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OIDA International Journal of Sustainable Development<\/strong>
\nOpen access peer-reviewed journal\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Are the Sustainable Development Goals Realistic and Effective: A Qualitative Analysis of Key Informant Opinions<\/b>
\nAnnalise Mathers<\/b> a,<\/sup><\/b> Raywat Deonandan<\/b> b<\/sup><\/b>
\na<\/sup> Faculty of Science, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.
\nb<\/sup> Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, 25 University Pvt, Ottawa, Canada.<\/p>\n

Volume 11, Issue 03, Pg. 11-16, 2018.<\/p>\n

Abstract: <\/b>The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were devised in part to help define the international development funding agenda for future decades. This study sought to explore the challenges and strengths of the SDGs, with respect to their ability to effectively address current and future global health issues. Active researchers and opinion leaders in global health research were interviewed about their opinions on the future of global health, with particular attention to the likely impact of the SDGs on individual research programs. According to thematic analysis, respondentsfelt that the SDGs should focus more on the development of good governance structures, address corruption and tax systems to develop more comprehensive health structures and financing, and embody a more holistic approach to global health.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Keywords: <\/b>Global health; International development, nternational health, Millennium Development Goals, Sustainable Development Goals; United Nations<\/p>\n

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Local Government Service Delivery and Policy Evaluation: The Case of Nigeria\u2019s Fourth Republic<\/b>
\nGodwin Chinedum Ihemeje<\/b>
\nDepartment of Local Government Studies, Faculty of Administration,
\nObafemi Awolowo University,
\nIle-Ife, Nigeria.<\/p>\n

Volume 11, Issue 03, Pg. 17-22, 2018.<\/p>\n

Abstract: <\/b>Government at the local level performs a vital role in ensuring effective provision of public goods to the vast rural populace. Available facts reveal that more than seventy percent of Nigeria\u2019s population emanate from rural areas; where local government is constitutionally empowered to provide social and public services such as electricity, health centers, water supply, schools and roads. Informed by recent controversies surrounding the granting of autonomy to local governments and as reliable vehicles for service delivery, this paper seeks to examine specific policies that enhance service delivery at the local level and evaluates performance in Nigeria\u2019s fourth republic. By relying on qualitative data, extensive literature review and descriptive analysis, this paper reflects on the 1976 local government reforms and the objectives of decentralization in Nigeria, debates present state and nature of service delivery by various administrations. I argue that service delivery is strongly administered at the federal and state government levels respectively while in most cases the local governments are marginalized, hence, treated as mere appendages or machinery of the state. The paper however concludes that there is incremental effect of service delivery when policies address felt-needs of the local people through local governments resulting to improved well-being and human resource development, accelerative productivity and income generation, market expansion, rapid decline in rural-urban migration and crime rates, less dependent on foreign aids and imported goods, popular participation, effective decision making and political stability.<\/p>\n

Keywords: <\/b>local government performance, public service delivery, Governance<\/p>\n

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Institutional Moral Hazard and Inclusive Finance:\u00a0<\/span><\/b>When Good is Not so Good<\/b>
\nJoy M. Kiiru<\/b>
\nSchool of Economics, University of Nairobi, Kenya.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Volume 11, Issue 03, Pg. 23-34, 2018.<\/p>\n

Abstract: <\/b>Moral hazard in financial institutions holds when either the institution or the client does not guard against risks either to themselves or for the other party mainly because they are protected from the consequences of such risk. Inclusive financialinstitutions that serve the poor are have cut a \u201cpolite and respectable image\u201dand have therefore become the buzz word in development finance. There is therefore a dearth of information on inclusive lending methodologies like solidarity lending and their long terms effects on household welfare. It is within this background that this study was carried out. The study is motivated by a genre of empirical studies that have suggested the possibility of fuelling vulnerability to poverty among households by microfinance programs (Hulme and Mosley 1996, Morduch 2000, Kiiru 2007). The main objective of this paper is to articulate an alternative thesis that \u201cinformal collateral in the form of joint liability lending as currently implemented over-secures loans by poor borrowers thus exposing them further vulnerability to poverty\u201d. We further argue that \u201cover-insurance\u201d of loans by poor borrowers is a main contributor to moral hazard by microfinance institutions. We intend to pursue this thesis theoretically and also empirically. The study therefore combines both parametric and non-parametric methods to document and track the process of access to credit by rural poor households, utilization of such credit across household expenditures both productive and nonproductive, repayment and the resulting welfare outcomes. The study demonstrates that without proper regulation and adherence to regulations, inclusive financialinstitutions could indeed result to moral hazard.Moral hazard by financial institutions has adverse effects on household welfare.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Keywords: <\/b>microfinance institutions, Moral hazard, poor households, vulnerability to poverty<\/p>\n

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Improving Nationalism through\u00a0<\/b>Civic Education among Indonesian Students<\/b>
\nA. Dirwan<\/b>
\nUniversity of Aviation Marshal Suryadarma, Jakarta, Indonesia.<\/p>\n

Volume 11, Issue 03, Pg. 35-42, 2018.<\/p>\n

Abstract: <\/b>The purpose of this study is to find the \u200bimportance things to be developed in civic education in order to enhance nationalism among students. This study used qualitative approach with grounded theory method and the data obtained from literature and respondents which were selected through purposivesampling method. Data collection techniques used documentation studies, interviews, obesrvations and been analyze using inductive analysis technique. The results showed that the important values \u200b\u200bto be developed in civic education to improve student nationalism in the Indonesian context among others are divinity, humanity, unity, community, social justice, competition, and respecting others.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Keywords: <\/b>civic education, Indonesia, nationalism, students.<\/p>\n

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Institutional Moral Hazard and Inclusive Finance:\u00a0<\/span><\/b>When Good is Not so Good<\/b>
\nJoy M. Kiiru<\/b>
\nSchool of Economics, University of Nairobi, Kenya.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Volume 11, Issue 03, Pg. 23-34, 2018.<\/p>\n

Abstract: <\/b>Moral hazard in financial institutions holds when either the institution or the client does not guard against risks either to themselves or for the other party mainly because they are protected from the consequences of such risk. Inclusive financialinstitutions that serve the poor are have cut a \u201cpolite and respectable image\u201dand have therefore become the buzz word in development finance. There is therefore a dearth of information on inclusive lending methodologies like solidarity lending and their long terms effects on household welfare. It is within this background that this study was carried out. The study is motivated by a genre of empirical studies that have suggested the possibility of fuelling vulnerability to poverty among households by microfinance programs (Hulme and Mosley 1996, Morduch 2000, Kiiru 2007). The main objective of this paper is to articulate an alternative thesis that \u201cinformal collateral in the form of joint liability lending as currently implemented over-secures loans by poor borrowers thus exposing them further vulnerability to poverty\u201d. We further argue that \u201cover-insurance\u201d of loans by poor borrowers is a main contributor to moral hazard by microfinance institutions. We intend to pursue this thesis theoretically and also empirically. The study therefore combines both parametric and non-parametric methods to document and track the process of access to credit by rural poor households, utilization of such credit across household expenditures both productive and nonproductive, repayment and the resulting welfare outcomes. The study demonstrates that without proper regulation and adherence to regulations, inclusive financialinstitutions could indeed result to moral hazard.Moral hazard by financial institutions has adverse effects on household welfare.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Keywords: <\/b>microfinance institutions, Moral hazard, poor households, vulnerability to poverty<\/p>\n

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OIDA International Journal of Sustainable Development Open access peer-reviewed journal\u00a0 Are the Sustainable Development Goals Realistic and Effective: A Qualitative Analysis of Key Informant Opinions Annalise Mathers a, Raywat Deonandan b a Faculty of Science, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada. b Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, 25 University Pvt, Ottawa, Canada. Volume 11, Issue 03, Pg. 11-16, 2018. Abstract: The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were devised in part to help define the international development funding agenda for future decades. This study sought to explore the challenges and strengths of the SDGs, with respect to their ability to effectively address current and future global health issues. Active researchers and opinion leaders in global health research were interviewed about their opinions on the future of global health, with particular attention to the likely impact of the SDGs on individual research programs. According to thematic analysis, respondentsfelt that the SDGs should focus more on the development of good governance structures, address corruption and tax systems to develop more comprehensive health structures and financing, and embody a more holistic approach to global health.\u00a0 Keywords: Global health; International development, nternational health, Millennium Development Goals, Sustainable Development Goals; United Nations Download pdf\u00a0 Read More …<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oidaijsd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1034"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oidaijsd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oidaijsd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oidaijsd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oidaijsd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1034"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/oidaijsd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1034\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1078,"href":"https:\/\/oidaijsd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1034\/revisions\/1078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oidaijsd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}