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IMPACT OF FOREIGN TRADE ON THE ECONOMICAL AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF GEORGIA
Ghimire, Suraj ; Van Damme, Patrick (advisor) ; Nikolas, Nikolas (referee)
Today, regional and foreign trade is inevitable for a geographically small country like Georgia where resources and markets for sustainable and economic growth are limited. The role of agricultural exports in the economic performance of Georgia was clearly demonstrated by the experience of the collapse of the national economy after independence from the Soviet Union, when Georgian farmers lost the export potential to former Soviet Union countries. As one of the tools, which struggles to re-start agricultural production and trade, in recent years, Georgian countryside experiences abrupt increase in number of agricultural cooperatives that are being established as a result of joint endeavor of international programs and Georgian government. For local farmers, who typically hold small plots of fragmented land, cooperatives are promoted as a tool for better market access and consequently increase of income and poverty reduction. The crucial product, with traditionally highest potential for exports is wine. Georgia, a country located between Caspian Sea and Black sea is also known as cradle of wine. Country's wine industry wants to diversify the markets and expand the export potential.
The proposed dissertation thesis will evaluate the Constraints and opportunities of small farmers' market access in Georgia. The whole research is based on econometric time series techniques Granger causality, Co-integration test, Gravity Model, Probit Model, and first-hand experience through personal interviews of authors with members of cooperatives. The results from the research will have important implications for policy-makers in order to implement appropriate growth and development strategies of agriculture and to agricultural trade.
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Economic Impacts of Social Policy on Selected Sectors of the Czech Economy
Kašparová, Kateřina ; Severová, Lucie (advisor)
We live in the 21st century, when more than ever solves finance, economy in terms of both the individual and the state, but also the European Union, which affects every Member State and the Czech Republic is no exception. State economic situation continues to affect both small and large companies, entrepreneurs and individuals who under the influence of the surrounding developments make decisions affecting not only the present but also the future. Economic decisions impinge on the functioning of the state authorities, which is taking steps to support the decision given on the company, such as electronic records of sales, taxation and other laws affecting their business. This impacts directly or indirectly to a particular individual moving in the country's economy. The aim of the dissertation is to express the economic impact in terms of social policy on selected sectors of the Czech economy, both theoretically and practically. The economic impact of social policy affects the financial situation of the economically active population who are hit by unexpected life situations. It is degraded in the social position due to declining economic level, which is then inadequate and social policies often do not sufficiently take into account the economic situation of the individual before and after the establishment of that situation. And the individual is often unable to adequately use the possibilities that social policy allows. The main reason is a lack of awareness, that should act on the individual before the emergence of the situation and create awareness in the people about the possibilities of resolving the situation. Unexpected life situations addressed by social policy, which is also solvable through its tools, job loss or inability to continue to engage in employment. Both options associated with a decrease in working capacity, which addresses social policy through the provision of disability pensions. These covers Czech Social Security Administration through district administrations throughout the country. The State influences the amount of disability pensions minimum the setting of wages, the basis of assessment, determination of the percentage amount of disability pension, including its reduction limits or minimum time required insurance. The aforementioned indicators in the calculation of invalidity pension, which becomes a very individual matter, but is influenced by the rules of 441,000 persons receiving this pension, which in the third. stage reaches an average amount of 10 262 CZK. With this funding slightly higher than the minimum wage, individuals must manage and deal with the new situation. Economic impacts caused by unexpected life situation affects not only the individual himself, but also its surroundings. To eliminate these negative economic impacts serve other instruments of social policy that could improve the financial situation. However, this is a significant administrative burden for which the required knowledge about the possibilities, which include care allowances, mobility allowances, certificate of persons with disabilities, but also the opportunity to appeal against the decision of the Czech Social Security Administration to withdraw and so improve its economic situation.
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Psychological and social aspects of unemployment
Veselá, Hana ; Kebza, Vladimír (advisor) ; Daniel, Daniel (referee)
Diploma thesis deals with problematic of unemployment, mainly with its psychological and social aspects. Unemployment became a common element of modern capitalist society. Impacts of unemployment are not only economical, but mainly psychological and social.
There is an importance of work for human defined in this thesis and also difference between work and employment explained. The theoretical part of this thesis also deals with definition of unemployment and its basic types and vulnerable groups. Equivalently there are mentioned impacts of unemployment in the psychological, the social and the healthcare levels. Attention is also put on impact of social support, state policy of employment and on development of unemployment in the Czech Republic, in the European Union and in the Vysočina Region, where the research took place.
Empirical part offers subjective opinions of unemployed and employed persons collected in realised interviews based on in-depth interviews technique. The main goal is to find out how these persons perceive the problematic of unemployment. Information collected in this survey were compared with data from academic titles of literature. Finally there are possible starting-points to smoothen impacts of unemployment suggested.
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Psychological and social aspects of unemployment
Hricáková, Veronika ; Kebza, Vladimír (advisor)
This diploma thesis is aimed at the topic of unemployment, mainly at its psychological and social impacts. In the theoretical part basic terms are defined which are closely related to unemployment. These are primarily: the definition of unemployment, the development and the structure of unemployment, social and psychological consequences of unemployment, reference to employment policy and the description of the European Social Fund programmes. The practical part of my thesis includes the questionnaire survey among the unemployed registered at the Labour Office Znojmo. Moreover, it presents structured interviews with the employees of the Znojmo Penitentiary, Probation and Mediation service Znojmo and The Znojmo Shelter who are in contact with job seekers affected by any of the social impacts of unemployment.
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Psychological and social aspects of unemployment
Krůželová, Tereza ; Kebza, Vladimír (advisor) ; Höfrová, Alena (referee)
Focus of this bachelor work is the issue of the unemployment, specifically the psychological and social aspects which are related to unemployment.
Theory part describes the concept of unemployment, labour market, and deals with the state employment policy. It also describes the psychological and health effects of unemployment on people.
Practise part analyses impacts of unemployment on selected respondents. To detect these issues was used a questionnaire survey, which was addressed to selected clients of employment agency Prague 5.
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Social-economic impacts of non-payment of maintenance grants
Farkašová, Jana ; Uhlík, Milan (advisor) ; Jansa, Viktor (referee)
This Bachelors thesis deals with economic and social impacts of maintenance defaults. It is a really delicate topic because of non provided infant and adult children. These children are in this difficult situation due to irresponsible behaviour of one or both their parents. These parents cause by their insolvency also social exclusion of their children. The theoretical part focuses on legal regulations of given issues. In this part the author deals with maintenance and its provision, determination of alimony, parental responsibility, divorces and determination of paternity and also states possibilities at alimony claiming. The practical part deals with the assessment of legal regulations, Endangered Children Fund and questionnaire survey focusing on non-payment impacts
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State employment policy and the European Social Fund
Horáčková, Zuzana ; Urbánková, Erika (advisor) ; Hrdlička, Pavel (referee)
The Bachelor thesis under the name of The State employment policy and the European Social Fund deals with the problems of unemployment at general level and the tools leading to its solution in the frame of the European Community as well as the national policy. The thesis is divided into three parts. The first theoretical part describes the unemployment, defines its types and results for every individual and the whole society. The ending of this part is dedicated to the characteristics of the European Social Fund and the active employment policy. The second analytical part describes the Ústí Region and its situation on the labor market and then there are characterized 3 projects of the ESF, on which is focusing own research. The third empirical part evaluates the quantitative research focused on the target group of project participants and employers involved in the project. The aim of this thesis is finding the answer on main research question on the basis of the research results: What effect have implemented projects on their participants and employers?
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Altmetrics: An alternative route for evaluation of the impact of scientific articles
Szarzec, Jakub
Trends in measuring of the impact of research results does not change often. The number of citations is still a traditional way how to quantitative measure the impact of the articles on the scientific community. The presentation will be discussed how innovative Altmetrics tool that uses social networks. It will be offered a comparison between this instrument and the current situation. Do these methods affect the sharing of scientific information? Are social networks the right way for measuring the quality of scholarly publications?
Slides: idr-482_1 -  PDF
Video: idr-482_2 -  MP4
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Economy of nonprofit organization - social entrepreneurship
Měkotová, Ludmila ; Řezbová, Helena (advisor) ; Eva, Eva (referee)
The aim of this work is to bring conclusions, suggestions and recommendations for future development and stabilization of two selected non-profit organizations (Charita Opava and Green Doors z.ú.), based on their financial and non-financial analysis of 2009-2013 years. The theoretical part focuses on a characterisation of a non-profit sector, classification of legal forms, possibilities of their transformation, terminology in the field of social entrepreneurship, available methods for measuring productivity of NGOs and measuring an impact of social enterprises. The practical part describes two studied organizations, their targets, activities and organization structures. Moreover, technical-economic analysis, consisting of horizontal and vertical analysis of revenues and expenses and of calculation of financial indicators, have been completed. Further, the author says how both organizations meet a definition and characteristics of a social institution and assesses their unpriced impacts and proposes a method for quantification and calculation of modified indicators arising from them. At the end, the work brings conclusions, recommends specification of a social enterprise features and proposes changes which could help further development of the organizations.
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