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Poverty determinants in Chivi district, Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe: An application of econometric modelling techniques on household data
No full textThere has been lack of consensus on the determinants of poverty at household level and previous studies in Chivi utilised descriptive statistics in analysing poverty which is not very useful in determining the probability of being poor of households. This study sought to establish the major demographic determinants of poverty, human capital determinants of poverty and agricultural assets that determine poverty utilising appropriate econometric modelling techniques.
This was a quasi-experimental research that utilises both qualitative and quantitative techniques to understand the major determinants of poverty at household level utilising the logit model. A questionnaire was the major research instrument that was used in the collection of data. The study followed the Basic Needs approach to poverty analysis and utilised the poverty lines to classify households into poverty categories.
The major demographic determinants of poverty were: household size that was positively associated with the probability of being poor; and age of household head that was negatively correlated with the probability of being poor. Education as measured by average years of schooling was the major human capital factor that was negatively associated with the probability of being poor. Cattle ownership was negatively associated with the probability of being poor as the major agricultural asset that determines poverty. Religion and geography were found to be significant determinants of poverty in Chivi.
The study recommends renewed focus on rural development with urgency and efficacy to increase labour productivity. It recommended that provision of draught power to the poor households in Chivi might help in increasing agricultural productivity. Maintenance of high levels of education is essential for effective transmission of agricultural technology to increase productivity in Chivi. This study suggested a multi-pronged approach to the fight against poverty that includes religious leaders. The study also suggested a livestock financing scheme for the poor to be championed by Banks and supported by Government. Government should seriously consider embarking community area re-orientation programme which has been on the cards for long
Poverty Determinants in Chivi District, Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe – An Application of Econometric Modeling Techniques on Household Data
No full textThere has been lack of consensus on the determinants of poverty at household level and previous
studies in Chivi utilised descriptive statistics in analysing poverty which is not very useful in
determining the probability of being poor of households. This study sought to establish the major
demographic determinants of poverty, human capital determinants of poverty and agricultural
assets that determine poverty utilising appropriate econometric modelling techniques.
This was a quasi-experimental research that utilises both qualitative and quantitative techniques
to understand the major determinants of poverty at household level utilising the logit model. A
questionnaire was the major research instrument that was used in the collection of data. The
study followed the Basic Needs approach to poverty analysis and utilised the poverty lines to
classify households into poverty categories.
The major demographic determinants of poverty were: household size that was positively
associated with the probability of being poor; and age of household head that was negatively
correlated with the probability of being poor. Education as measured by average years of
schooling was the major human capital factor that was negatively associated with the probability
of being poor. Cattle ownership was negatively associated with the probability of being poor as
the major agricultural asset that determines poverty. Religion and geography were found to be
significant determinants of poverty in Chivi.
The study recommends renewed focus on rural development with urgency and efficacy to
increase labour productivity. It recommended that provision of draught power to the poor
households in Chivi might help in increasing agricultural productivity. Maintenance of high
levels of education is essential for effective transmission of agricultural technology to increase
productivity in Chivi. This study suggested a multi-pronged approach to the fight against poverty
that includes religious leaders. The study also suggested a livestock financing scheme for the
poor to be championed by Banks and supported by Government. Government should seriously
consider embarking community area re-orientation programme which has been on the cards for
long
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
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