Social development undoubtedly requires people participation in different domains. It seems without participation, we cannot achieve a people-centered, inclusive and sustainable social development. In the social development process, all citizens with various ethnic and religious interests are able to affect on all the social phenomena and variables, based on their competencies and mental capaci...

Overall participation in the Employment Guarantee Scheme (EGS) in Maharashtra (an Indian state) fell sharply over the period 1980-97. Some of this reduction was due to expansion of irrigation facilities leading to expansion of farm employment. Alongside, expansion of non-farm employment led to a further reduction in the demand for the EGS. Although there was a slight rise in participation in su...

The subject matter of this paper is an investigation of factors affecting the women s' presence in politics (aged 20-40 years) in 2015 (Case study: City of Sanandaj). Political participation is regarded as one of the major development indices. If the political development is considered as meaning "expansion of participation and competition of social groups in the political life", one of its pre...

introduction youth, as constructors of the future community, play an important role in rural economy and agriculture of developing countries. rural youth accounts for around 55% of the world youth population. it was estimated that by the year 2050, 700 million youth are in rural areas. they develop the skills, knowledge and attitudes that enable them to take an active role in society. but as is...

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) changed the way continuous education is perceived. Employees willing to progress their careers can take high quality courses. Students can develop skills outside curriculum. Studies show that most of the MOOC users are pursuing or have received a university degree. Therefore it is beneficial to consider motives and constraints of this class of participants wh...

This study identified the baseline participation rates for 101 teens and young adults ages 10-32 years old with a diagnosis of spina or lipomenigocele bifida in various domains: school, employment, community activities, physical activity and peer social relationships. The goal of the study was also to identify barriers to community participation. Our findings demonstrate that overall participat...

The MIT Faculty has made this article openly available. Please share how this access benefits you. Your story matters. labor policy for the last 15 years. If enforced, minimum age regulation would change the age profile of paid child employment. Using micro-data from 59 mostly low-income countries, we observe that age can explain less than one percent of the variation in child participation in ...

In Finnish labour market policy, labour market training and subsidised employment are seen as the key methods. The aim of the paper is to evaluate effectiveness of labour market training (LMT) and subsidised employment (SE) in Finland 1990 and 1992. The focus is placed on the individual employment impact at the micro-level: LMT and SE impacts on subsequent employment (number of employment month...