Foreign Aid and Family at Risk

Contemporary Social Issues in East Asian Societies - Advances in Religious and Cultural Studies ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-5031-2.ch006 ◽

2014 ◽

pp. 106-121

Author(s):

Kana Takamatsu

Keyword(s):

At Risk ◽

Risk Management ◽

Developing Countries ◽

Foreign Aid ◽

Migrant Workers ◽

Management Tool ◽

And Migration ◽

Aid Policy ◽

Policy Discussion

This chapter examines how the foreign aid policy should and should have supported families facing risks by using the case study of Myanmar. The chapter starts by addressing the issue of poverty, which continues to be the gravest risk in the developing countries, and how family could be the cause of poverty as well as the solution of poverty in foreign aid policy discussion. The situation of poverty and migration as a risk management tool are then examined in the second section of the chapter. Interviews with migrant workers in Thailand and Japan were conducted. Finally, there is a discussion about the developments of Myanmar and how the foreign aid and international community has inadequately responded to the democratization of Myanmar and to the needs of its people.

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Foreign Aid and Family at Risk

Advances in Religious and Cultural Studies - Recent Social, Environmental, and Cultural Issues in East Asian Societies ◽

10.4018/978-1-7998-1807-6.ch009 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 154-168

Author(s):

Kana Takamatsu

Keyword(s):

At Risk ◽

Risk Management ◽

Developing Countries ◽

Foreign Aid ◽

Migrant Workers ◽

Management Tools ◽

And Migration ◽

Aid Policy ◽

Policy Discussion

This chapter uses the case study of Myanmar to examine how the foreign aid policy should have supported families facing risks. The chapter addresses the issue of poverty, which continues to be the gravest risk in the developing countries. Family could be the cause of poverty as well as the solution of poverty in foreign aid policy discussion. The situation of poverty and migration as risk management tools is examined. Interviews of migrant workers in Thailand and Japan were conducted. There is also a discussion about the developments of Myanmar and foreign aid and how the international community has inadequately responded to the democratization of Myanmar and to the needs of its people.

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ENVIRONMENTAL AUDITING AS A RISK MANAGEMENT TOOL: CASE STUDY OF AN AUTOMOBILE AXLE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY IN INDIA

Environmental Engineering and Management Journal ◽

10.30638/eemj.2018.268 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 17 (11) ◽

pp. 2695-2702

Author(s):

Shweta Gaur ◽

Niraj Sharma ◽

Rajni Dhyani ◽

Anil Singh

Keyword(s):

Risk Management ◽

Manufacturing Industry ◽

Management Tool ◽

Environmental Auditing

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Volatility Forecast by Volatility Index and Its Use as a Risk Management Tool Under a Value-at-Risk Approach

Review of Pacific Basin Financial Markets and Policies ◽

10.1142/s0219091518500108 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 21 (02) ◽

pp. 1850010 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Yam Wing Siu

Keyword(s):

At Risk ◽

Risk Management ◽

Risk Premium ◽

Value At Risk ◽

Realized Volatility ◽

Management Tool ◽

Spot Price ◽

Pricing Options ◽

Significance Levels ◽

Risk Approach

This paper examines the predicting power of the volatility indexes of VIX and VHSI on the future volatilities (or called realized volatility, [Formula: see text] of their respective underlying indexes of S&P500 Index, SPX and Hang Seng Index, HSI. It is found that volatilities indexes of VIX and VHSI, on average, are numerically greater than the realized volatilities of SPX and HSI, respectively. Further analysis indicates that realized volatility, if used for pricing options, would, on some occasions, result in greatest losses of 2.21% and 1.91% of the spot price of SPX and HSI, respectively while the greatest profits are 2.56% and 2.93% of the spot price of SPX and HSI, respectively, making it not an ideal benchmark for validating volatility forecasting techniques in relation to option pricing. Hence, a new benchmark (fair volatility, [Formula: see text] that considers the premium of option and the cost of dynamic hedging the position is proposed accordingly. It reveals that, on average, options priced by volatility indexes contain a risk premium demanded by the option sellers. However, the options could, on some occasions, result in greatest losses of 4.85% and 3.60% of the spot price of SPX and HSI, respectively while the greatest profits are 4.60% and 5.49% of the spot price of SPX and HSI, respectively. Nevertheless, it can still be a valuable tool for risk management. [Formula: see text]-values of various significance levels for value-at-risk and conditional value-at-value have been statistically determined for US, Hong Kong, Australia, India, Japan and Korea markets.

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Development Diplomacy: Learning from the Chinese Aid in Building A Road in Nepal

Research Nepal Journal of Development Studies ◽

10.3126/rnjds.v2i1.25274 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

pp. 112-125

Author(s):

Bhawana Regmi

Keyword(s):

Foreign Aid ◽

Development Aid ◽

Foreign Assistance ◽

Whole Process ◽

Chinese Model ◽

The People ◽

High Investment ◽

Developed Nations ◽

Aid Policy

Infrastructures development is the backbone of a country's economy. The developing countries like Nepal have to rely upon foreign assistance for the constructions of its mega projects, which need high investment cost, technology, and capable human resources. On this scenario, China government had assisted Nepal in building the eight lanes wide and ten kilometers long Koteswor to Kalanki section of the ring road. This paper describes how local road beneficiaries in Nepal perceive the construction work based on the Chinese model and their understanding on foreign aid development. The paper is based on a qualitative study with an interpretative case study design. The study has revealed that though the development aid policy of the developed nations is useful to maintain the cordial relations with the other developing nations, but at the same time, the people-centered development should not be undermined under this whole process. The explorations of this research are useful in framing appropriate plans and policies for the governments to orient the foreign aid development as per the needs of a larger section of people.

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Human Rights Conditionality and Aid Allocation: Case Study of Japanese Foreign Aid Policy

Perspectives on Global Development and Technology ◽

10.1163/1569150054739005 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 4 (2) ◽

pp. 125-146 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Fumitaka Furuoka

Keyword(s):

Human Rights ◽

Cold War ◽

Foreign Aid ◽

Panel Data Analysis ◽

Development Assistance ◽

Official Development Assistance ◽

Economic Assistance ◽

The Cold War ◽

Aid Policy

AbstractThis paper examines a new trend in Japan's Official Development Assistance (ODA) policy that emerged at the end of the Cold War. In 1992, the Japanese government adopted the "Official Development Assistance Charter," which obliged Japan to use its foreign aid to promote human rights, democracy, and freedom. Since the beginning of the 1990s, there have been cases when Japan imposed "human rights conditionalities" by increasing the amount of foreign aid to the recipient countries with good human rights records and reducing economic assistance to the countries with poor human rights practices. However, there remain doubts whether Japan is truly committed to use its aid power as leverage to ensure that democracy and human rights are respected by the governments of its aid recipients. This paper uses panel data analysis to examine whether the condition of human rights in aid-recipient countries has become one of the factors that influence Japan's ODA allocation. The findings reveal the lack of evidence to prove that the human rights condition in aid-recipient countries has influenced the allocation of Japanese aid.

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Risk Management in Engineering and Construction: A Case Study in Design-Build Projects in Vietnam

Engineering, Technology & Applied Science Research ◽

10.48084/etasr.3286 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 10 (1) ◽

pp. 5237-5241 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

P. T. Nguyen ◽

P. C. Nguyen

Keyword(s):

Risk Factors ◽

Risk Management ◽

Developing Countries ◽

Quality Assurance ◽

Construction Industry ◽

Management Tools ◽

Design Build ◽

Good Identification ◽

Contract Form

The constant demand for construction in developing countries like Vietnam causes more and more challenges and difficulties to Project Management Units (PMUs) in carrying projects to completion on schedule, with quality assurance and fewer costs. In order to do this, PMUs need to have better and tighter management tools and forms. However, in order to minimize risks during project implementation, the binding terms in contracts are also becoming stricter with more and more new forms of contracts. One of them is the design-build (DB) contract form. This paper presents the critical risk factors for design-build projects in the construction industry. Good identification and management of these risk factors will help projects succeed and will increase the confidence of owners and contractors who seek to use the design-build form.

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TOO WEAK TO INFLUENCE? A CASE STUDY OF THE LITHUANIAN NGDOs IN FOREIGN AID POLICY MAKING

Politologija ◽

10.15388/polit.2017.3.10858 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 87 (3) ◽

pp. 130

Author(s):

Marta Gadeikienė

Keyword(s):

Foreign Aid ◽

International Development ◽

Policy Change ◽

Policy Agenda ◽

The European Union ◽

Development Agenda ◽

Eu Project ◽

Aid Policy ◽

The Eu

For the East Central European Countries (ECE), the membership in the European Union also meant an entry into the foreign aid donor community. To understand the international development policy change in over a decade and a policy divergence among the ECE countries that have started from relatively similar situations, this article offers the case study of Lithuania and the analysis of domestic policy actors, namely the non-governmental development organizations (NGDOs) as one of the policy change facilitating factors. It provides an empirically-rich account of how Lithuanian NGDOs participate in the national foreign aid policymaking and explains factors that affect Lithuanian NGDOs’ capacity to influence government decisions. Szent-Ivanyi’s and Lightfoot’s theoretical model guided the analysis of the Lithuanian NGDOs umbrella organisations composition and power relations, their organizational capacities, foreign donor assistance and attitudes of the state actors. The article concludes the limited, yet increasing Lithuanian NGDOs’ role in shaping Lithuanian foreign aid policies, as undermined as they are by the chronic lack of resources to fund advocacy from national sources and the dependency on the EU project-based funding. Consequently, these circumstances constrain the NGDO Platforms’ focus mostly on the EU development agenda and therefore mimic the European NGO networks’ policy agenda. The lack of capacities among the NGDOs to adapt a European policy agenda to the national foreign aid policy reality makes it of limited relevance to the policy makers domestically.

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