scholarly journals Drivers of Dry Common Beans Trade in Lusaka, Zambia: A Trader’s Perspective

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy Sichilima ◽  
Lawrence Mapemba ◽  
Gelson Tembo
Keyword(s):  
Grain Size ◽  
Common Bean ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Market Price ◽  
Hedonic Pricing ◽  
Common Beans ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
The Social ◽  
Varietal Development ◽  
Market Sample

<p>This study was designed to analyze drivers of dry common beans trade in Lusaka, Zambia. Specifically, the study analyzed the effect of common bean grain characteristics on bean market price. Data was collected using structured questionnaires from 225 traders stationed in three markets namely: Soweto, Chilenje and Mtendere.</p>Using hedonic pricing, the findings reveal that medium sized grain was an important characteristic which significantly affected the pricing of common bean. For instance, it was observed that medium grain size fetched ZMW1.266 per kilogram (kg) and ZMW 1.042 per kg more than grains of smaller size in the pooled and Soweto market sample, respectively. It was further revealed that yellow, yellow and white color significantly affected the bean price received by traders. Other factors which significantly affected the pricing of beans included age of the trader, being a retail trader and trading at Chilenje market. Given these findings, common bean breeders need to include traders and consumers as important actors whose knowledge can make resourceful impact in varietal development. Furthermore, interventions by policy makers that respond to the social economic needs of traders is recommended to improve bean trade.

scholarly journals Personality attributes making significant influence on the digital quotient of an individual: An exploratory Study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
RAHUL SHANDILYA
Keyword(s):  
Digital Divide ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
New Age ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Digital Medium ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
The Social

The digital divide in the society has been a key demographic factor which has impacted the social economic activities in recent times. The digitalization of erstwhile social &amp; economic models harbingers a distinct change in behaviors of various sections of the society. Policy makers in various organizations and civic administrators are studying this new age individual’s response to manage their reach out strategies via digital medium. Correspondingly acquiring or nurturing talent with higher digital quotient would help organizations better adapt to new age business models.No two human beings are identical and therefore it is important to understand what makes an individual display a higher digital quotient. The aim of the current research study is to understand key personality attributes which have high influence on an individual’s response to a stimulus sent thru a digital medium.The online primary survey was conducted on a random sample of 83 people over a period between March 19 and Jun 20. It sought to identify most relevant attributes to define a digital persona. The study ended in concluding overall six personality attributes which have key influence while each one of them had a distinct measure of impact.

Changing Institutions

2019 ◽  
pp. 166-186
Author(s):  
Susana Borrás ◽  
Charles Edquist
Keyword(s):  
Social Dynamics ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Innovation Policy ◽  
Innovation System ◽  
Careful Analysis ◽  
Innovation Systems ◽  
Social Benefits ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
The Social ◽  
Key Issues

Institutions (including regulations) are constitutive elements of innovation systems. Some institutions are influenced by public actors, and they are elements of innovation policy. Focusing on (soft and hard) regulation, the chapter identifies the most salient regulatory areas from the perspective of the innovation system. When asking about the effects of regulation on innovation, the chapter argues that there are three key issues that need careful analysis, namely, whether regulation is effective and efficient in terms of reducing uncertainty and generating incentives; whether it is able to generate ultimately wider social benefits for the innovativeness of the system at large; and the extent to which regulation is adapting to new (social, economic, and technological) contexts and is socially legitimate and accepted. This provides guidance for the design and redesign of innovation policy, so that policy-makers analyse empirically the social dynamics actually generated by regulation rather than simply assuming deductively their effects.

Financing public water management: dealing with economic costs of water use

1998 ◽  
Vol 38 (11) ◽  
pp. 7-14
Author(s):  
Y. J. van Hijum
Keyword(s):  
Water Management ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
River Basin ◽  
Water Use ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Water System ◽  
Environmental Costs ◽  
Economic Costs ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
The Social

Today, many scientists and policy makers underline the importance of internalizing all social and economic costs in charges and prices for water use. Ideally, all service and environmental costs should be recovered in conformity with “polluter pays” and “user pays” principles, using the water system (or river basin) approach to detect these costs. Attempts in The Netherlands to implement these principles however, show that it is not always easy to deduct just charges and prices from hydrological cause-effect relations. Such charges and prices do not always provide adequate signals to users and polluters. The institutional framework and the social, economic and political context determine where and how these financing principles can be implemented. The focus should therefore shift from “blind” charges on pollution and abstraction to (self-)imposed efforts made to measure.

Evaluation of Katara Cultural Village Events and Services: A Visitors’ Perspective

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Khalid Ibrahim Al-Sulaiti ◽  
Khalid Hamad Abaalzamat ◽  
Hamzah Khawaldah ◽  
Nidal Alzboun
Keyword(s):  
Social Economic ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Demographic Groups ◽  
Visitor Satisfaction ◽  
The Core ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
The Social ◽  
High Level ◽  
Attendee Behavior ◽  
One Way Anova

Perceived value is understood to be a precursor of visitor satisfaction and loyalty and it is impacted by product quality. The relations between quality, value, and satisfaction have been gaining increasing attention in the marketing and tourism fields. Accordingly, this study examines visitors' evaluations of Katara Cultural Village events and services and their satisfaction. To achieve this aim, a questionnaire was conducted and distributed to 532 visitors in Katara. Results showed that Katara was a successful tourism destination in Doha, which attracts large numbers of visitors with different demographic characteristics. According to respondents, Katara has several social, economic, and environmental impacts, which are mainly positive. The social impacts of Katara seemed to be most noticeable since cultural events and activities represent the core of Katara’s model. As mentioned, results showed a high level of visitors' satisfaction with Katara’s events and services, with an overall assessment score of 78.6% and 71.3% respectively. Additionally, the results from One-way ANOVA and t-tests revealed that there are no significant differences in visitors’ assessment of Katara's events and services between demographic groups in terms of gender, nationality and age. These results, however, contribute to the understanding of event attendee behavior, providing researchers, practitioners and policy makers in Katara with insights into how to effectively design and manage events.

Multiple-source Record Linkage in a Rural Industrial Community, 1680–1820

1994 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 133-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steve King
Keyword(s):  
Early Modern ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Life Cycles ◽  
Multiple Source ◽  
Demographic Analysis ◽  
Ordinary People ◽  
Industrial Community ◽  
The Social ◽  
Broad Outline

Re-creating the social, economic and demographic life-cycles of ordinary people is one way in which historians might engage with the complex continuities and changes which underlay the development of early modern communities. Little, however, has been written on the ways in which historians might deploy computers, rather than card indexes, to the task of identifying such life cycles from the jumble of the sources generated by local and national administration. This article suggests that multiple-source linkage is central to historical and demographic analysis, and reviews, in broad outline, some of the procedures adopted in a study which aims at large scale life cycle reconstruction.

Political psychology in the digital (mis)information age: A model of news belief and sharing

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jay Joseph Van Bavel ◽  
Elizabeth Ann Harris ◽  
Philip Pärnamets ◽  
Steve Rathje ◽  
Kimberly Doell ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Cognitive Psychology ◽  
Information Age ◽  
Policy Research ◽  
Integrative Model ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Fake News ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Conspiracy Theories ◽  
The Social

The spread of misinformation, including “fake news,” propaganda, and conspiracy theories, represents a serious threat to society, as it has the potential to alter beliefs, behavior, and policy. Research is beginning to disentangle how and why misinformation is spread and identify processes that contribute to this social problem. We propose an integrative model to understand the social, political, and cognitive psychology risk factors that underlie the spread of misinformation and highlight strategies that might be effective in mitigating this problem. However, the spread of misinformation is a rapidly growing and evolving problem; thus scholars need to identify and test novel solutions, and work with policy makers to evaluate and deploy these solutions. Hence, we provide a roadmap for future research to identify where scholars should invest their energy in order to have the greatest overall impact.

ON THE REGIME OF COVID-19 EPIDEMIC IN RUSSIA AND ITS IMPACT UPON THE FUEL AND ENERGY COMPLEX, INCLUDING IN EDUCATIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC SPHERES

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Svetlana Punanova ◽  
Mikhail Rodkin
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Data ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Social Situation ◽  
Research Education ◽  
Energy Complex ◽  
The Social ◽  
Political Modernization ◽  
Mode Of Development ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Regions Of Russia

The mode of development of the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia and the impact of the epidemic on the areas of scientific research, education and functioning of the fuel and energy complex are discussed. The official statistics revealed evidence both of effectivity of the taken anti-epidemic measures in Moscow and of possible cases of incorrectness of statistical data. The social situation and the mode of development of the epidemic in Moscow and in the regions of Russia are essentially different, that reduces the effectiveness of anti-epidemic measures introduced uniformly throughout the whole country. The conditions of the pandemic and quarantine are difficult for everyone, but organizations and persons with a more modern informational character of production adapt to them more easily. In general, it can be suggested that the epidemic besides the very essential losses gives an important impulse for social-economic and political modernization of the society.

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