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Working paper
Moving Minds and Money: The Political Economy of Migrant Transfers
(2020-12)
This paper examines the potential of digital financial services (Fintech) to increase the development impact of remittances. We discuss both household and macroeconomic perspectives of the nexus of digital financial services, remittances, and financial inclusion. Using our findings, we identify regulatory gaps in dealing with digital financial services to enhance the development impact of remittances. Political and social remittances, as well as collective remittances, and the role of diaspora networks are also ...
Studienarbeit
Interkultureller Musikunterricht im Blick der "Modi des Fremderlebens"
(2019)
„Sage mir, was dir fremdartig erscheint, und ich sage dir, wer du bist!“
Mit diesem Zitat beginnt der Diplom-Politologen und Erziehungswissenschaftler Ortfried Schäffter den Sammelband „Das Fremde. Erfahrungsmöglichkeiten zwischen Faszination und Bedrohung“ (Schäffter 1991). In diesem stellt er seine „Modi des Fremderlebens“ vor, die in der vorliegenden Arbeit auf Schriften von Autor*innen der Interkulturellen Musikpädagogik bezogen werden.
Der Sammelband von Schäffter erschien 1991. Schon zu diesem Zeitpunkt ist ...
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Can Decent Work and Export Oriented Growth Strategies go together?
(kassel university press, 2014-08)
The present research paper takes the Nicaraguan Export Processing Zones as an exemplary case to investigate in how far it is possible for countries in the Global South to take steps towards Decent Work despite the pressures caused by export competition. In Nicaragua, export processing zones had a negative reputation for paying low wages and incompliance with trade union and workers’ rights. However, a process of Social Dialogue that has resulted in tripartite agreements is seen as an important factor for the sector’s ...
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The decency of women’s working conditions in peri-urban dairy buffalo production systems in the District Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan
(kassel university press, 2014-05)
Equitable working conditions and fair payment for female workers are often lacking. To analyse the decency of women’s working conditions in dairy production systems in Pakistan, female workers (n=73) were asked about their on-farm activities in a semi-structured face to face interview. In addition, participatory research tools were applied to determine problems the women are facing. The research was carried out in 2011. The workload of female family members is enormous: it is the task of women to take care of the ...