Social Inclusion of the Poor Migrants in the Contemporary Vietnamese Urban Life: A Quantitative Analysis
Kham Van Tran,
Quyet Van Pham
Issue:
Volume 4, Issue 6, December 2015
Pages:
127-133
Received:
11 October 2015
Accepted:
23 October 2015
Published:
3 November 2015
Abstract: Vietnam is on the rapid urbanization process and wide employment changes nationwide which leads to the impacts to the inter-regional migrations, especially the rural-urban flows. Recent research and papers on social policy and current trends on migration also found that the migration makes social changes and problems in the urban life and for the migrants as well. This paper aims at identifying the inclusive process of migrants in the contemporary urban life through their daily experiences, in both living and working settings. The experience of migrants is being observed in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. The initial findings expose that the inclusive trend by migrants in Ho Chi Minh City seems more positive than that in Hanoi on both sides of the migrants and the social contexts. However, in the two big cities, there is still alack of specific inclusive supports for the migrants.
Abstract: Vietnam is on the rapid urbanization process and wide employment changes nationwide which leads to the impacts to the inter-regional migrations, especially the rural-urban flows. Recent research and papers on social policy and current trends on migration also found that the migration makes social changes and problems in the urban life and for the m...
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Determinants of Corruption in Kenya: Born and Bred to Bribe
Odhiambo Fredrick Onyango
Issue:
Volume 4, Issue 6, December 2015
Pages:
134-141
Received:
11 September 2015
Accepted:
24 September 2015
Published:
10 November 2015
Abstract: Corruption is an epidemic in Kenya. Major corruption scandals have been reported since the early 90’s. These include the Turkwel Hydroelectric Power Station scandal (1986 – 1990), the Goldenberg scandal (1990 – 1999), the Grand Regency scandal in 2008, and the Triton Oil scandal in 2009 among numerous others. Despite the attempts to fight corruption, the war has never been won. While a number of studies have examined the determinants of corruption in order to offer policy recommendations to fight corruption, individual-level factors have not been exhaustively examined especially for developing countries like Kenya where international corruption indices paint a grim picture. Moreover, the studies have mostly been based on perception of individuals and not the actual payment of bribe. This study sought to assess the individual factors that influence individuals to pay bribes in Kenya. The study uses survey data from Afrobarometer Round 5 survey. The probit analysis shows that corruption in Kenya is influenced by gender, race, ethnicity, religiosity, employment status, and education while age, religion and location were not significant determinants of corruption. The study therefore concludes that a number of individual-level factors explain the likelihood to be corrupt suggesting that some individuals may be born or bred to bribe. To address corruption in Kenya, policy makers should include individual-level determinants of corruption in policy formulation efforts as they are just as important as other factors in explaining corruption.
Abstract: Corruption is an epidemic in Kenya. Major corruption scandals have been reported since the early 90’s. These include the Turkwel Hydroelectric Power Station scandal (1986 – 1990), the Goldenberg scandal (1990 – 1999), the Grand Regency scandal in 2008, and the Triton Oil scandal in 2009 among numerous others. Despite the attempts to fight corruptio...
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The Politics of Transport in the Perspective of Land Transport Policy (A Case Study in Indonesia)
Issue:
Volume 4, Issue 6, December 2015
Pages:
142-149
Received:
21 September 2015
Accepted:
24 October 2015
Published:
22 December 2015
Abstract: The Term of Transport politics has relation between politics and transport. Carrying out a research on transport politics in the perspective of transport policy aims to develop the idea of building a new paradigm of transport politics which is expected to be able to solve the problems of the formulation and the implementation of the land transport policy in Indonesia. This research is using the Method of qualitative research based on the qualitative-descriptive analysis on transport politics. The approach to knowing the concept of transport politics is based on the pattern of definitive concept, paradigm, sensitivity theory, Value-chain Management and input-output model in the policy process. The result of the research shows that the paradigm of transport politics becomes a dominant variable in the formulation and the implementation of the land transportation in Indonesia.
Abstract: The Term of Transport politics has relation between politics and transport. Carrying out a research on transport politics in the perspective of transport policy aims to develop the idea of building a new paradigm of transport politics which is expected to be able to solve the problems of the formulation and the implementation of the land transport ...
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