scholarly journals The Concept of Investment in Iraqi Law (Comparative Study): مفهوم الاستثمار في القانون العراقي (دراسة مقارنة)

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ammar Shakir Mahmood
Keyword(s):  
Social Development ◽  
Effective Means ◽  
Optimal Investment ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Investment Environment ◽  
Specific Concept ◽  
The Moment ◽  
Investment Process ◽  
The Impact

Investment is of paramount importance at the moment as it is the most effective means of advancing economic and social development and thus contributes to the development of countries and the well-being of peoples, whether directly or indirectly. This provided an incentive for countries to compete and compete with each other to attract investment by providing the appropriate legal framework to achieve an optimal investment environment. The success of this approach depends on the extent to which the legislator understands the concept of investment and clarifies its concept clearly and flexibly to accommodate all future investment activities., And to clarify the impact on the investment process to ultimately reach a specific concept of investment.

scholarly journals PS1 - 127 A Mixed Method Study of a Peer Support Intervention for Newly Diagnosed Primary Brain Tumour Patients

2016 ◽  
Vol 43 (S4) ◽  
pp. S8-S9
Author(s):  
R. Cashman
Keyword(s):  
Brain Tumour ◽  
Peer Support ◽  
Effective Means ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Newly Diagnosed ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Primary Brain Tumour ◽  
Single Face ◽  
The Impact

The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of an intervention designed to support newly diagnosed primary brain tumour patients. The intervention involved a structured, one time meeting between newly diagnosed patients and trained volunteer “veteran” primary brain tumour patients. Methods Two trained volunteers met for a single, face to face meeting on an individual basis with a total of 10 newly diagnosed patients. A combination of questionnaires and interviews were used to investigate the impact of the intervention for the new patients and the volunteers. Results: The intervention appeared to be of substantial value for both groups of participants. Analysis revealed that the newly diagnosed patients experienced a range of benefits, including those related to the themes of: increased hope; valued guidance; hearing what it’s really like; overcoming aloneness; and realignment of priorities. Veteran patients experienced a sense accomplishment and decreased anxiety as a result of the intervention. Only minor adverse effects and challenges were reported. Conclusions The findings provide initial evidence that the experimental intervention has the potential to be a safe, effective means of promoting psycho-social well-being in newly diagnosed patients and may also have positive effects for veteran patients. Further investigation into the use of one to one, peer support for brain tumour patients is an important research priority.

scholarly journals Corporate wellness: what, why not and whither?

2019 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 638-648 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geraint Harvey
Keyword(s):  
Workplace Health Promotion ◽  
Effective Means ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Employee Voice ◽  
Workplace Health ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Social Legitimacy ◽  
Corporate Wellness ◽  
Employment Security ◽  
The Impact

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present corporate wellness (CW) as an approach to worker well-being and as distinct from workplace health promotion (WHP). Theoretical explanations of the contribution of CW and WHP to the economic and social legitimacy objectives of human resource management (HRM) serve to elucidate this distinction and also to highlight the problematic nature of CW. An alternative approach to worker well-being, firm performance and social legitimacy of the firm is discussed. Design/methodology/approach This is a review paper that analyses research into CW as a discrete approach to the management of people and compares this body of knowledge with ancillary studies of the impact of policies more commonly aligned with HRM in order to achieve the purpose of the paper. Findings The review is critical of CW as a means of achieving competitive advantage through people due to the probability of dysfunctional outcomes, namely exacerbating the health and well-being of the workforce, especially the mental health of workers. Practical implications Due to the sizeable investment in CW programmes, the paper advocates a focus on equity in pay, employment security and employee voice as an alterative means of enhancing the health of the workforce and the performance of the organisation. Originality/value This paper elaborates on recent critiques of worker well-being programmes (see e.g. Guest, 2017), offering a comprehensive and robust theoretical framework. The paper cites extensive evidence that improved pay, employment security and an effective voice in the workplace are more effective means of meeting the needs of the firm and improving worker well-being.

scholarly journals Investment legislation and its impact on attracting foreign investments to Sudan During the period 1956-2013: التشريعات الاستثمارية وأثرها في جذب الاستثمارات الأجنبية للسودان خلال الفترة 1956-2013م

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Khaled Abdel Aziz Hassan Mohamed
Keyword(s):  
Negative Impact ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Investment Climate ◽  
Economic Sectors ◽  
Foreign Investments ◽  
Investment Rates ◽  
Economic Developments ◽  
Investment Process ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

The study examined the investment legislation issued in Sudan during the last period and the impact of attracting foreign investments. The legal framework for investment is one of the most important elements and elements of the attractive investment climate which helps in regulating the relationship between all parties to the investment process. The investment that was issued in Sudan and its effectiveness in attracting foreign investment and guarantees and facilities provided in them and their impact on increasing investment rates. The study dealt with the development of investment legislation in Sudan with its sectoral stages, which focused on issuing a law for investment in a specific sector, and the comprehensive phase of issuing a unified investment law covering all economic sectors, with study of the most important features and facilities provided in the Sudan. The study found that there was instability in the investment laws in the Sudan during the previous period and the convergence of periods of issuance and not keeping pace with local and global economic developments, which had a negative impact in the lack of flow Foreign investments in Sudan over the past years, which reflected negatively on increasing economic development in Sudan rates.

scholarly journals Inversión extranjera y minería privada en contexto dictatorial: El Decreto Ley 600 y la desnacionalización del cobre. Chile, 1974-1977

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ximena Ortiz Morales
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Investment ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Structural Reforms ◽  
Central Question ◽  
Military Dictatorship ◽  
Mining Investment ◽  
Investment Process ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Way

Durante la dictadura cívico-militar chilena se implementaron una serie de reformas que modificaron el marco legal de la minería y dieron paso a la modernización neoliberal de la principal actividad extractiva del país. De esta manera, los primeros años de la dictadura estuvieron caracterizados por la aplicación rígida e ideológica de reformas estructurales, entre estas medidas se inscribe el llamado Estatuto de la inversión extranjera, también conocido como DL 600. Durante la dictadura cívico-militar chilena se implementaron una serie de reformas que modificaron el marco legal de la minería y dieron paso a la modernización neoliberal de la principal actividad extractiva del país. De esta manera, los primeros años de la dictadura estuvieron caracterizados por la aplicación rígida e ideológica de reformas estructurales, entre estas medidas se inscribe el llamado Estatuto de la inversión extranjera, también conocido como DL 600.  En artículo analiza parte de los alcances de este diseño legal, orientado por la interrogante acerca del impacto y alcances que este tuvo en el proceso de inversión minera e intenta responder a la interrogante central del problema, a saber, ¿en qué medida el DL 600 abrió el camino para la instalación de las transnacionales mineras?   ABSTRACT During the Chilean civil-military dictatorship, a series of reforms were implemented that modified the legal framework for mining and gave way to the neoliberal modernization of the country’s main extractive activity. In this way, the first years of the dictatorship were characterized by the rigid and ideological application of structural reforms. Among these measures is the so-called Foreign Investment Statute, also known as DL 600. During the Chilean civil-military dictatorship, a series of reforms were implemented that modified the legal framework for mining and gave way to the neoliberal modernization of the country’s main extractive activity. In this way, the first years of the dictatorship were characterized by the rigid and ideological application of structural reforms. Among these measures is the so-called Foreign Investment Statute, also known as DL 600.  The article analyzes part of the scope of this legal design, guided by the question about the impact and scope that it had on the mining investment process and tries to answer the central question of the problem, namely, to what extent did DL600 open the way for the installation of the mining transnationals?

scholarly journals The Impact of Tuberculosis on the Well-Being of Adolescents and Young Adults

Pathogens ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 1591
Author(s):  
Patricia Moscibrodzki ◽  
Leslie A. Enane ◽  
Graeme Hoddinott ◽  
Meredith B. Brooks ◽  
Virginia Byron ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Social Development ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Good Health ◽  
Health Needs ◽  
Adolescents And Young Adults ◽  
Supportive Environment ◽  
Learning Competence ◽  
The Impact

The health needs of adolescents and young adults (AYAs) have been neglected in tuberculosis (TB) care, control, and research. AYAs, who are distinct from younger children and older adults, undergo dynamic physical, psychological, emotional, cognitive, and social development. Five domains of adolescent well-being are crucial to a successful transition between childhood and adulthood: (1) Good health; (2) connectedness and contribution to society; (3) safety and a supportive environment; (4) learning, competence, education, skills, and employability; and (5) agency and resilience. This review summarizes the evidence of the impact of TB disease and treatment on these five domains of AYA well-being.

scholarly journals RISKY SEXUAL AND HEALTH BEHAVIOURS AND IMPACT ON PSYCHO-SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF ADOLESCENTS IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN ENUGU STATE, NIGERIA

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nkechi Uzochukwu Okeke ◽  
Elizabeth Ifeoma Anierobi ◽  
Ursula Ifeoma Oparaugo
Keyword(s):  
Social Development ◽  
Emotional Regulation ◽  
Health Behaviours ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Tertiary Institutions ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Enugu State ◽  
The Impact

<p>Adolescents due to the experimentation and exploration drive that characterize the period often engage in risky sexual and health behaviours being ignorant of the consequences on their health and psychological well-being. The study adopted ex-post-facto research design to find out risky sexual and health behaviours and impact on psycho-social development of adolescents in tertiary institutions in Enugu state. Four research questions guided the study. A total of 300 students in 300 and 400 levels in three selected higher institutions in Enugu state formed the sample of the study. Data were collected through questionnaire of 40 items to elicit information on the impact of risky sexual and health behaviours on psycho-social development of adolescents. The instrument was validated by experts in education. Reliability of the instrument was determined using Cronbach Alpha and an alpha coefficient of 0.78 was obtained. Research questions were answered using frequencies, percentages and mean. Result revealed the prevalence of risky sexual and health behaviours among adolescents in tertiary institutions in Enugu state. It also revealed that risky sexual and health behaviours are associated with frustration, low self-esteem, feelings of guilt, sense of regret, abandonment by parents/siblings and loss of self-respect among others. The researchers recommend family interventions (good parental training and monitoring), counseling and rehabilitation services, emotional regulation skills and self-management skills training.</p><p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0856/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>

scholarly journals INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION AND ITS IMPACT ON THE SOCIAL PROGRESS OF COUNTRIES

2021 ◽  
pp. 160-169
Author(s):  
Denis Pudryk ◽  
Oleksii Kwilinski ◽  
Tatjana Vasylyna
Keyword(s):  
Social Development ◽  
International Migration ◽  
National Economy ◽  
Rapid Growth ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Social Progress ◽  
Functional Dependencies ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Eu

Introduction. The social development of the national economy is in the focus of society, politicians and researchers. The main reason for considering this topic is to increase the rank of social progress of countries related to globalization and the rapid growth of international migration. The rapid growth of private relocations of Ukrainian citizens from abroad, on the one hand, leads to increased incomes, poverty reduction, improved health care, education and economic development of the country. On the other – reduced labour supply, the outflow of highly qualified personnel, increasing inequality, reduction of tax revenues on social insurance leads to restraint of economic and social development of the national economy. The aim of the study is to determine the impact of migration processes on the social progress in Ukraine. Research methods. To achieve this goal, the authors propose methodological tools for assessing the integrated index of social progress, based on the entropy method of determining the weights of social progress indicators (“Education, Science and Culture”, “Health”, “Environment”, “Life and well-being”, “Freedom and equality”). A model of functional dependencies for estimating the impact of migration processes on the level of social progress of the national economy is proposed. Results. It is established that according to the social progress index Ukraine differs significantly from the EU benchmark countries (Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia) for 2000-2020. Achieving the average level of social progress of the EU, provided only after 15 years. The statistically significant influence of migration processes on the country’s social progress is determined. The increase of private remittances from abroad leads to an increase in the social progress by 0,25% and the migration growth of the country’s population by 0,026%. The coefficient of determination of the models is 67,5% and 16,4%. Perspectives. The low level of the determination coefficient for the model with migratory population growth raises the question of further research of additional explanatory factors of the migration processes impact on social progress, in particular: skills, gender, education, national identity and more.

scholarly journals INFLUENCE OF SHADOWING OF ECONOMY ON INDICATORS OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE COUNTRY

2020 ◽  
pp. 187-195
Author(s):  
A. Zolkover
Keyword(s):  
Social Development ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Population Based ◽  
The One ◽  
Access To Knowledge ◽  
Household Incomes ◽  
Financial Transactions ◽  
The Impact

One of the biggest threats to the sustainable functioning of the economy, which negatively affects the indicators of its economic and social development is the shadowing of the economy. The growth of shadow financial transactions causes changes in household incomes, increasing inequality in the levels of their material well-being, deteriorating living standards, and so on. With the annual decline in the welfare of the population, increasing requirements for the quality of social services provided by the state, it is becoming increasingly important to identify the factors that have the greatest impact on the indicators of social development of the country. The purpose of this paper is to substantiate the causal links between the level of shadowing of the economy and indicators of social development of the country, to determine the most sensitive to the growth of shadow financial transactions indicators. The article analyzes the impact of the shadow economy and indicators of social development of the country, proves the negative impact of shadow financial transactions on the level of material well-being of the population. Based on a comparative analysis of the dynamics of changes in the level of shadowing and the Human Development Index of individual countries, the Gini coefficient, the share of the population in a difficult financial situation, the share of the population in poverty in some countries, the causal relationship between these indicators is proved. The paper concludes that a prerequisite for the development of the shadow sector of the economy is the low level of average wages in the country, which encourages the population to seek alternative (often shadow) sources of income. The expediency of reducing the level of shadowing of the economy as a driver of increasing the level of social development of the country is substantiated. It is proved that at the present stage of economic development of most countries the shadowing of the economy on the one hand causes a decrease in poverty (by improving the material well-being of the population), deteriorating living conditions, easier access to knowledge, and on the other - contributes to the gap in income of the richest and poorest group of the population.

Measuring Impact of Stress in Sandwich Generation Caring for Demented Parents

GeroPsych ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 171-179 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurence M. Solberg ◽  
Lauren B. Solberg ◽  
Emily N. Peterson
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Exploratory Factor Analysis ◽  
Social Worker ◽  
Resource Availability ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Sandwich Generation ◽  
Item Questionnaire ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Adult Caregivers ◽  
The Impact

Stress in caregivers may affect the healthcare recipients receive. We examined the impact of stress experienced by 45 adult caregivers of their elderly demented parents. The participants completed a 32-item questionnaire about the impact of experienced stress. The questionnaire also asked about interventions that might help to reduce the impact of stress. After exploratory factor analysis, we reduced the 32-item questionnaire to 13 items. Results indicated that caregivers experienced stress, anxiety, and sadness. Also, emotional, but not financial or professional, well-being was significantly impacted. There was no significant difference between the impact of caregiver stress on members from the sandwich generation and those from the nonsandwich generation. Meeting with a social worker for resource availability was identified most frequently as a potentially helpful intervention for coping with the impact of stress.

Efficacy of Crisis Intervention

Crisis ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 78-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Reisch ◽  
Petra Schlatter ◽  
Wolfgang Tschacher
Keyword(s):  
Crisis Intervention ◽  
Intervention Program ◽  
Suicide Ideation ◽  
Indirect Evidence ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Term Therapy ◽  
Contributing Factors ◽  
Step Therapy ◽  
Long Term Therapy ◽  
The Impact

This study assesses the efficacy of the treatment approach implemented in the Bern Crisis Intervention Program, where particular emphasis is placed on the remediation of suicide ideation and suicidal behavior, and depression, fear, and phobia are generally considered to be contributing factors. Four questionnaires addressing psychopathology, emotional well-being, social anxiety, and personality were administered prior to and after the treatment of 51 patients over a period of 2 to 3 weeks. The reduction of symptoms contributing to suicidal ideation and behavior was interpreted as indirect evidence of an antisuicidal effect of the program. Significant improvements were found in the psychopathology ratings, with depression and anxiety showing the largest reductions. The impact on personality and social phobia, however, was only moderate, and on average patients still exhibited symptoms after attending the program. This residual symptomatology points to the necessity of introducing a two-step therapy approach of intensive intervention targeted at the precipitating causes of the crisis, augmented by long-term therapy to treat underlying problems.

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