scholarly journals Eritrea’s self-reliance narrative and the remittance paradox: Reflections on thirty years of retrogression

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-39
Author(s):  
Nicole Hirt ◽  
Abdulkader Saleh Mohammad
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Active Control ◽  
Financial Support ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
National Service ◽  
Political Transformation ◽  
Self Reliance ◽  
The Government

This article explores the role of remittances in Eritrea’s transnational authoritarian system. The government exercises a policy of active control over Eritrean citizens living abroad, and the country’s economy relies heavily on private remittances to ensure the subsistence of the population. This stands in stark contrast to the official doctrine of economic self-reliance, which has been hampered by an open-ended national service that can last for decades and deprives Eritrean citizens in productive age from making a living. The government also puts extreme restraints on the private sector. As a result, the livelihoods of Eritreans depend mostly on diaspora remittances. The authors take a historically contextualised approach based on empirical fieldwork in Eritrea from the 1990s to 2010 and among Eritrean diaspora communities in Europe between 2013 and 2019. We demonstrate how the government’s self-reliance approach has shifted from developing Eritrea’s human capital to securing financial support through transnational diaspora control. We conclude that in the case of Eritrea, the process of diasporisation has not triggered development and political transformation but has cemented a political and economic status quo that forces ever-growing parts of the population to leave.

scholarly journals Human Capital and the Post-Capitalist Ideology

2012 ◽  
pp. 235-239
Author(s):  
O. A. Podberezkina
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
International Relations ◽  
Coherent System ◽  
Political Transformation ◽  
Globalized World ◽  
Capitalist Ideology

The article analyzes the reasons for the lack of a coherent system of views with the Russian elite and society in the development of the country and its place in the modern international relations, the role of LFO in the socio-economic and political transformation of the country, the main features of the ideology that is capable of justify the strategy of Russia's entry into the globalized world.

scholarly journals Energy Sector Reforms and its Role of Economic Development with Special Reference to Tamilnadu

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (3.27) ◽  
pp. 424
Author(s):  
S Thangamayan ◽  
B Chithirairajan ◽  
S Sudha
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Special Reference ◽  
Environment Friendly ◽  
Self Reliance ◽  
Important Input ◽  
Generation Capacity ◽  
Energy Consideration ◽  
The Government ◽  
New Generation

Energy is an important input for the sustained growth of an economy. Its use by individual households and the industrial units is on the increase. Energy can be an effective weapon in the battle against poverty in a country like India. Since the days of the second five year plan of energy consideration of self-reliance as economic objectives induced the government to provide special emphasis to the development of heavy and basic industries like Iron, Steal, Heavy Machinery, Fertilizer, cement, Aluminum, Petrochemical etc. It costs about Rs.4 crore to create new generation capacity. Non-conventional source of energy being the most environment friendly, there was an urgent need to promote generation of electricity based on such sources of energy; efforts have to been made to reduce the capital cost of projects based on non-conventional and renewable sources of energy. 

Gender Policy And Role Of Women Farmers And Dehkans In Horticulture Sector: National Peculiarities Of Uzbekistan

2021 ◽  
Vol 03 (03) ◽  
pp. 89-104
Author(s):  
Nodira Mannapovna Azizova ◽  
◽  
Lobarkhon Kadirjanovna Azizova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Rural Development ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Women Farmers ◽  
Gender Policy ◽  
Agriculture Sector ◽  
Gender Aspects ◽  
Role Of Women ◽  
The Government

This paper presents results of the process focused on achieving of the gender equality and development of the agriculture sector. Implementation of the both programs presents the parabola symmetry axes where the strenthening the capacity of the women farmers and dehkans and increasing of their family’s wellbeing are going hand in hand in Uzbekistan. The Government of Uzbekistan has been prioritized improvement of legislative and institutional base for further ensuring equality for women in all spheres of life including agriculture sector. This paper shed lights on important gender aspects of rural development and concludes that the potential of rural women’s economic status and involvement has not yet been reached.

scholarly journals National ideals or national interest: New Zealand and South Africa, 1981-1994

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Lauren Peacock
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Political Parties ◽  
South African ◽  
National Interest ◽  
Political Transformation ◽  
1960S And 1970S ◽  
The Government ◽  
The 1960S

<p>“National ideals or National Interest?” examines the making and implementation by successive New Zealand governments of policy toward apartheid South Africa from 1981 to 1994. Its main focus is the contradictory relationship between living up to New Zealand’s ideals against doing what was practicable in the context of the time. The dilemma the apartheid state faced, in trying to solve its internal problems while not imperilling its external security was often not appreciated by the New Zealand government. These misconceptions helped shape New Zealand policy. Ironically once the South African regime began to investigate the possibilities of some sort of political transformation, their New Zealand counterparts were less willing to empathise with the risks involved with such an undertaking than they had been in the 1960s and 1970s. “National Ideals’ also examines the role of civil society and what was often a parallel unofficial foreign policy based around these person -to - person contacts, including the problems posed for the government by the need to persuade groups such as the NZRFU to follow government policy without overstepping what were strongly entrenched principles of individual freedom. The conflicts within the two main political parties of New Zealand were also important in shaping policy, as was the adversarial relationship between the major parties. “National Ideals” concluded that more often than not interests came first and indeed that at times policy decisions often to the product of accident and intrigue.</p>

scholarly journals The role of cooperatives in sustaining the livelihoods of rural communities: The case of rural cooperatives in Shurugwi District, Zimbabwe

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Smart Mhembwe ◽  
Ernest Dube
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Financial Support ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Management Skills ◽  
Main Research ◽  
The Government

The main focus of the research was to analyse the role of cooperatives in sustaining the livelihoods of local rural communities in Shurugwi District in Zimbabwe. Descriptive survey design was used in this mixed method approach to the study. A questionnaire, interviews and observation methods were employed as the main research instruments. Purposive sampling technique was adopted and data were collected from government officials and from members of the six cooperatives in Shurugwi District. A total of 50 research participants were involved in the study. It was found that cooperatives were established as a strategy to sustain livelihoods of rural communities. With the adoption of cooperatives, people in the rural communities managed to generate employment, boost food production, empower the marginalised, especially women, and promote social cohesion and integration, thereby improving their livelihoods and reducing poverty. Most cooperatives face a number of challenges that include lack of financial support, poor management and lack of management skills, and lack of competitive markets to sell their produce. The study recommends that the government and the banking sector render financial support to cooperatives in rural communities to allow them to expand and diversify their business operations; constant training on leadership and management skills is provided to cooperatives’ members. There is also a need for cooperatives, especially those in the agricultural sector, to form some producer associations so as to easily market their produce. Lastly, the study recommends that future research should focus on investigating issues that hinder the growth of the cooperative movement in rural communities of Zimbabwe. It is hoped that policy-makers, the academia and communities would benefit from the study.

scholarly journals National ideals or national interest: New Zealand and South Africa, 1981-1994

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Lauren Peacock
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Political Parties ◽  
South African ◽  
National Interest ◽  
Political Transformation ◽  
1960S And 1970S ◽  
The Government ◽  
The 1960S

<p>“National ideals or National Interest?” examines the making and implementation by successive New Zealand governments of policy toward apartheid South Africa from 1981 to 1994. Its main focus is the contradictory relationship between living up to New Zealand’s ideals against doing what was practicable in the context of the time. The dilemma the apartheid state faced, in trying to solve its internal problems while not imperilling its external security was often not appreciated by the New Zealand government. These misconceptions helped shape New Zealand policy. Ironically once the South African regime began to investigate the possibilities of some sort of political transformation, their New Zealand counterparts were less willing to empathise with the risks involved with such an undertaking than they had been in the 1960s and 1970s. “National Ideals’ also examines the role of civil society and what was often a parallel unofficial foreign policy based around these person -to - person contacts, including the problems posed for the government by the need to persuade groups such as the NZRFU to follow government policy without overstepping what were strongly entrenched principles of individual freedom. The conflicts within the two main political parties of New Zealand were also important in shaping policy, as was the adversarial relationship between the major parties. “National Ideals” concluded that more often than not interests came first and indeed that at times policy decisions often to the product of accident and intrigue.</p>

scholarly journals Role of Government to boost exports of Gems & Jewellery from India

2020 ◽  
Vol 57 (9) ◽  
pp. 6483-6488
Author(s):  
Hemant Kumar Tantia, Dr. Vani Kamath
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Exchange ◽  
Financial Support ◽  
Skill Development ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Research Paper ◽  
Export Promotion ◽  
Role Of Government ◽  
Export Policy ◽  
The Government

India’s present foreign exchange earnings from Gems and jewellery sector is in the range of US$ 36 to 43 billion per annum during last five year from 2015 to 2020. Being huge potential of its growth, the government has set an annual target of USD 75 billion in jewellery exports by the year 2025. (Source – GJEPC India, Ministry of Commerce & Industry). In order to achieve this daunting goal, the government has declared Gems and Jewellery sectors a focus area for export promotion and  under taken various measures to boost its exports by way of liberalisation in export policy, extending financial support, technology up gradation and skill development .This research paper attempts to analyse the various strategies adopted by the government to achieve the set target. For this research, primary and secondary data have been collected and analysed. The findings of the study would be very useful for the growth of exports.

scholarly journals Modal Sosial Pembangunan SDM Masyarakat Bali

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 131-136
Author(s):  
I Gusti Ayu Wimba
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Human Capital ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Economic Capital ◽  
Early Age ◽  
The Government ◽  
Individual Perspective

During this time, the government and the community in implementing development, explicitly only prioritize economic capital and human capital in an individual perspective only. Not many people have highlighted the role of social capital, which is a necessity, in maintaining the results of development that have been carried out. Mainly, Balinese social capital which is hierarchically shaped through values that are invested from an early age, will grow into an accumulation of social capital which will later contribute positively in maintaining a conducive atmosphere in developing human resources for the Balinese people.  

scholarly journals Coronomics, Financial support for the Economy and its Zombie-ing (In the Context of the Fifth Factor of Production)

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (5) ◽  
pp. 6-23
Author(s):  
V. Papava ◽  
M. Chkuaseli
Keyword(s):  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Financial Support ◽  
Special Functions ◽  
The Political ◽  
Global Character ◽  
Political Interests ◽  
Analysis And Synthesis ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Impact

The paper examines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the economy and the corresponding atypical economic crisis, the role of the economic ability of the government during this crisis, aspects of financial support for the economy and the peculiarities of the zombie economy. The aim of the study is to research the actions of the economic ability of the government as an independent factor of production in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, contributing to the unfolding of the process of zombie-ing the economy. The research uses the methods of deduction and induction, analysis and synthesis, analogy and abstraction. The special functions of the government are considered within the context of the economic crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic; particularly, we refer to the recognition of the fifth factor of production of the economic ability of the government. The main features of this atypical crisis are characterized. It is shown that the process of deglobalization during the COVID-19 pandemic characterizes the deglobalization of the economic ability of the government and that this process is temporary, since overcoming the global phenomenon of the pandemic and the economic crisis caused by it requires exclusively global efforts and measures. Particular attention is focused on the financial support of the economy from the economic ability of the government within the context of this economic crisis. The conclusion is that this support contributes to the process of zombie-ing the economy which took on a global character during the global financial and economic crisis of 2007–2009 and continued after its completion. Zombie-ing the economy is the result of a conflict between the political interests of the government and its economic ability when the latter is not able to overcome the barrier created by the former. A solution to this problem is possible through changes in bankruptcy legislation when its main principle of avoiding the unwanted bankruptcy of firms will be replaced by the principle of liquidation of unviable firms. Such a change in bankruptcy legislation can be implemented only during the economic upswing.

scholarly journals Challenges of Innovation for Chinese Small and Medium-sized Enterprises: Case Study in Beijing

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
pp. 165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Khaled Mohammed Alqahtani
Keyword(s):  
Financial Support ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Competitive Advantages ◽  
Legal Environment ◽  
Chinese Entrepreneurs ◽  
The Government ◽  
Successful Innovation

<p>Innovation has been regarded as one of important impetuses to gain competitive advantages and achieve sustainable development for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the past thirty years. However, SMEs in China have currently confronted a lot of problems impairing their innovation performance. This study aims to identify the main challenges hindering successful innovation of Chinese SMEs. Based on the previous academic studies, there are five research variables are developed and evaluated: lack of financial support, inadequate research and development (R&amp;D) activities, the shortage of technical and skilled employees, weak entrepreneur orientation, improper governmental and legal environment. Furthermore, the primary data are collected by structured-questionnaires from 120 SMEs in Beijing. According to the research results analyzed by SPSS, it reveals that lack of financial support and inadequate R&amp;D activities are major challenges for Chinese SMEs to achieve innovation. The shortage of technical and skilled employees as well as the improper governmental and legal environment is other barrier. Therefore, more responsibilities and actions should be taken by the government and SMEs themselves to enhance the innovation capability of Chinese SMEs. On the other hand, only one factor—weak entrepreneur orientation, is not regarded as a key challenge. This indicates Chinese entrepreneurs have increasingly realized the significant role of innovation played in the survival and long-term prosperity of SMEs recently.</p>

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