The role of governance in countering corruption: an African case study

Water Policy ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 9 (S2) ◽  
pp. 69-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Earle
Keyword(s):  
Multinational Corporations ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Public Official ◽  
Infrastructure Development ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Impact

The Trialogue model of governance includes relationships between three main actor clusters—government, science and society—within which the quality of the relationships between the three actor-clusters “determines the extent to which government can generate the incentives needed to develop society by allowing science to inform the decision-making process”. Corruption, in the form of the bribery of a public official, diminishes the quality of the relationship between the society cluster, usually in the form of private-sector business interests, and government. The drop in quality in this relationship has a negative impact on the quality of the government—science interface, due to increased project costs, in turn dropping the quality of the science—society interface, due to a drop in quality or increase in the price of services. Far from being purely a morally detestable action, corruption has a direct impact on the level of development of both a society and a country, undermining efforts to promote growth, equity and access to services. The asymmetries in power between some of the large corporations and developing countries has led to a situation where corruption is taken as the norm and it is assumed that there is very little that can be done about it. The case study of how Lesotho confronted corruption on the Lesotho Highlands Water Project, leading to the prosecution of the Chief Executive of the Lesotho Highlands Development Authority as well as three multinational corporations, provides an example of what can be done by a developing country to promote good governance through tackling corruption. This paper investigates the impact of corruption, specifically on large-scale water infrastructure development projects, and what measures can be taken to combat it.

scholarly journals The Impact on Economic and Environmental Development of COVID-19 Pandemic: a Case Study in Indonesia

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Nur Indriani Dewi ◽  
Fadilla Citra Melati
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Air Quality ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Primary Source ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Policies And Measures ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Impact

The goal of this analysis is to examine in greater detail the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on economic development and the quality of the atmosphere in Indonesia. This report uses secondary data as the primary source, obtained using a secondary data collection method from many different organizations. Different government policies and measures to discourage the escalation of the transmission of the Coronavirus, one of which is large-scale social restrictions (PSBB). However, before Indonesia suffered a recession, the PSBB actually became a barrier to economic development. As a part of this program, the rise in environmental efficiency is another positive effect because traffic that generates emissions and vast manufacturing sectors that create dirty waste is temporarily halted. Based on the findings of the review, this report notes that there is a detrimental effect of COVID-19 on economic development in Indonesia. However, because of the introduction of PSBB, Indonesia's air quality has improved. This report is intended to serve as a reference and assessment of the effects of COVID-19 on the economy and the atmosphere for stakeholders and the general public. In order to allow the government to consider measures that will deter the spread of the coronavirus and restore the economy without damaging improved air quality.

scholarly journals OPTIMALISASI PENYELENGGARAN PELAYANAN PUBLIK DALAM MASA PERUBAHAN MELAWAN COVID-19 DI INDONESIA

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 210
Author(s):  
Diana Setiyo Dewi ◽  
Tiur Nurlini Wenang Tobing
Keyword(s):  
Service Delivery ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Community Services ◽  
Public Service Delivery ◽  
Work From Home ◽  
The Government ◽  
New Policies ◽  
The Impact

This study focuses on COVID-19 as a global pandemic that has a negative impact on various government fields. The government made a new online-based policy on public service delivery. Public services before COVID-19 are seen as not optimal, the improvement needs are piling up in line with the delays during the COVID-19 pandemic, it is very necessary to optimize the implementation of good governance, problems we are facing now are the threat of COVID-19 against the deterioration of the country, new policies that do not produce solutions, difficulties in implementing online-based work policies due to uneven technological progress in each region, increasing COVID-19 cases, and the pile-up task of improving public service delivery. Current pandemic situations in Indonesia; an increasing number of COVID-19 cases in Indonesia with a total of 93,657 on July, 23rd 2020; The government-issued social distancing policies, physical distancing, work from home and PSBB to break the chain of COVID-19; Conducting community intelligence through online and offline COVID-19 prevention education; Java island as the most populated area in Indonesia (SUPAS 2015) experienced a prolonged red zone until the implementation of the PSBB; it's affected the economic turnover. The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Public Service Delivery; Limited access for providing community services; Issued a new policy; Closure of schools, markets, public facilities, restrictions on transportation passengers, and others; Providing online-based services. The conclusions and suggestions in this study are the application and development of the E-Government system; Creating new reliable policy standards; Employee training regarding online-based work systems; Efforts to distribute technology and information to every remote area in Indonesia

scholarly journals Automatic delineation of debris-covered glaciers using InSAR coherence derived from X-, C- and L-band radar data: a case study of Yazgyl Glacier

2018 ◽  
Vol 64 (247) ◽  
pp. 811-821 ◽  
Author(s):  
STEFAN LIPPL ◽  
SAURABH VIJAY ◽  
MATTHIAS BRAUN
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Window Size ◽  
Radar Data ◽  
Morphological Operations ◽  
L Band ◽  
Surrounding Areas ◽  
Coherence Estimation ◽  
The Impact

ABSTRACTDespite their importance for mass-balance estimates and the progress in techniques based on optical and thermal satellite imagery, the mapping of debris-covered glacier boundaries remains a challenging task. Manual corrections hamper regular updates. In this study, we present an automatic approach to delineate glacier outlines using interferometrically derived synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) coherence, slope and morphological operations. InSAR coherence detects the temporally decorrelated surface (e.g. glacial extent) irrespective of its surface type and separates it from the highly coherent surrounding areas. We tested the impact of different processing settings, for example resolution, coherence window size and topographic phase removal, on the quality of the generated outlines. We found minor influence of the topographic phase, but a combination of strong multi-looking during interferogram generation and additional averaging during coherence estimation strongly deteriorated the coherence at the glacier edges. We analysed the performance of X-, C- and L- band radar data. The C-band Sentinel-1 data outlined the glacier boundary with the least misclassifications and a type II error of 0.47% compared with Global Land Ice Measurements from Space inventory data. Our study shows the potential of the Sentinel-1 mission together with our automatic processing chain to provide regular updates for land-terminating glaciers on a large scale.

scholarly journals Assessment of Government Internal Control Systems on Financial Reporting Quality in Ghana: A Case Study of Ghana Revenue Authority

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 40
Author(s):  
Wonder Agbenyo ◽  
Yuansheng Jiang ◽  
Prince Komla Cobblah
Keyword(s):  
Control Systems ◽  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Internal Control ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Reporting Quality ◽  
Financial Reporting Quality ◽  
Quality Reporting ◽  
The Impact

Internal control systems cannot be underestimated as it serves as the lifeblood of most institutions in terms of its imperative roles that it plays in both tangible and intangible assets of an organization. Internal control actions on quality financial report state positive goals more especially when all parties involved adhere to their duties; thus, making the quality of financial reporting comparable, understandable, relevant, and reliable. In this regard, this study investigated the impact of government internal control systems on financial reporting quality in Ghana using Ghana Revenue Authority as the case study. Specifically, the study examined the nature and quality of financial reporting and the impact of government internal control systems on financial reporting quality. Both quota and simple random sampling techniques were used to select fifty (50) persons as the sample size of the study. Questionnaires were used to obtain data. The correlation matrix was used to examine the relationship between government internal control systems and financial reporting quality. The study finds out that contrary to apriori expectation sign monitoring as an element of internal control system has a negative impact on the financial quality reporting but was however statistically significant. The study also revealed that with a unit increase in the collection performance, the financial reporting quality of GRA will improve. The study recommended that the government should ensure that the internal control systems are well monitored and regulated. 

scholarly journals impact of Covid-19 on chicken broiler farm business in Malang Regency

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-19
Author(s):  
Sutraning Nurahmi ◽  
Lili Zalizar
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Broiler Meat ◽  
Food Ingredients ◽  
Public Consumption ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Broiler Farm ◽  
The Government ◽  
Farm Business ◽  
The Impact

The contagious COVID-19 spreads rapidly worldwide. The pandemic poses risks to multiple sectors of the world economy, including the agricultural and livestock sectors. Despite the economic potential of the broiler farm business, indicated by its increasing broiler population, production, and public consumption, the large-scale social restrictions imposed by the government as an effort to mitigate the pandemic spread has decreased the demand for and supply of broiler meat. This current study is aimed at obtaining an overview of the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has on the broiler farm business in Malang Regency. The data of this qualitative descriptive study were collected by means of interviews, personal documentation, and other supporting documents. Sampling was carried out using a stratified random sampling technique as the broiler population was non-homogenous and stratified.The broiler population was divided into two groups: 1) less than 5,000 heads broiler-population; and 2) more than 5,000 heads broiler-population. The study results showed that the negative impact caused by the pandemic on the broiler farm business include declines in the broiler meat selling prices, farmers’ income, and broiler population. The decline in selling prices is caused by the broiler supply demand imbalance and changes in the public consumption patterns during the pandemic, favouring food ingredients with longer durability. The farmers’ income decline occurs as a result of the dropping price of live broilers combined with the extra costs that the farmers have to spend to keep the business operating during the pandemic. Finally, the decline in broiler population takes place because of chick-in cancellation to suppress excess supply at the following harvest period. The broiler population restriction controls are conducted in order to regulate prices at the consumer level.

scholarly journals The Impact of Mergers and Acquisitions on Service Quality of Banks in Ghana: Case Study of Ecobank and Access Bank Ghana

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 167
Author(s):  
Johnson Yeboah ◽  
Ernest K. Asirifi ◽  
Samuel Ampadu
Keyword(s):  
Service Quality ◽  
Mergers And Acquisitions ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Perceived Service Quality ◽  
Services Delivery ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Impact

Ghana has witnessed a wave of mergers and acquisitions (M & As) in the banking industry following the bank recapitalization initiative by the government in 2008. This raises an important question concerning the trade-off between the possible efficiency gains and efficiency losses as banks merge into one large unit. The objective of this study was to find out how Mergers & Acquisitions have impacted service quality of consolidated banks in Ghana. A descriptive and explanatory design was adopted as the study sought to describe customer perceived service quality and to also explain the relationship between M & As and service quality. An ANOVA and T-tests techniques were used to analyze primary and secondary data gathered. Findings from the study indicated that M & As had positive impact on overall service quality. The conclusion drawn by the researchers indicates that mergers and acquisitions offer superior growth and financing option for banks. This in turn promotes economic efficiency through improvements in costs and services delivery.

Influence of IoT Policy on Quality of Life

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 19-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sheshadri Chatterjee
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
The Internet ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Internet Of Things

In this study, an attempt was taken to identify the issues concerning to regulations and governance which could substantially influence the citizens of India relating to adoption of the Internet of Things. The objective of this study is to highlight the importance of Internet of Things policymaking by the Government of India prescribing proper regulatory frameworks and good governance for effective and successful adoption of the Internet of Things by the citizens of India. An empirical approach has been taken for understanding the impact of IoT policy towards adoption of IoT enabled devices by the citizens of India. Structural equation modeling (SEM) has been used towards analysis of the data collected from three metro cities in India. The study finds out the impact of IoT policy towards adoption of the Internet of Things by the citizens in India and its importance towards improving the quality of life of the citizens of India.

scholarly journals Impact Free School On The Quality Of Education In Indonesia

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susy Yuliastanty
Keyword(s):  
Education Program ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Compulsory Education ◽  
Quality Of Education ◽  
Free School ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Impact

The purpose of this paper is to determine the impact of a free school for the quality of education in Indonesia in view of the aspects, background and purpose of the establishment of free schools, positive and negative impacts holding of free schools, Solutions negative impact of free school program, Effects of Free School Policy on the Quality / quality Education and the Master. The results of the analysis that the economic situation is a portrait of the people who still support the cause of increasing lower the school dropout rates from time to time. While the legislation of our country mandated to continue to educate the children of the nation, the compulsory education program launched by the government be constrained. Efforts to realize the education budget of 20% of the state budget.Free education program does provide a lot of positive impact on education in Indonesia, among which: the inequality of education in Indonesia, providing opportunities for children who are less able to be able to get an education bench, reduce the level of ignorance, unemployment, and poverty, education levels Indonesia will increase, generating qualified human resources, realize the ideals of the Indonesian nation that is participating educate the children of the nation, to promote education and the nation's economy. In addition to a positive impact, free schools also have a negative effect, such as a lack of operating funds because it is centered on the BOS funds, the declining quality of education, lack of motivation and enthusiasm to learn some students because of the effects of free, reduced awareness of parents will be the responsibility of financing education, opportunities misappropriation of budget funds if not closely monitored.

Adult learning, circumstantial activism and ecological habitus in the coal seam gas protests

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Tracey Ollis
Keyword(s):  
Adult Learning ◽  
Coal Seam ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Coal Seam Gas ◽  
Skills Group ◽  
Government Organisation ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Impact

Abstract This paper outlines adult learning in the space of an important campaign against mining for coal seam gas (CSG). Recently, the government of Victoria became the first state to ban fracking for CSG in Australia. This significant legislative outcome could not have been achieved without the concerted campaigning of activists through the Lock the Gate Alliance (LTGA), in Central Gippsland. The campaign is mainly composed of circumstantial activists who have come together due to the serious threat from fracking to the quality of their land and water supply. This case study research examines adult learning in the field of a campaign. The findings from this research make clear activists learn to think critically about the environment and the impact of fracking for CSG. They learn communication skills, group work and networking skills. They develop a feel for the game of activism by learning informally through socialisation with experienced activists from the LTGA and the Environmental Non-Government Organisation Friends of the Earth (FOE). In turn, FOE resource the coalition and provide opportunities for both informal learning and nonformal learning to the protestors. Drawing on Bourdieu’s writing on practice, this paper outlines practices within the LTGA field that are influential in the knowledge and skill development of the activists.

scholarly journals PENGARUH KEBERADAAN TANGKAHAN TERHADAP PENDARATAN HASIL TANGKAPAN PELABUHAN PERIKANAN NUSANTARA SIBOLGA (Tangkahan Influence of Catch Landing in Sibolga Fishing Port)

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 23
Author(s):  
Sahat Maruli Simatupang ◽  
Ernani Lubis
Keyword(s):  
Negative Impact ◽  
Quality Measurement ◽  
Landing Site ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Case Study Method ◽  
Quantitative Descriptive ◽  
June July ◽  
The Impact

<p>ABSTRACT<br />Fishing port which is an important infrastructure in the marine fisheries sector, need to be managed optimally so that its functions are fulfilled by existing provisions. However, in some areas, fishing ports function is hampered because many tangkahan are in around the location of the fishing port. This condition occurs as it does in the Territorial Fishing Port (PPN) of Sibolga and Belawan fishing port so the utilization is less than optimal. This study aims to determine the impact of tangkahan to the catch landing in Sibolga fishing port. The study was conducted in June-July 2009 in the five Tangkahan (UD Ilham, Sabena, Budi Jaya, Renta Sari, Sari Hope Sea) and Sibolga fishing port. This research was conducted by the case study method. The data are taken from primary and secondary. Primary data retrieved through observation and interviews with respondents: tangkahan owners, managers of Sibolga fishing port and fish quality measurement with organoleptic analysis. The analysis is done qualitatively and quantitative descriptive through the presentation of tables and graphs. The analysis showed that the presence of a negative impact on landed catch production in Sibolga fishing port. Production of Sibolga fishing port only 4.3 percent when compared with the production in tangkahan reaching 95.7 percent of total catch landed in the Teluk Tapian Nauli. Largest fishery business center is currently in many tangkahan not in Sibolga fishing port. The potential increase in the number of catches in Sibolga fishing port very large if all the ships could be transferred to this port. Comparison between the quality of the catch in Sibolga fishing port and tangkahan is very small (less than 1 scale) or the quality of the catch in both types of the landing site is almost the same.<br />Keywords: impact, Sibolga fishing port, tangkahan</p><p>------</p><p><br />ABSTRAK<br />Pelabuhan perikanan merupakan prasarana penting pada sektor perikanan laut. Namun di beberapa daerah, fungsi pelabuhan perikanan terhambat karena banyaknya tangkahan yang berada di sekitar lokasi pelabuhan perikanan. Kondisi ini terjadi seperti halnya di Pelabuhan Perikanan Nusantara (PPN) Sibolga dan PPN Belawan sehingga pemanfaatannya kurang optimal. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui dampak tangkahan terhadap pendaratan hasil tangkap-an di PPN Sibolga. Penelitian dilakukan pada bulan Juni-Juli 2009 di lima tangkahan (UD Ilham, Sabena, Budi Jaya, Renta Sari, Harapan Sari Laut) dan PPN Sibolga. Penelitian ini dilakukan dengan metode studi kasus. Data yang diambil adalah primer dan sekunder. Data primer diambil melalui pengamatan dan wawancara kepada responden pemilik tangkahan, pengelola PPN Sibolga serta pengukuran mutu ikan secara organoleptik. Analisis dilakukan secara deskriptif kualitatatif dan kuantitaif melalui penyajian tabel dan grafik. Hasil analisis menunjukkan bahwa keberadaan tangkahan berpengaruh negatif terhadap produksi ikan yang didaratkan di PPN Sibolga. Produksi PPN Sibolga hanya 4,3 % apabila dibandingkan dengan produksi di tangkahan-tangkahan yang mencapai 95,7 % dari jumlah ikan didaratkan di Teluk Tapian Nauli. Pusat bisnis perikanan terbesar saat ini berada di tangkahan-tangkahan bukan di PPN Sibolga. Potensi peningkatan jumlah hasil tangkapan di PPN Sibolga sangat besar jika semua kapal bisa dialihkan ke pelabuhan ini. Perbandingan mutu hasil tangkapan di PPN Sibolga dan di tangkahan sangat kecil (kurang dari skala 1) atau mutu hasil</p>

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