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Municipal Solid Waste Management Performance
Get PDFSustainable municipal solid waste management (MSWM) is a major challenge in urban areas throughout the world, with the situation getting worse in most developing countries. This paper evaluates MSWM performance in Ghana, using the Wa Municipality as a case study. The policy and legal, institutional, and financial frameworks, as well as the technical capacity for waste management, were examined. The methodology and research design for the study was an exploratory and interpretive case study that was analysed through both qualitative and quantitative research methods. The study findings indicate that Ghana has a good institutional framework, sufficient and robust legislation, existing bylaws, policies and programmes regarding MSWM. However, the challenge is the non-enforcement of and non-compliance with the laws and regulations governing MSWM. Also, the emphasis on stakeholders’ involvement in MSWM in the country is focused mainly on waste collection, and no attention paid to waste reduction, treatment and final disposal. Additionally, waste management financing and the technical capacity for waste management are woefully inadequate. Thus, improving the enabling environment for sustainable MSWM with a focus on the examined indicators could scale up MSWM performance in Ghana for the attainment waste management goals
Employment- Centered Skill Development and Social Policy in Urban India: Policy and Institutional Change
Get PDFTo the fulfilment of needs of growing Indian population, so many skill development policies and programmes has been established by the Government of India for the purpose of development of employments and providing livelihood opportunities for the urban poor people in which includes, National Urban Livelihood Mission, National Skill Development Mission, Skill India, National Policy for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Pradhan Mantri Kasushal Vikas Yojana, Swaena Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana etc. It is very true that most of the India lives in the villages but at the beginning of 21st Century most of the urban population contributes more in popular sectors, it indicates that India also lives in cities. Till the beginning of 20th century the target of five year plans was limited to rural India but in the last few years, due to the increasing crowds in cities, the generation of new employment opportunities in urban sector has become the main concern in front of policy makers. The main objective of this paper is to determine the effect of skill development on employment generation. Employment centered skill training process of India has been Centre oriented and it is built on the basis of top-down model
Optimization of the Role of Village Facilitators in Improving the Professionality of Village Apparatus in Managing Village Funds in Indonesia
Get PDFThe administration of village government entered a new era after the enactment of Law No. 6 of 2014 was legally enforced. Previously, under the regional government, the village was only an object of development, but now it becomes the subject that have its authority to manage the village independently. As a consequence, the village government must have its ability to prepare its own planning and budget documents based on the aspirations of the village community through the Village Community Development Forum. The performance of the financial management of the village will determine the success or failure of the village government in running the administration and development. The financial problems often occur because of the inability of the village apparatus in the management or utilization of the village funds even though they have an important role in it. The presence and assistance of such facilitators are seriously needed to improve the village fund management so that it can be professionally, legally and publicly accountable. Improving the professionality of the village apparatus in the financilal management of the village fund is mainly related to increasing the knowledge and skills in the field of law and financial administration
Farmer-sellers and Markets: Understanding their Participation and Sustainability of Trade in Rural India
Get PDFThe paper analyse the role of farmer-sellers in rural trade of the study area. Their socio-economic condition decides their nature of work participation in the rural markets. For the study, sellers are broadly classified into farmer-sellers and traders. The present categorization has been done keeping in mind the nature and type of market participation in the study area. It is observed in the selected rural markets that the share of farmer-sellers is large as compared to other type of sellers. Due to the agrarian nature of the study area and their higher proportion in the selected markets, they have been selected for the study and classified as farmer-sellers. The study is based on primary data collected through field survey in Eastern Uttar Pradesh. Thirty one rural markets have been undertaken for the detailed field work, whereas, fifty per cent farmer-sellers from each selected rural markets were interviewed
Strī-ācār – An Analytical Study on the Non-Priestly Marriage Rituals of Bengal
Get PDFMarriage rituals of Bengal are quite different from the rest of India. The marriage rituals of Bengali people are divided into two parts: priestly rituals and non-priestly rituals. In this paper the non-priestly rituals of Bengali marriage called Strī-ācār are discussed. Strī-ācār are performed by married women. This study tries to identify the role of women in Bengali society on the basis of the various wedding rituals practiced by them. An attempt has also been made to identify the environmental, geographical factors behind these rituals that characterizes the distinctiveness of Bengali culture irrespective of ethnicity, caste and religion
The Dream of $5 Trillion Economy in India: Utopianism or Realism
Get PDFWhile the world is passing through a very hard time, the researcher is singing a praising song for the motherland. How the challenges posed by COVID-19 can be turned into an opportunity has been portrayed here. The article is the result of a recent study conducted by this author in India. It is regarding achieving the dream of our visionary Prime Minister Mr. Narendre Modi to make India sustainable and self-reliant in the days to come. Though, the recent spurt of coronavirus epidemic has brought the development agenda of the world in general, and particularly of India to the backseat, and all the plans and strategies of the countries have shifted to only one agendum i.e. to fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite that India cannot for long slip off its target of achieving 5 trillion economy
What does it Take to be Green? Evidence from Asia and the Pacific
Get PDFThis paper reviews the green markets, technologies and practices with a particular focus on Asia-Pacific countries as well as provides some policy recommendations facilitating public and private organizations in order to speed up green business development. The paper argues that there are massive potential for gearing up green business expansion in Asia and the Pacific. A number of green businesses are already leveraging private sector capabilities and resources both through direct command-and-control measures and through indirect market-based instruments targeted at not only large firms but also small and medium enterprises. The paper suggests that adopting the greening strategy can be a win-win situation for the stakeholders but it needs to mobilize vast capital resources as well as inspiring technological innovation. The paper ends up providing the options to the Asian and Pacific countries and firms to hold the green “Great Revolution” or to continue with traditional “Short-term” stakeholders’ return from the region’s swiftly declining natural resource base
Fostering the Educational Policies of Somalia: Resolving Somalia’s Underdeveloped Economy through Educational Sustainability Development
Get PDFOne of the major challenges facing Somalia and the rest of under-developed countries is the lack of proper educational planning to improve their sustainable economic development, boosting inclusive growth and promoting poverty reduction. One particular area they are missing is science and technology development in their educational programs. In the last few decades, the world has witnessed a huge scientific and technological explosion. However, Somalia and the rest of the under-developed countries have lacked behind these developments. The failure to apply science and technology in their educational curricula is attributed as one of the major reason for failure to catch on world development as well as losing the national sustainability development plan. Science and technology became crucial and critical to the process of modernising and developing national economies. Over the last decades, there have been many developments where some countries focused on science and technology education, while others lacked the spirit of applying science and technology in their education. This paper will look at the contribution of science and technology (which in this writing will be extended to science and technology) can help the sustainable development of Somalia.
Adapting UN Sustainable Development Goals to Somali Situation: Using Puntland Somalia as a Case Study
Get PDFUN Sustainable Development Goals to Somali Situation is an opportunity for the future of Somalia. The majority of the issues stated in the UN Sustainable Development Goals are relevant and adaptable to the Somali situation as they can help to tackle ending poverty and to ensure prosperity. The UN agenda is a landmark which is to provide a shared global effort to achieve sustainable development by 2030 world-wide. In 2015, 193 governments came together to agree on an action plan to deal with how to save the planet earth. The participants signed to the adopted 17 goals, with 169 associated targets on 25 September 2015, which would solve significant issues which impact on the world.[1] The agenda is a commitment and a landmark which is to provide a shared global effort of achieving sustainable development by 2030 world-wide, and ensuring that no one is left behind. (UN, 2015) This paper fosters the idea of adopting the UN Sustainable Development Goals to Somalia by using Puntland[2] as a case study. In the first part of this work looks at how the goals could fit Puntland and the second part forwards how ICT can be used to deliver, control and link the various parts of the goals, targets and their indicators. [1] The numbers of indicators are 241. However, nine indicators repeat under two or three different targets. Therefore, the actual total number of individual indicators is 230. [2] Puntland is one of the regional states of the Somali Federal Republic. It is situated in the north-eastern part of Somali
The Role of VCB (Village Conslutative Body) in the Supervision of the Management of Village Fund in Indonesia
Get PDFThe enforcement of the Village Law results in the very large amount of fund continuously flowing to the villages and each year it always increases. Therefore, it is highly necessary to have a more effective management of it in accordance with development of the priorities in the village. Some problems arise due to the powerful authority to manage the finances and resources but it not balanced with the control in the use of village budgets. A strict supervision from the local community is very important to do so that any deviations, waste, diversion, obstacles, mistakes, and failures in the financial management of the village funds can be avoided, and the goals and objectives are successfully achieved. VCB as the community representatives in carrying out the functions and roles are always involved in the activities starting from absorbing the aspirations of the people, planning, and monitoring so that the utilization of the village funds is in accordance with the public interests and maximally used for the development in order to create a just and prosperous society in all regions of Indonesia. A stricter supervision in the management of the village fund started from empowering the village communities to participate in planning, implementating, and reporting any activities supported by the village funds. It is hughly expected that the involvement of the village community leads to the optimal used of the village funds for the public interests in accordance with the needs of the community