1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910793113403321

Autore

Kathuria Sanjay

Titolo

A Glass Half Full : : The Promise of Regional Trade in South Asia

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : The World Bank, , 2018

ISBN

1-4648-1295-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (250 pages)

Collana

South Asia Development Forum

Disciplina

382.0954

Soggetti

Border Haats

Connectivitiy

Non-Tariff Barriers

Paratariffs

Proximity

Regional Cooperation

Regional Trade

SAFTA

Sensitive List

Tariffs

Trade Liberalization

Trust Deficit

South Asia Commerce

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

Trade has played a critical role in global poverty reduction. In harnessing the potential of trade, some of the most successful countries have developed strong trade relationships with their neighbors. However, many South Asian countries have trade regimes that often offset the positive impact of geography and proximity. This report documents systematically the gaps between current and potential trade in South Asia and addresses important specific barriers that have held trade back. These barriers include tariffs and paratariffs, real and perceived nontariff barriers, connectivity costs, and the



broader trust deficit. This policy-focused report unpacks these critical barriers to effective trade integration in South Asia through four in-depth studies that produce new, detailed, on-the-ground knowledge. Three of the studies are based on extensive stakeholder consultations. Two also rely on tailored surveys. The fourth study, on tariffs, benefits from new data on paratariffs.  The report also marshals new evidence showing how trading regimes in South Asia discriminate against each other. Given the South Asian context, incremental, yet concrete steps aimed at tapping the potential of deeper integration are appropriate. The report has been drafted in this spirit. It offers precise, actionable policy recommendations that could help achieve measurable progress in key areas of trade and integration that would be to the advantage of all countries in the region.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910682588603321

Autore

Raffaghelli Juliana E.

Titolo

Data Cultures in Higher Education : Emergent Practices and the Challenge Ahead / / edited by Juliana E. Raffaghelli, Albert  Sangrà

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2023

ISBN

9783031241932

3031241932

Edizione

[1st ed. 2023.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (389 pages)

Collana

Higher Education Dynamics, , 2215-1923 ; ; 59

Disciplina

378.17344678

378.0285

Soggetti

Education, Higher

Educational technology

International education

Comparative education

Education and state

Professional education

Vocational education

Higher Education

Digital Education and Educational Technology

International and Comparative Education

Educational Policy and Politics

Professional and Vocational Education



Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

INTRODUCTION -- Chap 1. Data Cultures in higher education: acknowledging complexity -- Chap 2. Data, Society and the University: facets of a complex problem -- FIRST PART -- Exploring reactive data epistemologies in HE and the Society -- Chap 3. Fair learning analytics: design, participation and trans-discipline in the techno-structure -- Chap 4. Beyond just metrics: for a renewed approach to assessment in higher education -- Chap 5. “We used to have fun but then data came into play...”: Social media at the crossroads between big data and digital literacy issues -- SECOND PART: -- Exploring proactive data epistemologies in HE and the Society -- Chap 6. Why does open data get underused? A focus on the role of (open) data literacy -- Chap 7. Responsible Educational Technology Research: From Open Science and Open Data to Ethics and Trustworthy Learning Analytics -- Chap 8. Exploring possible worlds: open and participatory tools forcritical data literacy and fairer data culture -- THIRD PART -- The challenge ahead -- Chap 9. Toward an ethics of classroom tools: Educating educators for data literacy -- Chap 10. How to integrate data culture in HE: A teaching experience in a Digital competence course -- Chap 11. Teaching Data That Matters: History and Practice -- Chap 12. Critical data literacy in higher education: teaching and research for data ethics and justice -- Chap 13. How stakeholders’ data literacy contributes to quality in higher education: a goal-oriented analysis -- Chap 14. Data centres in the university. From tools to symbols of power and transformation -- Chap 15. Conclusion: Building Fair Data Cultures in Higher Education -- AFTERWORD -- Chap 16. For: Data Cultures in Higher Education: Emergent Practices and the Challenge Ahead.

Sommario/riassunto

This collection focuses on the role of higher education institutions concerning datafication as a complex phenomenon. It explores how the universities can develop data literac(ies) shaping tomorrow skills and “formae mentis” to face the most deleterious effects of datafication, but also to engage in creative and constructive ways with data. Notably, the book spots data practices within the two most relevant sides of academics’ professional practice, namely, research and teaching. Hence, the collection seeks to reflect on faculty’s professional learning about data infrastructures and practices. The book draws on a range of studies covering the higher education response to the several facets of data in society, from data surveillance and the algorithmic control of human behaviour to empowerment through the use of open data. The research reported ranges from literature overviews to multi-case and in-depth case studies illustrating institutional and educational responses to different problems connected to data. The ultimate intention is to provide conceptual bases and practical examples relating to universities’ faculty development policies to overcome data practices and discourses' fragmentation and contradictions: in a nutshell, to build “fair data cultures” in higher education.