scholarly journals The Role of Geography in Shaping Governance Performance

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony Baluga ◽  
Bruno Carrasco
Keyword(s):  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Institutional Development ◽  
Spatial Dimension ◽  
Income Level ◽  
Feedback Mechanisms ◽  
Resource Flows ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
The Arab Spring

This paper demonstrates that good governance in one country can influence governance improvements in neighboring countries and highlights that regional political and economic cooperation can benefit institutional development across borders. Governance has a spatial dimension due to spillovers and resource flows across juridical boundaries. This paper finds that governance in a given country—manifested most clearly through voice and accountability—exhibits a positive relationship with those in neighboring countries. Feedback mechanisms are traced in that any change in the income level of a country can affect its governance performance and also impact the governance scores of neighboring countries. This phenomenon is observed in the “Arab Spring,” “Me Too,” and “Black Lives Matter” cross-border movements

scholarly journals The Role of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Employment Generation and Economic Growth: A Study of Marble Industry in Emerging Economy

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 174
Author(s):  
Lara Al-Haddad ◽  
Muhammad Safdar Sial ◽  
Imdad Ali ◽  
Rahmat Alam ◽  
Nguyen Vinh Khuong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Income Level ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Employment Opportunities ◽  
Policy Frameworks ◽  
Employment Generation ◽  
Medium Enterprises

This study is undertaken to find out how SMEs contribute to the economy in terms of employment generation and its impact on the economic growth of the country. Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) is accepted globally as a tool for empowering the citizenry and economic growth. In Pakistan efforts have been made by successive governments to increase employment opportunities, reduce poverty and accelerate economic growth by increasing foreign direct investment, diversifying the economy, enacting policy frameworks which favor small business ownership and entrepreneurship programs. Specifically, this study tends to figure out: how SMEs contribute to employment generation, whether a significant number of people is employ within the SME sector; whether the SMEs increase the income level of people. The total number of employees was 255 being selected randomly from Swat marble industries. A questionnaire was constructed and distributed to the selected respondents. The responses were collected and analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) analytical tool. The study exposes that SMEs play a vital role in employment generation. There is a positive relationship between SMEs and unemployment reduction. The result also shows that there is a positive relationship between SMEs and increase in income level. This study may be beneficial both for practitioners and academicians. For practitioners, the current study may help to devise policies and strategies concerning SMEs to generate employment opportunities. The current study may lead to the generalizability of existing research in the same field as for academic aspect is a concern.

scholarly journals THE EMERGENCE OF STATE SPHERE IN SOCIAL MEDIA: A POLITICAL BALKANIZATION IN MALAYSIA

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 811-819
Author(s):  
Badrul Mohamed ◽  
Mohammad Agus Yusoff ◽  
Zawiyah Mohd Zain ◽  
Dori Efendi
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Arab Spring ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Political Agenda ◽  
News Reporting ◽  
Political Experience ◽  
Political Events ◽  
The Arab Spring ◽  
Ruling Party

Social media has phenomenally replaced the traditional media. Blogs have transformed news reporting; YouTube has reinvented talent sourcing; and the trinity (Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube) have revolutionary changed the rules of the game of regime change. Enabling commoners to be producers and its interactiveness are the two most important characteristics that grant the ordinary citizens to be extra-ordinary. From Tinseltown to Alexandria, the roles of social media has been unstoppably growing. The world political events in the recent times, particularly the Arab Spring have shown a strong correlation between social media and democratization. Malaysias political experience in recent years, in particular the 12th General Election (GE-12) in 2008 is comparable to the Arab Spring in view of the alluring role of social media and its gladiatorial impacts in politics. The failure of Barisan Nasional (BN or National Front, the only ruling party since independence) to retain its customary two-third majority in GE-12 is a proof of peoples growing desire to enjoy democracy that among others offer free and fair elections, good-governance, and social justice which are dissimilar to existing communalism and strong government. At a glance, GE-13 in 2013 produced similar results as GE-12 which displayed fortification of democracy among citizens. In contrast, further analyses toward the details of GE-13 surfaced the revival of communalism and autoritarinism which have shown signs of decay in GE-12. Thus, this article explores the conflictual roles of social media which (has been functioning as an ideal public sphere) when the ruling party together with the state machinery invade the sphere of social media to satisfy their political agenda. This investigation showcases the anarchic sphere in social media is not only capable in catalyzing democratization, but also undermining democracy by propagating political Balkanization that propels disjointed feelings among multi-racial citizens.

scholarly journals The Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions of Local State-Owned Enterprises: The Role of Home Country Government Involvement

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 3020
Author(s):  
Qiuyang Gu ◽  
Chunhua Ju ◽  
Fuguang Bao
Keyword(s):  
Mergers And Acquisitions ◽  
Government Intervention ◽  
Institutional Development ◽  
State Ownership ◽  
Local State ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Government Involvement ◽  
The Cross ◽  
Ultimate Control

Existing literature tends to treat enterprises as a whole when measuring government intervention. However, in Chinese region-specific institutional development, ultimate control (i.e., local government) tends to control multiple enterprises. This paper considers the enterprises controlled by the same ultimate controller as a portfolio, which is used to measure government intervention by comparing the differences of the enterprises in the portfolio. This paper uses the data of Chinese listed local state-owned enterprises (LSOEs). and we assess whether local state ownership benefits or offsets LSOEs’ cross-border mergers and acquisitions (CBM & A) activities. We propose a new measurement of government intervention to explain the mechanisms through which government influences the cross-border mergers and acquisitions of local SOEs. The experimental results show that government intervention and region-specific marketization institutional development negatively moderate the effect of government internationalization subsidies and government intervention on CBM & A separately. However, government internationalization subsidies, government intervention, and region-specific marketization enhance the CBM & A effect of state ownership separately. This study explores the benefits of government involvement in local SOEs. The value of this paper is to provide a novel perspective, including the intermediary effect of government intervention and the market environment.

scholarly journals THE ROLE OF YOUTH PARTICIPATION ON GOOD GOVERNANCE AT TWO SELECTED YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS IN MOGADISHU, SOMALIA

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Ali Abdi Sheikhdon
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Political Participation ◽  
Capacity Building ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Youth Participation ◽  
Youth Leadership ◽  
Youth Organizations ◽  
Education Management

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the role of youth participation on good governance of two selected youth organizations in Mogadishu, Somalia.The objectives of the study are to determine the role of youth participation in good governance, to find out capacity building as catalyst for good governance and how the youth organization can spur youth leadership in the country To achieve the objectives of this study, data will be collected from 82employees of youth organizations. A sample size of 68 respondents was selected using Slog van’s formula. The study will use primary data. Data collection methods use included use of questionnaires. The selection sample technique will be purposive or judgmental approach. Data will analyze using SPSS version 16 for productions of tables, descriptive statistics and inferential statistics. E.g. means, standard deviation, frequencies. Inferential statistics such as Regression Analysis were used for further analysis. Findings: The study has three objectives which are: To determine the effect of capacity building in good governance at two selected organizations, in Mogadishu, Somalia. To find out the effect of political participation in good governance t at two selected organizations, in Mogadishu, Somalia, To establish the effect of youth leadership in good governance at two selected organizations, in Mogadishu, Somalia. After analyzing the data, the study found that there is positive relationship among all variables as following: R is the correlation coefficient which shows the relationship between the study variables. From the findings shown in the table above there was a strongly positive relationship between the study variables as shown by 0.815. Overall, Political participation had the greatest effect on the good governance of youth organizations in Mogadishu, followed by Youth leadership and capacity building. All of the variables were found to be significantly affect good governance of youth organizations because they less than (p<0.05).Recommendation: organizations should implement good strategies for support management system of administrative reform on education management. organization should promote their beneficiaries to better satisfy as to achieve to education management. Promote the concept of young people as assets and work towards the elimination of negative stereotypes of youth. Promote the full and effective participation of young people at local, national, regional and international levels, with particular attention to marginalized youth. Youth participation can also be improved through a number of approaches, such as education and capacity building. KEYWORDS: Youth Parturition, Capacity Building, Political Participation, Youth Leadership & Good governance.

TERRITORIAL COHESION POLICY IN THE CONTEXT OF EU REGIONAL SECURITY

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (Vol 18, No 4 (2019)) ◽  
pp. 439-453
Author(s):  
Ihor LISHCHYNSKYY
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Regional Security ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Cohesion Policy ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Territorial Cohesion ◽  
Interregional Cooperation ◽  
The Eu

The article is devoted to the study of the implementation of territorial cohesion policy in the European Union in order to achieve a secure regional coexistence. In particular, the regulatory and institutional origins of territorial cohesion policy in the EU are considered. The evolution of ontological models of cohesion policy has been outlined. Specifically, the emphasis is placed on the key objective of political geography – effectively combining the need for "territorialization" and the growing importance of networking. The role of urbanization processes in the context of cohesion policy is highlighted. Cross-border dimensions of cohesion policy in the context of interregional cooperation are explored. Particular emphasis is placed on the features of integrated sustainable development strategies.

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