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  1. Policies to address the challenges of existing and new forms of informality in Latin America
    Author: Abramo, Lais
    Published: 2022
    Publisher:  United Nations, ECLAC, Santiago

    The phenomenon of informality in Latin America is strongly conditioned by the main structural axes of the social inequality matrix. It is a heterogeneous and multifaceted phenomenon in which socioeconomic, territorial, gender, age and ethnic/racial... more

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    The phenomenon of informality in Latin America is strongly conditioned by the main structural axes of the social inequality matrix. It is a heterogeneous and multifaceted phenomenon in which socioeconomic, territorial, gender, age and ethnic/racial inequalities are manifested. Deeper analysis of the characteristics and nature of this phenomenon, taking into account that diversity and heterogeneity, is a still pending task that calls for the production of data and information systems able to encompass those various dimensions. This is also a central condition for the design and implementation of policies capable of tackling informality in a more appropriate, efficient and sustainable manner and of making progress in expanding the possibilities for better-quality and more protected productive and labour market insertion, as well as in closing gaps in access to decent work. This paper reviews the conceptual discussion on existing and new forms of informality in Latin America and analyses in depth the relationship between informality and the various axes of inequality that shape its labour markets, with an emphasis on the territorial and subnational dimension. Likewise, based on that diagnostic assessment, policy recommendations are proposed to advance towards the formalization of informality in its existing and new forms. Summary .-- Introduction .-- I. Existing and new forms of informality and new atypical forms of employment in Latin America .-- II. Informality and the social inequality matrix in Latin America: territory, gender, youth and ethnicity and race .-- III. Policies for formalizing informality in its existing and new forms:experiences and challenges.

     

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  2. Policies to address the challenges of existing and new forms of informality in Latin America
    Author: Abramo, Lais
    Published: 2022
    Publisher:  United Nations, ECLAC, Santiago

    The phenomenon of informality in Latin America is strongly conditioned by the main structural axes of the social inequality matrix. It is a heterogeneous and multifaceted phenomenon in which socioeconomic, territorial, gender, age and ethnic/racial... more

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    The phenomenon of informality in Latin America is strongly conditioned by the main structural axes of the social inequality matrix. It is a heterogeneous and multifaceted phenomenon in which socioeconomic, territorial, gender, age and ethnic/racial inequalities are manifested. Deeper analysis of the characteristics and nature of this phenomenon, taking into account that diversity and heterogeneity, is a still pending task that calls for the production of data and information systems able to encompass those various dimensions. This is also a central condition for the design and implementation of policies capable of tackling informality in a more appropriate, efficient and sustainable manner and of making progress in expanding the possibilities for better-quality and more protected productive and labour market insertion, as well as in closing gaps in access to decent work. This paper reviews the conceptual discussion on existing and new forms of informality in Latin America and analyses in depth the relationship between informality and the various axes of inequality that shape its labour markets, with an emphasis on the territorial and subnational dimension. Likewise, based on that diagnostic assessment, policy recommendations are proposed to advance towards the formalization of informality in its existing and new forms. Summary .-- Introduction .-- I. Existing and new forms of informality and new atypical forms of employment in Latin America .-- II. Informality and the social inequality matrix in Latin America: territory, gender, youth and ethnicity and race .-- III. Policies for formalizing informality in its existing and new forms:experiences and challenges.

     

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  3. Incorporating informal workers into social insurance in Tanzania
    Published: August 2022
    Publisher:  United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research, Helsinki, Finland

    Expansion of social protection reach among workers in the large informal economy represents a persisting and thorny challenge in the development context. In Mainland Tanzania, several domestically led policy reforms have been introduced to... more

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    Expansion of social protection reach among workers in the large informal economy represents a persisting and thorny challenge in the development context. In Mainland Tanzania, several domestically led policy reforms have been introduced to increasingly expand social protection for informal workers. This paper examines the case of Tanzania by exploring the policy developments that have sought to facilitate access to social protection within the informal economy over the past 10-15 years, notably through the expansion of social insurance provision. The paper highlights the pioneering legislative reforms and innovative approaches to social insurance adopted in the country, while drawing attention to the emergence of 'competitive' informal social security arrangements that attract informal workers at the expense of formal social insurance uptake. As such, the paper underscores the need for policy makers to double efforts in awareness-raising and policy design accounting for the needs and contribution capacities of informal workers.

     

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9789292672157
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    hdl: 10419/267835
    Series: WIDER working paper ; 2022, 84
    Subjects: informal sector; Tanzania; social policy; social insurance
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (circa 22 Seiten)
  4. Writing and Re-Writing History by Destruction
    Proceedings of the Annual Minerva Center RIAB Conference, Leipzig, 2018. Research on Israel and Aram in Biblical Times III
    Contributor: Berlejung, Angelika (HerausgeberIn); Maʾir, Aharon (HerausgeberIn); Oshima, Takayoshi (HerausgeberIn)
    Published: 2022
    Publisher:  Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen

    Der Kongressband des Minerva-Zentrums »Research on Israel and Aram in Biblical Times« bündelt die Vorträge, die bei der Konferenz des Zentrums in Leipzig 2018 zum Thema des Schreibens und Umschreibens von Geschichte durch gezielte Zerstörungen in der... more

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    Der Kongressband des Minerva-Zentrums »Research on Israel and Aram in Biblical Times« bündelt die Vorträge, die bei der Konferenz des Zentrums in Leipzig 2018 zum Thema des Schreibens und Umschreibens von Geschichte durch gezielte Zerstörungen in der Region Syrien-Palästina-Mesopotamien gehalten wurden. Eine internationale Gruppe von Wissenschaftlern untersuchte das Thema aus einem multiperspektivischen und interdisziplinären Ansatz heraus: Archäologische Studien, Altorientalistik und Bibelwissenschaften konzentrierten sich auf die Zerstörungen antiker Stätten in Israel und Juda im 1. Jahrtausend v. Chr. Die Perspektive der besiegten Israeliten, Jerusalemer und Judäer wird in den Schriften des Alten Testaments und in der nachbiblischen Literatur ausführlich dargestellt und zeigt, dass die Zerstörungen der Vergangenheit ein Kultur- und Identitätsstifter ersten Ranges waren. Die longue durée der Praxis, durch die gezielte Zerstörung des kulturellen Erbes die Vergangenheit neu zu gestalten, um die Gegenwart nach aktuellen Interessen zu gestalten, wird anhand der Praxis des neuassyrischen Reichs bis in die Neuzeit hinein greifbar und am Beispiel der arabisch-muslimischen Eroberung von »Aramäa« sowie der gegenwärtigen türkischen Politik ausgeführt.InhaltsübersichtAngelika Berlejung/Aren Maeir: Introduction I. Re-Writing History by Destruction: The Archaeology of Ancient Israel and Judah Amihai Mazar: Destruction Events: Their Identification, Causes, and Aftermath. Some Test Cases – Assaf Kleiman: Living on the Ruins: The Case of Stratum XII/XI at Hazor – Igor Kreimerman: Sennacherib, Nebuchadnezzar II, and the Residents of Lachish: An Examination of Decision-Making from Conquest to Destruction – Omer Sergi: Rewriting History Through Destruction: The Case of Tel Reḥov and the Hebrew Bible II. Reflections on Destruction and Loss in Prophetic, Poetic, and Post-Biblical Literature Bob Becking: Echoes in Time: The Perception of Jehoiachin's Amnesty in Past and Present (2 Kings 25:27–30) – David G. Garber: The Trace of Inter-Generational Trauma in the Composition History of Ezekiel – Friedhelm Hartenstein: The End of Judah and the Persistence of Cosmic Order: Understanding History in the Light of Creation in Psalms and Prophetic Books – Yigal Levin: Persian-Period Jerusalem in the Shadow of Destruction – Hillel Mali: From Ritual to the Story of Ritual: The Influence of the Destruction of the Temple on Ritual Writing of the First Century CE III. Circumnavigating History: Isaiah's Response to the Temple Destruction J. Todd Hibbard: Does Isaiah Implicate the Temple in His Pronouncements of Judgment Against Jerusalem? – Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer: Continuity of Worship: The Portrayal of the Temple and Its Cult in Isaiah 40–55 – Clemens Schneider: Destruction and Desert Transformation in Isaiah 43:14–21 – Nathan Macdonald: The Terminology of the Cult in Isaiah 56–66 – Judith Gärtner: »The Dwelling Place of Your Holiness« (Isa 63:15): On the Meaning of Temple Theology in Trito-Isaiah IV. Re-Writing History by Destruction in Assyria Natalie N. May: The Destruction of the Assyrian Capitals – Hanspeter Schaudig: »Uprooting«: A Visual Element of Assyrian Imperialistic Propaganda V. Re-Writing History by Destruction of Heritage Witold Witakowski: The Arameans/Syriacs During the First Three Centuries of the Muslim Rule – Tessa Hofmann: The Treatment of Christian Denominations in the Republic of Turkey This volume combines the papers held at the Minerva Center's »Research on Israel and Aram in Biblical Times« conference (Leipzig 2018) on the subject of writing and re-writing history by deliberate destruction in the regions of Syria, Palestine, and Mesopotamia. An international group of scholars studies the subject using a multi-perspective and interdisciplinary approach. Archeological studies, ancient Near Eastern studies, and biblical studies focused on the destruction of ancient sites in Israel and Judah in the 1st millennium BC. The perspective of the defeated Israelites, Jerusalemites, and Judeans is described in detail in the Old Testament and in postbiblical literature and shows that the destructions in the past were a cultural and identity creator of the first magnitude. The longue durée of the practice of reshaping the past through the deliberate destruction of a cultural heritage in order to shape the present according to current interests becomes evident based on the Neo-Assyrian Empire's practice up to the modern era and is demonstrated by the example of the Arabian-Muslim conquest of Aram as well as current Turkish politics.Survey of contentsAngelika Berlejung/Aren Maeir: Introduction I. Re-Writing History by Destruction: The Archaeology of Ancient Israel and Judah Amihai Mazar: Destruction Events: Their Identification, Causes, and Aftermath. Some Test Cases – Assaf Kleiman: Living on the Ruins: The Case of Stratum XII/XI at Hazor – Igor Kreimerman: Sennacherib, Nebuchadnezzar II, and the Residents of Lachish: An Examination of Decision-Making from Conquest to Destruction – Omer Sergi: Rewriting History Through Destruction: The Case of Tel Reḥov and the Hebrew Bible II. Reflections on Destruction and Loss in Prophetic, Poetic, and Post-Biblical Literature Bob Becking: Echoes in Time: The Perception of Jehoiachin's Amnesty in Past and Present (2 Kings 25:27–30) – David G. Garber: The Trace of Inter-Generational Trauma in the Composition History of Ezekiel – Friedhelm Hartenstein: The End of Judah and the Persistence of Cosmic Order: Understanding History in the Light of Creation in Psalms and Prophetic Books – Yigal Levin: Persian-Period Jerusalem in the Shadow of Destruction – Hillel Mali: From Ritual to the Story of Ritual: The Influence of the Destruction of the Temple on Ritual Writing of the First Century CE III. Circumnavigating History: Isaiah's Response to the Temple Destruction J. Todd Hibbard: Does Isaiah Implicate the Temple in His Pronouncements of Judgment Against Jerusalem? – Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer: Continuity of Worship: The Portrayal of the Temple and Its Cult in Isaiah 40–55 – Clemens Schneider: Destruction and Desert Transformation in Isaiah 43:14–21 – Nathan Macdonald: The Terminology of the Cult in Isaiah 56–66 – Judith Gärtner: »The Dwelling Place of Your Holiness« (Isa 63:15): On the Meaning of Temple Theology in Trito-Isaiah IV. Re-Writing History by Destruction in Assyria Natalie N. May: The Destruction of the Assyrian Capitals – Hanspeter Schaudig: »Uprooting«: A Visual Element of Assyrian Imperialistic Propaganda V. Re-Writing History by Destruction of Heritage Witold Witakowski: The Arameans/Syriacs During the First Three Centuries of the Muslim Rule – Tessa Hofmann: The Treatment of Christian Denominations in the Republic of Turkey

     

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Contributor: Berlejung, Angelika (HerausgeberIn); Maʾir, Aharon (HerausgeberIn); Oshima, Takayoshi (HerausgeberIn)
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9783161612497
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    RVK Categories: BC 7820 ; BC 8750
    Series: Orientalische Religionen in der Antike ; 45
    Research on Israel and Aram in biblical times ; 3
    Subjects: informal sector; social image; Reden; intercultural networks; epistolary authorship; Orientalische Religionen in der Antike; Historiography; History of Biblical events; Conference papers and proceedings; History; forward-looking voters; Cultural heritage; reshaping collective memory; history of the Ancient Near East; destruction of identity; Altes Testament; Antike Religionsgeschichte; Altorientalistik; Ägyptologie; Alte Geschichte; Array
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (VII, 342 Seiten)
  5. The impact of the energy-induced EU recession on Sub-Saharan Africa
    Published: 2022
    Publisher:  SSOAR, GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften e.V., Mannheim

    Abstract: The EU is one of the three largest economies in the world. But its economy, which is still suffering from the COVID-19 pandemic and the negative effects of the Russian war in Ukraine, faces a bleak outlook. Inflation, or even stagflation,... more

     

    Abstract: The EU is one of the three largest economies in the world. But its economy, which is still suffering from the COVID-19 pandemic and the negative effects of the Russian war in Ukraine, faces a bleak outlook. Inflation, or even stagflation, is a major concern as it reflects cost pressures from disrupted supply chains and tight labor markets. The war in Ukraine could also lead to a sustained stop in European gas supplies from Russia. Fitch Ratings therefore forecast the likelihood of a technical recession in the euro zone due to ongoing gas rationing. Apparently the EU is at the mercy of two unpredictable powers, Putin and the weather. China is also affected by global imbalances, and when China coughs, Europe catches the flu. However, the risks are greatest in sub-Saharan Africa. Its global growth spillovers come mainly from the EU and the BRICS countries. In addition to its strong demographic growth, the continent is already suffering from climate change, including prolonged droughts

     

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  6. Machine ethics and African identities: Perspectives of artificial intelligence in Africa
    Published: 2022
    Publisher:  SSOAR, GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften e.V., Mannheim ; Dirk Kohnert, GIGA-Institute for African Affairs, Hamburg

    Abstract: Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been embraced enthusiastically by Africans as a new resource for African development. AI could improve well-being by enabling innovation in business, education, health, ecology, urban planning, industry,... more

     

    Abstract: Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been embraced enthusiastically by Africans as a new resource for African development. AI could improve well-being by enabling innovation in business, education, health, ecology, urban planning, industry, etc. However, the high expectations could be little more than pious wishes. There are still too many open questions regarding the transfer required, and the selection of appropriate technology and its mastery. Given that the 'technology transfer' concept of modernization theories of the 1960s utterly failed because it had not been adapted to local needs, some scholars have called for an endogenous concept of African AI. However, this caused a lot of controversies. Africa became a battlefield of 'digital empires' of global powers due to its virtually non-existent digital infrastructure. Still, African solutions to African problems would be needed. Additionally, the dominant narratives and default settings of AI-related technologies have been denounce

     

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