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L'emigrazione e il turismo delle radici
Full text linkL'emigrazione di ritorno come opportunità di un turismo sostenibile. La memoria dell'emigrazione e la rappresentazione dei luoghi attraverso il cinema. Il caso dell'Abruzz
Vite marginali: Castelli e le donne artigiane della ceramica
No full textLa marginalità geografica e di genere possono essere due elementi di esclusione sociale, ma al contempo proprio per tale ragione mostrano le condizioni per una promozione parallela, legata all'importanza delle identità locali nelle società global
Extending Health Insurance: Effects of the National Health Insurance Scheme in Ghana
Full text linkThere is considerable interest in exploring the potential of health insurance to increase the access to, and the affordability of, health care in Africa. We focus on the recent experience of Ghana, where a National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) became law in 2003 and fully implemented from late 2005. Even though there is some evidence of large coverage levels, the effect of the NHIS on health care demand and out-of-pocket expenditures has still not been fully examined. This paper is an attempt to close this gap. Using nationally-representative household data from the Ghana Demographic and Health Survey, we find that the introduction of the NHIS has a positive and significant effect on the utilisation of health care services, although it does have only a weak effect on out-of-pocket expenditure.Health insurance; out-of-pocket expenses; maternity care demand
Mitigating barriers to surplus food donation in Italian retail and food service
No full textThe chapter discusses a policy adopted in Milan to enhance food recovery and redistribution from retailers and canteens. Retail and food service operators of higher income countries are in a favourable position to engage intensively with corporate donations, but they experience a few operational and managerial barriers. A literature review and semi-structured interviews with actors involved in FR&R highlight the problems related to the short residual shelf life of products, mismatches between recovery activities and existing processes, high recovery costs, the lack of knowledge about regulations, the risk of food mismanagement, and the variability of surplus food demand. To overcome these barriers, a partnership that gathers the Milan municipality, business players, non-profit food aid organisations, and a research advisory partner has conceived the so-called Neighbourhood Hubs Against Food Waste policy. The partnership designs and manages a hub where surplus food donations from local retailers and food service operators are collected and distributed to a network of neighbourhood beneficiaries. Also, based on the 2019-2020 pilot hub, the chapter identifies the organisational characteristics and operational processes of the collaborative network that smooth the barriers to donation
Local Economy Impacts and Cost-Benefit Analysis of Social Protection and Agricultural Interventions in Malawi
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