A Gendered Perspective on Local Economic Development: Differences in the Perceived Importance of Public Services in the Business Recruitment Process

2015 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 175-196 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dustin Read ◽  
Suzanne Marie Leland
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Regression Models ◽  
Public Services ◽  
Local Economic Development ◽  
The Body ◽  
Recruitment Process ◽  
Logistic Regression Models ◽  
Perceived Importance

This study uses data from a national survey of economic developers working in local government to explore gender differences in the perceived importance of public services in the business recruitment process. The results of a series of ordinal logistic regression models suggest women are more likely than men to believe public service quality and availability are important concerns for companies considering their region. These findings are consistent with the body of work examining gender gaps in the perceptions of both policymakers and the general public that may have important implications for local governments interested in promoting economic growth.

Illusions of Clustering: A Systematic Evaluation on the Effects of Clusters on Regional Economic Performance in Korea

2021 ◽  
pp. 016001762110187
Author(s):  
Hyunha Shin ◽  
Junseok Hwang
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Economic Performance ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Regression Models ◽  
Regional Growth ◽  
Systematic Evaluation ◽  
Regional Innovation ◽  
Regional Economic ◽  
Pca Method ◽  
Regional Economic Performance

Korea has pursued a cluster-based policy to increase industrial competitiveness and to alleviate development gaps between the regions. However, local governments have often oversupplied clusters without an objective examination of the demands and conditions in the regions. Based on these concerns, this study analyses effects and interdependencies of factors related to regional innovation and growth in Korea. Employing a PCA method and a GLS regression models on panel data, we generated three composite factors, social, capacity, and clustering, and estimated their effects on regional economic performance. The results show that it is important to have a favorable socio-economic setting to foster growth by clusters. In addition, cluster-based policies may have weaker effects than expected, because the effect of R&D capacity on regional growth was stronger and longer lasting. Finally, some specific elements that most affected economic growth in Korea’s regions are identified. The overall results indicate favorable environments should be established beforehand to foster regional growth with clusters, which confirms “jobs follow people.”

Beverage intake and obesity in early childhood: evidence form primary health care clients in Northwest Argentina

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 244-252 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Alderete ◽  
I. Bejarano ◽  
A. Rodríguez
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Nutritional Status ◽  
Regression Models ◽  
Task Force ◽  
Normal Weight ◽  
The Body ◽  
Logistic Regression Models ◽  
Dietary Recall ◽  
Northwest Argentina ◽  
Artificial Fruit

Sugar sweetened beverages (SSB) are thought to play an important role in weight gain. We examined the relationship between the intake of caloric and noncaloric beverages (SSB and water) and the nutritional status of children. In 2014, we randomly selected 16 public health clinics in four cities of Northwest Argentina and conducted a survey among mothers of children 0–6 years of age. Children’s beverage intake was ascertained by 24-h dietary recall provided by the mothers. Children’s weight and height measures were obtained from clinic’s registries. We calculated the body mass index using the International Obesity Task Force standards. The analysis included 562 children 25 months to 6 years of age with normal or above normal nutritional status. Children’s beverage consumption was as follows, water 81.8%, carbonated soft drinks (CSD) 49.7%, coffee/tea/cocoa 44.0%, artificial fruit drinks 35.6%, flavored water 17.9%, natural fruit juice 14.5%. In multivariate logistic regression models the likelihood of being obese v. being overweight or having normal weight doubled with an intake of one to five glasses of CSD (OR=2.2) and increased by more than three-fold with an intake of more than five glasses (OR=3.5). Drinking more than five glasses of water decreased the likelihood of being obese by less than half (OR=0.3). The percentage of children drinking more than five glasses of other beverages was low (3.3–0.9%) and regression models did not yield significant results. The study contributed evidence for reducing children’s CSD intake and for promoting water consumption, together with the implementation of comprehensive regulatory public health policies.

scholarly journals Public Service by the Government of Papua Province in the Special Autonomy

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 72-78
Author(s):  
Efraim Kambu
Keyword(s):  
Public Service ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Public Services ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Physical Development ◽  
Data Sources ◽  
Government Officials ◽  
Industry Growth ◽  
Secondary Data Sources ◽  
The Government

Special Autonomy assigns its rights and obligations to local governments to regulate and manage their own affairs and interests of the society so that people increasingly can be served well. But in fact, public services provided is not maximized. This study used qualitative methods, data sources are divided into two types of data sources, namely primary and secondary data sources. The results of this study indicate that there is still lack of public services the Government of Papua Province visible from the weak aspects of responsiveness, which local governments less responsive to some of the problems in the field of education, economy and industry growth and physical development as well as non-physical. From the aspect of responsibility is also still found their weaknesses, which the Government of Papua Province is still not fully overcome the problems of corruption and poverty. Meanwhile, from the aspect of accountability, it is known that the performance of governance in Papua in providing public services are not running optimally, one reason is the lack of competence and capability of local government officials.

An Exploration of the Conditions Required of Social Organizations to be Contracted by Government as Service Providers: A Study Based on Analysis of Local Government Documents

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 197-212
Author(s):  
Qiang Yi ◽  
Xiaohong Zhu ◽  
Xianghui Liu
Keyword(s):  
Public Service ◽  
Service Provider ◽  
Financial Management ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Public Services ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Government Procurement ◽  
Governance System ◽  
Eligibility Requirements ◽  
The Government

In the Guidelines of the State Council General Office on Government Procurement of Services from the Private and Non-governmental Sectors, “public service provider for the government” is broadly defined; it is stated that npos, businesses, and industry organizations have equal opportunity to be public service providers. A comparison of local eligibility requirements on npos serving as public service providers shows that the eligibility requirements focus on such aspects as service provider qualifications, time of establishment, organizational management, human resources, financial management, professional qualifications, annual inspection, evaluation, and honors. On the whole, the requirements are not demanding; the quality of public services is also secured through institutional design and innovation. The lax eligibility requirements imposed by local governments on npos as public service providers indicate that the social governance system will feature diversity, and reflect the government’s intention to support and develop npos. However, there are also some problems in local policies, such as 1) too much is at the discretion of the government; 2) the eligibility requirements are not good for the development of grassroots organizations; 3) no standards have been defined on eligibility for public service provider; and 4) related laws and regulations lack authority. Therefore, it is necessary to make government procurement of public services law-based and provide continued theoretical and institutional support for the implementation of the most authoritative policy.

scholarly journals An Empirical Comparative Analysis Using Machine Learning Techniques for Liver Disease Prediction

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Mohammed Alghobiri ◽  
Hikmat Ullah Khan ◽  
Ahsan Mahmood
Keyword(s):  
Liver Disease ◽  
Human Body ◽  
Regression Models ◽  
Near Neighbor ◽  
The Body ◽  
Machine Learning Techniques ◽  
Logistic Regression Models ◽  
Learning Techniques ◽  
Tenfold Cross Validation ◽  
Day By Day

The human liver is one of the major organs in the body and liver disease can cause many problems in human live. Due to the increase in liver disease, various data mining techniques are proposed by the researchers to predict the liver disease. These techniques are improving day by day in order to predict and diagnose the liver disease in human. In this paper, real-world liver disease dataset is incorporated for diagnosing liver disease in human body. For this purpose, feature selection models are used to select a number of features that best are the most important feature to diagnose the liver disease. After selecting features and splitting data for training and testing, different classification algorithms in terms of naïve Bayes, supervised vector machine, decision tree, k near neighbor and logistic regression models to diagnose the liver disease in human body. The results are cross-validated by tenfold cross validation methods and achieve an accuracy as good as 93%.

scholarly journals EXPANSION OF THE VILLAGE FOR IMPROVING EFFICIENCY OF PUBLIC SERVICE

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 47
Author(s):  
Sudarsana Sudarsana
Keyword(s):  
Public Service ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Public Services ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Process Analysis ◽  
Legal Aspects ◽  
Legal Issues ◽  
Formation Mechanisms ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
The Village

<p align="center"> </p><p>The research background about the village set out in Law No.32 of 2004 : “village is a legal entity with boundaries whose authority controls and manages the interest of local communities, based on their origin and local customs which are respected by the government system of the Republic of Indonesia”. Considering that the village has the authority to regulate and manage the interests of the community in accordance with the local socio-cultural conditions, the original village autonomy is strategically positioned that requires balanced attention to the implementation of regional autonomy because strong village autonomy will significantly affect the realization of local autonomy. Establishment of a village aims to create effectiveness and efficiency of village governance and improve public services to accelerate the realization of public welfare . Establishment of new village outside existing villages or as a result of village expansion management. Village expansion is splitting a village into two or more villages. The purpose of this study is to investigate and analyze implementation of requirements that must be met in the establishment of new villages in terms of social ,economic, cultural, and legal aspects especially in villages Ketro  and Wonosidi, District Tulakan, Pacitan, beside Simultaneously formulating a feasibility recommendation of new village establishment according to social economic, cultural and legal issues in preparation for splitting the village into independent villages especially in villages Ketro and Wonosidi, District Tulakan, Pacitan.</p><p>            The research method, research activities on the potential for rural district expansion as an effort to increase the efficiency of public services in the distric of Pacitan is a descriptive qualitative research and will be supported by the data both quantitative and qualitative            (socio economic, cultural and legal aspects). The research is carried out the villages Ketro and Wonosidi, District Tulakan, Pacitan. Research is focused on assessing the requirement variables mechanisms and procedures for the establishment expansion of a new village district that must be met by the provisions of the enforced legislation in terms of socio economic, cultural and legal issues in preparation for the village expansion to independent villages especially villages in Ketro and Wonosidi. Data are collected through observation, interviews, questionnaires, focus groups, and document studies. In order to test the validity of the data, a series of validation is done throught data triangulation and data analysis using interactive analysis, stakeholder analysis, hierarchy process analysis and strength, weakness, opportunity, and threat (SWOT).</p><p>            The results showed that the preparation of village expansion in Ketro and Wonosidi, District Tulakan, Pacitan is done according to the terms of a new village establishment, the village formation mechanisms and procedures for the establishment of the village, infrastructure setting, sociate institution setting, village wealth setting, village boundaries setting and a map of the village, and the village zoning arrangement.</p><p>            The conclusion, based on the requirements, mechanisms and procedures in accordance with Regulation village expansion area Pacitan districs No.4 of 2008, the village Ketro “meet” requirements and deserves to be split into four independent villages,  namely, the master village / definitive Ketro named village, while the village expansion / preparation Ketro village named Asri, Sempurejo and Pelemrejo. Meanwhile, Wonosidi village, district, and Tulakan is also eligible and worthy to be split into two independent villages with the main village Wonosari. Effects of the village expansion is the responsibility of the concerned villages and local governments can regulate the expansion of the village in accordance with legislation in force.</p><p> </p><p>Keywords : Village Expansion Potential, efforts to improve public service efficiency.</p>

scholarly journals ANALISIS TINGKAT KEPUASAN MASYARAKAT DALAM PELAYANAN PUBLIK (STUDI KASUS: DI GORONTALO UTARA)

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-62
Author(s):  
Zuchri Abdussamad ◽  
Arifin Tahir ◽  
I Kadek Satria Arsana
Keyword(s):  
Public Service ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Public Services ◽  
Regional Government ◽  
Survey Analysis ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Methods ◽  
Satisfaction Index ◽  
The North ◽  
The Government

Abstrak: Analisis Tingkat Kepuasan Masyarakat Dalam Pelayanan Publik Studi Kasus: Di Gorontalo Utara. Pelayanan publik yang dilaksanakan oleh pemerintah daerah perlu dilakukan penilaian secara berkala. Hal ini berfungsi sebagai proses pembenahan layanan birokrasi pemerintahan. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah sebagai proses penilaian tingkat kepatuhan layanan yang diberikan oleh Organisasi Perangkat Daerah di Kabupaten Gorontalo Utara. Metode yang digunakan adalah mix metode yakni gabungan metode kualitatif dan kuantitatif. Untuk mendapat data yang valid maka terlebih dahulu dilakukan survei. Kesimpulannya hasil analisis survei pemerintah daerah Gorontalo Utara berkategori “Baik” dengan indeks sebesar 79.13. Bila dibandingkan dengan hasil indeks nilai kepatuhan pelayanan yang dipublikasikan oleh Ombudsman Republik Indonesia Tahun 2019 Kabupaten Gorontalo Utara memperoleh nilai sebesar 71.51. Berdasarkan hasil analisis tersebut menunjukkan bahwa ada peningkatan nilai indeks kepuasan pemerintah daerah Gorontalo Utara dari Tahun 2019 ke Tahun 2020 sebesar 7.62, nilai ini cukup signifikan. Artinya, Pemerintah Daerah Kabupaten Gorontalo Utara telah melakukan perbaikan-perbaikan dalam menunjang pelayanan publik pada setiap instansi di lingkungan pemerintahan. Kata Kunci: Survei Kepuasan Masyarakat; Pelayanan Publik; Gorontalo Utara; Pemerintah Daerah; Nilai Kepatuhan. Abstract: Analysis of Public Satisfaction Level in Public Service Case Study: In North Gorontalo. Public services implemented by local governments need to be assessed periodically. This serves as a process of improving government bureaucratic services. The purpose of this research is as a process of assessing the level of compliance of services provided by the Regional Device Organization in North Gorontalo Regency. The method used is a mix of methods that are a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods. To get valid data, a survey is first conducted. In conclusion, the results of the survey analysis of the North Gorontalo regional government are categorized as "Good" with an index of 79.13. When compared with the results of the service compliance value index published by the Ombudsman of the Republic of Indonesia in 2019, North Gorontalo District obtained a value of 71.51. Based on the results of the analysis shows that there is an increase in the satisfaction index value of the North Gorontalo regional government from 2019 to 2020 of 7.62, this value is quite significant. That is, the Regional Government of North Gorontalo Regency has made improvements in supporting public services in every agency in the government environment. Keywords: Public Satisfaction Survey; Public Service; North Gorontalo; Local Government; Compliance Value.

scholarly journals PUBLIC SERVICES ANALYSIS IN THE BORDER AREAS OF WEST KALIMANTAN AND MALAYSIA: A CASE STUDY OF SAMBAS DISTRICT GOVERNMENT, WEST KALIMANTAN

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-35
Author(s):  
Muhammad Eko Atmojo ◽  
Helen Dian Fridayani
Keyword(s):  
Public Service ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Public Services ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Qualitative Description ◽  
Primary Research ◽  
Border Area ◽  
Secondary Research ◽  
West Kalimantan ◽  
The Government

Public service delivery is an effort to meet the basic needs and civil rights of every citizen of the goods, services and administrative services provided by public service providers which are a government. West Kalimantan is bordered on land with by the Malaysian state of Sarawak. Although a small part of West Kalimantan is marine, West Kalimantan has dozens of large and small islands (some uninhabited) scattered along the Karimata and Natuna Straits bordering the Riau Islands Province. Public service in West Kalimantan, especially in Sambas district, is very important to note because it is the face of Indonesia that can be assessed by our neighbours which is Malaysia, whether the public service provided is feasible or not. The method used in this research is secondary research with qualitative description. Secondary research involves the summary, collation and/or synthesis of existing research. Secondary research is contrasted with primary research in that primary research involves the generation of data, whereas secondary research uses primary research sources as a source of data for analysis. The result of this study concludes that the good public services were still very far from the expectations on the border area experienced by Sambas District. The problem of public services can be seen in terms of education, health and also infrastructure services. Although currently, the government has tried to solve these problems, in reality, there is still a service gap in the border area. Local governments must be able to improve these problems to provide better services. One of them is by improving human resources in the bureaucracy.

scholarly journals Optimization of local government activities in the provision of public services

2021 ◽  
pp. 245-249
Author(s):  
I.I. Lutsiv
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Public Services ◽  
State Level ◽  
The State ◽  
The Body ◽  
Administrative Functions ◽  
Administrative Service ◽  
Single Standard ◽  
The Right

The article is devoted to the study of optimization of local government in the context of public services in con-nection with the implementation of the Law of Ukraine of November 3, 2020 «On Amendments to Certain Leg-islative Acts of Ukraine on Optimizing the Network and Functioning of Administrative Service Centers services provided in electronic form». It is determined that public services provided by local governments are a type of activity of executive bodies of local self-government and municipal institutions and organizations created by them to implement informational, consulting, registration, permitting and other administrative functions performed on a budget basis, in accordance with the established regulations, technological and information cards, ensure the right of individuals and legal entities to meet the needs with minimal time and at the appropriate professional level. It is noted that technological and information cards of public services provided by local governments are a legal act adopted by local governments providing public services, which contains a consistent description of administra-tive procedures necessary for the implementation of all components of the service, as well as the standard of provid-ing such a service, which is drawn up and communicated directly to the applicant by officials of the body providing the service or authorized persons.  It is indicated that for the state, which implements the general administrative policy in one legal field of distribu-tion of powers of local governments, the work on standardization of technological and information cards should be carried out centrally, at the state level. It is necessary to form and approve a single standard list of public services, based on all available powers of local governments.

scholarly journals Political decentralization and local public services performance in Indonesia

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sujarwoto Sujarwoto
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Political Participation ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Political Institutions ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Public Services ◽  
Service Performance ◽  
Local Public Services ◽  
Political Decentralization ◽  
Local Political Institutions

This study contributes to the existing decentralization literature by examining the association between political decentralization and local public service performance in the context of decentralization reform in Indonesia. The hypothesis is that improve local public service performance within political decentralization is associated with effective local political institutions and accountable local government. The hypothesis is tested using Indonesian Governance Decentralization Survey 2006 which consists of 8,320 households living in 120 local governments. Local government public service performance is measured by perceived improvement of three basic public services: basic education, health and general administration services. Multilevel analyses are applied to account for the nested structure of perceived public service performance within decentralized local government. The results show that effective local political institutions, better informed citizen and transparency, citizen political participation via community programs, and the presence of social group in community are significant for improving local public service performance. These results reveal after we control the model with household and local government socio-demographic determinants. The empirical findings suggest that improved local public services performance requires well functioning local political institutions, better informed citizens and transparent local government, and effective channels for political participation. 

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