scholarly journals Chile

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (183) ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Open Economy ◽  
Inflation Targeting ◽  
Emerging Market ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Inflation Expectations ◽  
The Past ◽  
Track Record ◽  
The Social ◽  
Policy Frameworks ◽  
The Impact

Chile’s very strong fundamentals, policy frameworks, and macroeconomic track record have been instrumental in helping the economy absorb the impact of recent shocks, including the social unrest in late 2019. Over the past three decades, Chile has been enjoying a very solid macroeconomic performance. The robust growth has resulted in one of the largest reductions in poverty and highest incomes per capita in the region. Owing to the fiscal rule and the long record of prudent fiscal policy, public debt is low by international standards and the country enjoys steady sovereign access to capital markets at favorable terms. The credible inflation-targeting framework has delivered low and stable inflation with well-anchored inflation expectations. The sound financial system is supported by an effective regulatory and supervisory framework. International reserves are at a comfortable level. The authorities remain fully committed to maintaining very strong policies and policy frameworks. Despite showing one of the highest levels of resilience among emerging market economies, Chile’s open economy remains exposed to substantial external risks, such as those stemming from a prolonged Covid-19 outbreak.

scholarly journals A Welfare Based Approach for choosing the Inflation Targeting and the Exchange Regime in Tunisia

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (12) ◽  
pp. 919-932
Author(s):  
Abdelli Soulaima
Keyword(s):  
Exchange Rate ◽  
Open Economy ◽  
Inflation Targeting ◽  
Exchange Rate Regime ◽  
Small Open Economy ◽  
Flexible Exchange Rate ◽  
Stochastic Dynamic ◽  
Consumer Prices ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Impact

The inflation targeting is considered as an attractive monetary policy strategy in order to handle the inflation rate and improves the credibility of the central bank. The paper provides a stochastic dynamic general equilibrium model with the specificity of employing a small open economy. This model analyzes the impact of different regimes of inflation targeting and exchange rate in Tunisia in terms of the welfare loss and describes some aspects of the Tunisian’s economy. The results displays that the social loss is higher under the managed exchange rate than the flexible exchange rate regime for all the shocks. Then in terms of the inflation targeting index, it demonstrates that the consumer prices index outperforms the domestic inflation except for the productivity shock, in contrast to the result of (Parrado, 2004). Finally the strict is superior to the flexible inflation targeting except with the foreign inflation and the domestic interest rate shock.

The Impact of War on Population Health

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Turkan Ahmet
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
The Past ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Physical Environments ◽  
The Social ◽  
Personal Experiences ◽  
The Impact

The past few decades of ongoing war in Iraq has had a dramatic impact on the health of Iraq’s population. Wars are known to have negative effects on the social and physical environments of individuals, as well as limit their access to the available health care services. This paper explores the personal experiences of my family members, who were exposed to war, as well as includes information that has been reviewed form many academic sources. The data aided in providing recommendations and developing strategies, on both local and international levels, to improve the health status of the populations exposed to war.

The impact of setting on wine tasting experiments

2019 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 578-590
Author(s):  
Geoffrey Lewis ◽  
Steve Charters ◽  
Benoît Lecat ◽  
Tatiana Zalan ◽  
Marianna McGarry Wolf
Keyword(s):  
Willingness To Pay ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Subjective Assessment ◽  
Social Setting ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Wine Consumption ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose Tasting experiments involving willingness to pay (WTP) have grown over the past few years; however, most of them occur in formal wine-tasting conditions, removed from real-world experience. This study aims to conduct experiments on wine appreciation and willingness to pay in both settings, to allow a comparison of how tasters reached conclusions in different situations. Design/methodology/approach The authors conducted two sets of experiments in Dijon, France, with knowledgeable wine drinkers, in 2014 and in 2016, to explore the relationship between wine ratings, WTP and objective characteristics (appellation, labelling and price). The first was in a formal wine-tasting setting (n = 58), and the second in the social setting of a restaurant (n = 52). The experiments involved deception: the tasters were presented with five wines, but in fact only three wines were involved, two of the wines being presented twice. Findings The results from the 2014 study showed that even with a group of experienced tasters, objective characteristics overwhelmed subjective assessment (taste, sensory perception) of the wine. Ratings and WTP were driven by the appellation or brand, labelling and price of the wines. The authors replicated the experiment in a social setting in 2016 which, contrary to their expectations, produced very similar results. In neither experiment did the experienced tasters detect the deception. Research limitations/implications The social setting was a lunch in a restaurant with a group of students who were graduating together. The tasting was conducted by some of their professors, which may have influenced the results and raises questions about whether the setting was truly ‘social’. The sample size for the experiments was comparatively small and further research, including novice and expert tasters, might contradict these findings, or at least add nuances to them. Originality/value The study finds that, contrary to expectations, in the social wine consumption setting of a restaurant meal enjoyed with colleagues, objective wine characteristics over-rode subjective appreciation of the wine.

Doing Time Wisely: The Social and Personal Benefits of Higher Education in Prison

2018 ◽  
Vol 98 (4) ◽  
pp. 490-513 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jillian Baranger ◽  
Danielle Rousseau ◽  
Mary Ellen Mastrorilli ◽  
James Matesanz
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Postsecondary Education ◽  
Attitudes And Behaviors ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Social ◽  
Women's Prison ◽  
Women's Imprisonment ◽  
Education Effects ◽  
Impact Of Higher Education ◽  
The Impact

Much of the research on postsecondary education effects on incarcerated individuals has focused on men. However, given the increased rates of women’s imprisonment over the past 40 years, scholars should examine the impact of higher education in prison on women. In this qualitative study, the authors assess the social and personal benefits of participating in a college behind bars program delivered in a women’s prison. Data gathered with both program participants and faculty suggest that students in the program experienced a reduction in criminogenic attitudes and behaviors as well as positive changes in self-perception.

Yahweh and His Clio: Critical Theory and the Historical Criticism of the Hebrew Bible

2006 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 149-168 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. D. Miller
Keyword(s):  
Critical Theory ◽  
Cultural History ◽  
Hebrew Bible ◽  
Social World ◽  
Historical Criticism ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Social ◽  
Ancient Israel ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Impact

Discussion about the reconstruction of the history of ancient Israel seldom interacts with theoretical literature on the nature of history. Modern attempts to write Israel’s history, however, have been shaped by their theoretical underpinnings for the past two centuries. This essay explores the epistemological underpinnings of the historical criticism of the Hebrew Bible, outlines trends in historiographical theory, and assesses the impact newer theories of intellectual cultural history can have on studies of the history of the social world of ancient Israel.

Myth, History, and Literature in Virgin Land

Prospects ◽  
1978 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 125-133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan Trachtenberg
Keyword(s):  
American West ◽  
Social Memory ◽  
The West ◽  
Cultural Symbols ◽  
The Past ◽  
Virgin Land ◽  
The Social ◽  
Collective Imagination ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
The Impact

Professional historians will surely agree that the writing of history is itself an act of historical consequence. If history is, as Carl Becker argues, “the artificial extension of the social memory,” and if social identity and behavior depend in part on memory, then created versions of the past are a serious matter. They can have decisive effects on the present. Henry Nash Smith's Virgin Land is an exemplary form of a creative history which extends, refines, and enlightens social memory. And it does so in a particularly significant way, by pioneering a new area for study, a new territory in the landscape of memory. It is the area of a general cultural consciousness—“the region of culture,” as Leo Marx puts it, “where literature, general ideas, and certain products of the collective imagination—we may call them ‘cultural symbols’— meet.” Henry Nash Smith himself describes as his aim to trace “the impact of the West, the vacant continent beyond the frontier, on the consciousness of Americans.” His territory is consciousness in relation to a complex historical actuality, the American West.

Arab-uprising: an analysis from political economy perspective

Humanomics ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ataul Huq Pramanik
Keyword(s):  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Arab World ◽  
General Reader ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Social ◽  
Policy Frameworks ◽  
Cultural Components

Purpose – This paper aims at examining the past as well as the current issues responsible for the most recent Arab-uprising. Design/methodology/approach – The empirical evidence based on regression and correlation together with tabular presentations suggests that the issue of Arab-uprising can be examined from both theoretical and factual evidence. Both theoretical and empirical findings testify the extremely high interrelationships existing among the determinants and co-determinants of Arab-uprising. Based on the three most fundamental pre-requisites for living a life with satisfaction based on personal honour, dignity, voice, peace, justice and equality of opportunity, the economic, political and socio-cultural components are found to be neglected in the Arab World. The constraint of data limited the scope to use systematically available and reliable independent variables, in particular, warranted by any sophisticated empirical model. Findings – The findings will have policy directions for the policy-makers/politicians to address the serious issues involving empowerments. It is argued that the ad hoc solution based on buying the dissent of the critics using handouts is not a long-term sustainable solution to the problems. The findings are also expected to create social consciousness among those who are most concerned to see the changes in the society for betterment where every citizen can stand for his honour, dignity and voice, justice and equality. Originality/value – It is expected that the general reader can understand the issues raised in this paper, internalize the ideas and create an overall environment to redirect the policy frameworks for resolving the social problems without conflict.

scholarly journals The impact of automation and robotics on motivation

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-49
Author(s):  
Péter Krecz ◽  
Andrea Herneczky ◽  
József Csernák ◽  
Aranka Baranyi
Keyword(s):  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Employee Motivation ◽  
The Past ◽  
Long Run ◽  
The Social ◽  
The One ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Industrial Revolutions ◽  
And Robotics ◽  
Effective Contribution

Special attention should be paid to the human factors that influence the competitiveness of companies when analysing the correlations of economic processes. It is no longer controversial today that human capital is an important and crucial factor in a company's performance. The efficient, effective contribution of human resources to an organization's success depends to a large extent on how it can ensure employees' motivation in the long run. Robotics and automation are gaining more and more ground nowadays. In our study we explore how employee motivation is influenced by the rapid and widespread use of robotics. The industrial revolution that is still going on today is bringing enormous changes. The industrial revolutions that happened earlier in history have fundamentally changed the lives of people and have always posed serious challenges to various economic actors. Changes have had a dual impact in the past. On the one hand, industrial production has resulted in a change in the economy and, on the other hand, a huge change in the social structure. In recent years, mechanization has seemed extreme, but this phase must be seen today as a natural part of daily life.

scholarly journals Filming family and negotiating return in making Haraka Baraka: Movement is a blessing

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 192-208
Author(s):  
Lana Askari
Keyword(s):  
Social Life ◽  
Documentary Film ◽  
Kurdistan Region ◽  
Social Navigation ◽  
The Past ◽  
Political Landscape ◽  
Iraqi Kurdistan ◽  
The Social ◽  
Return Journey ◽  
The Impact

This article focuses on how Kurdish returnees experience the process of returning “home”, how they imagine and (re) negotiate their future, through the discussion of my documentary film, Haraka Baraka: Movement is a Blessing, which tells the story of my parents’ return to Iraqi Kurdistan after living in the Netherlands for more than 20 years.  While over the past decade, the Kurdistan Region has developed into a safe-haven situated within a conflict-laden area, the recent tension around the Islamic State’s (IS) expansion has changed the social and political landscape significantly in the Middle East, leading to new considerations for potential returnees. Based on the fieldwork I conducted through filming my own family during their return journey, I argue that using visual anthropological tools can open a window onto diasporic movements and illuminate social life in times of crisis by challenging the representation of Kurdish migrants and addressing the impact of uncertainty in their lives. Keywords: Kurdish diaspora; social navigation; visual Anthropology.Filmandina malbatê û behsa vegerê di çêkirina Haraka Baraka: Movement is a Blessing de Babeta vê nivîsarê Kurdên vegerayî û serhatiya wan di pêvajoya vegera bo ‘malê’ da ye. Nivîsar bala xwe dide wê yekê ka vegerayî bi çi rengî paşeroja xwe xeyal û ji nû ve guftûgo dikin. Ev mijar bi rêka filma min a belgeyî ya bi navê Haraka Baraka: Movement is a Blessing tê nîqaş kirin, ku çîroka vegera dê û bavên min bo Kurdistana Iraqê ya piştî pitir ji 20 salên jîna li Holendayê vedibêje. Di demekê de ku Herêma Kurdistanê di nav deh salên borî de bûye stargeheke ewle li devereke pir bi şer û pevçûn, kêşe û nerihetiyên vê dawiyê yên ji ber mezinbûna DAEŞê, dîmenê civakî û sîyasî yê li Rojhilata Navîn gelek guhartiye, ku bi vê yekê re hizr û fikarên nû xistine ber wan Kurdên ku niyeta wan a vegerê heye. Li ser bingehê xebata meydanî, ya ku min di qonaxa filmandina rêvingiya malbata xwe ya vegerê da encam da, ez îdia dikim ku bikaranîna amûrên antropolojîk ên dîtinî (vîzuel) dikare pencereyeke nû veke bi ser hereketên diyasporayê de û ronahiyê bixe ser jiyana civakî di demên qeyranê de, ku ji bo çespandina vê yekê ez li dijî temsîlên serdest ên koçberên kurd radibim û her wiha karîgeriya guman û nediyariyê ya li ser jiyana wan nîqaş dikim. فیلم گرتن له‌ بنە ماڵە و باس کردن لە گە ڕانەوە لە کاتی دە رهێنانی "حە‌رە کە بەرەکە:جووڵانەوە خێروبه‌ره‌كه‌ته"‌(Haraka Baraka: Movement is a Blessing) ئە م وتاره، بە یارمەتی باسكردن له بەڵگە فیلمەکەم، "حەرەکە بەرەکە: جووڵانەوە خێروبهرهكهته"، کە چیرۆکی گەڕانەوەی دایکوبابم بۆ کوردستانی ئێراق پاشی بیست ساڵ ژیان لە وڵاتی هۆڵەند دەگێڕێتەوە، تیشک دەخاتە سەر ئەو بابەتە کە ئهو کوردانهی دهگەڕێنهوه بۆ وڵات چۆن پڕۆسەی گەڕانەوە بۆ "ماڵەوە" ئەزموون دەکەن و، چۆنی داهاتووی خۆیان دەهێننە بەر چاو ودهیخهنه بهر لێوردبوونهوه و پێداچوونهوه. لە ماوەی دە ساڵی ڕابردوودا، هەرێمی کوردستان گەشەی سەندووە و بووە بە حەشارگەیەکی بێمەترسیی لە ناودڵی ناوچەیەکی لێوانلێو لە ململانێ و بەیەکداداندا، بهڵام، ئەو شڵەژانەی ئەم دواییانە، لە ئاکامی پەرە سەندنی دەوڵەتی ئیسلامیی(داعش)، بە شێوەیەکی گرینگ دیمەنی کۆمەڵایەتیی وسیاسیی ڕۆژهەڵاتی ناڤینی گۆڕیوە. هەربەم هۆیەوە، ئهوانهی كه تهمای گهڕانهوهیان ههیه دهستیان كردووه به لێوردبوونهوهیهكی نوێ له تهماكهیان.. لە سەر بنەمای ئەم کارە مەیدانییەی کە لە ڕێگەی فیلمگرتن لە بنەماڵەکەی خۆم، لە جەنگەی سەفەری گەڕانەوەیاندا، کردووە، وای بۆ دەچم کە بە کارهێنانی ئامرازگەلی مرۆڤناسانەی دیتنی (visual anthropological tools) دەتوانێت لە ڕێگەی بهرهوڕووبوونهوه له گهڵ شێوهی نواندنی کۆچبەرانی کورد وئاماژە پێدان بە بێتهكلیفی و سهرگهردانی له ژیانیان دا، پهنجهرهیهك  بەرەوڕووی جووڵانهوهی تاراوگەنشینیی بکاتەوە و ژیانی کۆمەڵایەتیی لە کاتی قەیرانەکاندا ڕووناک بكاتهوه.

scholarly journals Social Protection Instruments and Women Workers in the Informal Economy: A Southern African Perspective

2021 ◽  
Vol 24 ◽  
pp. 1-41
Author(s):  
Elmarie Fourie
Keyword(s):  
Women Workers ◽  
Informal Economy ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Vulnerable Groups ◽  
International Regulation ◽  
The Social ◽  
African Perspective ◽  
International Instruments ◽  
The Impact

The world of work has changed and in some instances a realisation now exists that certain forms of work are a reality and not a passing occurrence, and it is of the utmost importance that international regulation provides for this, including work in the informal economy. Specific vulnerable groups and challenges have been identified by international regulators and must now be addressed to extend protection to these workers. International regulation must promote freedom through the enhancement of the capabilities of these workers. International instruments can function as key strategic tools to address inequalities in the workplace by increasing the capabilities of vulnerable groups such as women through empowerment initiatives. The purpose of this contribution is to identify and critically consider the relevant international social security instruments of the ILO and the UN, the impact of international standards, and other global initiatives directed at the social protection of women workers in the informal economy.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document