scholarly journals Regime Stability and the Persistence of Traditional Practices

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-45
Author(s):  
Michael Poyker
Keyword(s):  
Standard Deviation ◽  
Government Policy ◽  
Political Regime ◽  
Traditional Practices ◽  
Genital Mutilation ◽  
Regime Stability ◽  
The Government ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Female Genital

Abstract I examine why the harmful tradition of female genital mutilation persists in certain countries while in others it has been eradicated. People are more willing to abandon their traditions if they are confident that the government is durable enough to set up long-term replacements for them. Using a country-ethnicity panel dataset spanning 23 countries from 1970 to 2013 and artificial partition of African ethnic groups by national borders, I show that a one-standard-deviation larger increase in political regime durability leads to a 0.1-standard-deviation larger decline in the share of newly-circumcised women, conditional on the presence of an anti-FGM government policy.

Female genital mutilation in the UK: considerations for best nursing practice

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (12) ◽  
pp. 788-791
Author(s):  
Bethany Rose
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Female Genital Mutilation ◽  
Nursing Practice ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
Public Health Concern ◽  
Genital Mutilation ◽  
Health Complications ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Female Genital

Female genital mutilation (FGM) is any process that injures or removes part or all of the external female genital organs for non-medical reasons. FGM is a growing public health concern in the UK because of an increase in migration from countries where it is widely practised. Education on FGM for nurses is key to supporting women who have undergone the practice, as well as safeguarding girls and women who are at risk. Nurses must understand the history and culture of FGM as well as the long-term health complications to be able to support affected women both professionally and sensitively.

MNCs from LDCs: The case of Indian joint ventures abroad*

1982 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 133-148
Author(s):  
K. Balakrishnan
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Failure Rate ◽  
Joint Ventures ◽  
World Markets ◽  
Overseas Investment ◽  
Recent Origin ◽  
The Government ◽  
Set Up

Though Indian joint ventures are of recent origin, and the initial failure rate is high, they are gradually being recognized by the Government of India and Indian businessmen as powerful instruments to secure a foothold in world markets. Many proposals, however, went abortive for lack of a long term strategic outlook on the part of either the entrepreneurs or the respective governments. In this set up, the author discusses how public policy in India and abroad seems to have provided a push to India's overseas investment efforts. But this is not enough. And Balakrishnan delineates how and what Indian investors abroad must do to succeed in their ventures. For this, viable strategies must be evolved to identify and exploit our long term opportunities. To facilitate this process, he gives a simple conceptual framework of the product market scope for Indian joint ventures abroad.

Christ's Salvific Message and the Nandi Ritual of Female Circumcision

2002 ◽  
Vol 63 (3) ◽  
pp. 579-600 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Nyangweso
Keyword(s):  
Female Genital Mutilation ◽  
Female Circumcision ◽  
Traditional Practices ◽  
Genital Mutilation ◽  
Initiation Rite ◽  
The Many ◽  
Gospel Message ◽  
Female Genital

[Female initiation rite is one of the many traditional practices found in some African communities. The many rituals during this time of initiation include female circumcision/female genital mutilation, a socially justified mark of maturation, dramatizing the break with childhood and incorporation into adulthood. This practice has received much criticism because of sexist, health, and human implications for woman's integrity. Christian missionaries to Africa condemned it as a barbaric practice, unnecessary for its believers. In spite of condemnations and various efforts to stop the practice, female circumcision persists among a number of Africans including Christians. The author here examines the gospel message, especially what Christ's salvific message means to the Nandi culture, and especially how the practice of female circumcision can be reinterpreted in the light of this message.]

scholarly journals TINJAUAN PENERAPAN PENGAMPUNAN PAJAK (TAX AMNESTY) DALAM MENINGKATKAN KESADARAN DAN KEPATUHAN WAJIB PAJAK ORANG PRIBADI PADA KPP PRATAMA JAKARTA – SUNTER.

account ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ratiyah Ratiyah ◽  
Lukman Sri Muchtar
Keyword(s):  
Government Policy ◽  
Tax Reform ◽  
The State ◽  
Tax Revenues ◽  
Tax Amnesty ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Government ◽  
Short Time

ABSTRACT   In order to maximize taxes, the Government carried out reforms by implementing policies thatwere driven by the smaller possibility of hiding assets outside the territory of the Republic ofIndonesia.  One part of the current tax reform is the government policy regarding the Tax Amnestyprogram.  This study aims to find out how to increase awareness and compliance of Taxpayers and tofind out the achievement of Tax Amnesty results.  The results of this study are that the awareness andcompliance of individual taxpayers in the tax amnesty program is quite high because the governmentseeks to improve several sectors, namely by conducting socialization from the government itself andfrom the tax service office.  The results of achieving Tax Amnesty are quite significant even thoughthere are several obstacles.  It means that the Tax Amnesty program is planned in the long term andwas managed well and the State will get an increase in tax revenues in a short time. Keywords: Tax Amnesty, Taxpayer  ABSTRAK   Dalam rangka memaksimalkan pajak, Pemerintah melakukan reformasi dengan menerapkankebijakan untuk terobosan yang didorong oleh semakin kecilnya kemungkinan untukmenyembunyikan harta kekayaan di luar wilayah Negara kesatuan Republik Indonesia. Salah satubagian dari reformasi perpajakan saat ini dengan adanya kebijakan pemerintah mengenai programTax Amnesty. Penelitian ini bertujuan mengetahui bagaimana meningkatkan kesadaran dankepatuhan Wajib Pajak dan untuk mengetahui pencapaian hasil Tax Amnesty. Hasil dari penelitianini yaitu Kesadaran dan kepatuhan wajib pajak orang pribadi dalam program tax amnesty cukuptinggi ini dikarenakan pemerintah berupaya untuk meningkatkan beberapa sektor yaitu denganmelakukan sosialisasi baik dari pemerintah itu sendiri maupun dari kantor pelayanan pajak dan hasilpencapaian penerapan Tax Amnesty cukup signifikan meski masih ada beberapa kendala. Yangartinya jika program Tax Amnesty direncanakan dalam jangka panjang dan dikelola dengan baik,Negara akan memperoleh peningkatan penerimaan pajak dalam waktu singkat. Kata kunci: Tax Amnesty, Wajib Pajak

scholarly journals Survey Study of Acute and Long Term Effects of Female Genital Mutilation among Women in Sharkia Governorate

2014 ◽  
Vol 04 (14) ◽  
pp. 874-880 ◽  
Author(s):  
Essa M. Arafa ◽  
Amany M. Abdelghany ◽  
Nadia M. Madkour ◽  
Wael S. Nossair ◽  
Ekramy A. Mohamed
Keyword(s):  
Female Genital Mutilation ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
Long Term Effects ◽  
Genital Mutilation ◽  
Female Genital

The Potential of Methanol as an Alternative Marine Fuel for Indonesian Domestic Shipping

2020 ◽  
Vol 162 (A2) ◽  
Author(s):  
E M Priyanto ◽  
A I OlÇer ◽  
D Dalaklis ◽  
F Ballini
Keyword(s):  
Diesel Oil ◽  
Marine Fuel ◽  
Ship Owner ◽  
Passenger Ships ◽  
Marine Diesel ◽  
Pilot Fuel ◽  
Scenario Model ◽  
The Government ◽  
Set Up

This analysis aims to provide insight and to explore the future usage of methanol as an alternative marine fuel for domestic ships in Indonesia. An overview of potential application, analysis of resources availability, and stakeholder readiness on the topic are provided; related challenges are also identified and further examined. The potential performance of methanol as a fuel is discussed and evaluated via two different perspectives (the ship-owner perspective and the government one) through case studies of two passenger ships owned by the shipping company Pelayaran Indonesia (PELNI): MV. Labobar and MV. Gunung Dempo. As ship-owners tend to look very closely at the economic aspects, a feasibility study is performed by developing a combinatorial scenario approach based on the combination of economic measures of merit (NPV and payback period) along with a technical scenario (main-pilot fuel set-up); the variables included in the calculation are: ship age, ship productivity, and macro-economy conditions. Regarding the government perspective, the main issues are environmental protection and policy compliance. These issues are evaluated by examining six emission types (NOx, SOx, CO2, CH4, N2O, and PM). Additionally, since there is a trade-off situation in government subsidies between the government and ship-owner interests, an optimisation and sensitivity analysis is performed by utilizing a combinatorial scenario model to determine optimum methanol price and external variables influencing the decision to support further use of methanol in the Indonesian market. An important finding was that Indonesia has certain advantages/drives to introduce methanol as a marine fuel. However, methanol competitiveness is mainly dependent on ship productivity and the price difference between methanol and marine diesel oil (MDO). Additionally, policy analysis (through an optimisation approach) could be one of the government options in order to determine the optimum condition in establishing methanol as a marine fuel. Finally, short, medium, and long term recommendations are also provided as the basis for future consideration.

Female Genital Mutilation of African-Descent Iranians in Qeshm Island

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amirbahram Arabahmadi
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Health ◽  
Female Genital Mutilation ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Qeshm Island ◽  
Genital Mutilation ◽  
Traditional Mode ◽  
Physical And Psychological Health ◽  
Physical Effects ◽  
The Government ◽  
Female Genital

Abstract Background: This article investigates the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) as a long-held custom in Qeshm Island, which makes many African-descended women face different physical and psychological health problems.Objective: To investigate the prevalence of female genital mutilation in Qeshm Island and the traditional mode of thinking of Afro-Iranian people of the Island about this practice.Methods: This study is based on the descriptive analysis method. The questions of the study are (a) Why female genital mutilation is still practiced in Qeshm Island; (b) What are the mental and physical effects of female genital mutilation on women; and (c) How government or NGOs are fighting against this tradition. The results: This article has found out that female genital mutilation resulted in many lifelong diseases and sexual degradation in African-descended women of Qeshm Island. This article also illustrates that the best way to combat this wrong tradition is to inform people by gradual training without any insult to their beliefs.Conclusion: This study reveals the prevalence of a false tradition and the necessity of behavioral change. In doing so, the government and NGOs' strong actions and attracting the support of the community elders are also needed.

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