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This paper examined the determinants of household food insufficiency coping strate-gies based on secondary data collected from 12,480 randomly selected households in Malawi. In response to food insufficiency, households employed the following coping strategies: relying on less preferred food options, reducing the proportion of meals, reducing the number of meals per day, restricting adult consumption...
The analysis of the dependence network consists in the calculation of dates and time reserves of subsequent events, and then on the calculation of the time stocks during the execution of particular activities. In the dependency network, it is possible to calculate the earliest and the latest possible date of occurrence of each event and the possible reserve of time. Thanks to this, we will learn the...
In today's world, social activity is an extremely important element in the process of building a civil society and social capital. Moreover, apart from activities for the common good, this aspect is a key element of personal development, allowing even to gain highly-valued experience in the labor market. Considering the age, lifestyle and educational capital of university students. it can be assumed...
This study investigates foreign aid, quality of governance and human development in West Africa, adopting the Random-Effects Model (REM) of the Panel Data Analysis and Estimated Generalized Least Square (EGLS) estimation technique for 15 West African countries from 1990-2015. Governance Composite Index with Goal Post and Geometric Mean approach on six indicators of governance were constructed to treat...
The aim of the article is to confirm the thesis that social enterprises have a big impact on maximizing social benefits and reducing disparities and social exclusion in the state with the social market economy, as well as in a country without a social market economy system. To achieve the goal, the assumptions of the social market economy and social enterprises were presented, both in terms of model...
Speaking is one of the most exploited skills. However, despite the many endeavors conducted by English teachers, speaking proficiency remains poor among tertiary students. This qualitative-phenomenological study aimed to determine the experiences of the students on the use of communicative task-based instruction in improving their speaking abilities. Using the focus group discussion, the researcher...
The article raises the issue of the impact of mass media on distance education. Com-munication is a key element of the educational process. It is particularly important in distance education. The authors analyzed books, radio and television, as well as the Internet as a means of mass communication, and showed the impact, of the changes taking place, on the de-velopment of distance education. The authors...
The Internet has evolved from connecting people and later videos, photos, and text to more recently physical objects. Using sensors, physical objects can “talk” (transmit data) to each other and even command each other to perform a physical act. As things and people become more connected, such objects will also become part of social net-works, much in the same way that people tag photos on Facebook...
Abstract In Nigeria, several advocacies have been raised in different fora over time that agriculture is capable of reducing poverty in the country. An attempt to empirically validate the above argument has generated a policy mix in the literature. Therefore, further empirical investigation about this subject matter becomes imperative. Consequently, the study utilized the DOLS and Granger Causality...
Language is the primary mode of human expression. Language delineates humans from other animals. With the use of language in its oral and written form, humans are able to communicate and express their feelings within the cultural norms. In essence, lan-guage is a mean or process of understanding the experience, ideas, and emotions. Since French is a language, it performs all functions that human languages...
Risk is an inherent phenomenon associated with all forms of economic and social ac-tivity of people, both at the level of individual and organizational decisions. The de-gree of complexity and internationalization of economic processes, and consequently the internationalization of decision-making processes in the turbulent environment of the organization results with an increased risk of actions undertaken...
In the article the current state of the Georgian NIS is shown with the identification and characterization of its still few components, then the priorities for its formation are outlined and justified in the context of the following constituent blocks: the blocks for ensuring the state innovation policy, innovation, the scientific-research sector, technology transfer organizations and other elements...
This article examines the economic essence of benchmarking, identifies areas for con-ducting benchmarking of financial and economic indicators by the internal audit service, highlights issues of legal regulation of internal audit in the Republic of Belarus and the use of benchmarking based on international experience by business entities, and determines how to solve them
The article is devoted to the analysis of the experience of the European Union coun-tries and the development of recommendations for improving the centralized model of public procurement management in Ukraine. The article is focused on clarification of the basic provisions of normative acts, which are the basis for the functioning of a centralized procurement organization, the State Institution «Professional...
Terrorism and ecoterrorism are one of the contemporary public safety threats in Po-land. The emerging radical ideologies that assume violence and terror find their sup-porters, which enforce state activity. Both the Police and the Border Guard, guarding the broadly understood security and public order, are obliged to counteract and com-bat terrorism. This article presents considerations regarding...
This study investigated Bank-characteristic and Macro-Economic factors affecting commercial banks’ profitability in Sub Saharan Africa for the period of 2008-2017 using panel data of 56 listed banks drawn from the Sub-Region. Secondary data ex-tracted from the listed Commercial Banks' financial statements were analyzed. The explanatory variables were represented by Credit Risk, Liquidity Risk, Leverage...
The main problem of this article is the possibility of using social entrepreneurship related to the provision of communal services to strengthen the sense of social security in people threatened by social exclusion. This problem is important because ensuring social security in a direct and indirect way is the task of the state. This task also ap-plies to people who are socially excluded or at risk...
This research explores the transition towards the modern era from the brutal scenario of World Wars I &II. Different kind of fiction was produced in this context and every writer has tried his/her level best to present that dilemma in his/her own way. It pre-sents a clear picture that which sort of elements were there to bring that specific change and transition towards the modern era in 20th...
The aim of this study is to realize an analysis of the trade relations between Albania and Greece. Through the study, researchers want to show how trade relations between these countries have changed during the years, and also want to reveal some of the things that dominate these relations. Part of the study will also be the analysis that will help understand the relationship between the trade flows...
The object of the study is to monitor the economic development of territories. As a result, a detailed analysis revealed the absence of a single action algorithm for diag-nosing the economic development of territories. As a result of the analysis of the ter-minological apparatus, the essence of monitoring the economic development of territo-ries is clarified, by which is meant the process of measuring,...
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