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At present the shortage of highly skilled workers becomes an important factor which affects sustainable economic development and innovation in Guangxi. This paper presents the status of the highly skilled workers in Guangxi and discussed five reasons which cause the shortage of highly skilled workers in Guangxi. Strategies are proposed in this paper. It is suggested that the development of vocational...
Present excellent engineers are not enough to support the social and economic development, and engineering education face with many challenges. The scope of the engineering is expanding with the rapid development of economy and technology. Then the demand for engineers shows the complexity and diversity. In this paper we have proposed the engineer should be classifieds into research-oriented engineers,...
As the most extensive and most basic form of transport, road traffic promotes the social and economic development; On the other hand, it has adverse effects on the environment. This paper relies on the Fiji Fourth road Upgrading Project, that assisted by the Asian Development Bank. By collecting and analyzing the information of the project-affected areas, form a comprehensive understanding of the...
Based on understanding the meaning to sustainable capacity of the Cropland Conversion Program, a set of indicators has been developed for assessing sustainable development capacity of the Cropland Conversion Program from the environment, economical, social, intelligence system's support ability; Anding District in Gansu Province. Yichuan County in Shanxi Province. Zhungeer Banner in Inner Mongolia...
This article looks into some prevailing ideas and approaches related to corporate social responsibility (CSR), and shows the possible reasons of a disconnection between these approaches and business operations. It then provides a perspective of value chain analysis to help firms concentrate on their CSR activities rather than merely on the internal resources and capabilities so as to integrate CSR...
We study the targeting of antipoverty program under fiscal decentralization in developing countries. Local governments become more important after fiscal decentralization, so it needs analyzing their incentives and behavior in antipoverty program delivery. In some developing countries, local governments' officials are appointed by central government, but elected by local residents in others. The difference...
From Wenchuan earthquake, one of the worst catastrophes of the century, this paper analyses its impact on the environment and evaluates E-NGO's functions of environmental reconstruction. E-NGOs are always engaged in spreading knowledge and mobilizing the public, so as to accumulate social capital for environmental reconstruction. Some E-NGOs will assess the environmental impact of the disaster, and...
Reciprocity in the workplace makes it possible for employers to motivate their workers to put forward more effort than the minimum requirement. Unfortunately, nor can employers feasibly motivate worker effort in the long term by means of paying more than the market-clearing wage due to the “evaporating” nature of workers' gratitude from a pay rise. The mathematical model in this paper further proves...
As an important component of the building of a harmonious society, the development of cultural undertakings play a pivotal role in the protection of cultural rights and interests of citizens and realize a fair and open culture and enhance the cultural vitality and competitiveness. And the study by comparing the features and representative in London, New York, Singapore and other international cities...
The topic of tuition fees has recently sparked heated discussions in various media. Based on China's national conditions, this article collected elevant data, such as national student average funding, training costs, household disposable income and did the quantitative analysis for tuition standards of several types of schools, then built a Multi-level fuzzy evaluation model, which regarded the tuition...
As universities have seen their role rapidly evolve in the last two decades, they have learned to respond differently to their immediate economic context. However, not all universities have been equally successful in developing the capabilities that their new role demands. Many institutional, cultural and structural factors make this change difficult. In order to develop new capabilities and entrepreneurial...
The ramifications of the global economic meltdown have exposed the economic vulnerability and the underlying structural flaws in the economy of many nations, and South Africa as a developing nation is certainly no exception to the rule. It is suggested in this paper that one such flaw is the skills paradox that exists, in that while the South Africa has a very significant unemployment problem it simultaneously...
This paper illustrates the important role that the scientific and technological innovation plays in the research university. Technological innovation is one of the main functions that the research university serves and contributes for the development of economy and society, which is the essential measure for Research University to promote construction of disciplines and enhance academic strength and...
The phenomenon of qualified scientists and technicians gathering have been studied based on self-organization theory for the first time. The self-organization mechanism in the course of qualified scientists and technicians gathering was analyzed in this paper. The tremendous positive effect cause of qualified scientists and technicians gathering was revealed through a systemic study on the effect...
In recent years there has been a wide discussion in S&T policy fora on the intrinsic value of countries defining S&T priorities. This paper addresses the international situation with regard to these issues, by comparing a group of 27 different countries. An empirical exploration of data regarding S&T activities in those 27 countries is carried out, in order to infer through cluster analysis...
This research discusses on decentralization and public governance transition in China. Since the end of 1970s, Chinese government brought a series of administrative reforms into effect. These reforms could be divided into three stages. From 1978 to 2002, the main purpose of the administrative reform was to foster markets and remove planned economy by decentralization. Soon after Hu Jintao replaced...
With the process of economic globalization and development of information technology, the construction of a modern three-dimensional network of logistics has become an important foundation and means in logistics industry, it is also one of the important symbols of social development level and economic strength. In this paper, at the basis of the connotation and main elements about three-dimensional...
According to problems in the research of Chinese urban residential's micro-location, for example lacking the research in selection of urban residential's micro-location of different groups which have different income level and lacking research in the method which can be used in appraising the residential's micro-location, etc, in the first this paper finds out the factor which influence the residential's...
This paper represents the results of investigation establishing a connection of socio-economic factors and adolescents' health in Georgia. Health indicators are extracted from the special anonymous survey on adolescents in Georgia. The socio-economic factors are evaluated by independent experts. Methods based on elements of statistical analysis as well as on similarity relations from fuzzy set theory...
The central purpose of this article is to estimate the average treatment effect for students that attended colleges or universities on career outcomes. We compare the use of OLS regression and propensity score matching methods, and incorporate the role of ldquocommon support.rdquo Using data from the CHFLS Survey, we estimate career outcomes. Results suggest that the return to higher education has...
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