scholarly journals الموجهات الإرشادية لإعداد الدراسات التفصيلية وتحديد خطوات تنفيذ المشاريع من أجــــل قيام مشاريع ناجحة من الفكرة الى التشغييل

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 66-71
Author(s):  
Abdel Karim A. Hassaan ◽  
Tagelsir H. Abdelatti
Keyword(s):  
Economic Planning ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Professional Duty ◽  
Funding Agencies ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
Operational Rule ◽  
Local Funding ◽  
Ministry Of Finance ◽  
Public Money ◽  
Indicators Of Success

This paper was prepared to introduce the importance of knowledge and awareness by adhering to international standards when establishing large economic projects (> 1.0 m $) through preparing a detailed feasibility study. This includes all stages of the project (from idea to operation) and identifies project outputs and indicators of success, in order to establish best projects and for the optimal use of public money, based on a comparison and clarification with some successful projects to benefit from their experience. In fact, most projects in the Sudan are not studied and implemented according to a disciplined professional hierarchy and international standards, which often leads to their failure. Therefore, defining this problem and describing the solution should be a professional duty, the greater of which is located in the economic, engineering, the administrative, and the executive sectors, but the opinion of the civil engineer still remains as a key factor from the idea to the operational (Rule of Thumb). To solve this problem, we proposed simple guidelines for establishing projects from the idea to the operating, benefiting from our experience with the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning and the Islamic Development Bank, and guidelines from consultant homes and financing institutions in this regard. Finally, we think that our suggested guidelines can be used as basic platform for all those involved and those in charge of these projects, so that the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning (the largest financier) can end up as binding directors (along the lines of purchase and contracting laws and regulations) to obtain the funding required to implement projects public financed with loans or grants by global or local funding agencies.  

scholarly journals Investigating collaborative and mobility networks: reflections on the core missions of universities

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zsolt Tibor Kosztyán ◽  
Beáta Fehérvölgyi ◽  
Tibor Csizmadia ◽  
Kinga Kerekes
Keyword(s):  
Social Progress ◽  
Industry Funding ◽  
Multilayer Network ◽  
The Core ◽  
Funding Agencies ◽  
Valid Assessment ◽  
Increasing Demand ◽  
Public Money ◽  
University Performance

AbstractGiven the significant role of universities in economic growth and social progress as well as the increasing demand for greater transparency regarding the use of public money, a valid assessment of university performance has become crucial for various stakeholders, including government, industry, funding agencies, and society at large. Contemporary assessments still focus solely on universities’ properties, thereby failing to capture their network relations. To overcome this limitation, this paper proposes a multilayer network-based method to measure the embeddedness of universities in collaboration and mobility networks. This method has several advantages: first, it is relevant for HEIs’ core missions, introducing a new dimension complementary to the existing rankings; second, it is size invariant; and last but not least, it is fully transparent. The proposed multilayer network approach enables the integration of further networks, which creates opportunities for a more comprehensive assessment of universities’ performance in achieving their core missions.

Econometric modelling in Italy: From economic planning to academic research

2021 ◽  
pp. 63-82
Author(s):  
Antonella Rancan
Keyword(s):  
Economic Policy ◽  
Econometric Model ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Economic Planning ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Private Institutions ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Econometric Modelling ◽  
Post War ◽  
The University

The paper deals with the introduction and acceptance of econometric model-ling as a tool to conduct economic policy analysis in Italy in the Post War. A re-search practice first applied in public and private institutions other than universi-ties. It is argued that economic planning and policymakers' needs of empirical es-timations, simulations and forecasts played an important role in supporting quan-titative research, at the time when economics was still conceived as a theoretical discipline. Sylos Labini's (1967) econometric model, the Modellaccio (1970-75), the University of Bologna model (1976) were the first examples of econometric modelling activities within academia. Only since the late 1980s, also due to a gen-erational change, econometrics is fully accepted and introduced in economics cur-ricula with the discipline that aligned to international standards.

scholarly journals Directions for improving logistics activities in Russia in the imperative of developing export potential

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena Agamagomedova ◽  
Vladimir Kovarda
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Trade ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
The State ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Financing System ◽  
Logistics System ◽  
Stage Of Development ◽  
The World ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
Logistics Performance Index

The expansion of international trade and the dynamism of the geography of foreign trade operations are pushing for the transformation of the transport and logistics system of foreign economic activity. The current stage of development of the world economy highlights the country's transport and logistics system as a key factor of competition in world markets, which entails a confrontation between national states for the formation/participation, for example, of transit routes for the movement of goods. In these conditions, the objects of transport and logistics infrastructure, the degree of their development, and the dynamics of investment are of exceptional importance. In this area, Russia lags behind the advanced economically developed and developing countries, and the volume of investment is significantly lower than many economies in the world. In this regard, there is an opinion in the scientific community that the logistics of foreign trade in Russia without forced growth can become a deterrent to the development of the country's export potential. As a result of the study, it was identified as relatively insufficient (in accordance with international standards) the cost of logistics infrastructure facilities, as well as a limited amount of investment, which is a key factor constraining the development of the industry. In addition to the above, there is a shortage of competent personnel in this area, and it is also necessary to improve the system of training of relevant employees. As a result, as of 2018, Russia ranked only 75th (out of 160 countries) in the world in the Logistics Performance Index (LPI) rating, which, despite the dynamics, is extremely low for a state with wide export and transit opportunities. In the second part of the paper, the main ways of developing Russia's export potential through improving transport and logistics activities are formulated. Among all areas, special attention should be paid to the processes of investing in the creation or modernization of logistics infrastructure facilities through the formation of a financing system based on public-private partnership mechanisms. In this aspect, it is extremely important to develop both the state mechanism of digital traceability of the movement of goods in the transport chains, and private ones. At the same time, from the position of the state, efforts should be directed to the transformation of the business environment in the vector of barrier-free conditions.

scholarly journals LEGISLATIVE GUARANTEES FOR CORRUPTION WHISTLEBLOWER`S PROTECTION

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-93
Author(s):  
Samofalov О. L. ◽  
◽  
Rusevich K. О. ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Information Disclosure ◽  
Effective Means ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Public Interests ◽  
The Public ◽  
State Apparatus ◽  
Effective System ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
Corruption Prevention

The article is devoted to the coverage of legislative guarantees for the whistleblowers`s protection in order to improve and develop national legislation regarding corruption prevention. Combatting corruption is an urgent issue for Ukraine today, as one of the reasons for the ineffective work of the state apparatus is corruption, the essence of which is that civil servants performancing their duties are endowed with public authority, which in combination with the unscrupulous performance of their official duties, leads to the fact that they have personal interests, which differ in content and direction from the primary tasks of the civil service as a whole. Corruption whistleblowers are a key factor in detecting corruption, and therefore they must be protected by guarantees at the legislative level. A legislative guarantees research of the whistleblowers` protection proves that such real protection can only be guaranteed by a separate special law that will create an effective mechanism for disseminating socially necessary information and will clearly prescribe legislative guarantees. The information disclosure of harm or threat to public interests is one of the most effective means of detecting and combating corruption and also serious economic offenses. In order to make the most of the benefits of disclosing information to the harm or threat to the public interest, there must be laws in the country that will provide whistleblowers with legislative guarantees not only for themselves, but also for their relatives. The main way to improve the legislative guarantees for the whistleblowers` protection is a promising draft act “On the protection of whistleblowers”. The adoption of the Law “On the protection of whistleblowers” will ensure the creation of a new effective system for preventing corruption on the basis of international standards, which will help in reducing the corruption level in the country, and thus – economic development and welfare. At the same time, it is promising to expand and clarify the regulations of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, which guarantee the protection of whistleblowers. Key words: corruption, anti-corruption, evidence, corruption whistleblowers, protection of whistleblowers.

scholarly journals Study on the Follow-up Measurement of Goodwill of Listed Companies

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 55
Author(s):  
Zhuang Yan ◽  
Xiang Youcai
Keyword(s):  
Capital Market ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Information Quality ◽  
Listed Companies ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Distribution Analysis ◽  
Performance Impact ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
And Performance

Nowadays, the wave of mergers and acquisitions in the capital market is still surging. High evaluation does bring high performance, and the huge impairment of goodwill has become a key factor for the frequent Black Swan events of listed companies. Starting from the essence of goodwill, using Chinese A-share listed companies from 2007 to 2019 as samples and based on the market data, distribution analysis and performance impact, this paper argues that problems of goodwill impairment in China are incomplete accounting standards, inexhaustive impairment implementation and incomprehensive market supervision, thus giving reasonable suggestions. Proper follow-up measurement of goodwill is conducive to improving accounting information quality and adapting to capital market demands, which is of great significance to the revision of international standards.

scholarly journals Cataloging Images in Library, Archive, and Museum

2017 ◽  
pp. 119-141
Author(s):  
Lili Shakhsi
Keyword(s):  
Learning By Doing ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Work Place ◽  
Historical Document ◽  
Academic Background ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
To Come

This research was supposed to illustrate the process of image cataloging in a library, an archive and a museum in Oslo. In all researched places catalogers are treating the photo as a historical document. It was interesting to know whether the cataloging process is structured in sort of controlled way or no. And gathering some information around usage of hand books or thesaurus and investigating the helpful competences in work place was expected. In worth mentioning that not much research has been done in this practice. The results clarified in general prospect that there is a gap between theory and practice. International standards are not recognized as required tools for cataloging in none of the focused places. Outcomes presented that interviewees think that learning by doing is the key factor in work development. Interviewees have some creative and self-made tools which are based on experiences rather than academic background. Due to this research, there might be requirement for deeper studies in order to come up with better recommendations.

scholarly journals Microfinance Services and Poverty Level of Rural Farmers of Syangja District of Nepal

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-41
Author(s):  
Chandra Prasad Dhakal ◽  
Govind Nepal
Keyword(s):  
Financial Services ◽  
National Level ◽  
Poverty Line ◽  
International Standards ◽  
National Standard ◽  
Poverty Level ◽  
Rural Farmers ◽  
Score Card ◽  
The Status ◽  
Ministry Of Finance

Poverty is associated with income and its distribution, which remains the core concern even today.As the data of Economy Survey 2015/2016 done by Ministry of Finance shows, that, the number of people living below poverty line has dropped to 21.6 percent in 2016 AD from 42 percent of 1995 AD. Microfinance is a form of monetary development that has first and foremost focused on alleviating poverty through giving financial services to the poor. The study was conducted with aim to identify the contribution of microfinance services to reduce the status of poverty level of rural farmers of Syangja district of Nepal. The study had used the standard poverty score card developed to measure the poverty in Nepal. The score card has ten simple questions; each question has option of response having with different score. As the national standard of Nepal, out of 100 score, who can earn more than 59 is known as non-poor whereas from the international standards it needs more than 64 to be non-poor. The result shows that Out of 385 respondents, 140 (36.4%) were found poor and 245 (63.3%) were non-poor on the national level standard of poverty. 190 (49.4%) were found poor and 195 (50.63%) were non-poor on the international level standard of poverty. The data of poverty line is significantly higher than the national level. Therefore, there was need of serious concern form the concerned authority of Nepal government to address the poverty issue of Syangja district.

scholarly journals Factor interaction in prevention of torture Reflections based on Carver and Handley’s research (with Comment by the authors of the book and Response by the author of the paper)

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans Draminsky Petersen
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
International Standards ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Will ◽  
Preventive Actions ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
Efficiency Factors ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Factor Interaction

Summary“Does torture prevention work?” is a very comprehensive book based on commendably profound research in 16 countries. It contains a wealth of very important results concerning the relationship between a multitude of factors in the prevention and occurrence of torture. However, the results described may be interpreted in a manner different to how it was done in the book. The intention of this paper is to draw attention to some challenges in the research design and to give a broader view of the complexity of torture prevention. The book: The authors have identified a host of preventive factors, organised them in clusters (detention law and practice; prosecution (of torturers) law and practice; complaint law and practice; and, monitoring law and practice), and scored them according to whether they fulfil international standards. A torture score comprising frequency, geographical spread and severity of torture was constructed (CHATS). Ill-treatment was excluded. Correlations between preventive factors, clusters and CHATS were calculated. However, the interrelationship between various factors and clusters was not analysed. The main findings included that detention practice had the strongest (negative) correlation to torture and that the torture scoring, pooled for all countries, declined during the study period (1985-2014). Comment: For several reasons, distinguishing ‘more severe torture’ from ‘torture’ is problematic. Excluding illtreatment in the research is also problematic because the border between the two may be blurred and difficult to interpret and it may be manipulated by authorities, leading to falsely low torture incidence. The pooling of data of diverse quality may hide outstanding prevention results. Identification and implementation of best practices is recommended. Preventive means implemented with low quality may give legitimacy to practices in torturing detentions. The quality of preventive actions is key to efficiency. Factors and clusters of preventive means interact in synergy making each other fully effective. A new model for torture prevention is proposed, which emphasises that all preventive means interact together with transparency, lack of corruption and reprisals, forming the practices in detention where torture takes place. The political will to prevent torture is a key factor.

scholarly journals Local Governments and Local Waste Management in the Czech Republic: Producers or Providers?

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 217-237 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jana Soukopová ◽  
Daniel Klimovský
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Economies Of Scale ◽  
Open Data ◽  
Waste Collection ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
Ministry Of Finance ◽  
Relationship Of

AbstractLocal governments are responsible for the delivery of a large variety of very different public services. The article is focused on two issues: 1) we try to discover whether the local governments in the Czech Republic prefer to be “producers” or “providers” of the waste-collection services; 2) we test and compare the efficiency of “production” and the efficiency of “provision”, and for this purpose we take into account various factors, inter alia inter-municipal cooperation, the existence of hybrid organizations, economies of scale etc. A main goal is to find out what the local governments in the Czech Republic prefer if they decide on the delivery of local services linked to waste management and what factors are the most important ones from the perspective of their potential influence on efficiency. Concerning the data, we analyse linked open data on municipal solid waste expenditure collected by the Ministry of Finance of the Czech Republic and data relating to features of waste collection obtained via a questionnaire-based survey which was carried out at the turn of 2015 – 2016. The results of the presented analysis show a clear relationship of dependence between the inter-municipal cooperation and the relevant costs, and it confirms the assumption that the Czech local governments undoubtedly prefer the position of “providers” in the field of the local waste management. Paradoxically, the results show that neither internal nor external provision of waste-collection services is a key factor of cost-efficiency.

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