Risk management in a developing country context: improving decisions about point-of-use water treatment among the rural poor in Africa

More than 1 billion people, the vast majority of which live in the developing world, lack basic access to clean water for domestic use. For this reason, finding and promoting effective and sustainable solutions for the provision of reliable clean water in developing nations has become a focus of several public health and international development efforts. Even though several means of providing centrally located sources of clean water in developing communities exist, the severity and widespread nature of the water problem has led most development agencies and sanitation experts to strongly advocate the use of point-of-use treatment systems alongside whatever source of water people regularly use. In doing so, however, development practitioners have been careful to point out that any interventions or infrastructure regarding water safety and human health must also adhere to one of the central principles of international development: to facilitate more democratic and participatory models of decision making and governance. To this end, the research reported here focused on the development of a deliberative risk management framework for involving affected stakeholders in decisions about POU water treatment systems. This research, which was grounded in previous studies of structured decision making, took place in two rural villages in the East African nation of Tanzania.     

制度因素对我国国际储备的惯性影响

本文在缓冲储备理论中引入了习惯形成因素,在BS模型的基础上构造了一个既包括国际收支波动性和机会成本同时又考虑了习惯形成因素的动态调整模型。利用1996-2009年间中国国际储备的月度数据进行了实证分析,结果表明:(1)一国国际储备是国际收支不确定性和机会成本的函数,它们三者之间存在长期均衡关系,也就是说BS理论预期模型在经过适当的修正后对中国外汇储备规模的实证研究是适用的。(2)习惯形成参数越大,以往的制度因素形成的惯性对后期储备积累的影响就越大,国际收支不确定性以及机会成本对储备的影响也越小,并且这个惯性一旦形成,很难立刻改变。(3)正是由于考虑了习惯形成因素,外汇储备规模关于国际收支不确定性的弹性以及机会成本的弹性更接近于BS模型的理论预期值。     

论被害人陈述的法律地位

被害人在刑事诉讼中所同时具备的当事人角色与实质证人角色之间的冲突,是所有当事人证据都存在的普遍性问题,并不足以否定被害人陈述作为证据的适格性。由于被害人在公诉案件审判程序中并不具备独立的控诉职能,因此相关之角色紧张在一定程度上得以缓和。在我国刑事证据制度构筑封闭式的证据分类体系的情况下,人证及当事人证据在分类逻辑上的要求,决定了被害人陈述不仅是适格的诉讼证据,而且构成独立的法定证据种类。     

论出口卡特尔的反垄断豁免

出口卡特尔是与出口有关的限制竞争协议,其针对的目标市场为外国市场。各国关于出口卡特尔反垄断豁免的立法模式包括明示豁免和默示豁免,这反映了各国对垄断的实体性标准认识的不同。出口卡特尔豁免的限制性条件主要为不影响本国市场和不限制国际贸易,具有一定程度的不确定性。出口卡特尔豁免需要各国在竞争政策方面进行国际合作,在WTO体制内,各国对出口卡特尔的合法性问题存在着重大分歧。     

独立学院文化现状及改进对策

大学文化是大学所有成员在历史时间内创造的精神财富和物质财富的总和。而独立学院文化的现状是文化不够鲜明、完整、深厚,因此,独立学院需要从文化培育、文化落实、文化传承、文化创新等方面加以改进。     

我国软件产业国际竞争力的影响因素分析

要提升我国软件产业的竞争力,研究其影响因素是非常重要的课题。本文首先对产业竞争力的概念、产业竞争力影响模型以及软件产业竞争力的研究进行简要回顾,然后详细探讨了软件产业竞争的特点,在此基础上构建了我国软件产业国际竞争力影响因素模型,接着对模型中的各个要素,如政府的作用、人力资源、产业组织、产业价值链、企业管理等进行了深入的分析,最后对各个要素的相互关系进行了初步论述。     

国际组织与成员国法律责任多重归属问题研究

国际组织和成员国的法律责任归属问题一直以来都是国际法争论的话题。政府间国际组织作为一类国际法主体,应独立承担法律责任。但在实践中,成员国在执行国际组织决议的过程中往往滥用国际组织法律人格,其行为不仅是国际组织法律人格的体现,还代表了自己的意志,造成法律责任归属不明。以此种争议情形为研究对象,结合1999年的使用武力合法性案,2007年欧洲人权法院的拜拉米案和萨拉马提(Behrami/Saramati)案、阿尔吉达(Al-Jedda)案以及2014年海牙法院关于斯雷布雷尼察(Srebrenica)诉荷兰案的相关判决,借鉴国外学者近几年的相关研究,认为应当坚持国际组织和成员国法律责任的多重归属。围绕责任多重归属原则的确立过程,通过对2011年《国际组织责任条款草案》相关条文的分析,明确了行为归属与责任归属的关系:只有确定行为归属之后,才能确定责任归属;为了最终确定责任的多重归属,提出以有效控制为标准认定行为归属,并明确这种有效控制是对具体行为的事实控制。     

Humanitarian response and stress in Kenya: gendered problems and their implications

ABSTRACT

Stress-related conditions such as burnout and post-traumatic stress disorder are a growing concern in the humanitarian sector. Aid workers themselves report not only that mental health problems are common, but that the support they receive from their employers is insufficient. Problematically, the experience of the international aid worker – particularly those who are white and from the global North – is often foregrounded in explaining what constitutes stress and related mental health problems. This indicates a wider problem of what is required of ‘the perfect humanitarian’ – a personality that is gendered and racialised – and how this influences the different experiences and treatment of national and international staff from aid agencies. This article explores the organisational culture and working conditions of humanitarian settings and their impact on the mental health and well-being of staff. It argues that there is a structural dimension to stress that is less to do with external security threats and more to do with the specific infrastructure, policies, and practices of humanitarian operations, with implications for aid workers which cut across dimensions of race, gender, and nationality.     

国际商事仲裁裁决效力考辨

关于“国际性”与“商事”内涵的界定，已呈现出由国内标准向国际标准演进的趋势。此种趋势一方面导致了二者解释的逐步扩大，另一方面也促成各国对二者内涵的趋同认识。相比较而言，“裁决”内涵的界定受国内法影响较多，但仍应以“解决了纠纷”作为“裁决”的基本构成要件。建构在以上三个基本概念基础之上的国际商事仲裁裁决的效力，则主要是指裁决对当事人、各相关仲裁庭和法院所产生的保护力、拘束力和执行力，     

秦国赘婿法律地位辨疑

秦国赘婿法律地位并非一直低下。秦立法剥夺其立户、受田宅等权利,强制其从军,始于秦统一六国后,直接原因为军事需要,深层次原因为文化认同、政治合法性建构的需要。