The Global Competitiveness Report 2013–2014 overall economic efficiency by helping to ensure that businesses can communicate and decisions are made by economic actors taking into account all available relevant information. Third pillar: Macroeconomic environment The stability of the macroeconomic environment is important for business and, therefore, is significant for the overall competitiveness of a country.10 Although it is certainly true that macroeconomic stability alone cannot increase the productivity of a nation, it is also recognized that macroeconomic disarray harms the economy, as we have seen in recent years, notably in the European context. The government cannot provide services efficiently if it has to make high-interest payments on its past debts. Running fiscal deficits limits the government’s future ability to react to business cycles. Firms cannot operate efficiently when inflation rates are out of hand. In sum, the economy cannot grow in a sustainable manner unless the macro environment is stable. Macroeconomic stability captured the attention of the public most recently when some advanced economies, notably the United States and some European countries, needed to take urgent action to prevent macroeconomic instability when their public debt reached unsustainable levels in the wake of the global financial crisis. It is important to note that this pillar evaluates the stability of the macroeconomic environment, so it does not directly take into account the way in which public accounts are managed by the government. This qualitative dimension is captured in the institutions pillar described above. Fourth pillar: Health and primary education A healthy workforce is vital to a country’s competitiveness and productivity. Workers who are ill cannot function to their potential and will be less productive. Poor health leads to significant costs to business, as sick workers are often absent or operate at lower levels of efficiency. Investment in the provision of health services is thus critical for clear economic, as well as moral, considerations.11 In addition to health, this pillar takes into account the quantity and quality of the basic education received by the population, which is increasingly important in today’s economy. Basic education increases the efficiency of each individual worker. Moreover, often workers who have received little formal education can carry out only simple manual tasks and find it much more difficult to adapt to more advanced production processes and techniques, and therefore contribute less to devising or executing innovations. In other words, lack of basic education can become a constraint on business development, with firms finding it difficult to move up the value chain by producing more sophisticated or value- intensive products. Fifth pillar: Higher education and training Quality higher education and training is crucial for economies that want to move up the value chain beyond simple production processes
Forum Economique Mondial: Rapport Global sur la Competitivite 2012-13Stanley Lucas
The Global Competitiveness and Benchmarking Network, with its annual Global Competitiveness Reports, and other topical and regional reports, offers a structured, systematic and comprehensive approach to identifying and measuring the drivers of economic performance of more than 140 economies. The Network’s portfolio of reports provides unique insight and data to inform strategies and constructive discussions among policy-makers, business leaders and civil society, while also providing material for independent academic research.
The Global Competitiveness and Benchmarking Network works with leading academics to ensure that the latest thinking and research on competitiveness are incorporated into its work. It collaborates with its network of more than 160 Partner Institutes to disseminate the findings of its research at national and regional levels.
VOYAGES & TOURISME: RAPPORT MONDIAL 2013 SUR LA COMPETITIVITEStanley Lucas
Le rapport fournit un éclairage intéressant sur la manière dont les pays encouragent le développement du secteur du voyage et du tourisme, il offre également une vue instantanée de la santé du secteur et de son rôle moteur dans la croissance économique mondiale. D`ailleurs, les emplois dans ce secteur représentent en moyenne 1 emploi sur 11. Le rapport souligne également que le secteur s`est montré résilient pendant le ralentissement, une preuve que le secteur du voyage et du tourisme peut être un facteur clé de diversification pour les marchés émergeants en leur offrant une valeur économique plus élevé.
Forum Economique Mondial: Rapport Global sur la Competitivite 2012-13Stanley Lucas
The Global Competitiveness and Benchmarking Network, with its annual Global Competitiveness Reports, and other topical and regional reports, offers a structured, systematic and comprehensive approach to identifying and measuring the drivers of economic performance of more than 140 economies. The Network’s portfolio of reports provides unique insight and data to inform strategies and constructive discussions among policy-makers, business leaders and civil society, while also providing material for independent academic research.
The Global Competitiveness and Benchmarking Network works with leading academics to ensure that the latest thinking and research on competitiveness are incorporated into its work. It collaborates with its network of more than 160 Partner Institutes to disseminate the findings of its research at national and regional levels.
VOYAGES & TOURISME: RAPPORT MONDIAL 2013 SUR LA COMPETITIVITEStanley Lucas
Le rapport fournit un éclairage intéressant sur la manière dont les pays encouragent le développement du secteur du voyage et du tourisme, il offre également une vue instantanée de la santé du secteur et de son rôle moteur dans la croissance économique mondiale. D`ailleurs, les emplois dans ce secteur représentent en moyenne 1 emploi sur 11. Le rapport souligne également que le secteur s`est montré résilient pendant le ralentissement, une preuve que le secteur du voyage et du tourisme peut être un facteur clé de diversification pour les marchés émergeants en leur offrant une valeur économique plus élevé.
THE ROLE OF FAITH BASED ORGANIZATIONS IN GOOD GOVERNANCE Dr Lendy Spires
In Tanzania people show relatively little interest in politics largely because so many social groups are denied access to the benefits of any political change. The democratic transition is being held hostage by a few urban and rural elite who are out to see the continuation of the existing order. A clear example is the dominance of CCM in Parliament with the opposition having only 47 seats out of a total of 320 MPs.
The same picture is repeated in Local Government Authorities throughout the country. For historical reasons and due to political incompetence, the majority of the people still practice passive politics, in that they are unable to use existing political institutions to influence government policies. This is because of a political culture inherited from the one- party rule that tended to emphasize on obedience and obligations over competence and rights of citizens. Apart from high degree of political incompetence of the citizenry, there is very weak and fragmented opposition while the civil society is still excluded from the political process by law.
The incumbent political party has not only refused to provide civic education and barring civil society organizations from political activities, but has always depicted the opposition parties as potential sources of civil strife in a country which places a high premium on tranquility. In ideal situation civil society organizations supplement political parties by aggregating and articulating their members’ interests. In their education role, civil society organizations are training grounds for democratic citizenship, develop the political skills of their members, recruit new political leaders, stimulate political participation and educate the broader public on a wide variety of public interest issues. In their watchdog role, they serve, along with the press, as checks on the relentless tendency of the state to centralize its power and to evade civic accountability and control.
Unfortunately, the work of the civil society organizations in the country is far from ideal. One inherent problem is the tendency to work in isolation and the fact that they are compelled by law to remain apolitical. The term apolitical as used under the non- governmental policy of 2000, means not to seek political power or campaign for any political party, in other words, staying out of all political activities. This is undemocratic because in reality democracy is not just the right to vote in a government or merely secure legal provisions in state constitution or the right to skeep, freedom of association etc.
World Social Protection Report 2014/15 Building economic recovery, inclusive ...Dr Lendy Spires
As more countries move from employer liability as the basis for employment injury protection to a mechanism based on social insurance, levels of protection for workers are likely to improve but only if new laws are effectively enforced. Disability benefits Social protection plays a key role in meeting the specific needs of persons with disabilities with regard to income security, access to health care and social inclusion.
Effective measures to support persons with dis-abilities in finding and retaining quality employment are a key element of non-discriminatory and inclusive policies that help to realize their rights and aspirations as productive members of society. Complementing contributory schemes, non-contributory disability benefits play a key role in protecting those persons with disabilities who have not (yet) earned entitlements to contributory schemes.
Only 87 countries offer such non-contributory benefits anchored in national legislation, which would provide at least a minimum level of income security for those disabled from birth or before working age, and those who for any reason have not had the opportunity to contribute to social insurance for long enough to be eligible for benefits. Maternity protection Effective maternity protection ensures income security for pregnant women and mothers of newborn children and their families, and also effective access to quality maternal health care. It also promotes equality in employment and occupation.
Worldwide, less than 40 per cent of women in employment are covered by law under mandatory maternity cash benefit schemes; 57 per cent if voluntary coverage (mainly for women in self-employment) is included. Due to the ineffective enforcement and implementation of the law in some regions (Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and Africa in particular), effective coverage is even lower: only 28 per cent of women in employment worldwide are protected through maternity cash benefits which provide some income security in during the final stages of pregnancy and after childbirth; the absence of income security forces many women to return to work prematurely.
An increasing number of countries are using non-contributory maternity cash benefits as a means to improve income security and access to maternal and child health care for pregnant women and new mothers, particularly for women living in poverty. However, significant gaps remain. Ensuring effective access to quality maternal health care is of particular importance, especially in countries where the informal economy accounts for a large pro-portion of employment.
Old-age pensions: A state responsibility The right to income security in old age, as grounded in human rights instruments and international labour standards, includes the right to an adequate pension. However, nearly half (48 per cent) of all people over pensionable age do not receive a pension. For many of those who do receive a pension, pension levels are not adequate.
EMPLOYMENT, LABOUR, SOCIAL AFFAIRS: SOCIAL INSURANCE AND EQUALITY BETWEEN WO...Dr Lendy Spires
What issues of equality between women and men are raised by social insurance schemes? Social insurance schemes have been given considerable attention by policy analysts and activists concerned with equality between women and men. Social insurance schemes raise equality concerns because they are often based on assumptions about family structures and the roles of women and men that do not reflect reality and undermine equality commitments. For example: • The assumption that households are headed by a male breadwinner is reflected in schemes that target men and treat women as secondary earners. This assumption is precarious, given the proportion of families that require female incomes for survival due to low male earnings or the absence of men in the household. • The use of family status or family income to determine benefit eligibility or benefit levels (e.g. for unemployment benefit) assumes equal access by spouses to household income and resources. This assumption is also contradicted by evidence. The use of family income to determine eligibility generally means that women lose entitlement to benefits in their own right (as their incomes are generally lower than those of their husbands), and thus results in increased dependency by women on men. • The assumption of female responsibility for children and care of dependents is reflected in provisions that solely target women for paid parental leave or leave for care of sick family members. This limits men’s rights in relation to their children and serves to reinforce the “double burden” of women. It also contributes to labour market discrimination by reinforcing the perception that women are more costly workers. Where the design of social insurance schemes incorporates such assumptions, the result can be a reinforcement of patterns of gender inequality. However, the approach of treating women and men in the same way – of assuming no differences between them – can also have inequitable results. It is important that social insurance schemes are designed to recognise actual differences between women and men in patterns of work and incomes. Several broad patterns are evident in most parts of the world.
THE ROLE OF FAITH BASED ORGANIZATIONS IN GOOD GOVERNANCE Dr Lendy Spires
In Tanzania people show relatively little interest in politics largely because so many social groups are denied access to the benefits of any political change. The democratic transition is being held hostage by a few urban and rural elite who are out to see the continuation of the existing order. A clear example is the dominance of CCM in Parliament with the opposition having only 47 seats out of a total of 320 MPs.
The same picture is repeated in Local Government Authorities throughout the country. For historical reasons and due to political incompetence, the majority of the people still practice passive politics, in that they are unable to use existing political institutions to influence government policies. This is because of a political culture inherited from the one- party rule that tended to emphasize on obedience and obligations over competence and rights of citizens. Apart from high degree of political incompetence of the citizenry, there is very weak and fragmented opposition while the civil society is still excluded from the political process by law.
The incumbent political party has not only refused to provide civic education and barring civil society organizations from political activities, but has always depicted the opposition parties as potential sources of civil strife in a country which places a high premium on tranquility. In ideal situation civil society organizations supplement political parties by aggregating and articulating their members’ interests. In their education role, civil society organizations are training grounds for democratic citizenship, develop the political skills of their members, recruit new political leaders, stimulate political participation and educate the broader public on a wide variety of public interest issues. In their watchdog role, they serve, along with the press, as checks on the relentless tendency of the state to centralize its power and to evade civic accountability and control.
Unfortunately, the work of the civil society organizations in the country is far from ideal. One inherent problem is the tendency to work in isolation and the fact that they are compelled by law to remain apolitical. The term apolitical as used under the non- governmental policy of 2000, means not to seek political power or campaign for any political party, in other words, staying out of all political activities. This is undemocratic because in reality democracy is not just the right to vote in a government or merely secure legal provisions in state constitution or the right to skeep, freedom of association etc.
World Social Protection Report 2014/15 Building economic recovery, inclusive ...Dr Lendy Spires
As more countries move from employer liability as the basis for employment injury protection to a mechanism based on social insurance, levels of protection for workers are likely to improve but only if new laws are effectively enforced. Disability benefits Social protection plays a key role in meeting the specific needs of persons with disabilities with regard to income security, access to health care and social inclusion.
Effective measures to support persons with dis-abilities in finding and retaining quality employment are a key element of non-discriminatory and inclusive policies that help to realize their rights and aspirations as productive members of society. Complementing contributory schemes, non-contributory disability benefits play a key role in protecting those persons with disabilities who have not (yet) earned entitlements to contributory schemes.
Only 87 countries offer such non-contributory benefits anchored in national legislation, which would provide at least a minimum level of income security for those disabled from birth or before working age, and those who for any reason have not had the opportunity to contribute to social insurance for long enough to be eligible for benefits. Maternity protection Effective maternity protection ensures income security for pregnant women and mothers of newborn children and their families, and also effective access to quality maternal health care. It also promotes equality in employment and occupation.
Worldwide, less than 40 per cent of women in employment are covered by law under mandatory maternity cash benefit schemes; 57 per cent if voluntary coverage (mainly for women in self-employment) is included. Due to the ineffective enforcement and implementation of the law in some regions (Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and Africa in particular), effective coverage is even lower: only 28 per cent of women in employment worldwide are protected through maternity cash benefits which provide some income security in during the final stages of pregnancy and after childbirth; the absence of income security forces many women to return to work prematurely.
An increasing number of countries are using non-contributory maternity cash benefits as a means to improve income security and access to maternal and child health care for pregnant women and new mothers, particularly for women living in poverty. However, significant gaps remain. Ensuring effective access to quality maternal health care is of particular importance, especially in countries where the informal economy accounts for a large pro-portion of employment.
Old-age pensions: A state responsibility The right to income security in old age, as grounded in human rights instruments and international labour standards, includes the right to an adequate pension. However, nearly half (48 per cent) of all people over pensionable age do not receive a pension. For many of those who do receive a pension, pension levels are not adequate.
EMPLOYMENT, LABOUR, SOCIAL AFFAIRS: SOCIAL INSURANCE AND EQUALITY BETWEEN WO...Dr Lendy Spires
What issues of equality between women and men are raised by social insurance schemes? Social insurance schemes have been given considerable attention by policy analysts and activists concerned with equality between women and men. Social insurance schemes raise equality concerns because they are often based on assumptions about family structures and the roles of women and men that do not reflect reality and undermine equality commitments. For example: • The assumption that households are headed by a male breadwinner is reflected in schemes that target men and treat women as secondary earners. This assumption is precarious, given the proportion of families that require female incomes for survival due to low male earnings or the absence of men in the household. • The use of family status or family income to determine benefit eligibility or benefit levels (e.g. for unemployment benefit) assumes equal access by spouses to household income and resources. This assumption is also contradicted by evidence. The use of family income to determine eligibility generally means that women lose entitlement to benefits in their own right (as their incomes are generally lower than those of their husbands), and thus results in increased dependency by women on men. • The assumption of female responsibility for children and care of dependents is reflected in provisions that solely target women for paid parental leave or leave for care of sick family members. This limits men’s rights in relation to their children and serves to reinforce the “double burden” of women. It also contributes to labour market discrimination by reinforcing the perception that women are more costly workers. Where the design of social insurance schemes incorporates such assumptions, the result can be a reinforcement of patterns of gender inequality. However, the approach of treating women and men in the same way – of assuming no differences between them – can also have inequitable results. It is important that social insurance schemes are designed to recognise actual differences between women and men in patterns of work and incomes. Several broad patterns are evident in most parts of the world.
The Global Competitiveness Report 2014-2015, produced and published online by the World Economic Forum (WEF), assesses the competitiveness landscape of 144 economies based on a review of twelve broad factors that affect competitiveness. The twelve are the Institutional Environment; Infrastructure; Macroeconomic Environment; Health and Primary Education; Higher Education and Learning; Goods Market Efficiency; Labour Market Efficiency; Financial Market Development; Technological Readiness; Market Size; Business Sophistication; and Innovation. The report includes an assessment of the economies of Barbados, the Dominican Republic, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago.
Russia was rated as the 53rd most competitive country, up 11 places from 64th place in 2013, in the World Economic Forum’s annual competitiveness ranking published Wednesday.The Global Competitiveness Report 2014 – 2015 assesses the competitiveness landscape of 144 economies.
Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report 2013David Mora
Informe bienal elaborado por el World Economic Forum donde se establece la clasificación mundial de competitividad turística de las naciones. España obtiene esta vez el cuarto puesto, recuperando cuatro posiciones con respecto al informe de 2011.
This session provides a comprehensive overview of the latest updates to the Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (commonly known as the Uniform Guidance) outlined in the 2 CFR 200.
With a focus on the 2024 revisions issued by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), participants will gain insight into the key changes affecting federal grant recipients. The session will delve into critical regulatory updates, providing attendees with the knowledge and tools necessary to navigate and comply with the evolving landscape of federal grant management.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the rationale behind the 2024 updates to the Uniform Guidance outlined in 2 CFR 200, and their implications for federal grant recipients.
- Identify the key changes and revisions introduced by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in the 2024 edition of 2 CFR 200.
- Gain proficiency in applying the updated regulations to ensure compliance with federal grant requirements and avoid potential audit findings.
- Develop strategies for effectively implementing the new guidelines within the grant management processes of their respective organizations, fostering efficiency and accountability in federal grant administration.
What is the point of small housing associations.pptxPaul Smith
Given the small scale of housing associations and their relative high cost per home what is the point of them and how do we justify their continued existance
Many ways to support street children.pptxSERUDS INDIA
By raising awareness, providing support, advocating for change, and offering assistance to children in need, individuals can play a crucial role in improving the lives of street children and helping them realize their full potential
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Jennifer Schaus and Associates hosts a complimentary webinar series on The FAR in 2024. Join the webinars on Wednesdays and Fridays at noon, eastern.
Recordings are on YouTube and the company website.
https://www.youtube.com/@jenniferschaus/videos
Russian anarchist and anti-war movement in the third year of full-scale warAntti Rautiainen
Anarchist group ANA Regensburg hosted my online-presentation on 16th of May 2024, in which I discussed tactics of anti-war activism in Russia, and reasons why the anti-war movement has not been able to make an impact to change the course of events yet. Cases of anarchists repressed for anti-war activities are presented, as well as strategies of support for political prisoners, and modest successes in supporting their struggles.
Thumbnail picture is by MediaZona, you may read their report on anti-war arson attacks in Russia here: https://en.zona.media/article/2022/10/13/burn-map
Links:
Autonomous Action
http://Avtonom.org
Anarchist Black Cross Moscow
http://Avtonom.org/abc
Solidarity Zone
https://t.me/solidarity_zone
Memorial
https://memopzk.org/, https://t.me/pzk_memorial
OVD-Info
https://en.ovdinfo.org/antiwar-ovd-info-guide
RosUznik
https://rosuznik.org/
Uznik Online
http://uznikonline.tilda.ws/
Russian Reader
https://therussianreader.com/
ABC Irkutsk
https://abc38.noblogs.org/
Send mail to prisoners from abroad:
http://Prisonmail.online
YouTube: https://youtu.be/c5nSOdU48O8
Spotify: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/libertarianlifecoach/episodes/Russian-anarchist-and-anti-war-movement-in-the-third-year-of-full-scale-war-e2k8ai4
Presentation by Jared Jageler, David Adler, Noelia Duchovny, and Evan Herrnstadt, analysts in CBO’s Microeconomic Studies and Health Analysis Divisions, at the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists Summer Conference.
ZGB - The Role of Generative AI in Government transformation.pdfSaeed Al Dhaheri
This keynote was presented during the the 7th edition of the UAE Hackathon 2024. It highlights the role of AI and Generative AI in addressing government transformation to achieve zero government bureaucracy
Jennifer Schaus and Associates hosts a complimentary webinar series on The FAR in 2024. Join the webinars on Wednesdays and Fridays at noon, eastern.
Recordings are on YouTube and the company website.
https://www.youtube.com/@jenniferschaus/videos
3. Insight Report
The Global
Competitiveness Report
2013–2014
Professor Klaus Schwab
World Economic Forum
Editor
Professor Xavier Sala-i-Martín
Columbia University
Chief Advisor of The Global Competitiveness and Benchmarking Network
Full Data Edition