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Journal articles on the topic "Economic beneficiaries"
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Kotresha S, Kotresha S., Sudheendra M. Sudheendra M, Ananthnag K. Ananthnag K, Gajendra T. H. Gajendra T.H, and Girisha K. Girisha K. "A Study on Socio - Economic Profile of MgnREgS Beneficiaries." Paripex - Indian Journal Of Research 3, no. 4 (January 15, 2012): 233–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.15373/22501991/apr2014/74.
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Satishkumar. N, Satishkumar N. "Socio-Economic Dimensions of Beneficiaries in Kawad Watershed Development Project." International Journal of Scientific Research 2, no. 6 (June 1, 2012): 12–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.15373/22778179/june2013/4.
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Gersbach, Hans, and Lars-H. R. Siemers. "LAND REFORMS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT." Macroeconomic Dynamics 14, no. 4 (April 7, 2010): 527–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s136510050909049x.
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We examine the nexus between land transfers and human capital formation. A sequence of land redistributions enables the beneficiaries to educate their children and thus to escape from poverty. A successful land reform allows the transition of a society from an agriculture-based state of poverty to a human capital–based developed economy. We find that a temporary state of inequality among the poor is unavoidable. Finally, we discuss the political economy of land reform, whether access to land markets should be allowed for beneficiaries of land reforms, and property rights issues.
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McDaniel, Cassidi C., F. Ellen Loh, Devan M. Rockwell, Courtney P. McDonald, and Chiahung Chou. "Economic burden of diabetes among medicare beneficiaries with cancer." Journal of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research 12, no. 2 (March 6, 2021): 142–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jphsr/rmab002.
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Abstract Objectives Older adults are commonly affected by cancer and diabetes, and an investigation of the economic burden faced by these older adults remains a research gap. Therefore, the objective was to assess the economic burden of diabetes among Medicare beneficiaries with cancer by analyzing annual costs from administrative claims data. Methods We conducted a retrospective, serial cross-sectional study using the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS) from 2006 to 2012. Eligible beneficiaries must be currently or previously diagnosed with cancer (of any type), ≥65 years of age, non-institutionalized and continuously enrolled annually in Medicare Parts A, B and D. Diagnoses of cancer and diabetes were determined through self-report or claims. The primary outcome was the total economic burden of diabetes per capita annually, operationalized as the difference in total direct costs between cancer patients with and without diabetes. Simple linear regression was used to analyze trends of costs across the years. Multivariable regression estimated the effect of diabetes and covariates on total annual spending among beneficiaries with cancer from 2006–2012. Key findings From 2006 to 2012, 4918 beneficiaries included in MCBS had cancer, with over 25% (1275) also having diabetes. From 2006 to 2012, the mean economic burden of diabetes was $7815 per capita annually. After adjusting for covariates, beginning in 2006, diagnosis of diabetes significantly predicted higher total annual spending among cancer beneficiaries in 2007 [coefficient (SE) = 0.5768 (0.1918), P = 0.003], 2011 [coefficient (SE) = 0.4303 (0.1817), P = 0.018] and 2012 [coefficient (SE) = 0.3605 (0.1758), P = 0.040]. Conclusions Medicare beneficiaries with cancer experienced a higher economic burden from concurrent diabetes.
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Tankiwala, A. K., G. Nethravati, and M. J. Patel. "A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF SOCIO ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF BENEFICIARIES AND NON BENEFICIARIES OF PRADHAN MANTRI FASAL BIMA YOJANA." Gujarat Journal of Extension Education 2022, no. 1 (November 25, 2022): 185–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.56572/gjoee.2022.si.0036.
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In India around 60% of the population depends on agriculture sector. Agriculture sector contributes 18% to India's GDP. Crop failure due to natural calamities and unfavorable climatic conditions puts farmers in a challenging situation. Thus it is necessary to safeguard the farm sector from various production risks. Therefore on 1st April 2016 GOI implemented Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana. Personal profile of the farmers plays a crucial role in avail the benefits of this scheme. Based on preliminary survey eleven villages from Jambusar taluka of Bharuch district was selected based on the number of beneficiaries. Proportionate random sampling method was for the selection of 62 beneficiaries and 62 non beneficiaries from same village were selected for the study and it make 124 sample sizes. From the statistical analysis it was identified that majority beneficiaries and non beneficiaries belonged to middle aged group, educated up to secondary level, medium annual income. Majority part of the beneficiaries and non beneficiaries had medium land holding with moderate experience in farming, membership in more than one organization. Moderate mass media exposure, extension contact, risk orientation and economic motivation. Majority of beneficiaries and non beneficiaries occasionally use the source of information.
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Dobson, Allen, Audrey El-Gamil, Matt Shimer, and Joan E. DaVanzo. "Economic Value of Prosthetic Services among Medicare Beneficiaries." Journal of Prosthetics and Orthotics 31 (January 2019): P94—P100. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/jpo.0000000000000239.
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Ibishi, Lindita, and Arben Musliu. "Impact of MAPs on improving the socio-economic situation of rural families in Kosovo." Journal of Agriculture and Environment for International Development (JAEID) 115, no. 2 (December 30, 2021): 39–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.36253/jaeid-12090.
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he medicinal and aromatic plants sector is considered a very important sector for the economy of Kosovo since it can provide employment, income, and export growth. Based on this, we assess the impact of the subsidy schemes from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Rural Development (MAFRD) using a
propensity score matching improving the farmers' gross income. The main purpose of the study was to assess whether subsidy schemes have an impact on the farmer's gross income by using a propensity score matching model to match beneficiaries to non-beneficiaries. Results showed that beneficiaries of subsidy schemes make 3,682.09 Euros more per year than non-beneficiaries (95% confidence interval 2,349.9 Euros to 5,012.90 Euros). Using logistic regression, we found that subsidy schemes, market prices, and reductions of unfair competition are the three most important factors affecting farmers' decisions to collect and cultivate MAPs.
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Memon, Pervaiz Ahmed, Muhammad Ramzan Kalhoro, Kiran Tariq, Paras Sindhu, and Suman Shaikh. "Socio-Economic Impact of the Interest-Free Community Investment Fund: A Case Study of Rural Sindh, Pakistan." Economies 10, no. 1 (January 7, 2022): 18. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/economies10010018.
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This study aims to measure the impact of an intervention, the Community Investment Fund (CIF), on the socio-economic life of rural women. CIF is a community-managed fund aimed at improving the living standards of women by empowering them to undertake income-generating projects to become financially more stable and self-governed in the Khairpur, Shikarpur, Kandhkot-Kashmore and Jacobabad districts of Sindh, Pakistan. This study used a quasi-experimental design approach that involved two groups, i.e., the treatment group (beneficiaries) and control group (non-beneficiaries). The sample size of this study was 708 respondents including the treatment and control group. The results of comparison of mean indicate that there is a significant difference between treatment and control group in terms of socio-demographic variables (including monthly income and consumption, saving amount, total asset value, an asset purchased value and household diet) and women empowerment’s indicators, thereby suggesting that CIF has resulted in women empowerment. Concerning the results of the poverty scorecard, the higher graduation of beneficiaries (treatment group) asserts that the intervention of CIF has also a positive impact on targeted beneficiaries. In particular, the findings indicate that 72% of beneficiaries (treatment group) have graduated from one poverty band to another higher band compared to 59.4% of non-beneficiaries (control group) in poverty score. In addition, the findings of the logistic regression analysis confirmed that participation in the CIF program empowers women beneficiaries. This study will support policymakers to further improve CIF so that it can become more effective and sustainable.
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Kamble, Chandrakant B. "A Role of MPBCDC in Economic Upliftment of Scheduled Caste Beneficiaries in Kolhapur District." Indian Journal of Applied Research 4, no. 8 (October 1, 2011): 87–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.15373/2249555x/august2014/23.
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T. Saidanna, T. Saidanna, A. Sailaja A. Sailaja, and I. Sreenivas Rao I. Sreenivas Rao. "Analysis of Economic Aspects of Beneficiaries of Indira Kranthi Patham Programme in Andhra Pradesh." International Journal of Scientific Research 2, no. 2 (June 1, 2012): 3–4. http://dx.doi.org/10.15373/22778179/feb2013/2.
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Adams, Junay. "Economic empowerment of housing beneficiaries." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/52813.
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Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2002.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: A premise of this thesis is that too much emphasis is still placed on dealing with the crisis of housing provision, rather than planning for housing development in South Africa. Little consideration is given to the economic improvement of the housing beneficiaries. The following research question was posed: What can and should be done in order for housing beneficiaries to become economically empowered? Government has the obligation to enhance and maintain the personal social welfare of its inhabitants. Housing is part of a package of social welfare services that includes physical health as well as the incorporeal element within a human being. Housing is also a process of how people came to be housed, starting at the moment when they first apply for a house. Economic empowerment should be linked to the four dimensions of development, i.e. equity, capacity-building, participation, self-reliance. Equity leads to economic empowerment by providing equal access to economic opportunities. capacity-building has aspects of developing skills, providing access to, and establishing supportive structures for economic empowerment. Participation is concerned with achieving power to influence decisions. Finally, self-reliance is linked to economic empowerment because it refers to the ability of people to produce most of its basic needs as well as producing surpluses with which to trade for those commodities and services which it does not produce efficiently itself (Burkey, 1993:51). Economic empowerment of housing beneficiaries implies a micro, individual level focus of economic development. According to Gildenhuys (1993:26) economic welfare refers to the development of the economic and material welfare and prosperity of the individual. Apart from a micro focus, a multi-objective focus is required for sustainability. According to Dalal-Clayton and Bass (2000:12), sustainable development entails balancing economic, social and environmental objectives. Finally, there are two dimensions to economic empowerment, namely, empowerment of the housing beneficiaries, as well as empowerment of development facilitators. Evidence of shortcomings of development projects relating to economic empowerment was provided in this thesis by means of applying the findings of an empirical research project in Wesbank to economic empowerment. The research explored the management processes that were implemented that eventually resulted in outcomes not being desirable. It was explained that the initial "scattering" of opportunities to emerging contractors was not part of a concerted approach for the primary beneficiaries to become economically empowered. This housing development project did not only fail to ensure economic empowerment, but also denied the housing beneficiaries what little economic activity they were involved in prior to the move. The Wesbank evidence was also linked to the views and findings of various authoritative sources that confirmed that government development projects in general, have an unfortunate track record when it comes to economic empowerment of so-called beneficiaries. Two case studies from the United States were used to illustrate that integrated development provides the context for the economic empowerment of housing beneficiaries. Four economic development foci then provided the framework within which solutions were formulated: residential dispersal and mobility, enhancing the capacity of housing beneficiaries, investing in economic empowerment of women, and changing the mindset of the developers. This framework embodies the how of economic empowerment of housing beneficiaries.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: 'n Aanname van hierdie tesis is dat te veel klem steeds geplaas word op die hantering van krisisse t.o.v behuisingsvoorsiening, eerder as beplanning vir behuisingsontwikkeling, met min inagneming vir ekonomiese bemagtiging van behuisingsbegunstigdes. Die volgende navorsingsvraag word gestel: Wat kan en moet gedoen word ten einde ekonomiese bemagtiging vir behuisingsbegunstigdes te bewerkstellig? Regerings het 'n plig om die persoonlike sosiale welsyn van landsinwoners te bevorder en te handhaaf. Behuising is deel van 'n pakket van sosiale welsynsdienste wat fisiese gesondheid sowel as die psigiese element van mens wees insluit. Behuising is ook 'n proses wat begin die oomblik wanneer 'n persoon die eerste keer aansoek doen vir 'n huis. Ekonomiese bemagtiging moet gekoppel word aan die vier dimensies van ontwikkeling, naamlik gelykheid, kapasiteitsbou, deelname, en onafhanklikheid. Gelykheid lei tot ekonomiese bemagtiging deurdat dit gelyke toegang tot ekonomiese geleenthede bevorder. Kapasiteitsbou sluit in ontwikkeling van vaardighede, verskaffing van toegang, en die oprig van ondersteunende strukture vir ekonomiese bemagtiging. Deelname bevorder die toename in mag om besluite te beïnvloed. Onafhanklikheid word gekoppel aan ekonomiese bemagtiging omdat dit verwys na die vermoë van mense om self in die meeste van hul basiese behoeftes te voorsien. Ekonomiese bemagtiging van behuisingsbegunstigdes impliseer 'n mikro, individuele vlak fokus op ekonomiese ontwikkeling. Volgens Gildenhuys (1993:26) verwys ekonomiese welvaart na die ontwikkeling van die ekonomiese en materiële welvaart en vooruitstrewendheid van die individu. Behalwe 'n mikro fokus, is 'n multi-doelwit fokus ook noodsaaklik vir volhoubaarheid. Volhoubare ontwikkeling behels die balansering van ekonomiese, sosiale en omgewings doelwitte. Daar is twee dimensies van ekonomiese bemagtiging, naamlik bemagtiging van die behuisingsbegunstigdes, sowel as bemagtiging van ontwikkelingsfasiliteerders. Bewyse van tekortkominge in ontwikkelingsprojekte aangaande ekonomiese bemagtiging word voorsien d.m.v die toepassing van bevindinge van 'n empiriese navorsingsprojek in Wesbank op ekonomiese bemagtiging. Die navorsing het die bestuursprosesse ondersoek wat gevolg was in die projek en uiteindelik ook veroorsaak het dat die uitkomste onwenslik was. Die aanvanklike verspreiding van geleenthede teenoor opkomende kontrakteurs was nie deel van 'n gefokusde plan vir die primêre begunstigdes om ekonomies bemagtig te word nie. Die behuisingsprojek het nie net daarin gefaal om ekonomiese bemagtiging te bewerkstellig nie, maar het ook die bietjie ekonomiese aktiwiteit waarin begunstigdes betrokke was voor die skuif na Wesbank, weggeneem. Die bewyse in Wesbank word ook gekoppel aan die sieninge en bevindinge van verskeie gesaghebbende bronne wat bevestig dat regeringsontwikkelingsprojekte oor die algemeen 'n swak rekord het wat betref ekonomiese bemagtiging van sogenaamde begunstigdes. Twee gevallestudies van die VSA is na verwys om te illustreer dat geïntegreerde ontwikkeling die konteks verskaf vir ekonomiese bemagtiging van behuisings begunstigdes. Vier ekonomiese bemagtiging fokus areas verskaf 'n raamwerk waarin oplossings geformuleer is: verspreiding en mobiliteit, verbetering van kapasiteit van begunstigdes, ekonomiese bemagtiging van vroue, en verandering van die denkpatroon van ontwikkelingsfasiliteerders. Hierdie raamwerk stel voor die hoe van ekonomiese bemagtiging van behuisingsbegunstigdes.
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Duarte, Bruno Miguel Gonçalves. "Impact of social economic indicators on RSI incidence and success." Master's thesis, NSBE - UNL, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/9473.
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A Work Project, presented as part of the requirements for the Award of a Masters Degree in Economics from the NOVA – School of Business and EconomicsIn this project we study the influence of socio-economic characteristics on the percentage of beneficiaries of “Rendimento Social de Inserção” (RSI) and on the percentage of exits from the RSI program that occur due to a change in income. The results indicate that the % of beneficiaries tend to increase with unemployment, younger people and reduced families, whereas it tends to reduce with high education levels and GDP. As for the % of exists from the RSI, the results we obtained show evidence that, on the one hand, they tend to increase with higher education, and on the other hand, they tend to reduce with unemployment, reduced income of the beneficiaries before entering the program, nuclear families and Local Purchasing Power.
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Bota, Patrick Mziwoxolo. "Factors affecting the impact of BEE strategies in enhancing previously disadvantaged beneficiaries in Manquma Local Municipality." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1020115.
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This research project is about the “Factors Affecting the impact of Black Economic Empowerment strategies in enhancing previously disadvantaged beneficiaries in Mnquma Local Municipality.” The purpose is to examine the challenges faced by previously disadvantaged beneficiaries so as to emerge with new innovative BEE mechanisms that can be implemented to improve the situation faced by beneficiaries for the better. To achieve this objective, it was necessary to study the iterature of “Black Economic Empowerment” which is part of the Local Economic Development initiatives. In order to attain the main objective of the study and also to address the research problem face to face interviews were conducted with previously disadvantaged beneficiaries, Local Economic Development officials and councillors from five different wards of Mnquma Local Municipality. The literature review and the interviews helped one to come up with the recommendations to be adopted in order to remedy the situation of the beneficiaries. These recommendations will, hopefully, be of assistance to Mnquma Local Municipality. Findings of this study indicate that challenges faced by previously disadvantaged beneficiaries include: fronting, lack of finance, skills shortage like technical, management, budgeting and saving skills, absence of training workshops, and lack of support on SMMEs development as well as poor implementation of BEE policy by Local Economic Development Unit. The aforesaid challenges have negative effects on the implementation of BEE strategies which adversely affect the beneficiaries. Here are some of the recommendations made in this regard: support and assistance for previously disadvantaged beneficiaries like financial assistance, Khula financial schemes, bank loans, training and workshops, establishment of agricultural projects as well as assistance on coordination of co-operatives initiatives. Other recommendations provide possible solutions to these problems: corruption, nepotism and cadreship deployment. In order to act against these transgressions the following suggestions have been made in the study: containment of fronting, development of heritage and historical sites for tourists’ purposes, recommendation on BEE management strategies and also recommendation on business registration and licensing. The study concludes that if the Mnquma Local Municipality can execute all the proposed recommendations, all the factors raised as the stumbling block towards the success and beneficiary of the previously disadvantaged beneficiaries would be resolved.
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Kalula, Mpiana. "Investigating the Socio-Economic Impact of the Old Age Pension in the Pensioner Household within Selected Areas of the Eastern Cape." Thesis, [S.l. : s.n.], 2009. http://dk.cput.ac.za/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1057&context=td_cput.
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Magida, Phiwokuhle Thulani. "A socio-economic impact assessment (SEIA) of the Idutywa agripark project on project beneficiaries in Mbashe local municipality of the Eastern Cape Province." Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1016195.
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Poverty, inequality and unemployment have always been challenging first in South Africa with special reference to rural South Africa. These persistent challenges with severe impacts on black population are believed to be the results of the previous governance in South Africa. Policies have been formulated, reformulated and others implemented in a form of development projects which have achieved little success in pursuit of combating these challenges. However, in the process of achieving rural development through developmental projects, a fundamental stage in the life cycle of these projects is often omitted or given little attention. This stage is the monitoring and evaluation stage which is critical to ascertain potential impacts (both positive and negative) especially if the project is to be replicated and achieve its objectives as postulated in the millennium development goals. This thesis attempted to carry out a Socio-Economic Impact Assessment (SEIA) of the Agripark project implemented at Dutywa on the livelihoods of communities directly affected by this project. The Agripark project is a project that comprises three linked components, a seedling nursery, an agro-processing facility and a sizeable feeder plot and has been implemented to benefit four villages. This project has been implemented as the second Agripark project by the University of Fort Hare in partnership with the province’s Department of Agriculture. To track change after the implementation of the project, data were collected from the same respondents that were interviewed for the baseline study, therefore, the same sample size that was used in the baseline study was also used for this study. As a tool for data collection, a questionnaire was developed to elicit the required information and was interviewer administered during data collection. The results of the study revealed that Agripark project has impact on both social and economic wellbeing of the households. The processing unit of the project was not yet functioning therefore the project was not fully effective thus the impact was not as intended by the project when the study was carried out. Skills transferred were only on production but only a small number of people could receive them. These households largely relied on external sources of income mainly on social grants and their contribution to total household income had increased to 88% in 2011 compared to 80% in 2008. As much as the increase in incomes cannot be entirely be because of the project but Agripark had a positive impact on household incomes through wages of those employed there and through increased profitability of hawking vegetables. The proportion of household earning incomes less than the Poverty line fell from 85% in 2008 to approximately 79% in 2011. The household complemented their staples with a variety of vegetables and the main source of these vegetables was Agripark even though own production was declining. Even though food was still the main item of these households expenditure, the proportion of income spent on food fell from 64% in 2008 to 48% in 2011. There were no environmental impacts found. From the descriptive analysis, the project had impact on the livelihoods of these households because it brought change on the household expenditure as a result of the income earned by those who are working in the Agripark. There was an improvement on risk of food insecurity through cheaper vegetable that both physically and financially attainable. However, as much as the project had positive impact, there were also concerns raised by the respondents that the employment was only biased to certain individuals which cased stress to some households. Furthermore, the empirical analysis of the selected variables showed that participation in Agripark had an impact on economic wellbeing of the beneficiaries. Thus, funding must be made available to the project so that it can upgrade their electricity and have the processing plant running as it may be the major source of employment, skills development and achievement of its objectives.
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Rusenga, Clemence. "The socio-economic consequences of the agribusiness model on the land reform beneficiaries in greater Tzaneen municipality, South Africa: The case of Elangeni Project." Doctoral thesis, University of Cape Town, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24493.
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This study is situated in the field of land and agrarian reform. It explores the possible socioeconomic consequences of the large-scale commercial farming (LSCF) model on the land reform beneficiaries in Greater Tzaneen Municipality (GTM), South Africa. While the land reform programme seeks to reduce poverty, unemployment, and income inequality, among other things, the South African government has enforced the LSCF model in the land reform projects. The features of the model that the government is imposing on land reform beneficiaries are those of the agribusiness model. The agribusiness model is the current and dominant model of agrarian capitalism which increasingly organises agricultural production in the form of monoculture on an ever-increasing scale with the intense use of agricultural machinery and toxic chemicals along the growing use of genetically modified seeds (Stedile and Leon, 2014). Farm production, alongside upstream and downstream agricultural industries, is dominated by a decreasing number of large agribusinesses (Movement of Landless Rural Workers (MST), 2013:9-10). The concept, the agribusiness model, is used in the study to refer to the LSCF model. The study challenges the perspectives associating success or even the viability of land reform projects with the agribusiness model. It demonstrates a) the difficulties of the beneficiaries to follow the business model autonomously; b) the limitation of the state apparatus to support a costly agribusiness model; and c) the social distance of certain market-driven policies from the context and everyday lives of the beneficiaries and their families. The works of Ben Cousins, the MST and Archie Mafeje on the efficacy of the agribusiness model and the merits of the alternative small-scale model for the beneficiaries of agrarian reform influenced this study. Of the three, Archie Mafeje was more influential, and it is of academic interest that those writing on the LSCF model in the context of land reform in South Africa do not seem to take Mafeje's work more seriously especially that he is also against the LSCF model.
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Manomano, Tatenda. "Perceptions of the Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP) housing beneficiaries in South Africa on the extent to which the project meet their housing needs: the case of golf course estate in Alice town, Eastern Cape Province." Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1005996.
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The aim of this study was to explore the perceptions of RDP beneficiaries on the extent to which the RDP housing project meets their housing needs in South Africa through a case study of Golf Course Estate in Alice Town with the following specific objectives; to assess the extent to which the Alice Golf Course housing project has achieved the RDP programme objectives; to establish beneficiaries‟ perceptions on the extent the RDP Alice Golf Course houses meet their needs; and to explore the level of satisfaction on the RDP houses by beneficiaries. This study utilized triangulation of both quantitative and qualitative methodologies with qualitative as the dominant approach while quantitative was less dominant. The qualitative design took the form of a case study while the quantitative took the form of mini survey. The study sampled 72 participants from the study population. The study utilized an interview guide and a questionnaire as instruments of data collection. The findings indicated that the gender representation of the beneficiaries was skewed. This is because there were more females heading the houses than males; unemployment was also high; most participants were unmarried and most were adults. This study also discovered that most people residing in these houses are not the real owners who were allocated the houses. There were qualitative problems associated with the components of these houses such as poor roofing, doors, windows, floors and walls. Service delivery complaints were based on inadequate access to clean water, small size and spacing of the RDP house. Security was also a challenge because all the houses did not have street lights and the roads were very bad. Though it is commendable that drainage and sewer facilities are available, but they are not serving their purpose since there is no water in these houses. The findings also indicated that there were discrepancies in allocation of the houses; pervasiveness of social ills; inadequate consultative meetings between the RDP Administrator or social worker and the beneficiaries; as well as the pervasiveness of HIV/AIDS among other issues. This researcher recommended that the government needs to promote economic empowerment to deal with unemployment; to improve the quality of the material building the houses; improvement on service delivery gaps; to beef up infrastructure; renovation and revamping of current houses; to establish commissions of inquiry to deal with corruption; to honour and monitor waiting lists. Partnership with other stakeholders was also critical, in addressing access to social services and helps deal with social ills and run behaviour modification campaigns. This researcher also recommended that there is a need to carry out further research on the role played by the municipalities in the RDP housing project as well as conducting a purely qualitative research to further explore the perceptions of other stakeholders, NGOs, traditional leaders, church leaders, and police on the implementation of the housing project. This researcher advises that such a research could be carried out through focus group discussions and also since this study was bound by a case study it is also necessary for similar research to be carried out in different places in South Africa.
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Ngwenya, Fortune Sibusiso. "Successes and failures of BBBEE : a critical assessment." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/812.
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Thesis (MBA (Business Management))--University of Stellenbosch, 2007.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: We critically assess the successes and failures of the economic phenomenon that is Black Economic Empowerment as represented by the Ownership Element of the Scorecard. We briefly evaluate the successes and failures of the first wave of BEE deals on the JSE and through the use of contemporary observations of this phenomenon as reported on by the media, we make the key assumption that these media reports are an unbiased account of the phenomenon. We critically assess the current status of BEE and find that progress has been made in terms of black ownership on the JSE, as well as on the legislative front, through the introduction of a comprehensive standardised measurement framework. The progress has in the main been extremely slow and limited. We also find that whilst funding models have improved, the success of BEE deals is still to a large extent dependent on stellar performance of the Stock Exchange and generous dividend policies. Disappointingly we also find that the debate about what constitutes broad-base BEE continues unabated as most deals continue to fail to meet public expectations of broad-base empowerment and equitable equity participation by all BEE deal beneficiaries.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie studie bied 'n kritiese evaluering van die suksesse en mislukkings van die ekonomiese verskynsel genaamd swart ekonomiese bemagtiging (SEB) aan die hand van die eienaarskapelement van die telkaart. Die eerste vlaag SEB-transaksies op die Johannesburgse Effektebeurs (JEB) word kortliks beoordeel, waarna die media se eietydse waarnemings oor hierdie verskynsel tot die sleutelaanname lei dat sodanige mediaberigte 'n onbevooroordeelde weergawe van die stand van swart ekonomiese bemagtiging is. Die studie bied 'n kritiese beskouing van die huidige status van SEB, en dat daar wél vordering gemaak is met betrekking tot swart eienaarskap op die JEB, sowel as op wetgewende gebied deur die instelling van 'n omvattende, gestandaardiseerde metingsraamwerk. Vordering was egter tot op hede merendeels uiters stadig en beperk. Die studie bevind ook dat hoewel finansieringsmodelle verbeter het, die sukses van SEB-transaksies steeds in 'n groot mate van 'n goeie vertoning op die effektebeurs en ruimhartige dividendbeleid afhang. 'n Teleurstellende bevinding is dat die debat oor die werklike betekenis van breedgebaseerde SEB onverpoos voortduur namate die meeste transaksies versuim om aan die openbare verwagting van breedgebaseerde bemagtiging en gelyke aandeelhouding deur alle SEB-transaksiebegunstigdes te voldoen.
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Musemwa, Lovemore. "Economics of land reform models used in Mashonaland Central Province of Zimbabwe." Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/435.
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The land reform that has unfolded in Zimbabwe since 1980 used different models and had diverse consequences. Since the implementation of the fast tract land reform programme in 2000, Zimbabwe experienced heavy reduction in yield and output at farm level that led to a 70% shortfall in production to meet annual food requirements (Richardson, 2005). The economic crisis in Zimbabwe has been characterized by worsening food insecurity especially in the rural areas where harvests continue to be poor. In the beef sector, Zimbabwe has failed to meet its export quota to the EU. The shortfall in production to meet annual food requirements shows a very grim situation but do not tell us about the performance of resettled farmers who now occupy much of the productive land. The broad objective of the study was to determine and compare the production efficiency of resettled farmers in Zimbabwe across land reform models. In addition, the study determined land use intensity. The study was conducted in the Mashonaland Central Province of Zimbabwe mainly because a wide variety of field crops were grown by resettled farmers. The respondents were stratified into three groups. These were: beneficiaries of land reform before 2000 (resettle scheme), fast track A1 model and fast track A2 model. The three models differ on how they were implemented and supported and this might result in different efficiencies of the models. A total of 245 copies structured questionnaire were administered on the resettled farmers from June to September 2010. Descriptive statistics was applied to the basic characteristics of the sampled households. The effect of model of land reform, gender of the household head, marital status, age of the household head, education, household size, religion, dependence ratio, whether the farmer was fulltime or part-time in farming, experience of the farmers in farming at that environment, total land size owned by the farmers and soil type on revenue per hectare and land use rate were determined using the GLM procedure of SAS (2003). Significance differences between least-square group means were compared using the PDIFF test of SAS (2003). The relationship between Revenue and land utilization was examined using the Pearson‟s correlations analysis. Dependance between response variables that had an effect on either revenue per hectare or land utilization with all the other response variables was tested using the Chi-square test for dependance. To find the effect of arable land used and herd size on revenue per hectare and land use the RSREG Procedure of SAS (2003) was used. Input oriented DEA model under the assumption of constant return to scale was used to estimate efficiency in this study. To identify factors that influence efficiency, a Tobit model censored at zero was selected. The mean land use rate varied significantly (p<0.05) with the land reform model with A2 having highest land use rate of 67%. The A1 and old resettlement households had land use rates of 53% and 46%, respectively. Sex, marital status, age of the household head, education and household size significantly affected land use (P<0.05). Revenue per hectare was not affected by any the factors that were inputted in the model. Results from the DEA approach showed that A2 farmers (large land owners) had an average technical efficiency score of 0.839, while the lowest ranking model (A1) had an average score of 0.618. Small land holders (A1 and the old resettled farmers) are on average less cost-efficient than large land owners, with a score of 0.29 for the former compared with 0.45 for the latter. From the factors that were entered in the Tobit model, age of household head, excellent production knowledge and farmer status affected technical efficiency whereas allocative efficiency was only affected by good production knowledge, farm size, arable land owned and area under cultivation. Factors which affected economic efficiency of the resettled farmers are secondary education, household size, farm size, cultivated area and arable land owned. None of the included socio-economic variables has significant effects on the allocative and economic efficiency of the resettled farmers. Thus, the allocative and economic inefficiencies of the farmers might be accounted for by other natural and environmental factors which were not captured in the model.
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Venero, Espinoza Willy Hernando. "Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth? Some reflections around the effects of international cooperation as an instrument to promote economic development." Derecho & Sociedad, 2017. http://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index/handle/123456789/119050.
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The effects of foreign aid in the process of economic growth in developing countries is a subject of intense debate. While its favorable effects in the struggle with poverty are undeniable, its determining factor for economic development has positions in favor and against. This article presents a review of the literature on foreign aid, focusing on the fundamental aspects to facilitate its analysis. Other aspects that are addressed are the main arguments used to support the granting and receiving of foreign aid towards a developing country, as well as those arguments that criticize its suitability. The final part includes some conclusions about the presented arguments.Los efectos de la cooperación internacional en el proceso de crecimiento económico de los países en desarrollo es un tema de intenso debate. Si bien sus efectos favorables en la lucha contra la pobreza resultan innegables, su condición de factor determinante para el desarrollo económico tiene posiciones a favor y en contra. En este artículo se hace una revisión de la literatura sobre la cooperación internacional, concentrándose en los factores fundamentales para facilitar su análisis. Otro aspecto tratado son los principales argumentos utilizados para respaldar el otorgamiento y recepción de cooperación internacional hacia un país en desarrollo, así como aquellos argumentos que critican su conveniencia. La parte final incluye algunas conclusiones sobre los argumentos expuestos.
Books on the topic "Economic beneficiaries"
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Weaver, David A. The economic well-being of Social Security beneficiaries, with an emphasis on divorced beneficiaries. Washington, D.C: U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Resources, Social Security Administration, Office of Research, Evaluation and Statistics, 1997.
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Malhotra, V. K. Concurrent evaluation of I.R.D.P. beneficiaries in H.P. Shimla: Himachal Pradesh Institute of Public Administration, 1988.
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Groenland, Edward. Socio-economic well-being and behavioral reactions: A panel study of people drawing benefits from the Dutch National Social Security System. Tilburg, The Netherlands: Tilburg University Press, 1989.
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Lister, Ruth. Women's economic dependency and social security. Manchester: Equal Opportunities Commission, 1992.
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Leonesio, Michael Victor. Early retirees under Social Security: Health status and economic resources. Washington, D.C: Social Security Administration, Office of Research, Evaluation and Statistics, 2000.
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Malhotra, V. K. Socio-economic-cum-concurrent evaluation of I.R.D.P. beneficiaries in District Kinnaur, H.P. Shimla: Himachal Pradesh Institute of Public Administration, 1986.
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Malhotra, V. K. Socio-economic-cum-concurrent evaluation of I.R.D.P. beneficiaries in District Kinnaur, H.P. Shimla: Himachal Pradesh Institute of Public Administration, 1986.
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Aly, Götz. Hitler's beneficiaries: How the Nazis bought the German people. London: Verso, 2007.
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Aly, Götz. Hitler's beneficiaries: Plunder, racial war, and the Nazi welfare state. New York: Metropolitan, 2007.
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Niren, Choudhury, and Indo-Dutch Programme on Alternatives in Development., eds. From heroines to beneficiaries, from beneficiaries to heroines?: The impact of a small-scale irrigation project on gender in the West Bengal Terai. New Delhi: IDPAD, 2003.
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De Blasio, Giuseppe, Leopoldo Mondauto, and Maurizio Sorcioni. "Short-Time Work Scheme and Unemployment Insurance Program Beneficiaries: The Analysis of Employment Outcomes." In Public Debt, Global Governance and Economic Dynamism, 55–64. Milano: Springer Milan, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-5331-1_5.
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de Lavra Pinto, Michele. "Meanings of Poverty: An Ethnography of Bolsa Familia Beneficiaries in Rio de Janeiro/Brazil." In The Social Life of Economic Inequalities in Contemporary Latin America, 129–50. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61536-3_6.
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Chiaromonte, William, and Veronica Federico. "The Labour Market Needs Them, But We Don’t Want Them to Stay for Good: The Conundrum of Migrants, Refugees and Asylum Seekers’ Integration in Italy." In IMISCOE Research Series, 193–212. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-67284-3_10.
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AbstractItaly is a very complex case of migration management and of foreign workers’ integration in the labour market. Both have developed in the grip of structural national limits, due to the economic and social structure of the country, but also to its political culture and legal framework. Work is certainly among the most effective instruments for ensuring the effective integration of foreigners into the social fabric of the host country. However, the chapter discusses the many obstacles that hinder the full integration of foreigners into the Italian labour market, especially when they do not have a residence permit for work reasons but are beneficiaries of international and humanitarian protection. Since access to work for beneficiaries of international and humanitarian protection is still very complicated, there is a strong risk that the progressive reduction in the number of permits granted for work reasons and the simultaneous increase in the number of those granted for protection will slow down the process of integration through work. Furthermore, particularly long and complicated administrative recruitment procedures would require a comprehensive review of the legislation to become instruments of social and economic integration and not of marginalization. Against this backdrop, the chapter highlights how the law may abdicate from its empowering purpose to become a concrete barrier for the full enjoyment of newcomers fundamental rights.
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Kanellopoulos, Kostas, Christina Karakioulafi, Pinelopi Alexandropoulou, and Giorgos Soros. "Transnational Solidarity Organisations in Contemporary Greek Civil Society: Vibrant, Multifarious and Politicised." In Transnational Solidarity in Times of Crises, 33–60. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49659-3_2.
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Abstract Based on interviews conducted with groups working in the fields of migration, disabilities and unemployment, this chapter offers insights into Greek civil society as it has emerged and developed during the economic and refugee crises. The findings of these interviews also testify to a vibrant pre-crises Greek civil society, which has become even more multifarious and politicised. The newly imposed grievances as the backdrop of a deteriorating political framework led to the growth of the organisational field (more volunteers and new groups) and more voices in regard to issues and demands. It seems that active participation in solidarity activities beyond the provision of help to beneficiaries has become a means in itself for one part of Greek society in its efforts to overcome and recover from the dual economic and migration crisis.
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Yakeu Djiam, Serge Eric. "Evaluation’s Role in Development Projects: Boosting Energy Efficiency in a Traditional Industry in Chad." In Transformational Change for People and the Planet, 145–57. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78853-7_10.
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AbstractThis chapter illustrates the critical importance of evaluation in development projects. It explores the relevance, processes, and specifics of a project to introduce energy-efficient cook stoves in two traditional industries in Chad. Although Chad benefits from great solar potential given its location and being a Sahelian country, biomass accounted for 94% of the primary energy supply in 2008, and only 2.2% of Chadian households have access to electricity. The beer brewing and meat grilling sectors in particular use enormous quantities of limited and expensive firewood. Locally developed energy-efficient stoves for the two targeted sectors were available, but those technologies had not been commercialized and disseminated into the Chadian market. The project aimed to overcome issues of technology, financing, dissemination, resistance to change, and awareness to introduce and establish use of energy-efficient stoves in micro-scale food processing to achieve environmental and economic benefits, discussing the effectiveness of models introduced and adopted by project beneficiaries with related training. This chapter considers issues related to the project’s financing and sustainability and concludes with lessons provided by the evaluation, including engagement with targeted beneficiaries, awareness of local context, and consideration of size and scale for a demonstration project that can be scaled up in future programs.
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Jena, Artta Bandhu, and Debadutta Nayak. "Impact of Odisha Gramya Bankon Socio-economic Development of Beneficiaries: A Case Study of Balasore and Bhadrak District of Odisha." In Biologically Inspired Techniques in Many Criteria Decision Making, 441–65. Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-8739-6_40.
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Tramountanis, Angelo. "Pathways to Integration and Dis-integration: An Assessment of the Greek Immigration Policy for the Inclusion of Immigrants, Applicants and Beneficiaries of International Protection." In IMISCOE Research Series, 263–82. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-11574-5_13.
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AbstractWith the unveiling of the 2019 National Strategy for Integration, Greece entered its third decade as a host country for immigrants, applicants and beneficiaries of international protection. Even though inflows of immigrants are recorded since the early 1990s, it took more than a decade for the issue of immigrant integration to be raised in the political agenda. This contribution provides for an assessment of the past 30 years, in terms of analysing the evolving legal and policy framework. In addition, it evaluates the proposed and implemented measures that aimed into facilitating immigrant integration. Historically, the 1991–2000 period was characterised by a repressive approach towards immigration and strict control measures, without any provisions for integration. During the years that followed (2001–2008), the first comprehensive immigration laws were presented, as did two Actions Plans on the social integration of immigrants. The 2008–2015 period was marked by the severe economic crisis that affected Greece, and resulted in dis-integrating part of the immigrant population. Finally, the current period is defined by the long-lasting effects of the 2015–2016 refugee crisis. As such, the latest in a long series of National Strategies for Integration was unveiled, while the HELIOS programme was launched, aiming to facilitate the integration of beneficiaries of international protection. Summarising, this chapter argues that even though lip service is paid to the concept of immigrant integration, a coherent and proactive policy for immigrants’ integration in the Greek society was almost never a Greek state’s priority.
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Capsada-Munsech, Queralt, Ralph Chan, Jenni Tikkanen, and Oscar Valiente. "Institutional, Economic-Material, and Discursive Opportunity Structures Influencing Support and Guidance Policies for Young People in Austria, Finland, and Scotland." In Landscapes of Lifelong Learning Policies across Europe, 117–42. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-96454-2_6.
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AbstractWe analyse the influence of institutional, economic-material and discursive opportunity structures on the objectives (i.e., explicit goals) and orientations (i.e., interests, ideas) of LLL policies supporting young people in their transition from education to the labour market. We focus on the influence of opportunity structures at the regional level, where these policies are enacted. Based on interviews with national and regional stakeholders, our findings show that the three types of opportunity structures influence LLL policy objectives and orientations and, subsequently, the educational and early labour market trajectories of their beneficiaries. First, we discuss how a variety of national skills formation regimes influence policy objectives at the regional level. Second, we analyse how the (mis)match between the regional supply and demand for skills brings the effectiveness of LLL policies objectives into question. Third, we discuss how the orientations of LLL policies (in)directly influence young people’s educational and employment trajectories. Our findings suggest that LLL policies targeting young adults to support them in their transition from education to employment must consider the influence of these three opportunity structures at the regional level. LLL policies might be nationally designed and promoted, but they need to consider cross-regional differences to ensure their effectiveness and suitability.
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Grünewald, Aline. "Between Aspiration and Reality: The Effect of the French Colonial Legacy on Old-Age Pension Coverage in Africa." In International Impacts on Social Policy, 105–18. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-86645-7_9.
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AbstractWhen implementing their first old-age pensions after independence, all former French colonies opted for a social insurance design, following the role model of their colonial power (Schmitt, Social Security Development and the Colonial Legacy. World Development 70: 2015, 332–342). But to what extent did the French colonial legacy also affect other dimensions of old-age protection programmes in Africa? This chapter shows that most Francophone African countries used the broad definition of a wage worker enshrined in the colonial “Labour Code for Overseas Territories” from 1952 to define the group of pension beneficiaries. This definition was especially chosen in aspiration of industrialisation. However, it did not correspond with the socio-economic reality of most of these countries. Still today, the number of wage workers in former French colonies is low, hampering a broader coverage of pension systems.
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Singh, Archana. "Creating Values for the Beneficiaries: Interplay of Opportunity Recognition, Resource Mobilisation (Resourcefulness) and Capabilities of Social Entrepreneurs." In Contributions to Economics, 173–202. New Delhi: Springer India, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2827-1_9.
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Zuo, Xiangbin. "Thoughts on the Provisions of Beneficiaries in China’s Insurance Law." In 5th International Conference on Social Sciences and Economic Development (ICSSED 2020). Paris, France: Atlantis Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200331.020.
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Rua, Sandra. "Estrategias de marketing territorial aplicadas a un gran proyecto urbano desde la perspectiva de sus actores: el caso de Puerto Madero en Buenos Aires." In Seminario Internacional de Investigación en Urbanismo. Barcelona: Facultad de Arquitectura. Universidad de la República, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.5821/siiu.6168.
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La revitalización económica-social y territorial de Puerto Madero (antiguo puerto de Buenos Aires), produjo nuevas geografías socio-económicas sustentadas en la construcción de una nueva imagen de ciudad, que redefinió el “sentido del lugar” y tiñó al área de nuevos significados.
Las estrategias de marketing territorial potenciaron la reactivación de un mercado de suelo (uno de los más importante) que se encontraba inmóvil.
Este artículo indaga sobre cuáles han sido las estrategias de marketing territorial aplicadas en un gran proyecto urbano (GPU) como es Puerto Madero, desde la mirada de los Actores intervinientes (constructores y beneficiarios/usuarios del proyecto), con el objetivo de la reconversión económica de un área. The economic-social and territorial revitalization of Puerto Madero (the old port of Buenos Aires), produced new socio-economic geographies supported by the construction of a new image of the city, which redefined the "sense of place" and dyed the area of new meanings.
Territorial marketing strategies enhanced the revival of a land market (one of the most important) that was motionless.
This article explores what were the territorial marketing strategies applied in a large urban project (GPU) as Puerto Madero, from the perspective of the participants Actors (builders and beneficiaries / users of the project), with the objective of economic restructuring the area.
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Molna´r, Pavol. "Experiences With Advanced Pedagogical Approaches at Slovak Universities." In ASME 2008 9th Biennial Conference on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis. ASMEDC, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/esda2008-59581.
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• Blended learning (face-to-face and online learning) as basic component in creating the right environment for professional language learning. • Experience with Leonardo da Vinci Project REDILEM and the exploitation of its social and economic benefits for learners, existing and perspective entrepreneurs, managers and other beneficiaries. • Distance learning — the most important possibility of improving access to continuous vocational training and lifelong education in regions. • Advantages and some obstacles in distance (e-learning) education.
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Žítek, Vladimír, and Tereza Lelková. "Poptávková inovační politika: Podpora elektromobility v českých regionech." In XXIV. mezinárodního kolokvia o regionálních vědách. Brno: Masaryk University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.5817/cz.muni.p210-9896-2021-1.
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Innovation policy strives to support the creation and dissemination of innovation. For this purpose, it mainly uses tools that stimulate innovation supply, but in recent years, it has also increasingly implemented demand-oriented tools such as public procurement, support for private demand and regulation. The innovation policy defined in this way pursues not only economic goals but also the fulfillment of various societal challenges. Therefore, it is often associated with the promotion of environmental innovations that lead to green growth and climate change mitigation. In this context, electromobility is significantly promoted in European countries. The aim of the paper is to demonstrate the possibilities of linking cohesion policy and demand-side innovation policy, and to analyse the practical implementation of such a policy in the Czech regions. The analysis incorporates 519 projects supported through the Low Carbon Technologies programme within the OP EIC 2014-2020. More than 50% of projects were implemented in the three most populated regions, namely the South Moravian, Central Bohemian and Moravia-Silesian regions. These regions also accounted for more than half of the EU subsidy. The most frequent beneficiaries by legal form were micro and small enterprises. A significant group also consists of self-employed persons, which represented 21.8 % of beneficiaries.
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Kauranena, Sandra, Dina Bite, and Zenija Kruzmetra. "Sustainable project management: case of culture projects in Zemgale planning region." In 21st International Scientific Conference "Economic Science for Rural Development 2020". Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies. Faculty of Economics and Social Development, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.22616/esrd.2020.54.019.
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Adherence to the principles of sustainability in the acquisition of different funds and financial instruments is one of the basic conditions for obtaining funding. In the field of cultural project management, sustainability is more difficult to assess because the concept of culture is multifaceted and not always quantifiable. Identifying and promoting the sustainability of the results of cultural projects outside large cities and in rural areas is particularly important, as each project implemented should serve the growth and cultural development of the area. Unfortunately, the lack of research on this issue proves the need to invest a great deal in identifying and analysing the situation. There is a lack of studies analysing the contribution of cultural projects to the development of regional territories and their long-term benefits. To do this, the research set a goal: to study the practice of ensuring sustainability of results of cultural projects in Zemgale planning region, Latvia. The research used quantitative and qualitative research methods - content analysis of Zemgale Planning Region municipal websites, document research and analysis of Zemgale Planning Region (state institution), as well as semi-structured interviews. The study reveals certain practices that municipal authorities are pursuing to ensure the sustainability of cultural projects, such as linking different activities, using the 'project basket' principle etc., but overall it has to be concluded that sustainable cultural project management still needs to be expanded and improved. There is often a lack of links and feedback between project applicants and final beneficiaries. There are no clear indicators to measure sustainability. New approaches need to be found not only to learn how to integrate sustainability principles into project management, but also to introduce a set of convenient and practical steps to make the desirable sustainability scenario described in theory a common practice in cultural project management.
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"ALTERNATIVE ECONOMIC INDICATOR BASED ON ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION: APPROACH BASED ON THE FINANCIAL BEHAVIOR OF BENEFICIARIES OF SINGLE REGISTRY FOR BRAZILIAN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SOCIAL PROGRAMS (CADÚNICO)." In International Conferences on: Internet Technologies & Society (ITS 2021), Applied Management Advances in the 21st Century (AMA21 2021) and Sustainability, Technology and Education (STE 2021). IADIS Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.33965/itsamaste2021_202111l014.
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Triboi, Vasile, and Natalia Nastas. "The Fight against Corruption in Sport: International and National Experience." In World Lumen Congress 2021, May 26-30, 2021, Iasi, Romania. LUMEN Publishing House, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.18662/wlc2021/68.
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Corruption is a particularly dangerous scourge, which encompasses the whole of society, all spheres of human activity, and by virtue of this, it also encompasses education, whether we want to recognize it or not. Corruption flourishes in times of great social unrest, in times of crisis that societies are going through, especially in the period of transition from a totalitarian regime to a democratic society. The factor generating corruption is the socio-economic crisis, having as causes: weakening of state authority, degradation of living standards, altered moral judgment, lack of effective control levers, diminished public confidence in institutions and social values, non-adaptation of legislation to economic and social conditions and so on Sport is one of the largest businesses in the world, being influenced and influencing in turn both financial and political interests. Every year, millions of dollars and Euros circulate in this area, most of the transactions and agreements taking place behind closed doors, in order to keep any possible advantage over the competition. This fierce competitiveness, together with the lack of transparency, makes the sports field extremely vulnerable to corruption acts. Summarizing the results of our study, we can conclude: the fight against corruption is an opportunity for beneficiary institutions, which can strengthen and improve their systems for preventing and combating corruption and money laundering and asset recovery, by reference to worldwide first-class practices and standards. Following intense consultations with all beneficiaries in the Republic of Moldova: Minister of Education, Culture and Research, National Olympic and Sports Committee, Paralympics’ Committee, Sports Federations and other structures in the country, in order to ensure effective support in the field of physical culture and sports. The direct relations with the interested actors contribute to the creation of a positive framework, which will favour the general success of the future activities that will take place in obtaining the expected results.
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Zlatanović, Dejana, Bojana Tošić, and Jelena Nikolić. "Specifics of Corporate Social Responsibility in the Financial Sector." In 27th International Scientific Conference Strategic Management and Decision Support Systems in Strategic Management. University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Economics in Subotica, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.46541/978-86-7233-406-7_214.
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The relevance of corporate social responsibility (CSR) for sustainable development is indisputable, especially in the current circumstances of the global pandemic. The pandemic circumstances, as well as the resulting crisis, have caused a change in the way corporations and other organizations achieve their economic, social and environmental goals. Therefore, the role that organizations must play in society, as well as their commitment to broader societal goals, is changing. Corporate social responsibility is becoming an integral part of the corporate philosophy and provides a framework for establishing long-term relationships with key stakeholders which is one of the main prerequisites for the survival and development of organizations. This further implies the growing importance of sustainable development and corporate social responsibility (CSR), which indicates the need for organizations to adopt socially responsible strategies and to balance between profit and the common good in order to survive in the long term. Although the importance of CSR is recognized in various business sectors, socially responsible activities are particularly important for the financial sector, as it is one of the key factors of economic development. The financial sector should be one of the pillars of the CSR development, as well as to define guidelines for other organizations striving to improve socially responsible behavior, through the development of a strategy based on building reputation and commitment to beneficiaries as primary and indispensable parts of successful business. Consequently, CSR in the financial sector is a relevant research area, given the large number of different stakeholders affected by the activities of financial institutions, whether owners, employees or beneficiaries. Despite the large number of studies in the field of corporate social responsibility, a relatively small number of studies deal with the characteristics of corporate social responsibility in financial institutions. This indicates an appropriate research gap that we seek to overcome with this research. The subject of research in this paper is the specifics of corporate social responsibility in the financial sector and the implementation of appropriate socially responsible activities. The aim is to identify how employees in the financial sector perceive corporate social responsibility in general, and in the financial sector of the Republic of Serbia in particular. An empirical research was conducted in financial institutions in the Republic of Serbia, which included 113 employees in banks and insurance companies. We used an adapted questionnaire on corporate social responsibility, which enabled attitudes of employees about the implementation of appropriate socially responsible activities. The results of descriptive statistical analysis showed that employees perceive that financial institutions are generally socially responsible. Actually, the results indicate that banks and insurance companies in the Republic of Serbia recognize CSR as a strategic and legal determinant of business success and strive to raise awareness of its employees about its importance, including it in their policies and practices which is very important because it lays the foundation for building and developing corporate social responsibility. At the same time, the results showed that statistically significant differences in the perceptions of employees are identified regarding gender, level of education and organization's activity, i.e. between employees in banks and insurance companies.
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RAKOWSKA, Joanna, and Jarosław GOŁĘBIEWSKI. "EU REGIONAL POLICY SUPPORT FOR BIOENERGY SECTOR IN POLAND IN 2007-2013 (2015)." In RURAL DEVELOPMENT. Aleksandras Stulginskis University, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.15544/rd.2017.196.
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The EU faces increasing climate, social and economic challenges resulting among others from the negative effects of using fossil fuels. Bioeconomy with its flagship bioenergy sub-sector is meant the key remedy for this situation. That is why the growth of bioenergy production has been promoted and supported in EU financial perspective of 2007-2013 by allocating regional policy funds to strengthen bioenergy sub-sector under operational programs in eligible member states. As Poland has increasing needs to develop bioenergy sector and has been the biggest beneficiary of EU regional policy funds the aim of the paper was to investigate on the main effects of investments in bioenergy sub-sector under operational programmes 2007-2013. The study was based on SIMIK data from the Ministry of Regional Development as of December 31, 2015 and Local Data Bank of the Central Statistical Office of Poland. Qualitative and quantitative analysis show that beneficiaries carried out 80 bioenergy projects of 1442,8 mln PLN total value, including 30,4% EU co-funding under Operational Programme Infrastructure and Environment and 14 Regional Operational Programmes. These bioenergy investments resulted mainly in construction and modernization of biomass power plants, of which nearly 50% where agricultural ones as well as in constructing new and expanding already existing biomass-based heating systems in public institutions. Findings show big regional differentiation of the bioenergy investments: from none in mazovieckie (the biggest NUTS 2 in Poland) and opolskie to cumulation of nearly 33% of bioenergy projects under OPs 2007-2013 in warmińsko-mazurskie. EU co-funding for individual projects ranged from 15% to 85%, however for nearly half of them it was higher than 45%, conditioning realization of the projects fully. Concluding, EU funding was a significant source of financial support for bioenergy sub-sector in Poland, resulting in developing it especially in warmińsko-mazurskie voivodship.
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Swanson, David, and Jeffrey T. Fong. "A High-Risk High-Reward Approach to Public-Private Collaborative Research in Predictive Modeling and Control of Complex Systems." In ASME 2011 Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference. ASMEDC, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/pvp2011-57712.
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In this paper, we propose an approach to public-private collaborative research in predictive modeling and control of complex engineered systems. Society depends intimately on complex systems. The behavior of a simple system can be modeled and the model can be validated by experimental observations, if the behavior of each component and its interface with other components are known and well-defined. In contrast, a complex system cannot be modeled accurately enough to effectively predict and control the behaviors of the overall system. One example of an engineered complex system network (CSN) is the electricity power grid, which encompasses power generation, transmission, distribution, and consumption, as one giant system that includes electric generators, transformers, substation switchyards, transmission lines, consumer devices, and a multitude of new evolving components. The electricity power grid depends on other complex systems, e.g., climate systems that govern wind current for wind turbines, river water levels for thermoelectric cooling, and economic systems for service demand, pricing, revenue collection, and for business capital supply. Operational robustness, reliability, and efficiency of CSN’s are in the interest of all the subsystem owners, end users, and the public welfare of the nation. Conundrum? Who is responsible for the overall CSN’s operational robustness, reliability and efficiency, when so many parts of the system reside in so many different hands with the ultimate beneficiaries of the systems being the general public? Which entities are responsible for funding critical high-risk research, whose ultimate benefits do not reside with any one subset of stakeholders? These questions characterize the challenge of sourcing R&D funds that can be focused on modeling, understanding, and management of CSNs in general. To address such needs for innovative collaborative research, Congress established the Technology Innovation Program (TIP) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) as part of the 2007 America COMPETES Act. Its purpose is to “assist United States businesses and institutions of higher education or other organizations, such as national laboratories and nonprofit research institutions, to support, promote, and accelerate innovation in the United States through high-risk, high-reward research in areas of critical national need.” Ongoing efforts by TIP to identify and qualify societal challenges in the critical national need area of Complex System Networks are introduced.
Reports on the topic "Economic beneficiaries"
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Bolton, Laura. Effectiveness of Sustainable Marine Economy Interventions. Institute of Development Studies (IDS), July 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/k4d.2021.128.
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Large development intervention programmes termed ‘marine economy’ or ‘blue economy’ are in their early stages and do not yet have results on effectiveness. Reports on the effectiveness of activities which could be considered under the blue economy umbrella were identified although more general reports of success than specific evidence. The World Bank programme, Problue, is a multi-donor trust fund aiming to achieve sustainable economic development in healthy oceans. The latest annual review of the programme lists achievements in terms of number of activities, proposals accepted, and beneficiaries. Effectiveness outcomes were not yet available. Progress has been made in developing frameworks and tools to assist governments to develop roadmaps. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is undertaking a large number of activities in support of sustainable ocean economies which are also in early stages.
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Carter, Becky. Inclusion in Crisis Response, Recovery and Resilience. Institute of Development Studies (IDS), May 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/k4d.2021.079.
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This rapid review provides examples of what has worked to include people in humanitarian assistance who experience heightened vulnerability during crises, due to social inequalities and discrimination relating to gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, and sex characteristics; and religious belief . Overall, robust evidence is limited for what are, in most cases, relatively new areas of practice in challenging crisis situations. However, the literature does identify promising practices. Emerging themes from the research on what has potential for improving inclusion in humanitarian assistance include: affected people’s meaningful participation in intervention planning and design; whole-of-community approaches while maintaining accountability to the targeted beneficiaries; multi-component approaches combining complementary strategies (e.g. economic empowerment with social norms change programming); longer-term, pre-crisis investment in relationships with, and capacity building of, local organisations; and disaggregating data and undertaking intersectional analyses to include those hardest to reach.
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Tschunkert, Kristina. Improving the Prospects for Peace in Nigeria: Spotlight on Cash-based Transfers. Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, September 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.55163/vazh6304.
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This report aims to provide a better understanding of how the World Food Programme’s (WFP) cash-based transfer (CBT) interventions in Nigeria make peace contributions and looks at how these contributions could be further enhanced. The findings are based on a desk review of programme documents and in-depth interviews with various stakeholders and project site visits by locally-based researchers across the three states in North-East Nigeria: Borno, Adamawa and Yobe. Additionally, relevant questions were added to the WFP Food Security Outcome Monitoring (FSOM) survey with intended beneficiaries. The findings suggest that WFP’s CBT interventions in Nigeria contribute to improving the prospects for peace through more inclusive economic development, by enhancing social relations through the process of reciprocity and by strengthening people’s resilience to shocks, including through improved financial inclusion. The report provides provides 12 recommendations on how WFP’s contributions to peace in Nigeria could be further enhanced. This report is the second in a series of three. The series is part of phase II of the SIPRI–WFP knowledge partnership and investigates WFP's contributions to improving the prospects for peace in Nigeria. The Nigeria case study research focuses on three thematic areas: stabilization, cash-based transfers (CBTs) and measurement.
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Cejudo, Guillermo, Cynthia L. Michel, and Diana L. Ramírez. Inventario y caracterización de los programas de apoyo al ingreso en América Latina y el Caribe frente a COVID-19. Inter-American Development Bank, November 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0003840.
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La pandemia por COVID-19 exigió una respuesta ágil y masiva de los gobiernos. En América Latina y el Caribe (ALC), los efectos en la salud y la economía fueron de gran magnitud por las condiciones de desigualdad, informalidad y vulnerabilidad ya existentes. En este documento se analizan los programas implementados en 33 países para apoyar el ingreso de las poblaciones vulnerables debido a las consecuencias económicas del confinamiento y la reducción de la actividad productiva. Se identificaron 199 programas de apoyo al ingreso, anunciados hasta el 11 de marzo de 2021. La mayor parte de las intervenciones implementadas fueron transferencias monetarias, seguidas de subsidios a salarios y vouchers. El análisis incluye comparaciones sobre el tipo de respuesta (nueva o expansión), su cobertura, el monto de las transferencias y el uso de la información para identificar a personas beneficiarias y entregar los apoyos.
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Garcimartín, Carlos, Carolina Freire, and Jhonatan Astudillo. Impacto social de la pandemia del Covid-19 en Panamá y análisis de eficiencia de los programas de transferencias monetarias. Inter-American Development Bank, July 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0003367.
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El primer objetivo de este documento es realizar una estimación del impacto de la crisis de la COVID-19 sobre la pobreza y la desigualdad en Panamá basada en la Encuesta de Mercado Laboral de 2020. Según estas estimaciones, en comparación con 2019, la pobreza general habría aumentado 12,5 puntos y la extrema 6,8. Estos resultados, no obstante, reflejan una suerte de fotografía del momento en que se hizo la encuesta (entre septiembre y octubre de 2020), por lo que a medida que la economía continúe reactivándose estas cifras bajarán. El segundo objetivo es evaluar la contribución a la reducción de la pobreza de los principales programas de transferencias monetarias condicionadas con que cuenta Panamá. Dado que el objetivo de este análisis es de carácter estructural, hemos optado por realizarlo para 2019, evitando la especial coyuntura de 2020. Nuestras estimaciones sugieren que, pese a los avances logrados, el impacto de estos programas en la reducción de la pobreza es relativamente modesto, aunque mayor en cuanto a la brecha de pobreza. Las razones son diversas y, entre ellas, se encuentra su baja cobertura y elevada filtración. Ahora bien, cabe subrayar que conseguir una perfecta focalización podría reducir aún menos la pobreza. En parte, ello se debe a que el proxy actualmente utilizado para determinar la elegibilidad de los beneficiarios a los programas está desactualizado, de manera que un porcentaje relativamente alto de los beneficiarios “filtrados”, aunque no son pobres o pobres extremos según dicho proxy, sí lo son en términos de pobreza monetaria. Esto pone de manifiesto: 1) la disociación que se ha generado con el paso del tiempo entre la pobreza monetaria y la definida por el proxy; 2) lo necesario de avanzar en la implementación del nuevo proxy que ya tiene el país; 3) la importancia de realizar actualizaciones periódicas de los proxys; y 4) lo importante de seguir mejorando en la adecuada certificación de los receptores de los programas.
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Gordon, Eleanor, and Briony Jones. Building Success in Development and Peacebuilding by Caring for Carers: A Guide to Research, Policy and Practice to Ensure Effective, Inclusive and Responsive Interventions. University of Warwick Press, April 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.31273/978-1-911675-00-6.
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The experiences and marginalisation of international organisation employees with caring responsibilities has a direct negative impact on the type of security and justice being built in conflict-affected environments. This is in large part because international organisations fail to respond to the needs of those with caring responsibilities, which leads to their early departure from the field, and negatively affects their work while in post. In this toolkit we describe this problem, the exacerbating factors, and challenges to overcoming it. We offer a theory of change demonstrating how caring for carers can both improve the working conditions of employees of international organisations as well as the effectiveness, inclusivity and responsiveness of peace and justice interventions. This is important because it raises awareness among employers in the sector of the severity of the problem and its consequences. We also offer a guide for employers for how to take the caring responsibilities of their employees into account when developing human resource policies and practices, designing working conditions and planning interventions. Finally, we underscore the importance of conducting research on the gendered impacts of the marginalisation of employees with caring responsibilities, not least because of the breadth and depth of resultant individual, organisational and sectoral harms. In this regard, we also draw attention to the way in which gender stereotypes and gender biases not only inform and undermine peacebuilding efforts, but also permeate research in this field. Our toolkit is aimed at international organisation employees, employers and human resources personnel, as well as students and scholars of peacebuilding and international development. We see these communities of knowledge and action as overlapping, with insights to be brought to bear as well as challenges to be overcome in this area. The content of the toolkit is equally relevant across these knowledge communities as well as between different specialisms and disciplines. Peacebuilding and development draw in experts from economics, politics, anthropology, sociology and law, to name but a few. The authors of this toolkit have come together from gender studies, political science, and development studies to develop a theory of change informed by interdisciplinary insights. We hope, therefore, that this toolkit will be useful to an inclusive and interdisciplinary set of knowledge communities. Our core argument - that caring for carers benefits the individual, the sectors, and the intended beneficiaries of interventions - is relevant for students, researchers, policy makers and practitioners alike.