scholarly journals Social service delivery and access to financial innovation: The impact of Oportunidades’ electronic payment system in Mexico

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Serena Masino ◽  
Miguel Niño-Zarazúa
Keyword(s):  
Service Delivery ◽  
Social Service ◽  
Financial Innovation ◽  
Payment System ◽  
Electronic Payment ◽  
Social Service Delivery ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Electronic Payment System

scholarly journals Social Service Delivery in Southwestern Nigeria: Local Governments Perspective

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 294
Author(s):  
Odewale, Ayotunde David ◽  
Badejo, B. T
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Service Delivery ◽  
State Government ◽  
Social Service ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Southwestern Nigeria ◽  
Social Service Delivery ◽  
The Impact

This paper assesses the impact of local government on social service delivery in south-western Nigeria in tandem with their full constitutional responsibility particularly on primary education and road constructions. The related concepts were review. The study utilized both primary and secondary data. Primary data were collected through questionnaire administration and in-depth interviews. The study revealed that local government has a significant impact on social service delivery in Southwestern Nigeria (r = 0.438, p < 0.05). The paper highlighted some recommendations and concluded that local government had performed considerably well in delivery of social service to the populace in their concurrent responsibility with the state government, but relatively low in their mandatory functions.

Workplace friendships while teleworking during COVID-19: Experiences of social workers in Australia

2021 ◽  
pp. 002087282110587
Author(s):  
Trevor G Gates ◽  
Bindi Bennett ◽  
Raj Yadav
Keyword(s):  
Service Delivery ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Social Service ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Workplace Relationships ◽  
Workplace Friendship ◽  
Social Service Delivery ◽  
Workplace Friendships ◽  
The Impact

COVID-19 has shifted Australia’s social service delivery. Understanding the impact on workplace relationships is key. This article used a small-scale sample of social workers ( N = 37) to explore workplace friendship experiences while teleworking. Participants reported opportunities for friendships during COVID-19 but reported ongoing personal and professional concerns.

scholarly journals The Impact of Transition from British to Chinese Rule on Social Service Delivery Systems In Hong Kong

2019 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 331-352 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helen K Liu
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Service Delivery ◽  
Social Service ◽  
New Public Management ◽  
Delivery Systems ◽  
Social Service Delivery ◽  
Nonprofit Organisations ◽  
Two Systems ◽  
Service Delivery Systems ◽  
The Impact

One of the consequences of the transition from British to Chinese rule in Hong Kong has been the development of parallel social service delivery systems. On the one hand, the welfare bureaucracy is characterised by contractual relationships between the government and nonprofit organisations and is shaped by western ideas associated with new public management. On the other hand, the political machine is composed of locally elected representatives, community-based organisations (CBOs) and local residents and reflects traits of Chinese communism. This article investigates the interactions and strategies adopted by actors in these two systems in their attempt to control the delivery of social services. Crucially, it explores how these two systems interact and the impact on policy implementation. Evidence shows that CBOs provide a critical brokering role between elected political officials, the public and nonprofit organisations that is critical to maintaining the functionality of Hong Kong's parallel social service delivery systems.

scholarly journals Democratic Governance and Social Service Delivery in Africa: the case of Taraba State, Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (28) ◽  
pp. 35
Author(s):  
Jonah I. Onuoha ◽  
Rimamchaten A. Lawi ◽  
Paul A. Onuh ◽  
Ifeanyi J. Onuoha
Keyword(s):  
Service Delivery ◽  
Social Service ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Democratic Governance ◽  
Colonial State ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Social Service Delivery ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Impact

Postcolonial leadership is implicated in the distorted development and crisis of governance in Nigeria. The political leadership emerged from authoritarian traditions of the colonial state and pursued self-interests against collective societal interests; the mode of the emergence of the leaders as well as the context in which they operate usually impact on the nature and trend of social welfare provisioning. Relying on data from secondary sources, this study examined the impact of democratic governance on social service delivery with Taraba State and education as a case study. The data analysis was based on qualitative descriptive analysis. We found that the education sector under the two administrations between 1999 and 2014, was not prioritized in budgetary allocation, in contravention of UNESCO recommendation that 26% of the budget be dedicated to education. The study recommends, among others, that the government must show commitment to education as a matter of deliberate policy to allocate the required minimum percentage pecked by UNESCO to enhance educational development in Taraba state.

scholarly journals On Pooled OLS and Panel Regression Models for Assessing the Contributions of Electronic Payment System on Commercial Banks Profitability

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 61-81
Author(s):  
Kayode S. Adekeye ◽  
◽  
Kelvin E. Igwe ◽  
Olaniyi M. Olayiwola ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Commercial Banks ◽  
Regression Models ◽  
Payment System ◽  
Panel Regression ◽  
Electronic Payment ◽  
Payment Systems ◽  
Effect Model ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Electronic Payment System ◽  
Panel Regression Models

This study examined the impact of electronic payment system on the profitability of commercial banks in Nigeria. Pooled OLS and Panel regression models were fitted on the data extracted from the banks’ annual reports, Nigerian interbank settlement scheme, and central bank of Nigeria website. The assessment of the contribution of the various electronic payment systems considered were measured using Breusch and Pagan Lagrangian Multiplier (LM) Test, the Hausman Test, Stationarity Test, The Schwarz Criterion, and the Akaike Information Criterion. Results obtained showed that the random effect model was more appropriate than the fixed effect model for all the electronic payment systems considered in this study. Furthermore, it was discovered that there exists a positive relationship between the electronic payment systems and profitability of the commercial banks in Nigeria.

scholarly journals Whānau Ora; He Whakaaro Ā Whānau: Māori Family Views of Family Wellbeing

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Amohia F Boulton ◽  
Heather H. Gifford
Keyword(s):  
Social Policy ◽  
Service Delivery ◽  
Social Service ◽  
Policy Development ◽  
Secondary Analysis ◽  
Social Service Delivery ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Unique Dataset ◽  
Family Wellbeing

This article presents the findings from two studies that investigated the concept of whānau ora (family wellbeing): One examined the nature of resilience for Māori whānau and how resilience relates to whānau ora; while the second investigated the impact of the Working for Families policy on Māori families’ perceptions of whānau ora. In each study, Māori were asked to define whānau ora for their family. The responses to the “whānau ora” definition question in each of the studies were separated out to derive a unique dataset of 46 whānau definitions of whānau ora. A secondary analysis of responses was undertaken specifically for this article and these were compared to the whānau ora outcome definition outlined in the Report of the Taskforce on Whānau-Centred Initiatives (Taskforce on Whānau-Centred Initiatives, 2010). The degree of concordance between the definitions of whānau ora expressed by Māori families and those espoused by the government’s Taskforce is outlined. The article discusses the variability in understandings around whānau ora and the implications of our analysis for social service delivery and social policy development.

scholarly journals A A Conceptual Framework Integration of UTAUT and HBM on Evaluating the Adoption of Electronic Payment System in Malaysia

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 1164-1176
Author(s):  
Ishaq Jaafar
Keyword(s):  
Health Risk ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Perceived Health ◽  
Payment System ◽  
Individual Behavior ◽  
Electronic Payment ◽  
Perceived Susceptibility ◽  
Perceived Severity ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Electronic Payment System

Given the ongoing epidemic coupled with low acceptance of electronic payment system, such could affect individual behavior. It is through the identification of this factors that affect individual behavior that aide toward overcoming the present challenges faced in influencing individual participation in electronic payment system. The main aim of this study is to propose a conceptual framework on the term of improving the adoption of electronic payment system. Through the incorporation of grounding theory of unified theory of acceptance model and health benefit model from both quantitative and qualitative studies, we select three influencing variables perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, perceived health risk which affect electronic payment adoption. This paper further explores the impact of identified variables perceived susceptibility, perceived severity the role of perceived health risk as mediator. Finally, this paper finalized a conceptual model after exploring previous studies and propose an empirical investigation for validation in future for researchers and practitioners.

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