Making the invisible visible: the impact of federating groundwater data in Victoria, Australia

The Visualising Victoria's Groundwater (VVG) web portal federates groundwater data for the State of Victoria, Australia, thus making legacy data, government datasets, research data and community-sourced data and observations visible to the public. The portal is innovative because it was developed outside of the government and offers real-time access to remote authoritative databases by integrating the interoperable web services they each provide. It includes tools for data querying and 3D visualisations that were designed to meet end-user needs and educate the broader community about a normally invisible resource. The social impact of the web portal was measured using multidisciplinary research that employed survey instruments, expert reference groups, and internet analytics to explore the extent to which the web portal has supported decision making by governments, industry, researchers and the community. The research found that single access, multiple data set web portals enhance capacity by providing timely, informed and accurate responses to answer queries and increase productivity by saving time. The provision of multiple datasets from disparate sources within a single portal has changed practices in the Victorian groundwater industry.

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53 Ethnic Minorities in Vietnam: Monthly Average Income and Proportion of Revenue in 2015 by Gender and Education Level of Head of A Household

10.31219/osf.io/fpnw3 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Toan Manh Ho

Keyword(s):

Ethnic Minority ◽

Ethnic Minorities ◽

National Survey ◽

Education Level ◽

Web Portal ◽

Average Income ◽

Data Set ◽

Monthly Average ◽

Gender And Education ◽

The Government

This preprint is a reading of the document "Data Table 2: Monthly Average Income and Proportion of Revenue in 2015 by Gender and Education Level of Head of A Household" from the extracted data set from Vietnam’s national survey on 53 ethnic minorities, conducted in 2015. The original document was obtained from open deposition, publicly available at www.ubdt.gov.vn, the official web portal of the Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs (CEMA), part of the government of Vietnam. This work is part of the research project AISDL-53EMS-Summary.

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Intelligent Prediction of Private Information Diffusion in Social Networks

Electronics ◽

10.3390/electronics9050719 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 9 (5) ◽

pp. 719 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Yangyang Li ◽

Hao Jin ◽

Xiangyi Yu ◽

Haiyong Xie ◽

Yabin Xu ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Social Networks ◽

Private Information ◽

Information Diffusion ◽

Social Impact ◽

Information Leakage ◽

Prediction Method ◽

Data Set ◽

Sina Weibo ◽

Critical Paths ◽

The Impact

In the information age, leaked private information may cause significant physical and mental harm to the relevant parties, leading to a negative social impact. In order to effectively evaluate the impact of such information leakage in today’s social networks, it is necessary to accurately predict the scope and depth of private information diffusion. By doing so, it would be feasible to prevent and control the improper spread and diffusion of private information. In this paper, we propose an intelligent prediction method for private information diffusion in social networks based on comprehensive data analysis. We choose Sina Weibo, one of the most prominent social networks in China, to study. Firstly, a prediction model of message forwarding behavior is established by analyzing the characteristic factors that influence the forwarding behavior of the micro-blog users. Then the influence of users is calculated based on the interaction time and topological structure of users relationship, and the diffusion critical paths are identified. Finally, through the user forwarding probability transmission, we determine the micro-blog diffusion cut-off conditions. The simulation results on Sina Weibo data set show that the prediction accuracy is 86.9%, which indicates that our method is efficient to predict the message diffusion in real-world social networks.

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Bicameralism and government formation: does bicameral incongruence affect bargaining delays?

European Political Science Review ◽

10.1017/s1755773920000235 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (4) ◽

pp. 469-484

Author(s):

Daniela Giannetti ◽

Andrea Pedrazzani ◽

Luca Pinto

Keyword(s):

Eastern European ◽

Government Formation ◽

Bargaining Process ◽

Additional Element ◽

Data Set ◽

Coalition Governments ◽

Relevant Role ◽

The Government ◽

Control Hypothesis ◽

The Impact

AbstractThe effects of bicameral legislatures on government formation have attracted scholarly attention since Lijphart’s (1984) seminal contribution. Previous research found support for the ‘veto control hypothesis,’ showing that bicameralism affects coalition governments’ composition and duration. However, the effects of bicameralism on the duration of the bargaining process over government formation have yet to be explored. Our work contributes to this area of research by focusing on the impact of bicameralism on bargaining delays. We show that the duration of the bargaining process over government formation decreases at increasing levels of partisan incongruence of the two chambers, especially in those legislative assemblies in which the upper chamber plays a relevant role in the policy-making process. Such empirical evidence is in contrast with the conventional expectation according to which bicameralism should delay the government formation process, as it introduces an additional element of complexity in the bargaining environment. We test our hypothesis by using a novel data set about the partisan composition of upper and lower chambers in 12 Western and Eastern European democracies over the postwar period.

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The regional and personal impact of the fiscal policies of a limited franchise government: Italy immediately after unification

Journal of Public Finance and Public Choice ◽

10.1332/251569120x15828861606756 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 35 (1) ◽

pp. 37-61

Author(s):

Giorgio Brosio

Keyword(s):

Social Impact ◽

Balance Sheet ◽

Fiscal Policies ◽

Ruling Class ◽

Personal Impact ◽

The Government ◽

Agricultural Families ◽

Registered Voters ◽

Regional Discrimination ◽

The Impact

For 15 years after its inception, Italy was governed by the Historical Right coalition. The electoral franchise was very limited: registered voters were less than 2 per cent of the population and their actual numbers were further eroded by absenteeism. The achievements of the first governments were impressive, though one can disagree on the merit of the policies, as many did. Most of the policies imposed a lot of hardship: individuals had to pay high taxes; they were drafted into the army for long periods; and they were sent to fight civil and regular wars. The very limited access to the vote led the ruling class to perceive that, in the short term, its actions were insulated against the unpopularity of its policies. Therefore, it pursued the mission of aggrandising the country and creating what it believed to be a viable and modern government system. The regional allocation of budget resources became the most disputed issue as the government coalition was accused of discriminating against southern regions. The article explores these themes empirically by constructing the so-called balance sheet of federations, leading to an estimate for each region of the net impact (the fiscal residuum) of national government tax and expenditure policies. The article also provides an estimate of the impact of tax and expenditure policies on poor agricultural families located in different areas. Both statistical exercises provide an original, though limited, contribution to the literature on the economic and social impact of the unification process in Italy. The analyses reveal that no redistribution was made, and regional discrimination did not emerge.

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ANALISIS YURIDIS TERHADAP KEBIJAKAN PEMERINTAH MENGENAI PENANGANAN PANDEMI VIRUS CORONA DISEASE 2019 (COVID-19) DI INDONESIA

Justisi Jurnal Ilmu Hukum ◽

10.36805/jjih.v6i2.1917 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 6 (2) ◽

pp. 46-58

Author(s):

Anwar Hidayat ◽

Budiman

Keyword(s):

Research Method ◽

Large Scale ◽

Social Impact ◽

Virus Disease ◽

Legal Research ◽

Conceptual Approach ◽

Corona Virus ◽

The Republic ◽

The Government ◽

The Impact

Perkembangan pandemi Covid-19 saat ini sangat mengkhawatirkan dimana terjadinya suatupeningkatan kasus corona khusus di Indonesia. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahuidan menganalisis kebijakan yang diambil pemerintah dalam penanganan pandemi Covid-19serta langkah-langkah yang diambil pemerintah untuk menganggulangi dampak-dampak, terutama dampak dari segi ekonomi dan sosial akibat pandemi Covid-19. Metode penelitianhukum yang digunakan yakni metode penelitian hukum normatif. Adapun pendekatan yangdigunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah pendekatan perundang-undangan dan pendekatankonseptual. Penelitian ini berlandaskan pengaturan perundang-undangan yang mengaturmengenai penanganan dan penganggulangan pandemi Covid-19 serta analisis atas konseppenetapan peraturan perundang-undangan tersebut. Hasil dari penelitian ini adalah dalamrangka penanganan Covid-19, berawal dari pemerintah tmengeluarkan kebijakan tentangPembatasan Sosial Berskala Besar yang merujuk pada Undang-Undang Nomor 6 Tahun2018 tentang Kekarantinaan Kesehatan. Peraturan pelaksanaannya yaitu PeraturanPemerintah Nomor 21 Tahun 2020 tentang Pembatasan Sosial Berskala Besar, sertaKeputusan Presiden tentang Kedaruratan Kesehatan sampai dengan saat ini pemerintah telahmengeluarkan kebijakan PPKM yang dimana dilakukan secara berkala. Untukmenganggulangi dampak Covid-19 dari segi ekonomi dan sosial pemerintah mengambilbeberapa kebijakan-kebijakan, yang diantaranya adalah: Peraturan Menteri KeuanganRepublik Indonesia Nomor 23/Pmk.03/2020 tentang Insentif Pajak Untuk WajibPajakTerdampak Wabah Virus Corona; Peraturan Otoritas Jasa Keuangan Republik Indonesia Kata Kunci : Kebijakan, Penanganan, Covid-19 The current development of the Covid-19 pandemic is very worrying where there is anincrease in special corona cases in Indonesia. This study aims to identify and analyze thepolicies taken by the government in handling the Covid-19 pandemic and the steps taken bythe government to mitigate the impacts, especially the economic and social impacts of theCovid-19 pandemic. The legal research method used is the normative legal research method. The approach used in this research is a statutory approach and a conceptual approach. Thisresearch is based on the legislation governing the handling and handling of the Covid-19pandemic as well as an analysis of the concept of establishing these laws and regulations. The results of this study are in the context of handling Covid-19, starting with thegovernment issuing a policy on Large-Scale Social Restrictions which refers to Law Number6 of 2018 concerning Health Quarantine. The implementing regulations are GovernmentRegulation Number 21 of 2020 concerning Large-Scale Social Restrictions, as well as thePresidential Decree on Health Emergencies. Until now, the government has issued a PPKMpolicy which is carried out regularly. To address the economic and social impact of Covid- 19, the government has taken several policies, including: Regulation of the Minister ofFinance of the Republic of Indonesia Number 23/Pmk.03/2020 concerning Tax Incentives forTaxpayers Af ected by the Corona Virus Outbreak; Regulation of the Financial ServicesAuthority of the Republic of Indonesia Number 11 /Pojk.03/2020 concerning NationalEconomic Stimulus as a Countercyclical Policy for the Impact of the Spread of Corona VirusDisease2019; and Instruction of the President of the Republic of Indonesia Number 4 of2020 concerning Refocussing of Activities, Reallocation of Budgets, and Procurement ofGoods and Services in the Context of Accelerating Handling of Corona Virus Disease 2019(Covid-19). Keyword : Policy, Handling, Covid-19

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Zika outbreak, resilient health systems, and women’s sexual and reproductive health: a qualitative study in Colombia

10.21203/rs.2.19397/v1 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Juan Carlos Rivillas-García ◽

Luz Janeth Forero-Martinez ◽

Mariana Calderon-Jaramillo ◽

Victoria Vargas-Pinzón ◽

Rocío Murad-Rivera ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Reproductive Health ◽

Health System ◽

Health Care Providers ◽

Sexual And Reproductive Health ◽

Technical Equipment ◽

Care Providers ◽

Data Set ◽

National Response ◽

The Government ◽

The Impact

Abstract Background There is substantial evidence of the profound consequences of Zika on women's Sexual and Reproductive Health. Health system resilience begins by measuring critical capacities ahead of a crisis such as zika outbreak. Even though zika as vector-borne disease is well documented, there is dearth of studies linking Zika with women's Sexual and Reproductive Health. The main objective of this study was to analyze the national response to the Zika epidemic and its relation to women’s sexual and reproductive health matters through key implementation mechanisms in order to promote resilience of the health system in five cities in Colombia.Methods This study used a qualitative design to enable an in-depth exploration of the national response to the Zika epidemic and sexual and reproductive health matters through key implementation mechanisms (based on facilitators and gaps) within the health system. The overall data set was comprised of 31 semi-structured individual interviews (23 women and 8 men), 25 interviews with key informants responsible for the implementation of the Zika Virus Response Plan; six interviews with pregnant women diagnosed with Zika; and five focus groups discussions with communities (n=122 participants) in five cities in Colombia: Barranquilla, Cucuta, Los Patios, San Andres and Soledad.Results The findings revealed the three major facilitators that promoted the implementation of actions to address the Zika epidemic: i) the role of health care providers; ii) the development of technical equipment capabilities; and iii) inter-institutional coordination. The study also identified implementation gaps: i) absence of a human rights and sexual and reproductive health approach; ii) focus on territorial actions centered on mosquito management; and iii) limited attitudes, behaviors and knowledge at the community level.Conclusion This study provided a comprehensive insight of critical facilitating processes and gaps in the implementation of the government response during the Zika epidemic in Colombia. This study reveals that the lack of understanding of the intersection between gender, the Zika epidemic and Sexual and Reproductive Health limited the adoption, development and implementation of a more comprehensive responses to address the impact on women’s sexual and reproductive health.

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53 Ethnic Minorities in Vietnam: Monthly Average Income and Proportion of Revenue in 2015 by Urban/Rural and Socio-economic Regions

10.31219/osf.io/h43ba ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Toan Manh Ho

Keyword(s):

Ethnic Minority ◽

Ethnic Minorities ◽

National Survey ◽

Web Portal ◽

Average Income ◽

Data Set ◽

Monthly Average ◽

Urban Rural ◽

The Government ◽

Economic Regions

This preprint is a reading of the document "Data Table 1: Monthly Average Income and Proportion of Revenue in 2015 by Urban/Rural and Socio-economic Regions" from the extracted data set from Vietnam’s national survey on 53 ethnic minorities, conducted in 2015. The original document was obtained from open deposition, publicly available at www.ubdt.gov.vn, the official web portal of the Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs (CEMA), part of the government of Vietnam. This work is part of the research project AISDL-53EMS-Summary.

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Anxious and Angry: Emotional and Political Motives for Approving of and Complying with Hygiene Measures related to the COVID-19 Pandemic

10.31234/osf.io/3vzu2 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

David Abadi ◽

Irene Arnaldo ◽

Agneta Fischer

Keyword(s):

Online Survey ◽

Social Impact ◽

Infection Age ◽

Political Beliefs ◽

Political Implications ◽

Hygiene Measures ◽

The Government ◽

The Individual ◽

The Uk ◽

The Impact

The current COVID-19 pandemic elicits a vast amount of collective anxiety, which may also have broader societal and political implications. In the current study, we investigate the individual and social impact of this anxiety. We conducted an online survey in four different countries (Germany, the Netherlands, Spain and the UK; N=2031), examining whether anxiety about the Coronavirus leads to more approval of and compliance with hygiene measures deployed in those countries, and what role political beliefs play at this. We found significant differences between the four countries, with Spain marking highest anxiety as well as approval of and compliance with hygiene measures. Furthermore, three linear regressions showed that one’s anxiety is not only predicted by proximity to sources of infection (age, country, oneself or friends being infected), but also by political views (populist attitudes, anger at the government). Importantly, people who are anxious are also angry, at transgressors of hygiene rules or at their government. Thus, anger does not reduce one’s fear, but fear leads to more anger, especially in countries with the highest infection rates. Anxiety also leads to more approval of and compliance with hygiene measures, but again anger and political beliefs play a role in this relation. Whereas behavioral compliance is more predicted by fear and anger at others who transgress the rules, approval of the measures is better predicted by anxiety about the impact of Coronavirus and anger at the government.

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An evaluation of permanent crops: Evidence from the “Plant the Future” project, Georgia

Open Agriculture ◽

10.1515/opag-2021-0012 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

pp. 212-222

Author(s):

Lasha Zivzivadze ◽

Tengiz Taktakishvili ◽

Ekaterine Zviadadze ◽

Giorgi Machavariani

Keyword(s):

Agricultural Policy ◽

Social Impact ◽

Evaluation Criteria ◽

High Demand ◽

Policy Makers ◽

The Future ◽

The Government ◽

The Impact ◽

Future Project

Abstract Promoting investments in permanent crops is often considered by the government as a powerful measure to support long-term growth in agriculture. The same attitude is prevalent among agricultural policy makers in Georgia and hence, country’s government and the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia initiate and coordinate projects facilitating new investments in permanent crops. The article deals with an evaluation of an impact of “Plant the Future” project in Georgia that provides funds for the potential beneficiaries for planting permanent crops. The structure and scope of the project are discussed in the article, and the relevant data regarding the area planted, financial impact, and beneficiaries for the period from 2015 to 2019 are analysed and the impact projection is made for the period of 2020–2043. Research showed that the target indicators of the project were fully achieved. In addition, there were a high demand from farmers to participate in this project and as a result, the budget spent in 2017–2019 exceeded the planned budget. The project appears to be beneficial in terms of net present values that are positive for all discussed discount rates, meaning that the benefits of the project are greater than costs. The return on investment of the project is around 10%, which is greater than the basic discount rate (8%). Social impact also seems to be high with 1,350 beneficiaries. According to the projection, from 2015 to 2024, around 3,000 beneficiaries will benefit from this project. In the methodology, five evaluation criteria are used, namely, relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, impact, and sustainability. Based on the evaluation, specific recommendations are given.

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Zika outbreak, resilient health systems, and women’s sexual and reproductive health: a qualitative study in Colombia

10.21203/rs.2.19397/v2 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Juan Carlos Rivillas-García ◽

Luz Janeth Forero-Martinez ◽

Mariana Calderon-Jaramillo ◽

Victoria Vargas-Pinzón ◽

Rocío Murad-Rivera ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Reproductive Health ◽

Health System ◽

Health Care Providers ◽

Sexual And Reproductive Health ◽

Technical Equipment ◽

Care Providers ◽

Data Set ◽

National Response ◽

The Government ◽

The Impact

Abstract Background There is substantial evidence of the profound consequences of Zika on women's Sexual and Reproductive Health. Health system resilience begins by measuring critical capacities ahead of a crisis such as Zika outbreak. Even though Zika as vector-borne disease is well documented, there is dearth of studies linking Zika with women's Sexual and Reproductive Health. The main objective of this study was to analyze the national response to the Zika epidemic and its relation to women’s sexual and reproductive health matters through key implementation mechanisms in order to promote resilience of the health system in five cities in Colombia.Methods This study used a qualitative design to enable an in-depth exploration of the national response to the Zika epidemic and sexual and reproductive health matters through key implementation mechanisms (based on facilitators and gaps) within the health system. The overall data set was comprised of 31 semi-structured individual interviews (23 women and 8 men), 25 interviews with key informants responsible for the implementation of the Zika Virus Response Plan; six interviews with pregnant women diagnosed with Zika; and five focus groups discussions with communities (n=122 participants) in five cities in Colombia: Barranquilla, Cucuta, Los Patios, San Andres and Soledad. Results The findings revealed the three major facilitators that promoted the implementation of actions to address the Zika epidemic: i) the role of health care providers; ii) the development of technical equipment capabilities; and iii) inter-institutional coordination. The study also identified implementation gaps: i) absence of a human rights and sexual and reproductive health approach; ii) focus on territorial actions centered on mosquito management; and iii) limited attitudes, behaviors and knowledge at the community level.Conclusion This study provided a comprehensive insight of critical facilitating processes and gaps in the implementation of the government response during the Zika epidemic in Colombia. This study reveals that the lack of understanding of the intersection between gender, the Zika epidemic and Sexual and Reproductive Health limited the adoption, development and implementation of a more comprehensive responses to address the impact on women’s sexual and reproductive health.

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