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Keterpilihan Dinasti Politik Pada Pilkada Kabupaten/Kota Di Indonesia Tahun 2017-2020, Theresia Wahyuni Yuliartiningsih, Vid Adrison Jul 2022

Keterpilihan Dinasti Politik Pada Pilkada Kabupaten/Kota Di Indonesia Tahun 2017-2020, Theresia Wahyuni Yuliartiningsih, Vid Adrison

Jurnal Kebijakan Ekonomi

The main purpose of this study was to examine whether the health variable as proxied by government health insurance participation and the infrastructure variable as a proxy for steady road conditions were correlated with the electability of political dynasties in the district/city elections in Indonesia in 2017-2020. This study tested using an average of 5 years before the 2017, 2018 and 2020 elections and the sample used was 508 districts/cities. This study uses a probit and a heck-probit regression model. The results of the selection bias control show that the health interest variable, namely BPJS Non-PBI, significantly reduces the probability …


Support New Business To Solve Old Problems With Kentucky’S Keystone Waste From Bourbon & Brewing, Samuel C. Kessler May 2022

Support New Business To Solve Old Problems With Kentucky’S Keystone Waste From Bourbon & Brewing, Samuel C. Kessler

Commonwealth Policy Papers

Provided here is a policy solution from the backside of Kentucky bourbon and brewing to upcycle Kentucky’s “keystone” wastes and grow businesses in the process. Potential effects range from removing the bottleneck on bourbon production and producing GHG-friendly biogas to lowering the price of milk.This full whitepaper brief provides an incentive model for keystone wastes which have a provider and a use. It is equally applicable for policymakers or advocates wishing to place a policy incentive behind waste-to-product upcycling, businesses involved with methane sequestration & renewable biogas energy, and shifting regulatory and penalizing models of pollution into incentive model for …


Impact Of Infrastructure On Trade: An Empirical Assessment By The Gravity Model In Ecowas, Kossi Edem Baita Jan 2021

Impact Of Infrastructure On Trade: An Empirical Assessment By The Gravity Model In Ecowas, Kossi Edem Baita

Young African Leaders Journal of Development

Increased trade is seen as one of the channels that can boost economic growth in ECOWAS. However, we are witnessing a relative decline in intra-ECOWAS trade. This relative weakness in intra-African trade is said to be due to trade barriers and obstacles, like the quality of infrastructure and transportation costs. In this paper, research is made into understanding the impact of infrastructure quality on trade in ECOWAS countries by referring to the gravity model. Estimates show that bilateral trade increases as the quality of infrastructure improves. Also, the results show that the value of bilateral trade increases with the size …


Hydropower Development And Regional Integration In The Greater Horn Of Africa, Temesgen Aschenek Zeleke Nov 2018

Hydropower Development And Regional Integration In The Greater Horn Of Africa, Temesgen Aschenek Zeleke

Young African Leaders Journal of Development

Inadequate and poor regional infrastructure networks posed an impact for escalation of insecurity and political instability in the greater horn of Africa. To deal with such problems, filling resource gaps through sharing resources in the way that maximizes mutual benefit is the major approach to be implemented. In this respect, fostering interdependence through infrastructural development of power interconnections is a best mechanism for energy led integration in the region. The purpose of this article is to analyze the major roles that Ethiopian hydropower development is playing in regional integration schemes. To this end, qualitative research methodology is employed to investigate …


Persepsi Konsumen Terhadap Prioritas Perbaikan Infrastruktur Pasar Tradisional (Studi Kasus : Pasar Perumnas Klender), Bernardhus Wishman Siregar Oct 2014

Persepsi Konsumen Terhadap Prioritas Perbaikan Infrastruktur Pasar Tradisional (Studi Kasus : Pasar Perumnas Klender), Bernardhus Wishman Siregar

Jurnal Kebijakan Ekonomi

everal studies have found that consumer in Indonesia has shifted their preference from traditional to modern market, due to a better service provided by modern market retailer for its consumer. Focusing on consumer perceptions, this research tries to see the consumer assessment for traditional market's service and infrastructures using the gualitative approach in Pasar Perumnas Klender. Finally, this research found that improvements in infrastructure is necessary in order to meet the consumer needs.