The Quest for Fairness: An Empirical Examination of the Determinants of Compensation Satisfaction in Ghanaian Mining Communities

2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Kwabena Twerefou
Keyword(s):  
Negotiation Process ◽  
Pollution Level ◽  
Empirical Examination ◽  
Mining Communities ◽  
Pollution Levels ◽  
Compensation Payment ◽  
Compensation Package ◽  
Compensation Packages ◽  
Village Communities ◽  
The Government

This paper examines the determinants of satisfaction of compensation packages in Ghanaian mining communities using survey data and the logit model.  The results indicate that an improved and highly improved mining effect on livelihood increases the likelihood of households being satisfied with compensation packages by 19.4 and 24% respectively, while a change in satisfaction with compensation negotiation process from not satisfied to satisfied increases the likelihood of a household being satisfied with compensation package received by 18.8%. Also, a change from low pollution level to moderate or high pollution levels decrease the likelihood of households being satisfied with compensation package received by 9.1% and 11.3% respectively. Furthermore, a change in location from the Obuasi village community to Asutifi, Prestea and Tarkwa village communities increases satisfaction with compensation package by 8.7%, 19.6% and 16.1% respectively. A change in the mean variables will lead to a 14.6 per cent likelihood of a household being satisfied with compensation payment received. We recommend the government to improve compensation negotiation process by educating communities on the compensation regulation. There is a need to economically value assets while strengthening regulatory institutions to enable then properly enforce pollution regulations.

scholarly journals Rhetoric Analysis on the Relationship between Executive Compensation and Performance of Commercial public enterprises in Namibia.

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. 2624-2657
Author(s):  
Dr Helena Megameno Nailonga Ngalandji - Hakweenda
Keyword(s):  
Executive Compensation ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Public Enterprises ◽  
Compensation Package ◽  
Compensation Packages ◽  
The Government ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Executive Officers ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Relationship

The purpose of this paper was to investigate the relationship between compensation packages and the performance of executive officers in Commercial Public Enterprises in Namibia. The paper was conducted to achieve the following specific objective: to determine the relationship between compensation packages of executives and the performance of Commercial PEs in Namibia. It was all in the context of mixed research approach for data collection using a questionnaire as a tool. The study found that there is a partial relationship between executive compensation and the performance of some commercial public enterprises, in accordance with their Tier Levels.  It is recommended that the Government (shareholder) finds the best fit model of executive compensation packages in order to induce a positive level of performance. It is further recommended that a study be conducted, to investigate the relationship between the role of an independent high-level committee on executive compensation packages, aimed at enhancing performance in Commercial Public Enterprises in Namibia   Keywords: Compensation Package; Performance; Commercial Public Enterprises; Executives  

Land Loss with Compensation: What Are the Determinants of Income Among Households in Central Vietnam?

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-55
Author(s):  
Nguyen Quang Phuc ◽  
A. C. M. (Guus) van Westen ◽  
Annelies Zoomers
Keyword(s):  
Household Income ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Urban Expansion ◽  
Skill Training ◽  
Land Loss ◽  
Central Vietnam ◽  
Compensation Packages ◽  
Household Members ◽  
The Government ◽  
Using Data

The purpose of this study is to investigate the determinants of household income following the loss of land owing to urban expansion in central Vietnam. Using data mainly from household surveys in the peri-urban areas of Hue city, the regression model indicates that demographic factors and livelihood strategy choices have important impacts on household income; financial compensation and support packages do not appear to be strong determinants of household income after the loss of land. This implies a failure of the current compensation programmes in the process of compulsory land acquisition, because the government believes that compensation packages make important contributions to livelihood reconstruction. This study suggests that investing in education and skill training for household members affected by land loss as well as assistance in converting compensation money into an adequate livelihood should be taken into consideration.

scholarly journals An Empirical Examination of Factors Influencing the Behavioral Intention to Use Zakat-Based Crowdfunding Platform Model for Countering the Adverse Impact of COVID-19 on MSMEs in Indonesia

2020 ◽  
pp. 203-218
Author(s):  
Sulaeman Sulaeman ◽  
Sri Yayu Ninglasari
Keyword(s):  
Behavioral Intention ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Adverse Impact ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Empirical Examination ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
The Government ◽  
Facilitating Conditions ◽  
Behavioral Intention To Use

ABSTRACT This study aims to examine the behavioral intention of the Muslim crowd funders to use the Zakat-based crowdfunding platform model by adopting the concept of the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) Model. The platform model, as an intermediary between Muslim crowd funders and MSMEs, provides financing services for MSMEs to fight any kind of situation/pandemic like COVID-19 nowadays. This study used the primary data that is collected by using the online survey questionnaires, and then the analysis is conducted using partial least squares (PLS) regression. The empirical study shows that all the variables except for facilitating conditions have a significant positive effect on the intention of Muslim crowd funders to use the Zakat-based crowdfunding platform model. The present study will help the government and policymakers to plan appropriate intervention strategies to minimize the adverse impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on MSMEs in Indonesia. Furthermore, the study will contribute to the existing literature especially on the factors influencing the adoption of the Zakat-based crowdfunding platform model.

scholarly journals Economic development as a way to fight against poverty in a coastal society

2018 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 230
Author(s):  
Rukin Rukin
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Rural Communities ◽  
Coastal Zone Management ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Economic Problem ◽  
Economic Empowerment ◽  
Zone Management ◽  
Village Communities ◽  
The Government

This research is based on the phenomenon of low construction in coastal village areas, primarily in relation to the economic development sector. This study was conducted in order to determine the low economic level of coastal rural communities and its abundant natural resources (SDA). The government has already issued a public policy related to economic empowerment and coastal zone management. However, the coastal village community’s economy remains very low. The qualitative and phenomenological approach was used to obtain the findings about why society in coastal villages is economically low level. The main cause of the economic problem was the lack of ability of the public to capture the business opportunities that existed. In addition, the constant hereditary lifestyle of the coastal people is one of the triggers of their low economic power. There is a lack of distinct empowerment by the government in order to improve their economy. SDA has not been optimally empowering coastal areas by way of the village communities of the coast and there is a lack of village infrastructure. The concrete participation of the local government is expected in relation to the handling of economic empowerment. One solution that can be undertaken is the revamping of public policy related to the development of coastal villages. The completion of the installation program for paving and street lighting is also a priority. The development and empowerment of the economy should be done immediately. Another thing that can be done by the government is the optimisation of the religious and beach tourism there.

scholarly journals Wisata Alam Coban Putri Sebagai Objek Dalam Penguatan Ekonomi Masyarakat Desa Tlekung

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 1105-1112
Author(s):  
Ananda Yumnatus Syafira ◽  
Elya Kurniawati ◽  
Nur Hadi
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Public Attention ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Tourist Attractions ◽  
Nature Tourism ◽  
Village Community ◽  
Village Communities ◽  
The Government ◽  
Empowerment Program

Village community-based nature tourism is currently getting a lot of public attention. The government through its empowerment program also provides support to village communities when developing natural tourism in their area. The effectiveness of this empowerment program will later be able to improve the economy of rural communities sustainably. As is done in Coban Putri nature tourism, Tlekung Village, Junrejo District, Batu City. This research is qualitative, using a descriptive approach.While the sampling technique used is the purposive sampling technique, where informants are determined based on their role related to the development of natural tourism in Coban Putri. The purpose of this study was to determine how influential the Coban Putri natural tourism area is on the improvement of the economy of the Tlekung Village community after developing tourist attractions. The results obtained from this study indicate that the Coban Putri natural tourism area has sufficient influence on the economy of the Tlekung Village community, especially after development, so it is important for the government and the community to participate in developing Coban Putri natural tourism through empowerment programs so that it always has more appeal for tourists who visit.

scholarly journals MODUL UNIT KARANTINA PORTABLE SEBAGAI FASILITAS PEMBANTU RUANG ISOLASI DARURAT DI LINGKUNGAN KAMPUNG PADAT PENDUDUK

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 78-85
Author(s):  
Yusuf Ariyanto ◽  
Wira Widjaya Lindarto ◽  
Dyah Kusuma Wardhani
Keyword(s):  
Community Service ◽  
Participatory Design ◽  
Design Method ◽  
Informal Settlement ◽  
Isolation Room ◽  
Physical Conditions ◽  
Service Activity ◽  
Village Communities ◽  
The Government

The capacity of the isolation room at the hospital appointed by the Government to treat Covid-19 patients is no longer able to accommodate the positive Covid-19 patients. Positive Covid-19 patients with no symptoms or other signs of worsening physical conditions are advised to do self-quarantine and isolation independently. This self-quarantine/isolation becomes a problem especially in densely populated settlements, especially informal settlements. The case study on this community service activity is an informal settlement located along the Surabaya railroad. Together with the Surabaya ARKOM team as partners, this community service activity conducting field observations with the results that there are still many poor house conditions in this area, the conditions of the houses are tight and not fulfilled the standards of a healthy house, which causes a larger potential spread of Covid-19 virus and makes it impossible to carry out self-isolation in their each homes. The solution offered is to create a communal isolation room module as an emergency isolation room for informal village communities during a pandemic or can be used in other certain emergency conditions with a participatory design method that meets health standards for isolation rooms designed with the easy and fast module applications process. The purpose of this activity is to provide a set of modules for communal quarantine units as prototypes that can be made by the community with a simple system, easily available materials, fast and prioritizing community participation in its assembling.   Abstrak: Kapasitas ruang isolasi di Rumah Sakit yang ditunjuk Pemerintah untuk merawat pasien Covid-19 sudah tak mampu menampung membeludaknya pasien positif Covid-19. Pasien positif Covid-19 yang belum mengalami atau bahkan yang tidak menunjukkan gejala penurunan kondisi fisik, dianjurkan untuk melakukan karantina dan perawatan secara mandiri. Karantina secara mandiri ini menjadi tantangan tersendiri untuk permukiman padat penduduk, terutama permukiman informal. Menjadi studi kasus pada kegiatan pengabdian masyarakat ini adalah permukiman informal yang berada di tepi kereta api. Bersama tim ARKOM Surabaya sebagai mitra melakukan observasi lapangan dengan hasil menunjukkan bahwa kondisi rumah yang memprihatinkan masih banyak terdapat di area ini, kondisi rumah berdempetan dan tidak sesuai standar rumah sehat inilah yang menyebabkan potensi besar penularan Covid-19 dan tidak memungkinkan untuk melakukan isolasi mandiri di rumah masing-masing. Solusi yang ditawarkan adalah membuat modul ruang karantina komunal sebagai ruang karantina darurat bagi masyarakat kampung informal pada masa pandemi atau kondisi darurat tertentu dengan metode desain partisipatif yang memenuhi standar kesehatan untuk sebuah ruang karantina yang didesain dengan proses aplikasi modul yang mudah, murah dan cepat. Tujuan dari kegiatan ini adalah memberikan modul unit karantina komunal sebagai prototype yang dapat dibuat sendiri oleh masing-masing kampung padat penduduk dengan sistem yang sederhana (portable), material mudah didapat, cepat dan mengedepankan usaha partisipatif masyarakat dalam pembuatannya.

Resisting Closures and Winning Wages in the 1960s and 1970s

2019 ◽  
pp. 197-228
Author(s):  
Jim Phillips
Keyword(s):  
Employment Opportunities ◽  
Unsuccessful Attempt ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Mining Communities ◽  
Scottish Parliament ◽  
Political Impact ◽  
1960S And 1970S ◽  
The Government ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
The Uk

The 1984-85 miners’ strike in defence of collieries, jobs and communities was an unsuccessful attempt to reverse the change in economic direction driven in the UK by Margaret Thatcher’s Conservative governments. The government was committed to removing workforce voice from the industry. Its struggle against the miners was a war against the working class more generally. Mining communities were grievously affected in economic terms by the strike and its aftermath, but in the longer run emerged with renewed solidarity. Gender relations, evolving from the 1960s as employment opportunities for women increased, changed in further progressive ways. This strengthened the longer-term cohesion of mining communities. The strike had a more general and lasting political impact in Scotland. The narrative of a distinct Scottish national commitment to social justice, attacked by a UK government without democratic mandate, drew decisive moral force from the anti-Thatcherite resistance of men and women in the coalfields. This renewed the campaign for a Scottish Parliament, which came to successful fruition in 1999.

3.2 The subject matter of treaties The potential subject matter of treaties is unlimited; they can be about anything over which the government has authority. Treaties tend to contain two types of propositions: • specific obligations that States agree to follow and enforce; • statements about ideals and expression of joint hopes, standing as statements of good intention. An example would be the expressed desire of States to co-operate in co-ordinating developments in a specific area (for example, the treaties setting up the EU to cooperate in a range of areas). 5.3.3 The process of formalising agreement to be bound by a treaty Once the matters to be included in the treaty are settled, it is drafted, approved by prospective States and then opened for signature by an authorised person from each State (the signatory). Sometimes it is not possible for everyone to be available to sign it at the same time in each other’s presence. It is formally signed by the Head of Government or other authorised person (the signatory) or persons (signatories) in each State. The signature is in an expression of interest by the relevant State and an additional process has to take place. The whole government, or legislature, or people, of each signatory State in the usual manner for that State has to agree to the treaty, allowing ratification of the treaty to take place. This marks the formal agreement by the State to be bound by the treaty as signed. An example of this two stage process is Norway’s application to join the EC in 1973. The government of Norway signed an accession treaty joining the EC. However, the people of Norway were not prepared to support joining and the government lost a referendum (a ballot put to the people). The government, therefore, could not ratify the treaty and Norway did not join the EC. 5.3.4 The methods to minimise dissent in the negotiation process When a treaty is being negotiated by a group of nation States it may well be the case that whilst one State may be in favour of most of the treaty there are matters under discussion which they do not like, and cannot at that time agree to. Rather than risk the whole treaty failing to be negotiated, which could be an international political disaster, methods have been devised to get round these potential serious problems. If the nation State agrees with the core of the treaty but does not wish to be bound by certain aspects of the treaty they can make this clear by entering what is called a ‘derogation’. They agree the treaty with the disliked item ‘taken away’: the State opts out of that aspect. A written record of the derogation is drawn up, signed by the State concerned, and attached to the treaty. If the State is potentially sympathetic to an aspect of the treaty but for political reasons (perhaps lack of support in the nation as a whole for that particular item)

2012 ◽  
pp. 130-130
Keyword(s):  
Subject Matter ◽  
Specific Area ◽  
Negotiation Process ◽  
The State ◽  
Nation States ◽  
The People ◽  
Usual Manner ◽  
Additional Process ◽  
The Government ◽  
Head Of Government

scholarly journals Participatory Approach to Gap Analysis between Policy and Practice Regarding Air Pollution in Ger Areas of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (8) ◽  
pp. 3309
Author(s):  
Bonjun Koo ◽  
Jong-Il Na ◽  
Throstur Thorsteinsson ◽  
Ana Maria Cruz
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Gap Analysis ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Pollution Levels ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
The Government

Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia, suffers from severe air pollution during the long winter months, and its air pollution levels are among the highest in the world. Residents in the ger areas of Ulaanbaatar are unable to take advantage of the laws and policy regulations to reduce air pollution despite years of efforts to address this issue by international and local organizations including the government of Mongolia (GoM). Important challenges and barriers that have limited the success of various governmental policies that tackle air pollution problems were identified through participatory approaches. In order to do this, personal interviews were conducted with various stakeholders such as officials from central and local governments, government agencies, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), international organizations, and academia. Moreover, a workshop was conducted to elucidate the views of ger area community members in Ulaanbaatar. Based on the results of these interviews and workshop, the gaps between the policy approaches of the government, the actual conditions, and the desired situations of the residents to improve air quality in Ulaanbaatar were analyzed. The large gaps that were identified between the national and local perspectives on air pollution issues demonstrated that the reduction of air pollution in Ulaanbaatar requires solving fundamental and complex problems based on a better understanding of the specific conditions and needs of the residents of the ger areas. Moreover, active participation and discussion of the residents at the workshop indicated that community-based approaches could be applied in the cultural context of Mongolia with promising results in finding solutions.

Access to Subsidised Packing Credit for Financing Export: Who are the Gainers?

2018 ◽  
Vol 66 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 72-88
Author(s):  
Gargi Sanati
Keyword(s):  
Export Growth ◽  
Dynamic Panel ◽  
Empirical Examination ◽  
Playing Field ◽  
Important Means ◽  
Dynamic Panel Analysis ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Additional Reduction ◽  
Determinant Factor

This study examines the packing credit or pre-shipment credit (PC) as a key determinant factor for the export growth in India. PC is considered to be an important means of financing export if advance payment is not received by the exporter prior to the shipment of goods. The Government of India’s (GoI) scheme of interest subsidy in PC is mostly to boost the export growth in India. In this backdrop, this article is having threefold objectives: (a) to examine the distribution pattern of PC across various exporting sectors; (b) to analyse the availability of export financing at different interest rate range; and (c) to estimate the sensitivity of export growth of India to its utilisation of PC in small, medium and large exporting sectors. Our preliminary analysis reveals that natural elimination takes place, and the present practice of disbursing PC is not able to fulfil the goal of establishing a level playing field for the exporters. Per capita utilisation of PC shows highly skewed preference of the banks to large borrowers, even if they are not subject to the benefit of interest subvention. This study also reveals that small exporters hold the maximum number of PC account, although having the least outstanding amount per account. On the contrary, our Arellano–Bond Dynamic panel analysis for the period 1996–1997 to 2015–2016 shows that the utilisation of PC by medium and small exporters respectively are more sensitive to boost the export growth of India. This study also finds that the effect of the interest subvention scheme was dampened due to the financial crisis and concludes that the export growth would have been much worse affected in the absence of the subvention scheme. Our empirical examination concludes that interest subvention plays a positive and significant role to boost the export growth and additional reduction in the cost of production may add to the export growth of India. This study recommends that the government may introduce a differential interest subsidy for different creditworthy exporters within the entitled sectors to reduce the cost of fund effectively for more needy and sensitive exporters. Given the resource constraint, it may be ensured that large exporters are restricted from receiving the subsidised export finance. JEL: F49, F30, G01, G18, G32

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