Government Policy Support Research Articles

Public opinion about restrictive driving policy: Does political affiliation matter? A case study of odd-even restrictive driving policy in Delhi, India

Public opinion and their support for any new government policy depend on their beliefs on acceptance, intrusiveness, and effectiveness. Considering a varying degree of social and cultural heterogeneity, this study investigates the array of political affiliation, which analyzes the influence of political affiliations on assessment and acceptance of the restrictive driving transport policy. A case study on an odd–even restrictive driving policy implemented during November 4–11, 2019, in Delhi (India) is undertaken using quantitative research methods. The conceptual model was first empirically tested with 275 responses from male residents using partial least squares structural equation modeling and then with necessary conditions analysis for robustness of the findings. The findings show that political affiliation positively influences perceived policy effectiveness, policy fairness, and policy acceptance. This study may help policy-makers and regulators to design measures and interventions that influence broader public perspective related to the odd–even restrictive driving policy through political affiliation.

A Study on the Reformation of Government Support Policies and Regulations in Response to the Changes in the Korean Animation Industry : Focusing on OTT Platform Animation

최근 디지털 네트워크의 급격한 진화와 더불어 다양한 형태의 영상 콘텐츠 유통 플랫폼이 등장하였고, 이 가운데 글로벌 OTT 플랫폼을 통해 한국의 영화, 드라마 등의 영상 콘텐츠가 전 세계적으로 주목받으며 성장을 거듭해 나가고 있다. 반면, 현재 한국 애니메이션 산업은 다른 문화 콘텐츠 산업 분야에 비해 성장 속도가 더딘데다가, 2020년 초에 발생한 코로나 19로 인해 국내외의 많은 관련 업체가 큰 어려움을 겪으면서 산업은 더욱 위축되었다. 이처럼 변수가 많고 끊임없이 변화하는 산업 환경에 대비하여 현재 시행 중인 애니메이션 지원 정책과 법 제도를 다시 한 번 점검하고 한국 애니메이션 산업 활성화를 위한 방안을 제안하고자 한다. 정부 및 지방자체단체 산하 기관에서 시행하는 애니메이션 관련 지원 정책의 경우 다양한 양질의 창작 작품이 발굴 및 제작될 수 있도록 기획 초기 단계부터 단계별로 체계적인 지원이 가능하도록 개선할 필요가 있다. 또한 OTT 플랫폼이 메인스트림 미디어로써 자리매김하며 국내에서 많은 수익을 거두고 있는 만큼, 관련 법 제도 개선을 통해 OTT 플랫폼 사업자의 법률적, 사업적 위치를 명확히 규정할 필요가 있다. 이를 바탕으로 애니메이션 총량제의 OTT 적용, 프랑스나 캐나다의 사례처럼 수익금의 일정 부분을 애니메이션 산업에 의무 투자하도록 구체적인 관련 법안 등을 제정함으로써 향후 애니메이션 강국으로 성장할 수 있는 기반을 마련할 수 있는 방향을 제시하고자 한다.

Exploring the Future of Electric Vehicles in China: Market Trends, Government Policies, Carbon Emissions and Technology Development

China is a leader in the production and adoption of electric vehicles (EVs), with a rapidly growing market and supportive government policies. With a goal to reduce air pollution and dependence on oil, China has set a target of having 5 million EVs on the road by 2020 and is taking various steps to encourage the development and use of electric vehicles. The Chinese government has established a number of policies to support the development of EVs, including tax incentives, subsidies, and the development of charging infrastructure. In this paper, market trends, government policies, carbon emissions and technology development have been systematic analysed, China's strong commitment to the development of EVs is expected to play a key role in shaping the future of the automotive industry. Design students can play a role in reducing carbon emission by designing lightweight, aerodynamic, and sustainable materials cars. EVs have the potential to significantly reduce carbon emissions from the transportation sector and will continue to gain market share in the coming years, but it is unlikely that ICEVs will be completely replaced in the near future.

Rural Marketing in India: Issues, Challenges, and Opportunities

Rural marketing is expanding quickly, and businesses that operate in villages must put a lot of effort into this area. All of these people are benefited by rural marketing thanks to the numerous marketing alternatives available in India. It appears claimed there is a large global market opportunity in the rural Indian market. Rural market conditions are currently undergoing a very rapid change. Due to rising disposable income and literacy rates, rural consumers are increasingly demanding branded goods. Consumers in rural areas tend to be more determined and use a wider range of items, both durable and non-durable, and are willing to pay a fair price for the correct goods. The Indian market, as well as the international market, now includes rural markets. More than twice as quickly as urban markets, rural markets are expanding. Given the vastness of the Indian rural market and its large consumer base, it offers marketers limitless options as well as several difficulties. Marketers have realised that rural India has a lot of potential, and with politicians focusing more on infusing funds to boost the rural economy, corporations are becoming more interested in rural India. One cannot afford to overlook the immense potential for rural markets presented by the growth in rural income, population, infrastructure, and supportive government policies.

Subsidies and tax incentives - Does it make a difference on TFP? Evidences from China's photovoltaic and wind listed companies

Under potent policy support, China's photovoltaic (PV) and wind power industries have scored remarkable achievements. However, the mechanism of how the policy remains controversial. Based on the data of 62 listed companies from 2007 to 2020, this study constructs fixed-effect models and PSM models to investigate the effect of government subsidies and tax incentives on the technical efficiency of China's PV and wind power companies, as well as the role of R&D investment and operation efficiency. The results indicate that government support policies have a different impact on the companies' technical efficiency. Subsidies have significant inhibitory effects on technical efficiency by squeezing out private R&D investment. Meanwhile, tax incentives boost technical efficiency and operation efficiency recur to a mediating role. Based on these results, some valuable suggestions for improving the government policy mechanism of the photovoltaic and wind power industry are proposed.

Research on the Co-creation Mechanism and Realization Path of Social Capital Participating in Rural Tourism Farmers' Value from The Perspective of Common Prosperity

In this paper, farmers in tourist destinations are taken as an example to study the co-creation mechanism of social capital and rural farmers' value under the background of common prosperity. Through the case study and contribution study of the value co-creation mechanism of the consortium, this paper establishes the value co-creation mechanism of farmers in rural tourist destinations with social capital as a universal model, and verifies the accuracy and fitting precision of the model with existing cases. Taking the leading enterprises, the support of government policies, tourism and agricultural products as variables, this paper studies their impact on rural economic income as a whole. Through model research, this paper solves the problems of market mechanism disorder and unfair distribution in the three distributions of common prosperity, and combines the concept of rural tourism development and value co-creation. The research results are universal, providing a reference model for social capital to participate in the development of value co-creation of farmers in tourist destinations, and providing new ideas and ideas for farmers in tourist destinations to achieve common prosperity.

Soil erosion and runoff: The need to rethink mitigation strategies for sustainable agricultural landscapes in western Europe

AbstractAgricultural landscapes that are intensively farmed, as in western Europe, face the challenge of a transition to more sustainable systems. Although erosion rates are relatively low in western Europe, the agricultural landscape is confronted by the need to mitigate the off‐site impacts of erosion. An important challenge is that of disrupting connectivity between runoff and sediment sources, often farmers' fields, and freshwater systems or local communities. Mitigation strategies should include monitoring of erosion rates and off‐site impacts and a mix of engineered and alternative measures such as buffer strips and retention ponds. Also needed are supportive government policies and actions including awareness of institutional memory problems and the promotion of farmer education. For the future, the risk of climate change must be appreciated and built into the planning of comprehensive mitigation strategies. Our perspective is that the overall aim should be a ‘sustainable agricultural landscape’ and not simply a reduction of erosion and runoff on farmers' fields.

Spatial spillover and impacting factors of green development: A study based on China's provincial data.

Green development, an essential part of sustainable development transformation, is spatially correlated intra- and inter-regionally. However, previous research has not fully addressed the spatial characteristics of green development. This study investigates the spatial correlation structures, core-peripheral positions, and factors impacting the spatial network formation of China's green development. Based on the green development evaluation index system modified by the entropy method, this study applies social network analysis, block model analysis, and quadratic assignment procedure analysis to data from 30 provinces in China. The results confirm the spatial spillover effect is overwhelmingly present in China's green development. The findings further distinguish the core roles of provinces including Hunan, Tianjin, Zhejiang, Henan, and Xinjiang, and underline factors of green economic growth, governmental policy support, spatial adjacency, and geographic distance as significantly affecting the spatial network formation of China's green development. Policy recommendations for green development are then put forward.

Customary Law during the Covid-19 Pandemic: Supporting Local Government's Policy

The covid-19 pandemic has become a national disaster, therefore the participation of all parties is needed in efforts to handle this disaster. Traditional villages with their customary law have a strategic role in handling Covid-19 starting from managing their territory to distributing social assistance. Through traditional village institutions, the Bali Provincial Government uses local wisdom in increasing community participation and institutions to be actively involved in handling activities and overcoming the impact of Covid-19. This study aims to determine the role of customary law to support government policies in handling Covid-19 in Bali. This study is a descriptive study in which the method used is a normative legal research method, using a statutory approach, a historical approach, a conceptual approach, a philosophical approach, and a case approach. The legal materials used are primary legal materials, secondary materials, and non-legal materials. Based on the research conducted, it was found that Balinese customary law plays a role in supporting government policies in handling Covid-19 in Bali because it is in accordance with the philosophy and principles of customary law adopted by the Balinese indigenous people.

Manajemen Penddikan Karakter Untuk Meningkatkan Kompetensi Sikap Di TK Dharma Wanita Syarif Hidayatullah

Character education is a mandate of Law Number 20 of 2003 concerning the National Education System. Various efforts to change and support government policies in the field of education continue to be made to improve the quality of education in Indonesia, especially in instilling character education. The implementation of instilling character education in Indonesia must start from early childhood education. The focus of this research is: (1) How is the management of character education, which includes planning, implementation, and supervision carried out in the Syarif Hidayatullah Dharma Wanita Kindergarten institution? (2) What kind of attitude competencies are obtained through the management of character education conducted by Syarif Hidayatullah Dharma Wanita Kindergarten? This research uses a qualitative approach with descriptive methods. Data collection techniques were carried out by (1) interviews, (2) observation, and (3) documentation. The form of data is words, notes, reports and documents obtained from caregivers, principals, vice principals, teachers and students. Data analysis techniques are carried out by: data reduction, data presentation, and drawing conclusions. While checking the validity of the data is carried out by extending the time and persistence of observations, triangulation techniques and peer discussions, and using references. From this study, it was found that: (1) Character education management, which includes a. planning with a well-designed semester program and annual program, b. implementation by carrying out daily programs and thematic programs, and c. the evaluations carried out are class assessments and program assessments; (2) Attitude competence obtained through the management of character education conducted by Dharma Wanita Syarif Hidayatullah Kindergarten is a focus on social and spiritual attitudes. From this research a thesis can be raised in relation to character education management that: character education management can improve attitude competence in Dharma Wanita Kindergarten Syarif Hidayatullah.

Waterfront ecotourism quality evaluation under the water ecological challenge in West Strait, China

The relationship between tourism activities and water ecological degradation has become a challenge that cannot be ignored. However, only few studies have evaluated the sustainability of waterfront tourism. This paper takes the West Strait of China, which is rich in ecological resources, as the research object, constructs the evaluation framework of waterfront ecotourism through two rounds of expert consultation, and determines the weights of the following indicators based on Fuzzy Comprehensive Evaluation (FCE): Waterfront Tourism Design (0.112), Ecotourism Experience (0.034), Aquatic Ecological Knowledge Sharing (0.147), Pro-Water Culture (0.238), Pro-Water Identity (0.134), Aesthetic Value of Water Landscape (0.128), Pro-Water City Brand (0.036), Infrastructure Construction (0.061), Regional Economic Development (0.046), Folkway Support (0.028), Government Policy Support (0.036). Data collection in the 5 core cities in West Strait shows that Pro-Water Culture (U4) had the most significant impact, followed by Aquatic Ecological Knowledge Sharing (U3). Pro-Water City Brand (U7) and Folkway Support (U10) have negligible effects on waterfront ecotourism. The weight range distribution is relatively average except for the four above mentioned indicators.

Agricultural Support and Public Policies Improving Sustainability in Brazil’s Beef Industry

Since the dawn of Brazilian trade, extensive cattle farming has predominated. Brazil’s extensive pasture-based system uses pasture plants adapted to climate and soil conditions with limited use of purchased inputs. However, new technologies such as integrated crop and livestock systems have recently been adopted, with government support and public policies that are intended to encourage increased agricultural production in Brazil. Domestic and international stakeholders have prioritized sustainable agricultural development in Brazil’s beef sector to reduce deforestation and other natural-habitat conversions. This review provides an overview of beef production in Brazil, focusing particularly on (1) historical factors that have encouraged an extensive, low-intensity style of production and (2) how national public policies supporting agriculture have improved sustainability in Brazil’s beef industry. Since the beginning of the twenty-first century, specific public policies for rural areas began to implement changes that addressed environmental concerns. Programs aimed at protecting secondary forests and increasing their areas are needed to offset the 42% of Brazil’s greenhouse gas emissions that come from land-use change. To produce more beef with less environmental impact, cattle ranchers need to use their land more productively. Thus, public policy initiatives need to combat deforestation and preserve the environment and local communities, while sustainably intensifying Brazil’s beef production.

Automatic detection of photovoltaic facilities from Sentinel-2 observations by the enhanced U-Net method

With the enactment of supportive government policies and the increasing maturity of solar photovoltaic (PV) technologies, solar PV energy has become the most cost-effective new energy resource worldwide. Geospatial information on existing solar PV power systems is necessary to manage and optimize the deployment of new PV facilities. In this study, we propose a new deep-learning network, named the enhanced U-Net (E-UNET), to detect PV facilities from Sentinel-2 multi-spectral remote sensing data. Our E-UNET features an enhanced encoder–decoder structure that can efficiently extract spectral and spatial features simultaneously by combining a multi-spectral three-dimensional convolution path and a multi-scale pooling block. We compare the performance of the E-UNET with other semantic segmentation deep-learning networks and a pixel-based random forest classifier. The experimental results show that the E-UNET performs better than the other methods. It achieves an overall accuracy, Matthews correlation coefficient, F1, kappa coefficient, and recall of 0.989, 0.862, 0.869, 0.934, and 0.875, respectively. The experimental results also indicate that the E-UNET accurately detects PV facilities from various complex environments with high accuracy in terms of PV integrity and details.

Challenges and opportunities in cultivating medical students’ competencies: Participatory action research from a hierarchical cultural setting

ABSTRACT Backgrounds Research concerning student-centered learning (SCL) recommends a comprehensive assessment of medical students’ competencies including their personal and professional characters. Accordingly, nurturing future doctors should be in a continuous mentorship program. However, in a hierarchical culture, communication is one-way with limited feedback and reflection. We aimed to explore challenges and opportunities for SCL implementation in medical schools in this cultural setting necessary for a globally interdependent world. Methods Two cycles of participatory action research (PAR) were conducted, involving medical students and teachers in Indonesia. A national conference on SCL principles was conducted between the cycles, also the SCL modules were developed for each institution and feedback was shared. Twelve focus group discussions were conducted (before and after the module development), with 37 medical teachers and 48 medical students from 7 faculties of medicine across Indonesia at various levels accreditation. Following verbatim transcriptions, a thematic analysis was conducted. Results and Discussions In cycle 1 PAR, some challenges in implementing SCL were identified: lack of constructive feedback, overloaded content, summative-based assessment, hierarchical culture environment, and teachers’ dilemma of committed time between patient-care and education. In cycle 2, several opportunities to approach the SCL were proposed: a faculty development program on mentorship, students’ reflection guides and training, a more longitudinal assessment system, also a more supportive government policy on the human resources system. Conclusions The main challenge of fostering student-centered learning revealed in this study was a teacher-centered learning tendency in the medical curriculum. The weighting towards summative assessment and the national educational policy drive the curriculum like a ‘domino effect’, away from the expected student-centered learning principles. However, using a participative method, students and teachers could identify opportunities and articulate their educational needs, i.e., a partnership-mentorship program, as a significant step toward student-centered learning in this cultural context.

‘I’ve started my journey to coping better’: exploring adolescents’ journeys through an internet-based psychodynamic therapy (I-PDT) for depression

ABSTRACT The need to account for adolescents’ views during the design and development of therapeutic interventions is well documented, yet there remains a paucity of research doing so, particularly among internet-based therapies. This study aimed to address this by exploring adolescents’ expectations and experience of an internet-based psychodynamic therapy (I-PDT) for adolescent depression. Fourteen semi-structured interviews were conducted and thematically analysed. From this, five overarching and interrelated themes were identified: ‘negative expectation’, ‘strong therapeutic relationship’, ‘significant commitment’, ‘facilitated change’, and ‘gained appreciation’. The prominent effect of personal characteristics was also evident, whereby those young people who were highly motivated, or less confident, spoke most positively of their experience. The findings support government policies to increase availability of digitally enabled models of therapy, by highlighting adolescents’ positive experiences. However, the impact of individual characteristics and working styles on adolescents’ experiences signals that internet-based therapies may not be suitable for all. Young people may benefit from a range of different treatment options, able to meet their various needs and preferences.

"AHP를 적용한 청년창업 지원정책의 우선순위 분석: 외식창업을 중심으로"

"AHP를 적용한 청년창업 지원정책의 우선순위 분석: 외식창업을 중심으로"

Firms’ Performance in Pakistan: The Impact of Government Policies, Capital Structure, and Board Diversity

The present study has three main objectives. First, to investigate the effect of capital structure on firms' performance. The second is to investigate the effect of board member diversity on firms' performance. Third, given government interest in the thriving business sector, the study aims to access the impact of government support policies on the performance of firms, particularly in the construction and automobile sectors. For this, we selected 40 firms from these sectors from the period 2010 to 2021. The generalized method of movement (GMM) is used to test the relationships. The results of the present study show that capital structure has a significant and positive effect on firms' performance. The diversity of board members, which is divided into two sub-categories i.e. demographic diversity and cognitive diversity has significant negative and positive effects on firms' performance. Lastly, there is a negative relationship between government support policies and firms’ performance. These findings provide unique insight to the government, policymakers, researchers, and managers in the context of Pakistan. The thriving business sector is key for the economic survival of a country and these finding can enable managers and policymakers to utilize capital structure and board composition for ensuring optimal performance and effective policy making.

Exploring the Mechanism of Regional Innovation Factors Driving the Upgrading of High-Tech Industrial Chains

The healthy development of high technology industry is an important strategic support for China to achieve economic take-off, and the rapid upgrading of its level is an important way to realize the effective integration of innovation chain and industrial chain. To this end, this paper explores the development history of China's high-tech industrial chain in song and explores the five-in-one resource factor guarantee system based on technological innovation input, innovation output application, marketization level, investment capacity and government policy support, which provides clearer suggestions for the further upgrading of China's high-tech industrial chain.

GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS’ READINESS FOR CLOUD-COMPUTING AGE: BASIS FOR AN EXTENSION PROGRAM

The Sustainable Development Goals particularly SDG 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities) and SDG 17 (Partnership in Attaining the Goal) call for every entity and unit to come across the digitization of their processes and procedures through cloud computing. This study is designed to determine the readiness of government agencies for the implementation of cloud computing in their respective units. Employing a validated questionnaire to 102 ICT In-charge in the government agencies, the following are found: the organizational capability, government policy, and top management support are observed and qualified as much ready; the government agencies are much ready in implementing cloud computing in their processes and procedures. Hence, the government agencies in the parameters of this study need technical assistance from educational institutions to further their readiness in implementing cloud computing. Moreover, institutions of higher and advanced education may offer extension activities along cloud-computing to further the readiness of the government agencies in its implementation.

Strategies to improve healthcare services for patients with sickle cell disease in Nigeria: The perspectives of stakeholders.

Background: Sickle cell disease (SCD) continues to pose physical and psychosocial burdens to patients, caregivers and health workers. Stakeholder engagement in the processes of policy making and implementation is increasingly becoming the cornerstone of best practices in healthcare. Aim and Objectives: To engage stakeholders with a view to assessing the knowledge of SCD; ascertain the challenges associated with accessibility and affordability of healthcare services; improve the quality of care, and thereby effect behavioral change through increasing attendance and follow-up of patients in the clinics. Methodology: A Stakeholders' Engagement meeting organized by the Sickle Pan Africa Research Consortium Nigeria Network (SPARC-NEt) was attended by patients, caregivers and members of patient support groups, healthcare providers and management/policymakers. The engagement was through PowerPoint presentations, structured questionnaires and an interactive session. The structured questionnaire assessed the knowledge of stakeholders about SCD; the quality of healthcare services; challenges with access and affordability; and SCD-related government policies. Results: Three hundred and twelve stakeholders attended the engagement meeting. Of the 133 that participated in the study, medical workers were the most represented. The majority had good knowledge of what causes SCD (96.2%) and the best place to get help during SCD crisis (98.5%). However, knowledge of the specific preventive measures of SCD and its crisis was not optimal. In terms of the role of community engagement and education, only about one-quarter of the study participants, 34 (25.6%) knew about their positive role in reducing the prevalence of SCD and alleviating SCD crises. Challenges identified include inadequate healthcare personnel and facilities, delay in obtaining laboratory results, long waiting time in the clinic, poor communication, absence of holistic consultation, uncoordinated healthcare services, high cost of care, ignorance, non-prioritization of SCD by government, lack of multisectoral collaboration and partnership with NGOs and international organizations. Strategies proffered to improve healthcare services include, community/stakeholder engagement and health education, sickle cell daycare services, access to a willing and dedicated multidisciplinary workforce, collaboration with support groups and government policies and programs. Conclusion: There is need for regular stakeholder engagement to improve access to healthcare services for SCD patients in Nigeria.