Insight Into Elder Abuse Among Urban Poor of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia-A Middle-Income Developing Country

2015 ◽  
Vol 63 (1) ◽  
pp. 180-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rajini Sooryanarayana ◽  
Wan Yuen Choo ◽  
Noran N Hairi ◽  
Karuthan Chinna ◽  
Awang Bulgiba
Keyword(s):  
Developing Country ◽  
Urban Poor ◽  
Elder Abuse ◽  
Kuala Lumpur ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Insight Into

scholarly journals Where Do I Allocate My Urban Allotment Gardens? Development of a Site Selection Tool for Three Cities in Benin

Land ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 318
Author(s):  
B. G. J. S. Sonneveld ◽  
M. D. Houessou ◽  
G. J. M. van den Boom ◽  
A. Aoudji
Keyword(s):  
Food Insecurity ◽  
Urban Agriculture ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Urban Poor ◽  
Site Suitability ◽  
Rapid Urbanization ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Support Tool ◽  
Allotment Gardens

In the context of rapid urbanization, poorer residents in cities across low- and middle-income countries increasingly experience food and nutrition deficiencies. The United Nations has highlighted urban agriculture (UA) as a viable solution to food insecurity, by empowering the urban poor to produce their own fresh foods and make some profit from surplus production. Despite its potential role in reducing poverty and food insecurity, there appears to be little political will to support urban agriculture. This is seen in unclear political mandates that are sustained by information gaps on selection criteria for UA sites. The research reported here addresses this issue in the form of a decision-making support tool that assesses the suitability of cadastral units and informal plots for allotment gardens in urban and peri-urban areas. The tool was developed and tested for three rapidly expanding cities in Benin, a low-income country in West Africa, based on an ordered logit model that relates a set of 300 expert assessments on site suitability to georeferenced information on biophysical and socio-economic characteristics. Soil, land use, groundwater depth, vicinity to market and women’s safety were significant factors in the assessment. Scaled up across all cadastral units and informal sites, the tool generated detailed baseline maps on site suitability and availability of areas. Its capacity to support policymakers in selecting appropriate sites comes to the fore by reporting changes in site suitability under scenarios of improved soil fertility and enhanced safety for women.

Burden of pediatric neurosurgical disease in a rural developing country: perspectives from southwest Nigeria

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Toyin A. Oyemolade ◽  
Amos O. Adeleye ◽  
Ayodele J. Olusola ◽  
Busayo A. Ehinola ◽  
Ebosetale P. Aikhomu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Developing Country ◽  
Age Distribution ◽  
Significant Proportion ◽  
Hospital Treatment ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Female Ratio ◽  
Common Presentation ◽  
Neurosurgical Patients ◽  
Specialized Care ◽  
Southwest Nigeria

OBJECTIVE The proportion of the global burden of neurosurgical disease represented by pediatric neurosurgical pathology is unknown, especially in lower-middle income countries (LMICs) where there exists no known data-driven literature on the subject. In this study, the authors aimed to quantify the pediatric neurosurgical disease profile in a rural area of a developing country. METHODS This was a prospective observational study of all pediatric neurosurgical patients managed at a single center over a 30-month period. RESULTS Overall, 226 pediatric patients were included in the study (150 males and 76 females, male/female ratio 2:1), accounting for 20.4% of the total patient population during the study period. The modal age distribution was the 0- to 4-year-old group (32.3%), and head injury was the most common presentation, occurring alone in 157 patients (69.5%). Hydrocephalus alone was seen in 21 patients (9.3%) and in combination with myelomeningocele in 4 patients (1.8%). Brain tumors were found in 6 patients (2.7%), infective lesions in 6 patients (2.7%), and encephaloceles in 2 patients (0.9%). The treatment outcome was good in 170 patients (75.2%). Fourteen patients (6.2%) were referred to more advanced health facilities for specialized care; 29 patients (12.8%) were discharged against medical advice, mostly because of financial constraints; and 8 patients (3.5%) died. Several surgical cases could not be performed because of sundry logistical constraints. CONCLUSIONS Pediatric neurosurgical disease accounted for one-fifth of the neurosurgical workload at a tertiary health facility in southwest Nigeria. Trauma was the most common presentation, and optimal in-hospital treatment, including surgery, was hampered by severe logistical constraints in a significant proportion of the cases.

Investment Climate Factors with Reference to Firm Performance in Bangladesh

2019 ◽  
pp. 413-428
Author(s):  
Farhana Ferdousi ◽  
Arun Kumar Sangaiah
Keyword(s):  
Firm Performance ◽  
Developing Country ◽  
Trade Union ◽  
Important Implication ◽  
Climate Factors ◽  
Investment Climate ◽  
Five Factors ◽  
Economic Zone ◽  
Processing Zone ◽  
Insight Into

A productive investment climate is key to the growth of any developing country. Given the limited literature and importance of economic zone in attracting FDI, this paper conducts a study on the Export Processing Zone to provide an insight into the investment climate factors and its association with firms' performance. A total of 30 firms were chosen from the garment industry, in particular from the EPZ of Bangladesh. Findings reveal that all six factors were considered as important indicators affecting investment climate of EPZ firms. Moreover, five factors were found to be significantly associated with the firm performance. An important implication of the findings is that government and garment associations can get an important insights into the factors that are critical to the investment climate and accordingly take necessary steps to arrange better utilities provide sound governance, improve credit facilities, ensure a favorable trade union together with other infrastructural facilities that require for creating better investment climate for both the EPZ and non-EPZ firms.

Neuromarketing and the Potential Application of Scientific Methods in Measuring Consumer Behaviour

2018 ◽  
pp. 317-336
Author(s):  
Cynthia A. Bulley ◽  
Veronica Adu-Brobbey ◽  
Esther O. Duodu
Keyword(s):  
Developing Country ◽  
Potential Application ◽  
Consumer Behaviour ◽  
Marketing Research ◽  
Brain Activation ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Research Tool ◽  
Field Of Study ◽  
Scientific Methods ◽  
Insight Into

Consumer behaviour studies have taken a new turn. Marketers, economists and other consumer related disciplines are looking to science to accurately determine consumer behaviour. The purpose of this chapter is to provide insight into a burgeoning field of study, neuromarketing, documenting various research studies and applications of mechanisms in determining brain activities and other uses of science to benefit marketing research. Data for the study is derived from impartial cross-referencing of conceptual and empirical articles published in major journals. The application of neuroimaging technique in research have provided marketers with concrete evidence of brain activation that signal increased activities during stimulation (Lewis & Bridger, 2005; Rossiter et al., 2001). Further, the implication and causes of concern in using neuroscience methods in marketing are highlighted. Developing country studies on neuromarketing are examined to determine its application and use as a marketing research tool.

scholarly journals Assessment of Innovation and Its Impacts on the Organisation in a Public Sector Organisation

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 25
Author(s):  
Ishmael Ramorula ◽  
JE Agolla
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Customer Satisfaction ◽  
Developing Country ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
Prima Facie ◽  
The Other ◽  
Prima Facie Case ◽  
Sector Organisation ◽  
Overall Performance ◽  
Insight Into

The paper presents an attempt to provide an assessment of innovativeness of the Botswana public sector and how its impacts on the overall business performance. To accomplish the study aims, a survey of a selected public sector organisation was carried out to gather information on the innovativeness and the impacts thereof on the overall performance of the sector. The hypotheses were tested using multivariate statistics. The study reveals that product and customer satisfaction are good predictors of innovativeness of organisation and have impact on the overall business performance. The other remaining variables did not indicate significance on the innovativeness and impacts on the selected public organisation’s overall business performance. The present study’s limitation is the focus on one public sector organisation. However, the study provides an insight into the innovativeness of Botswana’s public sector and the impacts on the selected public sector’s overall business performance. In addition, the study offers some recommendation on how the organisation can make use of the remaining variables to enhance its innovativeness. The study offers prima facie case of public sector innovativeness from a developing country, where little is known about innovation capabilities of the sector. Furthermore, the paper provides a more generalised, products and customer satisfaction as predictors of organisation innovativeness.

An evolving role for non-governmental organizations dealing with registration backlogs and rising costs: the example of cancer biosimilars in South Africa

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-24
Author(s):  
Paul Malherbe
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Cost Benefit Analysis ◽  
Cost Benefit ◽  
Benefit Analysis ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Middle Income Countries ◽  
Regulatory Authorities ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
Insight Into

Around the world, especially in low- and middle-income countries, national regulatory authorities are struggling with registration backlogs and the affordability of medicines. This paper draws on the example of cancer biosimilars in South Africa to illustrate how non-governmental organizations can help regulatory authorities decide which registration applications to prioritize by providing information on clinical need, cost-benefit analysis and insight into the potential for cost reduction through biosimilar competition.

scholarly journals NEIGHBOURHOOD SATISFACTION AND QOUL IN MIDDLE-INCOME HOUSING IN KUALA LUMPUR CITY, MALAYSIA

2016 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Abdul Mohit ◽  
Mohamed Sajid Ali
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Urban Life ◽  
Subjective Perception ◽  
Kuala Lumpur ◽  
Neighbourhood Environment ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Neighbourhood Satisfaction ◽  
Quality Of Urban Life ◽  
Socio Economic Variables

This paper is based on the subjective perception of the residents about the neighbourhood environment and their quality of urban life. The neighbourhood satisfaction provides a generalized view into the well-being of the residents, and it has been viewed as a significant aspect of the quality of urban life (QOUL). As a contributor to life satisfaction, neighbourhood satisfaction is influenced by individual and household socio-economic variables, along with the neighbourhood characteristics. However, there is limited understanding of how neighbourhood environments influence neighbourhood satisfaction and the quality of urban life. This paper intends to examine the relationship between residents’ neighbourhood satisfaction and their quality of urban life in a middle-income housing area in Kuala Lumpur City, Malaysia, by using 100 sample respondents that fulfilled a confidence level of 90% of the population. The findings of the study indicate that the residents are satisfied with their existing QOUL, but if no actions are taken it will deteriorate. Therefore, several recommendations are made for improving the residents’ QOUL.

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