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Journal articles on the topic "Public welfare administration":

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Brannon, Diane. "Decision Making in Public Welfare:." Administration in Social Work 9, no. 1 (February 4, 1985): 23–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/j147v09n01_03.

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Ahn, Young-Ki. "A Study on Amended Old-Age Welfare Law." Korean Journal of Policy Studies 5 (December 31, 1990): 105–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.52372/kjps05007.

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Owing to rapid industrialization, urbanization and improvement of living standard as well as the development of medical facilities, the average life span of the Korean people recorded 68 years in 1985. It has been lengthened conspicuously and it is expected that it will continue to increase to 72.6 years in the twenty-first century. By the end of 1987, the population of those who were 65 or more was 1,845,000 persons or 4.4% of the total population, but it is expected to increase to 2,972,000 persons or 6.2% of the total population by the decade of 2000s, making it the era of the aged. With no sufficient measures to accommodate such necessities of the forthcoming period of the aged, it brings numerous discrepancies in meeting impending needs for welfare on various social levels. Negligence in preparing for increasing population of the aged has caused complicated social problems in this country, as we had seen in other industrialized countries.
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Kyoung Don, Park. "The Efficiency in Welfare Expenditure and Economic Growth." Korean Journal of Policy Studies 26, no. 3 (December 31, 2011): 129–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.52372/kjps26308.

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This paper analyzes the various arguments that support or oppose expansion in social welfare spending. A critical concern is the fear that as welfare expenditure increases, at some point, economic development will decrease. However, increased welfare investment is essential for achieving a welfare state to ensure the optimal growth of the economy and social welfare. OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) countries with a particular welfare regime that efficiently invests welfare spending are regarded as a reference for Korea. In consideration of the environmental factors in each nation, the relative efficiency Level of welfare spending is calculated with panel data. It is evident that Korea`s investment in social welfare from 2003 to 2007 was inefficient. One way to achieve an appropriate balance between social welfare and economic growth is to lessen the inefficiency of welfare investment.
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Reed, Christine M., John Clarke, and Janet Newman. "Managerialism and Social Welfare: A Challenge to Public Administration." Public Administration Review 59, no. 3 (May 1999): 263. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3109955.

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Erera, Irit P. "Role Ambiguity in Public Welfare Organizations." Administration in Social Work 13, no. 2 (May 24, 1989): 67–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/j147v13n02_05.

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Erera, Irit P. "Role Conflict Among Public Welfare Supervisors." Administration in Social Work 15, no. 4 (February 4, 1992): 35–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/j147v15n04_03.

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Cha, MaengJin. "The Strategic Planning of a Corporate Welfare System for Higher Productivity: Based on the Case Study of Korea Telecom." Korean Journal of Policy Studies 7 (December 31, 1992): 139–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.52372/kjps07009.

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The policy about the corporate welfare in Korea, since the economic development plan started from 1960, was focused on stabilizing the employee's livelihood and permitting only a few percentage increase annually. However, the corporate sector experienced considerable expansion of welfare needs in the latter half of the 1980s, which consequently became a burden to the corporates. This paper is prepared for the proper handling of the welfare problem each of the Korean corporates faces these days. In preparing this paper, the Japanese "synthetic welfare plan for employee's lifetime" was very helpful and many of the terms and contents of the plan were cited for the purposes of analysis and adaptability to Korea. The welfare plan proposed herein is designed in details so as to satisfy each employee generation's welfare needs and to provide the management of the corporate with the ability to control the overall welfare cost. With this new plan, we believe Korea Telecom would enhance the productivity of its labor force at the reasonable cost.
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Hong, Sa-Im. "A Study on the Reform of Social Security System for "Quality of Life"." Korean Journal of Policy Studies 10 (December 31, 1995): 251–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.52372/kjps10013.

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Recently, after the President's initiative action for "globalization of quality of life" by promulgating the ideal goal for coming 21th century, the Korean Government has established the 'National Welfare Planning Board' which has a historical duty to work out a long & medium-term blueprint for social security system in Korea. The matter of the promotion of national welfare is viewed as a difficult task to deal with, since it is very hard to tackle the matter by only a single government department, Ministry of Health & Welfare. Last year, with renaming the government department by Ministry of Health & Welfare, which was, in the past, named Ministry of Health & Social Affairs, the Government declared that the year of 1995 should be a launching year for advancing national health & welfare, in this respect, it has significant implications that 'National Welfare Planning Board' has been established, not in a sole department level but in the government inter-department level, and that the Board is co-headed by both the minister of Health & Welfare and the president of Korea Development Institute(KDI).
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Born, Catherine E., Pamela Caudill Ovwigho, and Melinda L. Cordero. "Returns to Welfare Under Welfare Reform." Administration in Social Work 26, no. 3 (October 3, 2002): 53–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/j147v26n03_04.

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Christof, Schiller, and Kuhnle Stein. "The Erosion of The Institutional Pillars of the German Sozialstaat." Korean Journal of Policy Studies 23, no. 1 (August 31, 2008): 73–103. http://dx.doi.org/10.52372/kjps23104.

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In scholarly literature, Germany often serves as a prime example of the conservative welfare state par excellence. Notwithstanding, a huge number of welfare reforms have been introduced since 1980, in particular during the last ten years. The article examines whether the institutional welfare elements attributed to Germany are still intact based on an analytical review of reforms in the areas of pensions, long-term care, and policies regarding families, the labor market, and health care. Have reforms been path-dependent adjustments, or are signs of transformative change evident? The conclusion is that the model conservative welfare state no longer exists, and that a new hybrid welfare state, combining elements from several types of welfare states, is developing. While we find substantial liberalization (of social risks) in most social policy areas, we also find extended state responsibility and more universalism (inspired by Scandinavian countries) in the area of family policy.
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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Public welfare administration":

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Quattlebaum, Reginald. "Welfare administration is welfare administration a critical analysis of welfare administration during the Governors Richard Thornburgh and Robert Casey periods /." Instructions for remote access. Click here to access this electronic resource. Access available to Kutztown University faculty, staff, and students only, 1991. http://www.kutztown.edu/library/services/remote_access.asp.

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Thesis (M.P.A.)--Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, 1991.
Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 45-06, page: 2957. Abstract precedes thesis as [3] preliminary leaves. Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 75-77).
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King, Kevin. "Three essays on understanding welfare reform." Diss., Connected to a 24 p. preview or request complete full text in PDF format. Access restricted to UC campuses, 2005. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ucsd/fullcit?p3187823.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, San Diego, 2005.
Title from first page of PDF file (viewed March 6, 2006). Available via ProQuest Digital Dissertations. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 127-129).
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Armato, Jessica A. "Welfare reform at the state level a study of state waivers during the first three years of the Clinton administration and other developments /." Instructions for remote access. Click here to access this electronic resource. Access available to Kutztown University faculty, staff, and students only, 2000. http://www.kutztown.edu/library/services/remote_access.asp.

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Thesis (M.P.A.)--Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, 2000.
Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 45-06, page: 2928. Typescript. Abstract precedes thesis as preliminary leaves. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 67-70).
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Barrasso, Graziella. "Neoconservatism, the welfare state, and aboriginals in Canada." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/6476.

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Li, Cheuk Ming. "Pareto optimality and beyond." Thesis, McGill University, 1985. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=72066.

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The problem of social choice is the central theme of this study. Our main objective is to prove the existence of a social welfare function in order to put to rest the doctrine of 'natural liberty.' We reject most of the recently suggested solutions to the problem on the basis that they are either incomplete or inconsistent. Our proposed social welfare function is along the utilitarian line. Ratio-scale interpersonal comparisons of cardinal utilities are used to prove its existence. If we are allowed to define utilitarianism more broadly, then our social welfare function will also be unique. Finally, the study argues strongly for more positive action on the part of the government to rectify social injustice.
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Chang, Siu-kuen. "Progress or retreat : a review on the proposed new subvention system /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1998. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B19711244.

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Wilson, Joseph 1968. "Consumer welfare and government regulation of telecommunications : lessons for Pakistan." Thesis, McGill University, 1996. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=28037.

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Governments started regulating the telecommunications industry, firstly, because the governments thought that the industry possessed the characteristics of what is generally known as 'natural monopoly' and, secondly, to protect the users of telephone services from potential abuses that are associated with the monopoly power. The governmental intervention went so far that, with the exception of few countries, virtually everywhere in the world telecommunications services were provided by the government departments of Post Telephone and Telegraph (PTT). However, with the technological advances made in the telecommunications industry, the industry can no longer be characterized as 'natural monopoly,' and, therefore, the primary rationale for regulating telecommunications industry is undermined. Despite the technological advancements and the move to deregulate telecommunications industry prevalent elsewhere in the world, some developing countries are adamant in maintaining their monopoly over the provision of telecommunications services. What was regulated to protect the consumers against the monopoly abuses is now regulated to extract monopoly profits from the consumers. This paper adopts the premise that whether governments regulate an industry, or deregulate it, or introduce competition in it, they should strictly adhere to the objective of governmental intervention, that is, consumer welfare.
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Sneddon, Nicola M. "Interest groups and policy-making the welfare state, 1942-1964 /." Thesis, Connect to e-thesis, 1999. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/922/.

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Banuelos, Alberto. "ABC County’s Welfare-to-Work (WTW) Program Participation Rate." ScholarWorks, 2020. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/7594.

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Welfare-to-work (WTW) programs are an essential part of societal assistance made available to families in need. In ABC County, CA, problems have been found with the implementation and success rates of their WTW program: Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF). Even with funds allotted for the program, ABC County has not been able to design a WTW program that meets the TANF program work participation requirement of 50% of active TANF recipients in a WTW activity. The purpose of this study was to address this need as it related to the TANF program specifically. A qualitative, exploratory, single case study was used to explore how TANF personnel interacted with TANF recipients and how that interaction influenced recipients’ decision to participate in this WTW program. Data was collected from 12 TANF workers using semi-structured interviews, observation sessions, and document reviews. The results of this study indicated that the most relevant strategies TANF eligibility staff could use when interacting with TANF recipients were: cultural sensitivity, motivating, providing information, and empathizing. Shortcomings that were identified and that still need to be addressed and improved upon were communication skills, a general lack of encouragement, judgmental behavior, and personal insecurities. In terms of TANF staff perceptions regarding their influence on client decisions to participate in the program, there were mixed results. Seven study participants believed that they had an influence on client participation in this WTW program while the rest of the participants disagreed with this statement for various reasons. As a result of this research, potential social implications include the improvement of the TANF program overall and an increase in the participation rate of the beneficiaries within the program.
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Ayyangar, Srikrishna. "Welfare populism and the rural poor comparing microcredit provision in India /." Related electronic resource:, 2007. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1342745151&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=3739&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Books on the topic "Public welfare administration":

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Sachdeva, D. R. Social welfare administration in India. Allahabad: Kitab Mahal, 1992.

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Butcher, Tony. Delivering welfare. Buckingham: Open University Press, 1997.

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Jef, Vuchelen, ed. Public administration in a modern welfare state. Maastricht, The Netherlands: European Institute of Public Administration, 1985.

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Butcher, Tony. Delivering welfare. 2nd ed. Buckingham: Open University Press, 2002.

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Cozic, Charles P. Welfare reform. Edited by Cozic Charles P. 1957-. San Diego, Calif: Greenhaven Press, 1997.

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Eggleston, Verna. Welfare reform in motion. New York: City of New York, Dept. of Social Services, 2006.

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Kim, Su-sin. Sahoe pokchi haengjŏngnon =: Social welfare administration. Sŏul: Hanʼguk Pangsong Tʻongsin Taehak Chʻulpʻanbu, 2004.

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Ko, Chae-uk. Sahoe pokchi haengjŏngnon: Social welfare administration. 8th ed. Kyŏnggi-do P'aju-si: Chŏngminsa, 2016.

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Yŏm, Ir-yŏl. Sahoe pokchi haengjŏngnon: Social welfare administration. 8th ed. Kyŏnggi-do Koyang-si: Kongdongch'e, 2016.

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Pillinger, Jane. Quality in social public services. Dublin: European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, 2001.

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Book chapters on the topic "Public welfare administration":

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Page, Edward. "Bureaucracy: Disregarding Public Administration." In The Withering of the Welfare State, 101–17. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9780230349230_7.

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Mazzoleni, Mario Benito, and Diego Paredi. "Developed Welfare." In Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance, 1–4. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_3380-1.

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Mazzoleni, Mario Benito, and Diego Paredi. "Developed Welfare." In Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance, 1–4. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_3380-2.

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Caputo, Richard K. "The Reagan Administration and Public Assistance." In U.S. Social Welfare Reform, 29–43. New York, NY: Springer New York, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7674-1_2.

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van der Veen, Romke. "Restructuring a Corporatist Welfare State." In Library of Public Policy and Public Administration, 181–201. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9486-8_9.

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Klenk, Tanja. "Welfare Administration and Its Reform." In The Palgrave Handbook of Public Administration and Management in Europe, 727–44. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-55269-3_38.

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Grohs, Stephan. "Participatory Administration and Co-production." In Public Administration in Germany, 311–27. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53697-8_18.

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AbstractThe German administrative system is well known for its time-honoured subsidiarity principle regarding the delivery of social and welfare services, especially at the local level. The public (municipal) sector is only allowed to provide these welfare services if the civil society, welfare organisations and citizens’ initiatives are not able to do it on their own. Against this background, the co-production of public services is deeply rooted in the German administrative culture. However, in more recent times, often prompted by fiscal problems, but also triggered by an increasing demand for more citizen participation, the co-production of services and the involvement of multiple actors have gained increasing importance. Against this backdrop, the chapter outlines these shifts from ‘traditional’ modes of service delivery and decision-making to co-producing features and participatory elements. It also addresses some of the resulting key problems and pitfalls, such as accountability, transparency and legitimacy.
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Kwon, Huck-ju. "The welfare state and social policy." In Public Administration and Policy in Korea, 203–15. Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2017. | Series: Routledge advances in Korean studies ; 25: Routledge, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315225678-10.

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Yang, Jae-jin. "Korean social welfare policies." In Routledge Handbook of Korean Politics and Public Administration, 420–34. Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020.: Routledge, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315660516-25.

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Naidu, Suwastika, and Yashnita Naicker. "Welfare Effects, Government Policies, and Deadweight Loss." In Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance, 1–15. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_4029-1.

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Conference papers on the topic "Public welfare administration":

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Ashray, Farrah Shameen Binti Mohamad. "Social Welfare Services in Malaysia: The Role Of Government." In 2018 Annual Conference of Asian Association for Public Administration: "Reinventing Public Administration in a Globalized World: A Non-Western Perspective" (AAPA 2018). Paris, France: Atlantis Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/aapa-18.2018.40.

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Sentanu, I. Gede Eko Putra Sri, and Maulidia Khoirunisa. "Can Institutional Capacity Building Improve Farmer’s Welfare?" In 2nd Annual International Conference on Business and Public Administration (AICoBPA 2019). Paris, France: Atlantis Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/aebmr.k.201116.057.

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Sun, Hongmin. "Public Welfare vs Business — the Future of Tax Premium Health Insurance." In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Economy, Judicature, Administration and Humanitarian Projects (JAHP 2019). Paris, France: Atlantis Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/jahp-19.2019.213.

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Shobaruddin, Muhammad. "Industry 4.0: Welfare literacy to face the challenges of rural community." In Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of Business and Public Administration (AICoBPA 2018). Paris, France: Atlantis Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/aicobpa-18.2019.30.

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Wijaya, Richy, and Hartini, Margaretha. "The Role of Financial Inclusion in Improving Community Welfare: A Study on Cooperative Business." In Proceedings of the First Lekantara Annual Conference on Public Administration, Literature, Social Sciences, Humanities, and Education, LePALISSHE 2021, August 3, 2021, Malang, Indonesia. EAI, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.4108/eai.3-8-2021.2315152.

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MUNTEANU, Răzvan Aurelian. "SOCIAL INNOVATION – SUSTAINABLE SOLUTION TO TACKLE ENERGY POVERTY IN URBAN AREA." In Competitiveness of Agro-Food and Environmental Economy. Editura ASE, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.24818/cafee/2019/8/19.

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Innovation is about “new ideas” and social innovation is any activity, law, software, internal procedure, which is implemented for bringing added value into specific area and without those actions, couldn’t be possible to have better outcomes. A decision which is taken by the local authorities and it is improving the welfare it is also a social innovation. Often there is a confusion between “doing my job” and “social innovation”. In public administration there is a real need for social innovation, any good project could be a real social innovation if it brings added value. The paper presents a pilot project, with a target of 35-50 private houses selected in order to create a heterogeneous project with different type of buildings, from different geographic areas from District 1, from different years of construction, with a low level of income for each building, under 1000 euro/units. This last criterion has the roll to sustain and to tackle energy poverty. In terms of novelty, this represents a new approach in Romania, through the project we intend to test and to develop the sustainable and efficient technical solutions.
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Pereira Alvesa, Rosiane, Laura Bezerra Martinsa, and Suzana Barreto Martinsb. "Ergonomic Design of Labor Garments and the Perception of Comfort / Discomfort: A Discussion About Project Guidelines." In Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics Conference. AHFE International, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.54941/ahfe1001305.

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Some studies point to the importance of work as a means of social integration. In this sense, the knowledge generated by ergonomics about human factors and activities in productive public and domestic spaces have contributed to this integration. The social relations of work and productivity are mediated by worker welfare, which also involves the use of clothing with attributes that contribute to comfort and risk reduction. In this context the role of the designer is to design clothing equipped with these attributes. Therefore, the following objectives were set: To evaluate the application of project Guidelines in work clothing design and relate their use to the perception of comfort by female employees of the UFPE-CAA administrative sector. The methodological procedures were based on the "Guidelines for the design of clothing for use while performing tasks," in Alves, Martins and Martins (2013). These guidelines had a significant effect on the work-clothing project. It considered the nature of the tasks, the needs and preferences of workers. The perception test during use revealed a prevalence of physical comfort over discomfort in general.

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Arora, Sanjana, and Olena Koval. Norway Country Report. University of Stavanger, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.31265/usps.232.

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This report is part of a larger cross-country comparative project and constitutes an account and analysis of the measures comprising the Norwegian national response to the COVID-19 pandemic during the year of 2020. This time period is interesting in that mitigation efforts were predominantly of a non-medical nature. Mass vaccinations were in Norway conducted in early 2021. With one of the lowest mortality rates in Europe and relatively lower economic repercussions compared to its Nordic neighbours, the Norwegian case stands unique (OECD, 2021: Eurostat 2021; Statista, 2022). This report presents a summary of Norwegian response to the COVID-19 pandemic by taking into account its governance, political administration and societal context. In doing so, it highlights the key features of the Nordic governance model and the mitigation measures that attributed to its success, as well as some facets of Norway’s under-preparedness. Norway’s relative isolation in Northern Europe coupled with low population density gave it a geographical advantage in ensuring a slower spread of the virus. However, the spread of infection was also uneven, which meant that infection rates were concentrated more in some areas than in others. On the fiscal front, the affluence of Norway is linked to its petroleum industry and the related Norwegian Sovereign Wealth Fund. Both were affected by the pandemic, reflected through a reduction in the country’s annual GDP (SSB, 2022). The Nordic model of extensive welfare services, economic measures, a strong healthcare system with goals of equity and a high trust society, indeed ensured a strong shield against the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet, the consequences of the pandemic were uneven with unemployment especially high among those with low education and/or in low-income professions, as well as among immigrants (NOU, 2022:5). The social and psychological effects were also uneven, with children and elderly being left particularly vulnerable (Christensen, 2021). Further, the pandemic also at times led to unprecedented pressure on some intensive care units (OECD, 2021). Central to handling the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway were the three national executive authorities: the Ministry of Health and Care services, the National directorate of health and the Norwegian Institute of Public Health. With regard to political-administrative functions, the principle of subsidiarity (decentralisation) and responsibility meant that local governments had a high degree of autonomy in implementing infection control measures. Risk communication was thus also relatively decentralised, depending on the local outbreak situations. While decentralisation likely gave flexibility, ability to improvise in a crisis and utilise the municipalities’ knowledge of local contexts, it also brought forward challenges of coordination between the national and municipal level. Lack of training, infection control and protection equipment thereby prevailed in several municipalities. Although in effect for limited periods of time, the Corona Act, which allowed for fairly severe restrictions, received mixed responses in the public sphere. Critical perceptions towards the Corona Act were not seen as a surprise, considering that Norwegian society has traditionally relied on its ‘dugnadskultur’ – a culture of voluntary contributions in the spirit of solidarity. Government representatives at the frontline of communication were also open about the degree of uncertainty coupled with considerable potential for great societal damage. Overall, the mitigation policy in Norway was successful in keeping the overall infection rates and mortality low, albeit with a few societal and political-administrative challenges. The case of Norway is thus indeed exemplary with regard to its effective mitigation measures and strong government support to mitigate the impact of those measures. However, it also goes to show how a country with good crisis preparedness systems, governance and a comprehensive welfare system was also left somewhat underprepared by the devastating consequences of the pandemic.

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