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Land-use modelling in the GLOWA Jordan River Project
(kassel university press, 2014)
This report presents the results from the land-use simulation study which has been carried out at the Center for Environmental Systems Research (CESR) as part of the GLOWA Jordan River project1 (sub-project 3.3.). A central objective of GLOWA Jordan River was to analyse the vulnerability of water resources in the Jordan River basin under the influence of global change. In this context the land-modelling system LandSHIFT.JR has been adapted and applied to calculate spatially explicit scenarios of land-use change on ...
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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 ...
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Handlungsbroschüre. Anforderungs- und Entwurfsmuster zur rechtsverträglichen und qualitätszentrierten Gestaltung kontextsensitiver Applikationen (AnEkA). Handlungsempfehlungen zur Gestaltung von Entwurfsmustern
(kassel university press, 2020)
Im Rahmen des DFG-geförderten Projekts AnEkA „Anforderungs- und Entwurfsmuster zur rechtsverträglichen und qualitätszentrierten Gestaltung kontextsensitiver Applikationen“ wurden Anforderungs- und Entwurfsmuster für die Gestaltung rechtsverträglicher, aber gleichermaßen qualitätszentrierter smarter persönlicher Assistenten erstellt. Neben einem umfangreichen Musterkatalog hat das Projektteam ein Vorgehen für die Erstellung von Entwurfsmustern erarbeitet. Die Handlungsbroschüre soll zunächst eine Einführung in die ...
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Self-help groups for India’s financial inclusion
(kassel university press, 2017)
Ensuring accessibility to credit to the poor self-employed households is a critical concern for many developing nations. Self-help groups (SHG) formed by women in the developing countries help them to access financial intermediaries and access credit for various income-generating activities. In case of India, SHGs are formed either through state-assisted SHG-Bank Linkage Programme (SBLP) or through private initiatives of micro finance institutions (MFIs) or NGOs. Under the former, the groups access formal banking ...
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Deriving Trust Supporting Components for Ubiquitous Information Systemsfor Ubiquitous Information Systems
(kassel university press, 2014)
Ubiquitous information systems (UIS) are proposed to represent a fundamental paradigm shift in information systems research. Despite the advantages of such systems, they also come with disadvantages, such as their increasing automation and opaqueness. When aiming to develop UIS that are readily adopted and used by their intended users, those disadvantages need to be addressed. A promising approach to overcome this challenge is fostering the users‘ trust in UIS.Matthias Söllner presents a method for deriving trust ...
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Womit Supervision und Coaching zu tun haben werden
(kassel university press, 2012)
Berater/innen, Supervisor/innen und Coaches betrachten subjektive, intersubjektive, soziale und politische Veränderungen „en miniature“ in jedem ihrer Beratungsprozesse. Was in der (Arbeits-)Welt eine Rolle spielt und spielen wird, das stellt sich ihnen in den Themen ihrer Kund/innen und Klient/innen vor.
- Wie passen sich Menschen subjektiv gesellschaftlichen Veränderungen an?
- Welche Konzepte haben wir für die (Erwerbs-)Arbeit der Zukunft?
- Wie stellen wir uns auf Risiken ein?
- Welchen Werterahmen geben wir ...
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Timber consumption and sustainable forest use
(kassel university press, 2016)
The global demand for timber is increasing, with prognoses for the EU showing particularly high growth to meet renewable energy targets. However, there are limited options to meet rising timber demands within the EU, and global land competition to meet world food, energy and material needs, as well as to conserve high value nature areas, is increasing. This dissertation addresses the knowledge gap between the pressures of increased land use abroad and the underlying drivers of land use change. It argues that there ...
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Economic growth and employment generation nexus: Insight from Ghana
(kassel university press, 2016)
Ghana is undoubtedly regarded as one of the leading lights in Africa in terms of strong growth performance since the wind of economic reforms blew across Africa in the 1980s.The challenge has, however, been the effect of this remarkable growth story on the creation of sufficient jobs for the increasing working age population. This paper uses arithmetic computation and econometric estimation to measure and assess the employment effect of the level and sources of growth on the employment generation. It further shows ...
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Transformations of traditional landuse systems and their effects on development opportunities and people’s livelihoods in Northern Ghana
(kassel university press, 2015)
Agricultural land in Northern Ghana was under the traditional arrangements till recent times. Small-scale farmers and their families could collect water, firewood, fodder andseasonal fruits or carried out hunting on communal lands, owned by local chiefs and fetish priests, under the provisions made by customary laws.Recent developments in this area include up-scaling of the mining industry, large scale commercial agriculture projects and cultivation of biofuel crops. All these developmentschemes are affecting access ...
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Solidarische Ökonomie in Europa - Betriebe und regionale Entwicklungen
(kassel university press, 2007)
Die gemeinsam von der Universität, Gewerkschaft und Kirche in Nordhessen geplante Internationale Sommerschule „Solidarische Ökonomie in Europa: Betriebe und regionale Entwicklung“ entstand nach einer gemeinsamen Reise nach Italien. Vertreter aus Genossenschaften, Landkreisen und Universitäten wurden dann zu unserer gemeinsamen Sommerschule eingeladen, um von ihnen zu lernen und ihnen Beispiele in unserer Region zu zeigen.