scholarly journals A Review of Challenges and Opportunities for End-of-Life Vehicle Recycling in Developing Countries and Emerging Economies: A SWOT Analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 4918
Author(s):  
Solange Ayuni Numfor ◽  
Geoffrey Barongo Omosa ◽  
Zhengyang Zhang ◽  
Kazuyo Matsubae
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
End Of Life ◽  
Emerging Economies ◽  
Swot Analysis ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Labor Cost ◽  
Regulatory Framework ◽  
Registration System ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
The Common

The importance of recycling end-of-life vehicles (ELVs) has been widely acknowledged as a means of reducing ELV waste to the environment. This reduced environmental waste contributes to achieving a number of UN SDGs, including the creation of sustainable cities. The recovery of secondary resources, such as metals, from the recycling of ELVs also reduces over-dependence on primary resources. This promotes efficient resource utilization and resource conservation. While recycling systems have been established and laws governing ELV recycling have been implemented in some developed countries, there are no such systems in much of the world, and regulations are few if any. To determine the challenges and opportunities for ELV recycling in developing countries, the literature on ELV recycling processes and activities was reviewed, and a SWOT analysis was done based on the data compiled from the literature, to identify the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. From the SWOT analysis, the common features identified as opportunities were large market size, low labor cost, and the presence of recyclers of ELV parts. The common strengths were identified to be the vehicle registration system, vehicle manufacturing, ELV legislation, ELV recycling, and the waste management system. In the case of weaknesses, the identified features were the technological capacity, waste regulatory framework, vehicle deregistration, ELV regulatory framework, environmental impact and pollution, and the lack of access to information regarding ELVs, and ELV recycling infrastructure. The common threats were perceived as the little attention given to ELV recycling by the governing authorities, the difficulty of doing business, and political and social instability. The results of the SWOT analysis also showed that the opportunities were considerable and the threats were significant for all of the countries in this study. The weaknesses were significant in Nigeria and the other developing countries, and the strengths of the emerging economies tended to be greater. While weaknesses and threats were clearly identified by the SWOT analysis, the SWOT analysis also revealed the strengths and opportunities for recycling ELVs in developing and emerging countries.

scholarly journals A room with a view: a special issue with a special perspective

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 205-210
Author(s):  
Simone Borghesi
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Climate Policy ◽  
Present Article ◽  
Emerging Economies ◽  
Emissions Trading ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Climate Policies

AbstractThe present article describes the main insights deriving from the papers collected in this special issue which jointly provide a ‘room with a view’ on some of the most relevant issues in climate policy such as: the role of uncertainty, the distributional implications of climate change, the drivers and applications of decarbonizing innovation, the role of emissions trading and its interactions with companion policies. While looking at different issues and from different angles, all papers share a similar attention to policy aspects and implications, especially in developing countries. This is particularly important to evaluate whether and to what extent the climate policies adopted thus far in developed countries can be replicated in emerging economies.

scholarly journals Critical Success Factors of Hospital Management Information System (HMIS) Implementation in Developing Countries

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (10S) ◽  
pp. 394-398
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Management Information System ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Swot Analysis ◽  
Hospital Management ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Success Factor ◽  
Management Information ◽  
Critical Success

Hospital Management Information System (HMIS) was a proficient tool to improve the quality of care by increasing the services effectiveness and efficiency in hospital. Unfortunately, the utilization of HMIS in developing countries was yet to be maximized when compared to that in developed countries. This study aimed to identify the critical success factor in implementing HMIS through SWOT (Strength, Weakness, Opportunity, and Threat) analysis. SWOT analysis is a powerful approach for evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of an entity from internal perspective, as well as the opportunities and threats from external perspective. The analysis showed that HMIS have the ability to provide more accurate data, timely available, faster documentation retrieval compared to paper-based system, and those considered as the HMIS implementation strengths. Competition in the hospital industry and government policies open the opportunity for immediate implementation of HMIS. Despite the benefits from implementing HMIS, the transition from the old to the new system has been rather slow. The hospital readiness from extra funding need, lack of skilled personnel, inadequate infrastructure to support system were a form of HMIS implementation weaknesses. External factors such as existing culture, technologies providers which underestimated healthcare complexity, also lack of communication and collaboration across organization became an obstacle that threatens HMIS implementation.

Clinical Decision Support System Adoption & Implementation in African Health Systems: A SWOT Analysis. (Preprint)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victoria Oluwafunmilola Kolawole
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Decision Support ◽  
Health Systems ◽  
Clinical Decision Support ◽  
Clinical Decision Support System ◽  
Swot Analysis ◽  
Clinical Decision ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
African Health

BACKGROUND The clinical decision support system (CDSS) has been an important achievement of health technology in the 21st century. In developed countries, it has transformed the way health services are being delivered and has shown to be a tool that reduces medical errors and misdiagnoses in Healthcare. However, CDSS remains underutilized in developing countries in Africa. OBJECTIVE This study aims to review the literature to improve our understanding of the “strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT)” associated with CDSS implementation in African health systems. METHODS This study included a literature review conducted in PubMed with a total of 19 articles between the year 2010 to date (past 10years) reviewed for key themes and categorized into one of 4 possible areas within the SWOT analysis. RESULTS Articles reviewed showed common strengths of efficiency at the workplace, Improved healthcare quality, benefits in developed countries, good examples of evidence-based decision making. unreliable electric power supply, inconsistent Internet connectivity, clinician's limited computer skills, and lack of enough published evidence of benefits in developing countries are listed as a weakness. The opportunities are high demand for evidence-based practice in healthcare, a strong demand for quality healthcare, growing interest to use modern technologies. The common threats identified are government policy, political instability, low funding and resistance of use by providers. CONCLUSIONS There’s the need to work on the technical, organizational and financial barriers to ensure high adoption and implementation of the CDSS in African Health systems. Also, the lag on the knowledge available on its impact in developing countries must be worked on by supporting more studies to add to the body of knowledge.

Comparing E-Government Research in Developed vs. Emerging Economies

2013 ◽  
pp. 1-24
Author(s):  
Laura Alcaide Muñoz ◽  
Manuel Pedro Rodríguez Bolívar
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Emerging Economies ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Research Gaps ◽  
Political Processes ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Government Research

Many countries have implemented changes in public sector management models based on the strategic and intensive use of new information and communication technologies. However, most research has focused on developed countries, with the area of emerging economies being neglected. This chapter offers a framework to help public administrators and researchers evaluate the field of e-Government research in emerging economies, identifying research gaps and possibilities for improvement in the context of e-government research in developing countries. The findings reveal the existence of various research gaps and highlight areas that should be addressed in future research, especially in developing countries. Indeed, the research approach to e-government remains immature, focusing on particular cases or dimensions, while little has been done to produce theories or models to clarify and explain the political processes of e-government.

Economics of Resource Sharing via Library Consortia

2021 ◽  
pp. 2035-2047
Author(s):  
Arnold Mwanzu
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Resource Sharing ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Information Access ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Progressive Development ◽  
Library Consortia ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Comprehensive Comparison ◽  
Resources Sharing

The chapter seeks to discuss the role played by library consortia in resource sharing among libraries, media organizations, and archives. It will outline the existing models that are functioning effectively especially in the developing countries and discuss the best practices. The target audience being libraries, archives, and media. While unravelling the economics of resources sharing among the information players, the chapter will address the challenges and opportunities in supporting research, teaching, and learning. The value of the book chapter is that it will give an insight into the development of library consortia and their significance as opportunities to provide equal access to research in libraries, archives, and media. The chapter will also provide a comprehensive comparison between library consortia in developing countries and developed countries highlighting how resource sharing in developing countries has helped to bridge the gap of information access, thereby showing progressive development.

Research of Value Analysis Oriented End of Life Vehicle Dismantling and Recycling Process

2012 ◽  
Vol 518-523 ◽  
pp. 3450-3454 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zi Qiang Zhou ◽  
Han Mo Tan ◽  
Guo Hong Dai
Keyword(s):  
End Of Life ◽  
Social Problem ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Labor Cost ◽  
Recycling Process ◽  
Value Analysis ◽  
The Developed Countries

With rapid increasing of the vehicle population of China, The treatment of End-of-life Vehicle (ELV) becomes a serious social problem. Because the situation of ELV, labor cost and the condition of facilities of China are different from the developed countries, the technologies and the recycling process used by the developed countries can not be simply imported to China without any change. In this paper, the recycling processes of the developed counties are analyzed firstly. And then, the shortage and the advantage of the Chinese recycling factories are discussed. According to it, a scheme of ELV recycling process is presented. And three value analyzing models are illustrated which include: (1) model of ELV to raw materials; (2) model of intermediate scrap to product; (3) model of remanufacturing. In the end, the facilities used for EVL recycling factories based on this process are discussed too.

scholarly journals Book Review: Innovation in Developing and Transition Countries - New Horizons in Regional Science Series

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 55
Author(s):  
Mohamad Buheji ◽  
Dunya Ahmed
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Emerging Economies ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
New Horizons ◽  
Global Innovation ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Countries In Transition ◽  
In The Beginning

The gap between developed countries and developing countries are increasing, rather than decreasing as it was hoped and expected in the beginning of the century. This gap is clearly reflected in the Global Innovation Index 2017. Countries in transition or in emerging economies are taking long time to figure out how to deal with innovation as currency and source of differentiation. (Buheji, 2018a).In this review, the innovation of developing countries and those in transitions is reviewed closely through the work of Tsvetkova et. al (2017). A close recommendation is set in the conclusion of this paper about future coming work that would help developed the efforts of the concerned academics, practitioners, innovation advocates and decision makers.

Impact of Trade Openness on Economic Growth in Emerging Economies: A Panel Data Analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 210-216
Author(s):  
Muhammad Atiq Ur Rehman ◽  
Ruqia Shaheen ◽  
Farzana Munir
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Panel Data ◽  
Emerging Economies ◽  
Panel Data Analysis ◽  
Trade Openness ◽  
Generalized Method Of Moments ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Export Promotion ◽  
Promotion Strategies

The role of international trade in boosting economic growth is imperative in the era of globalization and trade liberalization. A trade openness policy can help stimulate economic growth mainly in two ways. Firstly, technology is transferred from developed countries to developing countries through imports. Secondly, the export promotion strategies facilitate the innovations and inventions promoting competition among the producers. In this way, research-intensive specialization culture is flourished in developing countries. This study aims at examining the effect of global trade orientation on growth in 23 emerging economies for the period 1995-2018. The panel data estimation approach including fixed effect and generalized method of moments (GMM) reveal a positive and statistically significant influence of trade openness on economic growth.  The empirical results are robust to the various specifications, supporting the trade-led growth notion in the economies under consideration. The emerging economies can achieve higher growth rates through trade openness and export promotion strategies.

The Effect of 2008 Financial Crisis on the Distribution of Economic Power

2020 ◽  
Vol 57 (2) ◽  
pp. 87-110
Author(s):  
Manmohan Agarwal ◽  
Amrita Brahmo
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Emerging Economies ◽  
World Economy ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Economic Power ◽  
2008 Financial Crisis ◽  
The World ◽  
Considerable Debate ◽  
The Usa ◽  
The Developed Countries

There has been considerable debate over whether the USA is losing its stronghold over the world economy and its power declining, giving way to new leadership from the emerging economies (EEs) like China. This article uses the notion of power based on the resources available to a state. It uses a number of measures to measure the resources available to a state and so assess economic power. It finds that there has been a slight decline in the importance of the developed countries and an increase in that of the developing countries (DCs). However, there is a slight decline in the power of the USA. The increase in the importance of developing countries is mainly on account of China. But the changes do not mean that developing countries can get the changes they desire. There is more of a stalemate.

Rural end-of-life care from the experiences and perspectives of patients and family caregivers: A systematic literature review

2017 ◽  
Vol 31 (10) ◽  
pp. 895-912 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suzanne Rainsford ◽  
Roderick D MacLeod ◽  
Nicholas J Glasgow ◽  
Christine B Phillips ◽  
Robert B Wiles ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
End Of Life ◽  
Family Caregivers ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
End Of Life Care ◽  
Community Support ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Life Care ◽  
Rural Patients

Background: End-of-life care must be relevant to the dying person and their family caregiver regardless of where they live. Rural areas are distinct and need special consideration. Gaining end-of-life care experiences and perspectives of rural patients and their family caregivers is needed to ensure optimal rural care. Aims: To describe end-of-life care experiences and perspectives of rural patients and their family caregivers, to identify facilitators and barriers to receiving end-of-life care in rural/remote settings and to describe the influence of rural place and culture on end-of-life care experiences. Design: A systematic literature review utilising the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines. Data sources: Four databases (PubMed, CINAHL, Scopus and Web of Science) were searched in January 2016, using a date filter of January 2006 through January 2016; handsearching of included article references and six relevant journals; one author contacted; pre-defined search terms and inclusion criteria; and quality assessment by at least two authors. Results: A total of 27 articles (22 rural/remote studies) from developed and developing countries were included, reporting rural end-of-life care experiences and perspectives of patients and family caregivers. Greatest needs were informational (developed countries) and medications (developing countries). Influence of rural location included distances, inaccessibility to end-of-life care services, strong community support and importance of home and ‘country’. Conclusion: Articulation of the rural voice is increasing; however, there still remain limited published rural studies reporting on patient and family caregivers’ experiences and perspectives on rural end-of-life care. Further research is encouraged, especially through national and international collaborative work.

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