Africa and the World Economy

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Africa's partnership in world economy is depicted and possible response of Africa and world community to the African predicament is highlighted.     

Bridging Conversations: Discussing the Intra‐professional Relationship between Medical Family Therapy and Family Therapy

This article examines the conceptual and practice relationship between medical family therapy (MedFT) and its parent field, family therapy, with MedFT viewed as the extension of relational sense‐making and understanding into a specific venue; that of medicine. The extension of this relational meaning system into medicine is typified by the ability of the therapist to negotiate and connect three main areas of conceptual difference that often account for conflictual relationships between mental and biomedical healthcare providers: (i) patient and provider conceptualizations of issues and goals, (ii) linear and circular understanding of issues and goals and (iii) consultative and expert positions on issues and goals. Two case examples are offered to describe how these three areas of tension are reconciled in practice.     

Some considerations on risk management in the service Economy

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Management of uncertainty and vulnerability is becoming more essential in the coming service economy than ever before. Management of risks need a new approach which must be based on a recognition of the special features of the service economy.     

FABRICATED MAN: THE ETHICS OF GENETIC CONTROL. Paul Ramsey

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Behavioural interventions for micro-mobility adoption: Low-hanging fruits or hard nuts to crack?

This study explores the potential and challenges of applying behavioural interventions to promote micro-mobility adoption. Our online experiments with New York City residents showed that nudges and faming improved respondents’ willingness to adopt e-scooters significantly. Moreover, our experiments spanned over the pre-, during- and post- COVID-19 lockdown period in New York City. Findings from this natural experiment revealed that the effect of these behavioural interventions varied significantly during the pandemic, likely due to a heightened level of health consciousness and a new perspective regarding social interactions. Behavioural tools cannot be taken off-the-shelf and applied as a blanket policy. Individual and group characteristics have to be assessed to devise the pre-eminent behavioural interventions for a particular target audience. More experiments across a wide range of economic, social, cultural, and political settings are needed to guide the application of behavioural interventions in transportation studies.