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The Impact Of Special Economic Zones (Sezs) On The Performance Of Jordanian Economy
(2025-10)
Rayyash, Seif Nawaf Abed Abu
Stimulating key economic performance indicators has long been a major focus of economic literature, with investment viewed as a key driver of growth and development. Special economic zones (sezs) have emerged as strategic policy tools designed to attract investment, boost exports, and generate employment. In jordan, policymakers have widely promoted sezs as success stories and cornerstones of national economic transformation. However, the actual impact of these zones on macroeconomic performance remains empirically uncertain, calling for a careful evaluation. This study aims to examine the effectiveness of sezs in jordan through three main objectives: (i) to assess the impact of special economic zones (sezs) on jordan’s economic growth, (ii) to evaluate the influence of special economic zones (sez) on foreign direct investment (fdi) inflows to jordan, (iii) to evaluate the relationship between special economic zones (sez) and jordan’s trade balance. The study uses annual time series data spanning 1975 to 2023 and applies autoregressive distributed difference (ardl) modeling to estimate short- and long-run relationships. Sez types free zones, development zones, and industrial zones are represented by dummy variables across three econometric models.
Identifying Suicide Risks Through Twitter (X) In Malaysia
(2025-10)
K. Rajagumar, Prishalini
The rise of suicide rates globally highlights the urgent need for improved methods of identifying and understanding suicidal risk, particularly in regions with limited data collection systems. This thesis focuses on the challenges of suicide-related data acquisition in malaysia where stigma and structural limitations such as reliance on medically reported information and the historical criminalization of suicide attempts, which was only decriminalized in 2023 impedes comprehensive reporting. To address this gap, this study explores the potential of twitter as a supplementary data source for detecting suicide expressions through sentiment analysis. The primary objective of this research is to evaluate the potential of utilizing sentiment analysis tool (vader) on platforms such as twitter to detect individuals exhibiting signs of suicide risk through the analysis of tweet content. Utilizing twitter’s api, tweets from malaysian users aged 18 and above, written in english, were collected by filtering for specific keywords. Two keyword lists were used: one targeting suicide expressions and the other focusing on positive statements. The resulting tweets were divided into suicide expression and positive-related (control) datasets and manually coded by a human coder based on content and emotional valence. Sentiment analysis was then applied to both datasets, with its performance benchmarked against human coding to assess accuracy.
The Two States Solution Between Israel And Palestine : Opportunities, Challenges, And International Response
(2025-10)
Reham R M, Owda
The israeli-palestinian conflict, one of the most enduring and violent in modern history, began in 1947 and intensified with the 1967 war. This led to israel’s occupation of gaza, the west bank, and east jerusalem. The conflict centers on disputes over borders, jerusalem’s status, israeli settlements, and palestinian refugees’ right to return. Both groups claim the same land. This study explores the feasibility of a two-state solution through an inclusive peace-building approach, identifying challenges and opportunities, analyzing reactions from israeli and palestinian leaders and civil society, and examining views on international community stances. Employing a qualitative methodology with a desk review and interviews with palestinian and israeli civil society leaders and conflict experts, the study finds that the conflict is rooted in the 1948 occupation, israel’s 1967 rejection of palestinian statehood, and ongoing west bank settlements. Palestinians demand freedom, dignity, self-determination, and an end to settlements, while israelis seek security, land ownership, state legitimacy, a unified jerusalem, new palestinian leadership, a demilitarized palestinian state, and respect for arab minority rights. The two-state solution faces obstacles, including mutual resistance, insufficient international pressure on israel, the gaza conflict, and continued settlement expansion
Economic Analysis Of Flood-Induced Vulnerability To Poverty Among Farmers In Niger State, Nigeria
(2025-09)
Babatunde, Nofiu Nofiu
Poverty and flooding are two critical challenges confronting rural farming communities in nigeria. This study examined the economic implications of flood-induced vulnerability to poverty among farmers in niger state, nigeria. Specifically, it assessed the current level of farmers’ vulnerability to flooding, identified their poverty status, analyzed the effect of vulnerability on poverty dynamics, and evaluated coping strategies used to mitigate flood impacts across three zones (a, b, and c). Using data from 356 farmers, the analysis employed the farmers’ vulnerability index (favi), principal component analysis (pca), multiple correspondence analysis (mca), and multidimensional poverty measurement combining income, asset, and food consumption indicators. Results showed marked variations across the zones. In zone a, 72% of farmers were highly vulnerable. Poverty status rose sharply from 34.1% before flooding to 81.7% during flooding, easing slightly to 70.6% after. Food security deteriorated as non-poor households fell from 76.2% before flooding to 18.3% during flooding, with recovery to 65.7% post-flood. Coping relied heavily on social networks (88.2%), followed by remittances (62.5%), livelihood diversification (57.4%), access to credit (44.7%), and external aid (39.1%). In zone b, 55% of farmers were highly vulnerable. Poverty increased from 28.4% before flooding to 69.5% during flooding, before improving to 61.7% afterward. Non-poor households dropped from 82.1% pre-flood to 29.4% during flooding, rebounding to 71.8% post-flood.
Perkhidmatan Sosial Berasaskan Aset Bagi Pengemis Di Kampung Topeng, Kota Malang, Indonesia
(2025-10)
Rahmawati, Atik
Perkhidmatan sosial bertujuan untuk memenuhi keperluan masyarakat. Kerajaan harus menyelesaikan isu yang menjadi masalah sosial. Menyelesaikan masalah sosial akibat aktiviti mengemis adalah sebahagian daripada promosi hak asasi manusia, seperti hak masyarakat untuk mendapatkan perlindungan, mempunyai taraf hidup yang baik, dan mempunyai tempat tinggal yang selamat. Objektif kajian ini adalah untuk meneroka profil Kampung Topeng Kota Malang sebagai hasil perkhidmatan sosial berasaskan aset; mengenalpasti bentuk perkhidmatan sosial dan aset komuniti dalam perkhidmatan sosial bagi pengemis di Kampung Topeng; meneroka pemanfaatan dan pengelolaan aset komuniti dalam perkhidmatan sosial bagi pengemis di kampung Topeng; dan membina kerangka model perkhidmatan sosial berasaskan aset bagi pengemis yang boleh meningkatkan kesejahteraan masyarakat di Kampung Topeng. Penyelidikan ini melibatkan temu bual mendalam dengan 11 orang informan pelaksana perkhidmatan, sembilan benefisiari, dan dua ahli akademik sebagai ahli komuniti, pakar dan praktis yang memiliki pemahaman perkhidmatan sosial bagi pengemis di Kampung Topeng. Penemuan penyelidikan dianalisis dengan teknik analisis kandungan. Kajian mendapati kewujudan perkhidmatan sosial berasaskan aset bagi pengemis memberi tumpuan kepada pembangunan endogen, memandang benefisiari sebagai individu dengan ciri-ciri unik dan memiliki aset personal yang berpotensi dalam pembangunan komuniti.

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