• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.222-235
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• 2020

본 연구는 사례연구를 통해 현재 도시빈민으로 살아가는 중고령 남성들의 빈곤화 과정과 빈곤 요인을 살펴보았다. 본 연구의 참여자들은 정규직이나 종업원을 둔 자영업자 출신이지만 현재 수급자 신분으로 급격한 하락을 경험하였다. 이들의 빈곤화 과정은 1) 부도, 빚보증, 사기 등 경제적 위기가 되는 촉발과정, 2) 이를 극복하기 위한 주식투자, 고리의 사금융 이용 등으로 악화과정, 3) 이혼, 가족 및 사회적 지지망이 사라지는 해체과정으로 이루어지며, 4) 이후 알코올중독, 건강악화 등의 절망과정, 수급자로 선정됨으로써 빈곤계층에 편입되는 안정화단계가 뒤따르게 된다. 한편 사례들의 빈곤화 과정에서 나타난 빈곤요인들을 살펴보면 IMF, 사기, 빚보증 등 외적 요인과 개인의 행동 및 성격 특성 등 내적 요인으로 구분된다. 빈곤화 과정에서 외적 요인은 촉발요인이 되지만 이를 해결하는 과정에서의 잘못된 대처, 자발적 관계단절, 낙담, 무계획적 생활 등 내적 요인이 작용하고 있음을 발견하였다. 본 연구를 통해 향후 가족 유대 강화, 알코올중독 개입 등 예방적 관점에서의 위기관리와 함께 사회구조적으로 고금리 사금융에 대한 적절한 제재, 사회관계망 회복, 빈곤탈출 기회 제공 등 적극적 대응을 제언하는 바이다.

• 국제학술발표논문집
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• The 4th International Conference on Construction Engineering and Project Management Organized by the University of New South Wales
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• pp.364-367
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• 2011

The levels of unemployment and poverty are extremely high and two of South Africa's most pressing problems. There is also a widely acknowledged need for housing and municipal infrastructure (water supply, sewerage, streets, storm water drainage, and electricity, refuse collection). From a theoretical perspective supported by experience elsewhere in Africa, there are reasons for considering that properly formulated employment creation programmes based on the use of labour-intensive methods could be established to construct and maintain the required physical infrastructure, thus creating employment, skills and institutional capacities. Over the past 30 years several projects have been initiated in South Africa to counter unemployment and poverty. Given the socio-economic conditions and political objectives (regarding development, employment creation and alleviation of poverty), it is anticipated that future large-scale construction projects will be proposed by the public sector (National, Provincial and Local Government). The paper will first examine the main tenets of the implementation of development projects through the use of labour-intensive construction and a description of progress elsewhere in Africa and their potential contribution which public works programmes could make to alleviate the poverty and unemployment problems. The research will then analyse the successes and challenges that have been experienced in South Africa in relation to the implementation of development projects over the past 30 years. The paper closes with recommendations and lessons for the future.

• Asian Journal of Business Environment
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.5-16
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• 2013

Purpose - Micro-finance institutions (MFIs) are critical to Vietnam's quest for poverty alleviation among the poor in the rural and agrarian communities. The current study attempts to investigate the impact of microfinance outreach programs undertaken by formal and semi-formal MFIs in Vietnam targeting the poor rural and agrarian communities. Research design, data, methodology - An enquiry was made as to whether the poor and rural communities accessed the micro credit offered by Government supported MFIs and NGOs through their microfinance outreach programs. Furthermore, the current study attempted to explore if the current mode of operations adopted by MFIs in Vietnam is sustainable. Results -The findings indicate that significant progress has been made in Vietnam to alleviate poverty among the poor rural communities through micro finance outreach programs. Conclusions - There are also pointers of MFIs sustainability in Vietnam. However, it still remains to be seen if the current sustainability pointers are long lasting without government subsidies or some international organizations financial support to microfinance outreach programs.

• 한국노년학
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.1559-1575
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• 2009

2008년 기초노령연금제도가 시행되면서 공적 노후소득보장의 근거가 마련되었다. 하지만 아직 기초노령연금은 보조수당의 범위를 벗어나지 못하고 있어 소득보장제도로서의 핵심적인 역할을 하기에는 미흡한 수준이며, 경제적 자립이 어려운 노인들은 총소득 중 여전히 사적이전소득 의존율이 높을 것으로 예상된다. 따라서 경제활동이 원활하지 못하거나 공적소득보장제도의 적용을 제대로 받지 못하는 노인가구의 빈곤율은 노인이 아닌 가구에 비해 더 높을 것이다. 본 연구에서는 공적이전소득이 노후 생활보장의 핵심적인 수단이 되어야 한다는 전제에서 공적이전소득과 사적이전소득이 노인가구의 빈곤을 어느 정도 경감시키는가를 비교해 보았다. 특히 노인인구 중에서도 상대적으로 더 취약한 독거노인가구를 대상으로 하여 공적 및 사적 이전소득의 빈곤경감 효과를 비교분석함으로써 공적 소득보장제도의 중요성을 검증하였다. 연구대상은 65세 이상 혼자 사는 독거노인가구이며, 분석자료는 통계청의 가계조사 중 2006년-2008년의 자료를 활용하였다. 독거노인가구의 빈곤정도와 이전소득의 빈곤경감 정도를 상대적으로 파악하기 위해 우리나라 전체인구 및 전체 노인가구의 빈곤율과 비교하였고, 독거노인가구에 속한 하위집단의 빈곤정도와 이전소득의 빈곤경감 효과를 살펴보기 위해 성별, 연령, 경제활동 여부 등 인구사회학적인 특성별로 구분하여 분석하였다. 분석결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 노인가구 전체의 빈곤율은 기초노령연금 및 장기요양보험제도가 시행된 2008년 이후에도 전년대비 감소하지 않았다. 둘째, 독거노인가구를 포함한 노인가구에서 두 가구 중 한 가구는 절대빈곤상태에 놓여 있으며, 특히 독거노인가구 중 여성, 비근로, 저학력, 고령, 농어촌 노인가구의 빈곤율이 상대적으로 더 높았다. 셋째, 독거노인가구의 빈곤감소에서 공적이전에 의한 빈곤감소효과가 조금씩 증가하는 추세이지만, 여전히 사적이전에 의한 빈곤감소가 공적이전에 의한 빈곤감소보다 더 크게 기여하였다. 넷째, 공적이전효과 중에서는 생계비 지원 등의 사회보장 수혜효과가 공적연금효과보다 더 큰 것으로 나타났다.

• Asia pacific journal of information systems
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.181-194
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• 1998

The inability of the management information systems (MIS) field to progress as a scientific discipline has been attributed to the lack of systematic research and a cumulative tradition, an identity crisis, and the poverty of scientism. While research on the status of MIS is very important in order to enhance the field as a scientific discipline, few have investigated this issue. Following Thomas Kuhn's idea of paradigm, this paper studies other fields to investigate when they progressed, when they did not, and why. After research paradigm was broken down into technology-push and demand-pull types, a model on the science life cycle was developed in an effort to explain the path how a science has progressed. A test of this model in the fields of physics and chemistry with an old historial background reveals that the scientific progress in the area of demand-pull is more desirable if this progress turns out to be in the right direction. An application of the model to the MIS field shows that the research paradigm in this field is mainly of technology-push. In order to shift this paradigm toward the demand-pull area, this paper suggests the research on the relationship among MIS subfields and the adoption of appropriate reference disciplines.

• 한국사회복지학
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• 제56권1호
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• pp.127-153
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• 2004

영국과 같이 남성생계부양자 이념이 강한 국가에서 한부모는 생계부양자인 남성이 없이 자녀를 가진 여성의 지위에 의해 즉시 사회문제가 되었다. 한부모 가족은 대체로 노동시장을 통한 유급근로, 함께 살고 있지 않은 자녀의 아버지 혹은 자신의 가족으로부터의 사적이전, 그리고 국가를 통한 사회보장급여라는 세 가지 소득원에 의존하여 생계를 유지하게 되는데, 이들 소득원에 대한 정책적 비중은 시대에 따라 달라져 왔다. 본 논문은 영국의 한부모 가족복지의 발달과정을 소득원에 대한 정책적 관심의 변화를 통해 분석하였는데, 특히 1997년 집권한 노동당 정부가 복지개혁을 통해 의욕적으로 추진하고 있는 한부모 고용보장정책의 내용과 효과를 중심으로 살펴보았다. 본 논문에서 살펴본 바와 같이, 노동당의 고용보장을 통한 한부모의 소득보장정책은 매우 긍정적인 성과를 거두고 있는 것으로 보인다. 먼저, 정책이 실시된 1998년에서 2002년 사이에 한부모의 고용률이 5%이상(약 80,000명) 증가하였는데, 이러한 고용률의 증가가 근로를 강제하지 않을 뿐만 아니라 소득지원 급여가 상당히 증가한 상황에서 이루어졌다는 점에서 매우 긍정적으로 평가할 수 있다. 하지만 한부모 가족이 자율적 가구를 형성하고 유지하기 위해서는 본 논문이 제시하고 있는 한계점을 극복할 필요가 있을 것이다.

• 아동학회지
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• 제30권6호
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• pp.209-221
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• 2009

The early childhood education in Korea has made a great progress during the last thirty years. However, understanding the early childhood education is a challenging task because of the diversity of the fields. Currently 38% of 3-5 year old children are enrolled in kindergarten. And several efforts to develop and distribute the standard curricula on a national level were underwent successfully. Researches are rapidly expanding in volume and the topics are becoming diverse. Focuses of researches moved from the area of cognitive development, science and mathematics in 80s, social and emotional aspects in 90s to language, curriculum and teacher education in 2000s. One of the emerging issues is the inclusion of kindergarten to public education system and free kindergarten education for young children. The second issues is more interdisciplinary policies are in need related to the low-birth rate in nation. The third one is about teacher training policy. The fourth one is related to the health, nutrition and safety of young children. And the fifth issue is moving educational system and policies that provide better future of young children while focusing on the children in low income families and children with absolute poverty.

• 한국작물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국작물학회 2017년도 9th Asian Crop Science Association conference
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• pp.7-7
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• 2017

Unfavorable weather and soil conditions reduce rice yield and land and water productivity, aggravating existing encounters of poverty and food insecurity. These conditions are foreseen to worsen with climate change and with the unceasing irrational human practices that progressively debilitate productivity despite global appeals for more food. Our understanding of plant responses to abiotic stresses is advancing and is complex, involving numerous critical processes - each controlled by several genetic factors. Knowledge of the physiological and molecular mechanisms involved in signaling, response and adaptation, and in some cases the genes involved, is advancing. Moreover, the genetic diversity being unveiled within cultivated rice and its wild relatives is providing ample resources for trait and gene discovery, and this is being scouted for rice improvement using modern genomics and molecular tools. Development of stress tolerant varieties is now being fast-tracked through the use of DNA markers and advanced breeding strategies. Large numbers of drought, submergence and salt tolerant varieties were commercialized over recent years in South and Southeast Asia and more recently in Africa. These varieties are making significant changes in less favorable areas, transforming lives of smallholder farmers - progress considered incredulous in the past. The stress tolerant varieties are providing assurance to farmers to invest in better management of their crops and the ability to adjust their cropping systems for even higher productivity and more income, sparking changes analogous to that of the first green revolution, which previously benefited only favorable irrigated and rainfed areas. New breeding tools using markers for multiple stresses made it possible to develop more resilient, higher yielding varieties to replace the aging and obsolete varieties still dominating these areas. Varieties with multiple stress tolerances are now becoming available, providing even better security for farmers and lessening their production risks even in areas affected by complex and overlapping stresses. The progress made in these less favorable areas triggered numerous favorable changes at the national and regional levels in several countries in Asia, including adjusting breeding and dissemination strategies to accelerate outreach and enabling changes at higher policy levels, creating a positive environment for faster progress. Exploiting the potential of these less productive areas for food production is inevitable, to meet the escalating global needs for more food and sustained production systems, at times when national resources are shrinking while demand for food is mounting. However, the success in these areas requires concerted efforts to make use of existing genetic resources for crop improvement and establishing effective evaluation networks, seed production systems, and seed delivery systems to ensure faster outreach and transformation.

• KDI Journal of Economic Policy
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• 제33권4호
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• pp.49-83
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• 2011

2000년의 UN 세계정상회의에서 새천년 개발목표(MDG)가 합의된 후 OECD/DAC 공여국은 빈곤퇴치를 원조의 주된 목적으로 삼아왔다. 이러한 목적을 더욱 효과적으로 달성하기 위해 원조공여국과 수원국은 2005년에 원조효과에 관한 파리선언에 합의하고 그 실천과정과 달성 정도를 격년마다 점검하고 평가해 왔다. 그 점검 평가를 위한 2011년 고위급 세계개발원조총회가 한국의 부산에서 개최되었다. 본 논문은 DAC 회원국이 과연 어느 정도 이러한 빈곤퇴치의 목적을 달성하는데 도움이 되는 원조배분정책을 수립하고 실제로 실천하고 있는가를 2005~09년 자료를 이용하여 분석 평가한다. 또 급격히 증가하고 있는 DAC 비회원국의 원조배분정책과 실적을 분석 평가하기 위해, 한국이 DAC에 가입하기 전인 2005~09년 기간의 원조배분실적을 분석 평가하여 DAC 회원국 평균과 비회원국 간의 차이를 분석 평가하고 정책적 의미를 찾아낸다.

• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.1-11
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• 2014

The Kenyan aquaculture sector is broadly categorized into freshwater aquaculture and mariculture. Whereas freshwater aquaculture has recorded significant progress over the last decade, the mariculture sector has yet to be fully exploited. The Kenyan aquaculture industry has seen slow growth for decades until recently, when the government-funded Economic Stimulus Program increased fish farming nationwide. Thus far, the program has facilitated the alleviation of poverty, spurred regional development, and led to increased commercial thinking among Kenyan fish farmers. Indeed, national aquaculture production grew from 1,000 MT/y in 2000 (equivalent to 1% of national fish production) to 12,000 MT/y, representing 7% of the national harvest, in 2010. The production is projected to hit 20,000 MT/y, representing 10% of total production and valued at USD 22.5 million over the next 5 years. The dominant aquaculture systems in Kenya include earthen and lined ponds, dams, and tanks distributed across the country. The most commonly farmed fish species are Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus, which accounts for about 75% of production, followed by African catfish Clarias gariepinus, which contributes about 21% of aquaculture production. Other species include common carp Cyprinus carpio, rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss, koi carp Cyprinus carpio carpio, and goldfish Carassius auratus. Recently, Kenyan researchers have begun culturing native fish species such as Labeo victorianus and Labeo cylindricus at the National Aquaculture Research Development and Training Centre in Sagana. Apart from limited knowledge of modern aquaculture technology, the Kenyan aquaculture sector still suffers from an inadequate supply of certified quality seed fish and feed, incomprehensive aquaculture policy, and low funding for research. Glaring opportunities in the Kenyan aquaculture industry include the production of live fish food, e.g., Artemia, daphnia and rotifers, marine fish and shellfish larviculture; seaweed farming; cage culture; integrated fish farming; culture of indigenous fish species; and investment in the fish feed industry.