Does Demographic Characteristics Affect Remittance Behavior? An Analysis of Migrants in the UAE

2021 ◽  
pp. 234779892110324
Author(s):  
Imran Khan ◽  
Mohammed Anam Akhtar
Keyword(s):  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
The United States ◽  
Financial Service ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Promotional Strategy ◽  
The Government ◽  
Remittance Behavior

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is a popular destination for migrant workers worldwide, not just from Asia. Along with expanding the UAE’s economic activities, the amount of remittance outflows has increased dramatically, making it the second-largest remitting country, just behind the United States. This study looks into the important demographic factors that influence migrant remittance behavior in the Emirates. The examinations revealed that age, race, marital status, and a number of dependents are the most important factors influencing remittance behavior, while gender is found to be insignificant, proving the popular premise of female altruism to be incorrect. The findings are expected to assist policymakers in the government in devising ways and means to reduce remittance outflows as they have vital implications for some key macro-economic variables such as inflation and exchange rate as well as financial service providers in the UAE, in orchestrating a suitable promotional strategy to target suitable cohorts.

scholarly journals ANALISIS PENAWARAN TENAGA KERJA WANITA MIGRAN KABUPATEN SUMBAWA

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-85
Author(s):  
Fitriah Permata Cita ◽  
Mujiburrahmat
Keyword(s):  
Women Workers ◽  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Migrant Women ◽  
Decision To Leave ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
The Government ◽  
Work Abroad ◽  
The Impact

This study is entitled: "Analysis of the Migrant Women Migrant Workers' Offer". An increase in population from year to year has several logical consequences including an increase in the number of young people and an increase in the workforce. Data from the Central Statistics Agency of Sumbawa Regency shows that from 2014 to 2017 there were an increase in the population of 427,119 people, 431,924 people, 436,599 people and 441,102 people spread in 24 sub-districts. The livelihoods of most of the population (around 52.72%) make a living from the agricultural sector (BPS Sumbawa Regency 2017). The geographical condition of the Sumbawa Regency, where fertility is uneven and rainfall is also insufficient to develop normal agriculture, difficult employment opportunities, inadequate education, minimal skills, lack of venture capital, forces residents (especially women) to choose to try looking for work to become Indonesian workers to various countries including the United Arab Emirates. The purpose of this study are: 1) What is the pattern of supply of female workers from Sumbawa Regency? 2) What factors influence the decision to leave women from Sumbawa Regency to become migrant workers abroad?This research was conducted in 4 districts out of 24 districts. Each subdistrict is taken from 2-3 villages which are the basis for migrant women workers (depending on the number of migrant workers available at the time of the survey). The four subdistricts determined as sampling locations are Sumbawa District, Plampang District, Labuan Badas District and Utan District by using descriptive methods and data collection is done by observation and interview techniques. Determination of respondents is done by purposive sampling technique. The output of this research is knowing the pattern of supply of women workers from Sumbawa Regency and the factors that influence the decision to leave women from Sumbawa Regency to migrant workers abroad, so that it can be seen how the impact of working abroad for women workers and their families and their contribution to Sumbawa Regency in general. Besides that, the output of this research is published in ISSN journals and is used as reference material for Macroeconomics courses.The TKT in this study was started by identifying how the pattern of supply of women workers from Sumbawa Regency and the factors influencing the decision to leave women from Sumbawa Regency to become migrant workers outside the interview method and distributing questionnaires. Knowing the pattern of female labor supply and the factors influencing the decision of women workers to work abroad can be input for the government what will be done to women workers who work abroad and contribute to the Regency of Sumbawa.

Agro-Innovation – Path to Agricultural Entrepreneurship: Feasibility Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 63
Author(s):  
Elias Kamaruzzaman ◽  
Norzaidi Mohd Daud ◽  
Samsudin Wahab ◽  
Rozhan Abu Dardak
Keyword(s):  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Production Cost ◽  
Swot Analysis ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Financial Cost ◽  
Technology Changes ◽  
Property Owners ◽  
The Government ◽  
Agricultural Entrepreneurship

Technology changes will always be for the better, not only to the end users but also to the intellectual property owners of the technology and the implementers of the technology. The objective of this paper is to study the feasibility and viability for entrepreneurs to become service providers for the dispensation of fertilizers, pesticides, fungicides and supporting services such as aerial crop reconnaissance using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) or drones. The methodology used for this study is SWOT Analysis. Both primary and secondary data is used for this analysis. This study finds that paddy farming employing drones is feasible. The beneficiaries of this study shall be the government, by way of lowering financial cost to subsidise the paddy planting, the farmers who no longer need the services of migrant workers, thus saving production cost, and finally the drone service providers and their downstream business associates who can engaged themselves in very lucrative businesses.

Illegal Encounters

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
The United States ◽  
Children And Youth ◽  
Policy Reforms ◽  
Border Enforcement ◽  
The Government ◽  
Primary Focus ◽  
Young Immigrants

The book considers illegality, deportability, and deportation in the lives of young people—those who migrate as well as those who are affected by the migration of others. A primary focus of the volume is to understand how children and youth encounter, move through, or are outside of a range of legal processes, including border enforcement, immigration detention, federal custody, courts, and state processes of categorization. Even if young people do not directly interact with state immigration systems—because they are U.S. citizens or have avoided detention—they are nonetheless deeply impacted by the reach of the government in its many forms. Combining different perspectives from advocates, service providers, attorneys, researchers, and, significantly, young immigrants, the book presents ethnographically rich accounts that can contribute to informed debates and policy reforms. By underscoring the ways in which young people encounter and/or avoid legal systems, the book problematizes the policies, laws, and legal categories that shape so much of daily life of young immigrants. The book makes visible the burdens, hopes, and potential of a population of young people and their families who have been largely hidden from public view and are currently under siege, following young people as they move into, through, and out of the complicated immigration systems and institutions in the United States.

scholarly journals ANALYSIS OF MODERN FACTORS INFLUENCING THE DEVELOPMENT OF ANTI-CORRUPTION ACTIVITIES OF THE STATE

2021 ◽  
Vol 03 (01) ◽  
pp. 116-122
Author(s):  
Naumchuk Kateryna Naumchuk Kateryna
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Health Care Facilities ◽  
The State ◽  
Public Confidence ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Progressive Development ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
The Government

For several years in a row, Ukraine has been on the path of active democratic transformations due to a significant number of complex political, economic, environmental, and regulatory changes. Most of the transformations are due to the unwillingness of civil society to put up with situations that hinder the gradual development of all spheres of activity. Unfortunately, the leading positions are occupied by problems related to corruption in the public sector, which is one of the inhibiting factors in the implementation of state programs, reforms, and innovations. Their influence reduces the level of public confidence in the government, as well as contributes to the deterioration of the country's position at the level of international cooperation. Such actions lead to the development of crisis phenomena in sociopolitical and economic activities, reduces the level of national security and social protection of citizens. The presence of crisis phenomena leads to the need to make changes in the functioning of the most necessary industries such as health care facilities, educational services, state-owned enterprises, and industry. The phenomenon of corruption has a negative impact on the country's competitiveness, on its ability to fully meet the needs of its own citizens, which creates distrust not only of ordinary citizens but also of entrepreneurs. Based on this, identifying and preventing the influence of the main factors influencing the development of the anti-corruption policy of the state is quite relevant and important for solving the problems that have covered the activities of our country. In the course of the research, the approaches to understanding the essence of anti-corruption policy were generalized, measures were identified and priority areas for combating corruption were identified. It was found that the functioning of the process of democratic transformation in combating corruption contributes to the creation of a non-corrupt environment that promotes the progressive development of the country. Keywords: Corruption, corrupt activities, state anti-corruption policy, anti-corruption activities, public administration, public administration, public authorities.

scholarly journals Children in Conflict with the Law (Study in Correctional Center Medan)

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (11) ◽  
pp. 5090-5095
Author(s):  
Marlina . ◽  
Mahmud Mulyadi ◽  
Nurmalawaty .
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Juvenile Court ◽  
Social Influences ◽  
South Australia ◽  
The United States ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Law ◽  
The Government ◽  
Definition Of

Children are living beings who have limitations and need protection from others. Definition of a child in criminal law, a child in conflict with the law hereinafter referred to as a child who is 12 (twelve) years old, but not reach 18 (eighteen) years old who is suspected of committing a crime. In the United Kingdom children age from zero years to 18 years.[1] In the United States, namely New York and Vermont, someone who has not reached the age of 16 is still referred to a juvenile court.[2]  In Scotland the child is a person aged 7 years to 15 years old so that someone is tried in a juvenile justice. In South Australia children aged 8 years to 18 years old and in Canada someone is under 12 years old.[3] There are differences in understanding of children of each country, due to differences in social influences of child development, because the social and cultural and economic activities of each country are different. Even though things have an influence on the level of maturity of a child. It shows that social influences, social and cultural activities must be the concern of the government and society to prevent children from becoming delinquent. According to Nicholas McBala[4]  childhood is a period of life development, also a period of limited ability to harm others. Status and condition of children in Indonesia is paradoxical. Ideally, children are the heirs and progressors of the nation's future. In real terms, the situation of Indonesian children is still and continues to deteriorate. The world of children that should be colored by play activities, learning and developing their interests and talents for the future, the reality is colored by dark and sad data.[5] Children still and continue to deal with the law both as victims and as perpetrators. This condition requires special attention from all components of society and the government to protect and supervise the growth of Indonesian children. So that children are not faced with the law because of doing deviant actions. The direction of legal policy aims to make law a rule that provides protection for the rights of citizens and guarantees future life in the future.[6]    

Net Neutrality Policies and Regulation in the United States

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 151-173 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark A. Jamison
Keyword(s):  
Service Providers ◽  
The United States ◽  
Net Neutrality ◽  
Internet Service ◽  
Regulatory Issue ◽  
Technology Industry ◽  
The Us ◽  
Transmission Of Information ◽  
The Government ◽  
The One

Abstract The US debate about net neutrality has been unusually contentious for a telecommunications regulatory issue, most recently culminating in a 2017 reversal of a 2015 decision to apply traditional telephone regulations, written for a monopoly era, to internet service providers. This article reviews this history, beginning 1956 when the government first imposed an industry boundary between transmission of information on the one hand, and the creation and processing of information on the other. This regulatory legacy remains embedded in US law and has led to some of the muddle. This article also examines the academic literature relating to net neutrality. On this, the answers found in the literature vary depending on assumptions made about technology, industry structure, and industry practices. When the answer to the question of whether regulations are beneficial is “it depends,” and the scenarios that give different answers are realistic, it would seem that the policy approach should favor applying competition and consumer protection laws that address problems when they occur rather than ex ante regulations, which would be certain to harm at least in some situations.

Adaptation of a theory-based social networking and gamified app-based intervention to improve PrEP adherence among young men who have sex with men in Bangkok, Thailand (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wipaporn Natalie Songtaweesin ◽  
Sara LeGrand ◽  
Shashika Bandara ◽  
Caitlin Piccone ◽  
Prissana Wongharn ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Service Providers ◽  
Young Men ◽  
The United States ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
National Guidelines ◽  
Facilitators And Barriers ◽  
The Government ◽  
Sex With Men ◽  
Mhealth Apps

BACKGROUND In Thailand, HIV disproportionately affects men who have sex with men (MSM). Recent studies indicate a high incidence and prevalence of HIV in Bangkok among MSM, with higher risk of infection for young men who have sex with men (YMSM). Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is a safe and efficacious method for preventing transmission of HIV. The Thai national guidelines have recommended PrEP since 2014 for key poulations nationwide and the government has piloted free PrEP coverage since October 2019. Smartphone based mHealth interventions provide an optimal platform to deliver innovative PrEP adherence interventions for Thai YMSM. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to conduct formative research to adapt the P3 (Prepared, Protected, emPowered) app, developed with MSM and transwomen in the United States to improve PrEP adherence and persistence, for YMSM in the Thai context. METHODS We conducted focus group discussions (FGDs) with YMSM and key informant interviews (KIIs) with PrEP care providers in Bangkok, Thailand to better understand: a) PrEP adherence facilitators and barriers b) preferences for functions and features in mHealth apps among YMSM; and c) how to best adapt the P3 app to the Thai context. We conducted 4 FGDs with 4-8 participants per group and 15 KIIs in Bangkok, Thailland. RESULTS For FGDs, a total of 23 YMSM participated with a mean age of 20 years (range 18-21), 96% enrolled in full-time education, and all owned smartphones. The mean age of KII participants was 40 (range 26-60); most were publicly employed health service providers with the majority of them being counselors (40%) and physicians (40%). Overall, the facilitators and barriers for PrEP adherence identified were similar to those of MSM and YMSM in the US and other parts of the world. Key themes included general recommendations for improving mHealth apps in Thailand, such as presenting reliable information in an appealing format, minimizing privacy risks, and addressing connectivity challenges. Additional themes focused on P3T adaptations and were related to cultural and stylistic preferences, engagement strategies, and recommendations for new functions. To develop the adapted app, P3 Thailand (P3T), these findings were balanced with resource limitations resulting in prioritization of minor modifications in app aesthetics and changes in the presentation and content of information in two of the app’s features. CONCLUSIONS The core features of the P3 app address the main PrEP facilitators and barriers for Thai YMSM, However, substantive changes to the stylistic presentation and content were needed to appropriately tailor and customize the app for the Thai context. Based on the similarities of facilitators and barriers for PrEP adherence globally, adapting existing PrEP mHealth solutions based on input from end-users and key informants provides a promising way forward. However, partnerships with local app designers and developers could improve the adaptation process and final product. CLINICALTRIAL ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04413708

Halal transportation adoption among pharmaceuticals and comestics manufacturers

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 1619-1639 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdul Hafaz Ngah ◽  
T. Ramayah ◽  
Mohd Helmi Ali ◽  
Mohd Imran Khan
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Moderation Effect ◽  
Intention To Adopt ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Pharmaceutical Manufacturers ◽  
Toe Framework ◽  
The Government

Purpose This study aims to identify the factors influencing the decision to the Halal transportation adoption among pharmaceuticals and cosmetics manufacturers. Design/methodology/approach Base on the technology-organization-environment (TOE) framework, applying the purposive sampling method, data were gathered from questionnaires distributed to the participants of Malaysia International Halal Showcase (MIHAS) and Halal festival (Halfest). Out of 110 questionnaires distributed, only 97 data from 102 respondents could be used for further analysis. SMART-PLS 3.2.7 was used to analyze the data for this study using a structural equation modeling approach. Findings Perceived benefits, competitive pressure (COMP) and customer pressure were found to have a significant relationship with the intention to adopt Halal warehousing services, the organizational readiness was found to be a not significant factor in the adoption of Halal transportation. Top management attitudes (TMAs) moderate the positive relationship between COMP and the intention to adopt Halal transportation services. Research limitations/implications This paper focuses on the Halal manufacturers in the pharmaceuticals and cosmetics industry who attended MIHAS and Halfest, which still not adopting Halal transportation activities. Practical implications The findings provide useful information to a better understanding of the factors influencing the adoption of Halal transportation among Malaysian Halal cosmetics and pharmaceutical manufacturers. Related parties such as the government, the Halal transport service providers and the customers could use these findings to plan further action to enhance the adoption of Halal transport adoption. Originality/value The study revealed the capability of the TOE framework to identify the factors influencing the decision to adopt Halal transportation among Malaysian Halal cosmetics and pharmaceutical manufacturers. TMA was found to have a moderation effect on the relationship between COMP and the intention to adopt Halal transportation.

scholarly journals Self-Reliant Farming and Employment Opportunities for Migrant Workers Relating COVID-19 Post-Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 66 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Krishna Gopal Mandal
Keyword(s):  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Infectious Virus ◽  
Policy Recommendations ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Internal Migrant ◽  
Self Sufficiency ◽  
The World ◽  
Place Of Origin ◽  
The Government ◽  
Made In

There has been an unprecedented crisis due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The human witnessed significant changes in all spheres of activities in the society. There was complete, partial or intermittent lockdown all over the world to contain this infectious virus. People confined themselves mostly at home, and about 60% of economic activities was disrupted. The growth in the economy slowed down. Millions of international and internal migrant workers returned to their place of origin and again resuming works. To return to the economic normalcy, challenges would be to cope up with problems of migrant workers, protecting their livelihoods and providing income through employment to avert destabilizing effects. There is a need for strategic approaches and effective policies to strengthen self-sufficiency and self-reliance among returnees, and the farmers with the support of the Government and other agencies. Thus, attempts have been made in this paper to make an account on the migrant workers, to elucidate the COVID-19 impacts on them, to appraise major strategies and policy recommendations to strengthen self-reliant farming, rural development and re-employment.

scholarly journals Improving Financial Literacy in Facing the Era of Society 5.0

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 150
Author(s):  
Nurlaili Nurlaili ◽  
Muhammad Faqih ◽  
Muhammad Faqih ◽  
Muhammad Hasan Basri ◽  
Kiki Dwi Larasati
Keyword(s):  
Financial Literacy ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Financial Service ◽  
Related Information ◽  
Library Research ◽  
Public Media ◽  
The Government ◽  
Mandatory Policy

Industrial era 4.0 presents the development of digitalization that continues to grow, such as digitizing payment transactions, namely e-wallet. However, there are shortcomings that can be corrected to face society 5.0 in Indonesia and also the balance between financial literacy and e-wallet users who are growing so that there is no consumptive society and fraud. The purpose of this paper is to provide suggestions or recommendations for the government and stakeholders to carry out policies to increase the level of financial literacy in Indonesia, this research method is library research by collecting related information and data from various valid sources. The results of this paper provide suggestions for the government to actively campaign for financial literacy in various public media, provide a mandatory policy to provide education to financial service providers, and as university academics or educators provide a curriculum on financial literacy. So that when Indonesia enters the era of society 5.0, it is ready in terms of digitizing payment transactions and literacy.

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