Lessons Learned from River Communities in Peru

Contexts ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 54-59
Author(s):  
Sharon Gorenstein
Keyword(s):  
Lessons Learned ◽  
The Government ◽  
Photo Essay ◽  
River Communities

In November 2014, the government of Peru enacted a law declaring the resettlement emergency of the community of Bajo Belen due to constant flooding. In this photo essay, the author attempts to document life inside Bajo Belen during the relocation process.

scholarly journals Fish Value Chain and Its Impact on Rural Households’ Income: Lessons Learned from Northern Ethiopia

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 3759 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abebe Alemu ◽  
Hossein Azadi
Keyword(s):  
Sex Education ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Rural Households ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Northern Ethiopia ◽  
Productive Capacity ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Aquatic Food ◽  
The Government

These days, one of the global challenges is the growing demand for food. To be more specific, seafood bases play a key role in filling the nutritional requirements of human beings. In Africa (Ethiopia) the public expenses to improve productive capacity in aquatic food are increasing. Additionally, the expenses in dams and in fishers’ capacity building have increased households’ engagement in the fishery sector in Ethiopia. Cooperatives’ productive capacity has been strengthened by the government and other non-government organizations with the supply of fishing boats, refrigerators, fish nets and other office supplies. However, the effect of such public expenses in bringing changes in the households’ livelihood and welfare has never been assessed in this study area. This paper aims to investigate what motivates the households to fish and assess the effect of fisheries on the households’ livelihood and welfare. A structured survey consisting of 313 rural households was administered using trained enumerators in two kebeles located close to the Tekeze dam, Northern Ethiopia. The result indicates that socioeconomic characteristics, such as age (young), sex, education, and active family size were driving the households to fishing. Access to market and access to support are driving farmers to fisheries. There is a significant difference in fishing households’ income which is higher than non-fishing households. The results also indicate that there are lesser income inequalities among fishery households operating in cooperatives compared to private fishery households.

scholarly journals Equitable Growth and Poverty Alleviation: Lessons Learned from Korean Experience

2005 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-34
Author(s):  
Chanyong Park ◽  
Khalid Ikram
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Income Inequality ◽  
Development Strategy ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Land Reform ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Absolute Poverty ◽  
Assistance Program ◽  
Rapid Economic Growth ◽  
The Government

This case study analyzed how Korea achieved rapid economic growth with i.t1ere-JSing equity and poverty aJlcviarion. Korean GDP per capita increased 110 times and absolute poverty rate dccn.:ased from 48.3 percent to 9.8 percent l:x:tween 196 l and 2001. Ir is true to say in rhe Korean case that the most efiecrive measure in reduction of the absolute pwerty level has been to make the economic pie biggcr. It is called growth-firsr~istrihution-larcr principle and brought abJut economic success hy overcoming a sc:vere shortage of natural endowments. TI1e Korean government prioritized certain development-led industries in order to accelerate economic μ;ro\\•th. It was called '"imbalanced development strate,gy" and assessed as being more effective than "balanced development strategy" within the limited budget for ernnomic development. Although income inequality became aggravated Jue to the grmvrh-first polity and imbalanced strate,gy, the sizl' of the economic pie increased drastically. The income levels of middle and low income households increased to such an extent that much income inequality could l:x: rolernted. le can be said that in Korea. rapid economic growth raised welfare levels during rhe period between the l 960s and the 1990s even as income inequality worsened. Korea ran into serious economic difficulties in late 1997. The poverty rates rose sharply from 7.67 rercem in 19'-)7 to 14.28 pen:ent in ·19'-)8. TI1e Korean govemrnenr w1dertook various anti-poverty programs designed to ease the impan of ma-.s lay-offS by implementing a new public assistance program and expanded the coverage of sx·ial insuranu.c:. In addition, hwnan resource development programs \Vere intrOOuced thar enhanced the access of the vulnerable class to the labor market by laying stress on labor welfare, raking mea,ures to protect irregtUar employees, and extending the application of the minimum wage system to all industries. Thanks to these efforts of the government, the p.>verty rates have decreased since 1999. 1bis study has led us to six tentative but useful lessons learned from the Korean success to lx applied to ocher developing countries: establishment of a clear objective of development and. the cornmirmenr of authorities; r,crn.ptive sdt·ction of rtprcscntative kx:omotive engines for rapid economic gro¥.-th and properly designed management; lx.'St investment in human rt'Source development; fair land reform and rural development; job creation and expansion of employment; and building-up of country's capacity to implement plans and projects expeditiously within budgeted costs.

scholarly journals The Contract-Programs in Universities: Lessons from the International Comparison

2006 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
pp. 11
Author(s):  
Ana M. García de Fanelli
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Quality ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
National Committee ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Public Funds ◽  
Strategic Objectives ◽  
External Assessment ◽  
Negotiation Processes ◽  
The Government ◽  
University Quality

In 2005, the Ministry of Education of Argentina launched a new policy to allocate public funds to national universities: the contractualization policy. Its purpose is to allocate funds to improve teaching quality based on an institutional plan defined by each university. It is expected that this plan addresses the main weaknesses detected during the external assessment coordinated by the National Committee of University Assessment and Accrediting (CONEAU). This paper presents the main findings of a research project carried out to help in the design of this contractualization policy. The two most important antecedents, the French and the Catalonian cases, are examined through the study of official documents, on-site observation of the French negotiation processes, and interviews with government and university key officials. The study concludes with the main lessons learned from these experiences and shows that this mechanism has clear advantages when aligning the strategic objectives that the government and universities have, in order to improve university quality.

scholarly journals Industri dan Perdagangan Gula di Indonesia: Pembelajaran dari Kebijakan Zaman Penjajahan – Sekarang

2016 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sri Wahyuni ◽  
NFN Supriyati ◽  
Julia Forcina Sinuraya
Keyword(s):  
Future Development ◽  
Financial Support ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Colonial Period ◽  
Government Policies ◽  
Research Institutions ◽  
Colonial Era ◽  
The Government ◽  
In The Beginning ◽  
Sugarcane Industry

<strong>English</strong><br />Sugarcane industry and trade (SIT) in Indonesia is significantly influenced by the government policies. This paper reviewed SIT policies from colonial period up to now to obtain valuable lessons for future development of SIT.  Lessons learned include: (1) During the colonial era, the peak triumph was achieved through farmers’ sacrifice; (2) High financial support for research institutions to produce super varieties, such as POJ 2838 and 3016 with productivity as high as 18 ton/ha of crystal; (3) In the beginning of independence, Indonesia’s institutions and manpower were not exclusively ready to optimally develop SIT; (4) There were no comprehensive policies and several of the existing one were conflicting. Based on these lessons, a comprehensive policy issued by related institutions are strongly required for future development of SIT.<br /><br /><br /><strong>Indonesian</strong><br />Industri dan Perdagangan Gula Indonesia sangat ditentukan oleh kebijakan pemerintah. Tulisan ini bertujuan untuk mereview kebijakan IPG sejak zaman penjajahan sampai sekarang, untuk dijadikan pembelajaran dalam pengembangan IPG ke depan. Pembelajaran yang dapat dipetik antara lain: (1) Kejayaan gula pada zaman penjajahan dicapai dengan mengorbankan petani; (2) Dukungan dana yang kuat, sehingga lembaga penelitian mampu menghasilkan varietas ajaib POJ 2838 dan 3016 dengan produktivitas sebesar 18 ton hablur/ha; (3) Pada awal kemerdekaan, kelembagaan dan sumberdaya manusia Indonesia belum siap untuk mengembangkan pergulaan secara optimal; (4) Kebijakan kurang komprehensif dan kadang-kadang saling bertentangan. Berdasarkan pembelajaran ini, untuk pengembangan pergulaan ke depan diperlukan kebijakan yang komprehensif dari semua pihak yang terkait.

Action-research in community development

1973 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 239-248 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ray Lees
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Community Development ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Development Project ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Voluntary Organizations ◽  
The Social ◽  
Research Experiment ◽  
The Government

At the end of 1971 the Government designated the extention of the Community Development Project to the planned total of twelve areas. The project was then described as ‘a national action-research experiment’ carried out in selected urban localities in order to discover ‘how far the social problems experienced by people in a local community can be better understood and resolved through closer co-ordination of all agencies in the social welfare field – central and local government and the voluntary organizations – together with the local people themselves’. There was a special emphasis placed on the importance of ‘citizen involvement and community self-help’, together with the expectation that ‘the lessons learned can be fed back into social policy, planning and administration, both at central and local government level’.

South African Foreign Policy

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fritz Nganje ◽  
Odilile Ayodele
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Foreign Policy ◽  
South African ◽  
Foreign Relations ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
African National Congress ◽  
Liberal Democratic ◽  
The World ◽  
Role Conception ◽  
The Government

In its foreign policy posture and ambitions, post-apartheid South Africa is like no other country on the continent, having earned the reputation of punching above its weight. Upon rejoining the international community in the mid-1990s based on a new democratic and African identity, it laid out and invested considerable material and intellectual resources in pursuing a vision of the world that was consistent with the ideals and aspirations of the indigenous anti-apartheid movement. This translated into a commitment to foreground the ideals of human rights, democratic governance, and socioeconomic justice in its foreign relations, which had been reoriented away from their Western focus during the apartheid period, to give expression to post-apartheid South Africa’s new role conception as a champion of the marginalized interests for Africa and rest of the Global South. Since the start of the 21st century, this new foreign policy orientation and its underlying principles have passed through various gradations, reflecting not only the personal idiosyncrasies of successive presidents but also changes in the domestic environment as well as lessons learned by the new crop of leaders in Pretoria, as they sought to navigate a complex and fluid continental and global environment. From a rather naive attempt to domesticate international politics by projecting its constitutional values onto the world stage during the presidency of Nelson Mandela, South Africa would be socialized into, and embrace gradually, the logic of realpolitik, even as it continued to espouse an ethical foreign policy, much to the chagrin of the detractors of the government of the African National Congress within and outside the country. With the fading away of the global liberal democratic consensus into which post-apartheid South Africa was born, coupled with a crumbling of the material and moral base that had at some point inspired a sense of South African exceptionalism, Pretoria’s irreversible march into an unashamedly pragmatic and interest-driven foreign policy posture is near complete.

Socially Not Acceptable: Lessons from a Wind Farm Project in St-Valentin, Quebec

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louis Simard
Keyword(s):  
Wind Farm ◽  
Social Acceptance ◽  
Regional Scale ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Social Acceptability ◽  
Consultation Process ◽  
The Public ◽  
New Public ◽  
Ongoing Relationship ◽  
The Government

Social acceptability appears as a new public norm that major projects must meet in order to be authorized and realized. This article proposes to analyze the case of a wind farm project in the municipality of St-Valentin, Quebec, Canada near the border with Vermont, which was cancelled by the government due to lack of social acceptance, in order to illustrate the importance of this norm today. The project involved the construction of 25 turbines to generate 52 MW of power. Launched in 2006, the project was already significantly under way by 2008; however, in 2011, the government permanently shelved it. Through a combination of document analysis and 11 interviews, we identified the main reasons for the lack of social acceptability: lack of upstream consultation from the developer and wrong scale planned for the consultation process, controversies surrounding the public decision-making process, profound contradictions between the community’s values and interests and the nature of the project, and perceptions of the impacts on the landscape and conflicting uses. For better project social acceptability, lessons learned from this case suggest from a procedural perspective opting for broad, open, and early consultation, prioritizing a regional scale for the approach and acting with transparency, clear rules and a concern for building an ongoing relationship with stakeholders. From a more substantive perspective, our analysis points to the importance of factoring in the level of compatibility between the nature of the project and the values and interests shared by stakeholders in the community, and planning potential modifications to adapt the project to the context in light of their demands.

Japan’s media fails its watchdog role: Lessons learned and unlearned from the 2011 earthquake and the Fukushima disaster

Journalism ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 146488491989127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nobuyuki Okumura ◽  
Kaori Hayashi ◽  
Koji Igarashi ◽  
Atsushi Tanaka
Keyword(s):  
Radiation Exposure ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Safety Measures ◽  
Nuclear Disaster ◽  
Plant Safety ◽  
The Government ◽  
Alternative Sources ◽  
First Time ◽  
Depth Interviews

The Disaster and Media Research Group conducted for the first time, extensive, in-depth interviews with newsroom executives of 14 Japanese mainstream national media outlets (8 newspapers and wire services, and 6 broadcasting networks) on their reflections of Japanese media coverage of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami. The Japanese media takes pride in their ability to swiftly communicate news alerts and evacuation announcements. However, they recognized little issue in merely conveying official information from the government and power industry in coverage of the nuclear disaster, rather than demonstrating journalistic effort by seeking alternative sources, particularly for assessing the seriousness of radiation exposure. The main findings from the interviews were that Japanese media (1) are well prepared for broadcasting of immediate reports on seismic scales and tsunami alerts, but less so for assessing the risks of nuclear disaster; (2) share the view that the media’s role is to cooperate with the government to communicate during emergencies, even if this means sacrificing their watchdog role; (3) are steadfast in their belief in traditional platforms while lacking a strategy to adopt the web and smartphone; (4) have little or no interest in collaborative news gathering or journalism sharing; and (5) are negative to the idea of training reporters to specialize in nuclear science, nuclear plant safety measures, or radiation exposure (with the exception of two media interviewed).

scholarly journals Chinese Educational Policy Research: The Arduous Formation of a Research Paradigm

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 544-560
Author(s):  
Xiaoying Lin
Keyword(s):  
Education Policy ◽  
Educational Policy ◽  
Policy Research ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Think Tank ◽  
Academic Publications ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Government ◽  
Rational Organization

Purpose: Through combing the 40 years’ history of the development of Chinese educational policy research, this article attempts to sort out the efforts and lessons learned by researchers in the field of education policy in China. Design/Approach/Methods: As one of the earliest scholars engaged in the study of Chinese education policy, based on the academic publications, symposia, and thematic research, the author has found efforts in four directions in the field: proposals for policy-oriented research and research-oriented policy, disciplinization-based endeavors, empirical research on theory-guided educational policy, and guidance on major educational policy research topics and a think tank for educational policy decisions. Findings: This article argues that there is now a correspondence among the ideas, themes, forms, and frameworks of the educational reform promulgated by the government in recent years that have appeared in educational policy research, but there is no clear demarcation of what makes an educational policy researcher; no stable academic community has been formed that might strive together toward the foundation of a disciplinary paradigm, the rational organization of academic ideas, and the establishment and handing over of a theoretical framework to a succeeding generation. Originality/Value: This article takes a step back to claim that a paradigm for Chinese educational policy research is still nascent in the arduous process of formulation.

scholarly journals Evolution of a Service Management Framework: Spotlight at Stanford as a Use Case

Publications ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 28
Author(s):  
Aster
Keyword(s):  
Web Application ◽  
Service Management ◽  
Academic Library ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
It Services ◽  
Management Framework ◽  
Guiding Principle ◽  
The Government ◽  
And Control ◽  
Service Framework

Service management—the entirety of activities undertaken by an organization to design, plan, deliver, operate, and control information technology (IT) services offered to stakeholders—has long been applied successfully by the government and commercial sectors. In this article, service management is discussed in the context of open-source software developed in an academic library setting, by exploring the creation and growth of the Spotlight at Stanford service framework. First, service management is briefly introduced as a guiding principle and philosophy, within the Stanford Libraries context. Second, the Spotlight at Stanford software is described. Third, people who are key players in both the delivery and use of the software are discussed. Fourth, processes including goals and activities of the Spotlight at Stanford service team are reviewed. Fifth, various accomplishments are listed, including how the service team has contributed to the successful adoption and development of the web application at Stanford University. Finally, lessons learned are discussed and directions are shared for the future development of the Spotlight at Stanford service framework.

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