving high-profile company executives would increase reputational risk and deter prospective investors. Several government entities may revive their own anti-corruption units.

Waldpolitischer Jahresrückblick 2011

2012 ◽  
Vol 163 (5) ◽  
pp. 145-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Willi Zimmermann
Keyword(s):  
Forest Policy ◽  
Federal Court ◽  
Annual Review ◽  
Court Decisions ◽  
Large Carnivores ◽  
Policy Issues ◽  
The Government ◽  
European Forest ◽  
Forest Legislation ◽  
Forest Act

Annual review of Swiss forest policy 2011 The revision of the Forest Act, the adoption of the Forest Programme 2020 by the Federal Council as well as the preparation of the second contribution period of the New System of Financial Equalisation and Division of Tasks between the Confederation and the Cantons (NFE) shaped, in addition to the routine business, the forest policy of 2011. The parliamentary initiatives on forest and forest policy issues remained of about the same amount as in previous years, while the Federal Court decisions on forest legislation have declined significantly. In various forest-related sectoral policies, the government and parliament made important decisions. In climate policy, the Parliament adopted the CO2 Law. However, this has not yet happened to the revision of the Spatial Planning Act. In nature and landscape policy, the administration has prepared the Swiss biodiversity strategy so far that the Federal Council could send it out for consultation. The revision of the Hunting Regulation, with changes in the management of large carnivores, is nearing adoption. At the international level, the Federal Council has submitted the European Landscape Convention to the Parliament for ratification, and the European forestry ministers have agreed to the preparation of a European Forest Convention.

A benchmarking study of Indian seaports

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 88-102
Author(s):  
Sajeev Abraham George ◽  
Anurag C. Tumma
Keyword(s):  
Financial Performance ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Data Envelopment ◽  
Operational Parameters ◽  
Two Stage ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Public ◽  
Port Authorities ◽  
Financial Performance Measures ◽  
The Government

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to benchmark the operational and financial performances of the major Indian seaports to help derive useful insights to improve their performance. Design/methodology/approach A two-stage data envelopment analysis (DEA) methodology has been used with the help of data collected on the 13 major seaports of India. The first stage of the DEA captured the operational efficiencies, while the second stage the financial performance. Findings A window analysis over a period of three years revealed that no port was able to score an overall average efficiency of 100 per cent. The study identified the better performing units among their peers in both the stages. The contrasting results of the study with the traditional operational and financial performance measures used by the ports helped to derive useful insights. Research limitations/implications The data used in the study were majorly limited to the available sources in the public domain. Also, the study was limited to the major seaports which are under the Government of India and no comparisons were carried out with other local or international ports. Practical implications There is a need to prioritize investments and improvement efforts where they are most needed, instead of following a generalized approach. Once the benchmark ports are identified, the port authorities and other relevant stakeholders should work in detail on the factors causing inefficiencies, for possible improvements in performance. Originality/value This paper carried out a two-stage DEA that helped to derive useful insights on operational efficiency and financial performance of the India seaports. A combination of the financial and operational parameters, along with a comparison of the DEA results with the traditional measures, provided a different perspective on the Indian seaport performance. Considering the scarcity of research papers reported in the literature on DEA-based benchmarking studies of seaports in the Indian context, it has the potential to attract future research in this field.

The cost-effectiveness of insulin analogs and regular insulin for diabetes control: a case study in Iran

2020 ◽  
Vol 33 (4/5) ◽  
pp. 323-331
Author(s):  
Mohsen pakdaman ◽  
Raheleh akbari ◽  
Hamid reza Dehghan ◽  
Asra Asgharzadeh ◽  
Mahdieh Namayandeh
Keyword(s):  
Cost Effectiveness ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Regular Insulin ◽  
Diabetes Control ◽  
Diabetic Patients ◽  
Insulin Analogs ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Patients With Diabetes ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Cost

PurposeFor years, traditional techniques have been used for diabetes treatment. There are two major types of insulin: insulin analogs and regular insulin. Insulin analogs are similar to regular insulin and lead to changes in pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic properties. The purpose of the present research was to determine the cost-effectiveness of insulin analogs versus regular insulin for diabetes control in Yazd Diabetes Center in 2017.Design/methodology/approachIn this descriptive–analytical research, the cost-effectiveness index was used to compare insulin analogs and regular insulin (pen/vial) for treatment of diabetes. Data were analyzed in the TreeAge Software and a decision tree was constructed. A 10% discount rate was used for ICER sensitivity analysis. Cost-effectiveness was examined from a provider's perspective.FindingsQALY was calculated to be 0.2 for diabetic patients using insulin analogs and 0.05 for those using regular insulin. The average cost was $3.228 for analog users and $1.826 for regular insulin users. An ICER of $0.093506/QALY was obtained. The present findings suggest that insulin analogs are more cost-effective than regular insulin.Originality/valueThis study was conducted using a cost-effectiveness analysis to evaluate insulin analogs versus regular insulin in controlling diabetes. The results of study are helpful to the government to allocate more resources to apply the cost-effective method of the treatment and to protect patients with diabetes from the high cost of treatment.

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