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The Impact of Remittances On Households: The Case with Residents of the Prizren Region
Get PDFRemittances are an important source of external funding. They have a positive impact, both at the microeconomic level, like for the welfare of the household, and at the macroeconomic level, like in the growth of the domestic economy. Remittances are current transfers in cash or in other forms or money received by resident households from non-resident households.
The purpose of this paper is to discover the impact of remittances on the welfare of the household in the Prizren region. For this reason, an online questionnaire with 160 participants was conducted by selecting the non-random sampling method. According to the results obtained, remittances play an important role in the households of the Prizren region because most of these remittances are used for food consumption, education and clothing. At the end of hypothesis testing it is found that there is an important relationship between the residence and the frequency of receiving remittances, and people living in both, urban and rural areas receive remittance in different frequencies. However, no significant relationship has been found between the gender and frequency of receiving remittances. The research mainly has a descriptive nature of the effect of remittances on households.
Key words: Remittances, Impact, Household, Receiving, Rol
Policy On Natural Disaster Response to Guarantee the Principles of Post-Disaster Assistance
Get PDFIndonesia is an area belonging to the Ring Of Fire line, fascinating the beauty of the panoramic, so attract much foreign tourists to come and see its beauty. Furthermore Indonesia is a country that often experience natural disasters, Indonesia Located in a geographical location that is prone to disaster. Disasters can be caused by both natural and behavioral factors for utilizing and managing natural resources.
In some areas of Indonesia, disasters examples that hit the country. So far, there are available disaster management regulation tools, which provides disaster management framework, Pre-disaster comprehend, emergency response, and post-disaster. Although the law has outlined comprehensive disaster management provisions, so far is still focused on the emergency response period. Further actions such as mitigation, rehabilitation and reconstruction appear not to be a top priority of disaster management activities. Other issues that are still scattered are coordination, rescue aid, appropriateness of assistance, and logistic distribution.
Key words: Policy, Disaster, Aid, BNPB, Environmen
The Kosovo War in Media: Between War Journalism and Foreign Policy of NATO Members
Get PDFSignificant links between the media and war have been identified for well over a century, usually from a safe a historical distance. Media often plays a key role in today’s conflict. Basically, their role can take two different and opposed forms. Either the media takes an active part in the conflict and has responsibility for the increased violence, or stays independent and out of the conflict, thereby contributing to the resolution of conflict and alleviation of violence. Indeed, throughout the Yugoslav crisis of the 1990s, it often seemed that the media were dictating policy to Western governments. The implications of the conflict were broad and did not exhaust themselves in its military aspects. A key player in the conflict was the media, both the tightly controlled media in Yugoslavia, which came under increasing pressure in the months before the Kosovo war, and the Western media, largely unaware of the background to the conflict. The aim of this work is to show how many places were given in the World Press of Kosovo war and in which direction was reported. Although, how much influenced the publications of the war and how much influenced the foreign policies of states that have to find the solutions? The study includes Balkans (including Turkey), European and American Press.
Keywords: Kosovo War, Balkans Press, European Press, US Press, Foreign Policy
Effectiveness of Google Classroom: Teachers’ Perceptions
Get PDFTechnology has gained importance in all stages of education yet educators have been unable to figure out which of the many available technological tools best fit their classroom practices. Google Classroom is one such tool that is free of cost and has gained popularity within a short span of time. The main purpose of the study is to assess teachers’ perception on the effectiveness of Google Classroom. The study is carried out through a qualitative research design. The sample of the study, which uses semi-structured interview method, consists of 12 higher education teachers who have implemented Google Classroom for at least one semester in their classroom. The data acquired has been put through a comprehensive analysis by coding and categorizing the data through NVivo. Findings revealed that teachers perceive it as only a facilitation tool that can be used for document management and basic classroom management, without having a significant impact on teaching methodologies. The responses of the teachers indicate that lack of user-friendly interface is the main reason for its inefficiency. Further studies can be conducted by taking the students’ perspective into account.
Key words: Educational technology, Google Classroom, Integrating technology, Virtual Classroom
Train Facility Public Policy as Passenger Safety Guarantee
Get PDFThe train mode is a transportation that is popular one for the people of Indonesia, because in addition to the affordable prices by all levels of society beside there are many other advantages. With this paradigm change in relation to the issuance of Law Number 23 of 2007 concerning Railways including its implementing regulations, efforts to advance railways National to better conditions in the future. In social life, railroad transportation is used as a facilitator to move people from one place or area to another place or area. This is very helpful for the community in carrying out relatively large amounts of mobility. Another role in economic development is as a facility for production and investment systems so as to have a positive impact on economic conditions at national levels with good economic growth, will help the government in reducing poverty rates that can improve the welfare of the population.
Key words: Government Policy, Guarantee of Safety, Railways, Passengers Facilities
Different Leadership Style Choices, Different Generations
Get PDFIn the past, a generation covered a larger span of time, having more members. However, today, thanks to the developments in technology and many other factors generations change frequently having less members and covering a few years. What matters now is the workforce itself and how these different generations work together. The current workforce has 3 generations working together while waiting for the fourth one. Soon, it is inevitable that 5 or 6 generations will be working at the same workplace. As a result, it is crucial to understand the type of leadership a generation prefers in business and academic life. The aim of this study was to find out how leadership style choice differs among four generations (Baby Boomers, Generations X, Generation Y, and Generation Z) of academics and prospective academics in Turkey. In the study, 265 participants from different generation rated the leadership attributes that contribute or impede effective leadership. The Global Leadership and Organizational Behavior Effectiveness (GLOBE) Project research survey by House et al. (2004) was used to find out the leadership style choice of different generations. The statistical relationships were determined between the generation variable and the 16 primary leadership subscales through MANOVAs and ANOVAs. The results of the tests showed that significant differences exist among the four different generations in 3 of the 16 leadership subscales. These subscales are Charismatic 3: Self-sacrifice, Conflict-inducer, and Face saver.
Key words: Leadership, Generation, Baby Boomers, Generation X, Generation Y, Generation Z
Education System in Albania Among Changes and Reforms
Get PDFEducation in Albania, as an important sector of the national development, aims to equip the future Albanian citizens with the necessary knowledge, skills and abilities in order to educate and committhem to achieve the country’s economic and socio-cultural development. After the 90’s theAlbanian economic and social situation have significantly influenced the education and reforms. Despite the political changes, education imposed profound changes in curricula or other components. Emerging from highly politicized curricula, the reform has set new principles and modern requirements. Other issues that constitute the reforms, includes the development of pre- school education, reduction of illiteracy, avoiding the phenomenon of school abandonment, improving schools infrastructure, increasing the teachers professionalism, providing free textbooks, modernization of teaching methods, establishing evaluation standards. This paper will highlight the main problems based on the substantial education methods on international and national levels and the impact of reforms implementation in education system.
Key words: Education System, Reforms, Changes, School Abandonment, Pre-School Education
Application of Marketing in Interest as a Factor of Development of Enterprises in Digital Economy
Get PDFOnline transactions have been characterized by steady growth in recent years. This trend has not left aside developments in organizations in Kosovo. People who buy online are faced with technological equipment that often does not perform the right way as the customer requests or expects. The intranet connects the computer systems of an enterprise or organization based on the Internet technique especially in the TCP / IP protocol. Digital Marketing is a term for the marketing of targeted, measurable and interactive products and services using digital technology to reach and convert "leads" to customers. The main objective is to promote brands, build preference, and increase sales through various digital techniques. It is embodied by a wide selection of service, product and brand marketing tactics, which, as a core promotion medium, largely use the Internet.
Digital marketing activities are: search engine optimization (SEO), search engine marketing (SEM), content marketing, influencing marketing and e-commerce, social media marketing, e-mail marketing, display advertising, books electronics, video games and any other form of digital media. According to the Digital Marketing Institute, the Digital Marketing Institute, digital marketing is the use of digital channels to promote or sell products or services to consumers or businesses. The Digital Economy is the highest level of use of computers in a national economy. The higher the rate of use of computers in a more digitized economy and closer to the overall economic progress is that country.
Key words: Marketing, Digital, Internet, Economics, Development, Online
Technical Parts For Application E-Procurement in the Republic of Kosovo
Get PDFElectronic procurement in the Republic of Kosovo has begun in 2012, had it not been for the accomplishment goals and development and implementation of electronic procurement in the Republic of Kosovo fully realized. e-Procurement is not only the publication of procurement results, but is a reflection of a defined legal process on procurement. The Internet are presented records of all claims, also via the Internet can be sent to all offers.
Research: Through management system throughout the procurement process electronically will enable the preservation of technical and financial evaluation of bids. Thus, the presentation of this process in a transparent manner increases the reliability and efficiency.
Method: Also through the management system of this process, according to the rights defined by law, each party can see the appeal process and remotely via the Internet. Implementation of e-procurement will enable the removal of barriers that were presented earlier, increasing the confidence of all parties involved. Access will be granted to all interested parties by allowing the approaches to the law, while in the case of restrictions should use electronic identification (e-ID).
Result: The categorization of approaches will be for each separately, including contracting authority, contractors, bidders, complainers, the proxies of budgetary units, auditors and other categories defined under applicable laws. Security of information in e-procurement will be the maximum. As with any other service access to e-procurement will be provided through the state portal.
Key words: Government Electronic Procurement, Internet, electronic identification (ID), management
Corruption in Slovenia
Get PDFA lot has been written about corruption, especially regarding the corruption in post-communist countries, and Slovenia is not an exception. The forms of corruption are similar to those in other countries in transition, the reasons for corruption in Slovenia well known and the typology well processed. Most of the corruption in Slovenia occurs in the area where ​​public and private spheres come together, with strong networks remaining, and where also systemic corruption occurs. However, there has not been any progress in corruption fighting. Opinion surveys show that the perception of corruption is high (the personal experience with corruption proved very high during the conducted research), however, people are not very familiar with the it (all its forms and consequences) and therefore, in order to successfully fight corruption, actions should be taken in the form of education and in the sense of raising public awareness of the harmfulness of corruption. At the same time the political will is also lacking, which, however, in the fight against corruption has not been shown by any government so far.
Keywords: Corruption, Slovenia, Fight Against Corruption, Perception of Corruption, Typology, Causes