This dissertation has shown that public procurement regulation takes place through regulatory documents that mainly underwent a name change and that the only changes are found in the reporting framework. The South African government identified public procurement as an active instrument to achieve social and economic goals. To provide substance to this realisation, public procurement was taken up in the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa 1996. The constitution prescribes a procurement system that is fair, equitable, transparent, competitive and cost-effective. / Public Administration and Management / M. Admin. (Public Administration)

Submitted by Filipe dos Santos (fsantos@pucsp.br) on 2018-07-18T11:46:22Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Renata da Silva Winning.pdf: 1184277 bytes, checksum: ab6391c3808e396e6cbdf3d2f7c771d2 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-07-18T11:46:22Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Renata da Silva Winning.pdf: 1184277 bytes, checksum: ab6391c3808e396e6cbdf3d2f7c771d2 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-04-27 / Conselho Nacional de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico - CNPq / The relation of the human being with drugs has not always been protected by the State. Since the nineteenth century, paradigmatic changes have occurred in relation to drugs that culminated in the creation of specific policies to problems related to its consumption. The theoretical study developed here brought articulations between the psychoanalytic clinic and the harm reduction strategy by analysing its implantation in the Unified Health System (SUS). From that point, it was made a dialogue between the psychoanalytic propositions concerning the drug compulsive use phenomenon and its treatment as well as possible approximations with the harm reduction logic. We have debated, throughout this study, in which ways the discursive turns formalized by Jacques Lacan accompanied the historical, political and economic changes involving the use of drugs; we analysed the proposal of harm reduction; developed questions that guide psychoanalytic clinic; illustrated the divergences between the treatment direction within the institutional context concerning the harm reduction and abstinence simultaneously to the pre-condition and treatment aim. By presenting a logic that considers the autonomy, the bond and the general life context as the motto of its actions, disregarding the idea that drugs is the main problem to be treated and making abstinence more flexible as an ideal of cure. The strategies of harm reduction favor articulations with the psychoanalytic work, that, in turn, contributes to the particularity of the listening clinic and intervention from the subject of the unconscious / A relação do ser humano com as drogas nem sempre foi atividade tutelada pelo Estado. A partir do século XIX ocorreram mudanças paradigmáticas em relação às drogas que culminaram na criação de políticas específicas para problemas relacionados ao seu consumo. O estudo teórico aqui desenvolvido trouxe articulações entre a clínica psicanalítica e a estratégia de redução de danos por meio da análise de sua implantação no Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS). A partir daí foi traçado um diálogo entre as proposições psicanalíticas acerca do fenômeno do uso compulsivo de drogas e de seu tratamento bem como suas possíveis aproximações com a lógica de redução de danos. Discutimos, ao longo deste estudo, de que maneira os giros discursivos formalizados por Jacques Lacan acompanham as mudanças históricas, políticas e econômicas envolvendo o uso de drogas; analisamos a proposta de redução de danos; desenvolvemos questões que norteiam a clínica psicanalítica; ilustramos as divergências entre a direção do tratamento em contexto institucional no que se refere à redução de danos em simultaneidade às propostas de abstinência como precondição e meta do tratamento. Ao apresentar uma lógica que considera a autonomia, o vínculo e o contexto geral de vida como mote de suas ações – descaracterizando-se da ideia de que a droga é o principal problema a ser tratado e flexibilizando, portanto, a exigência da abstinência enquanto ideal de cura –; as estratégias de redução de danos ora perscrutadas permitem articulações com o trabalho psicanalítico que, por sua vez, tem a contribuir com a particularidade de sua clínica de escuta e de intervenção a partir do sujeito do inconsciente

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008. / Committee Chair: Willoughby, Katherine; Committee Member: Eger, Robert; Committee Member: Kingsley, Gordon; Committee Member: Sjoquist, David; Committee Member: Wallace, Sally.

The National Department of Health is the executive department of the South African government which is assigned to the national health issues of the country. This research was however aimed specifically on the budgeting process within the Eastern Cape Provincial Department of Health. This was provisioned by assessing the significance of the budgeting system and its correlation to efficient and effective healthcare service delivery. The aim of the research was to highlight on how policies have an effect on the budgeting system at the provincial level, considering the provincial health department is responsible for the provision of publicly funded health services. This research assessed the budgeting system in the Eastern Cape Department of Health in an attempt to propagate effective and efficient health service delivery for the general citizenry. This was a qualitative study design which harnessed the merits of secondary data as the main code of the research design which enabled the comprehension of the budgeting system in the Eastern Cape Department of Health. Data was analysed using thematic analysis to examine the distinctive themes and sub-themes identified from within the reviewed literature. The Eastern Cape Province is succumbing to insufficient funding at provincial level and this has a clear-cut reflection on the administration of services within respective departments, particularly the Health Department. This is despite the fact that the Public Finance Management Act, 1999 promotes the objectives of good financial management aimed at maximizing service delivery through the effective use of the limited resources. Resultantly it was fundamental to comprehend on the issues underpinning the scope of budget reporting as well as budget accountability and the effect it has on service delivery in the Eastern Cape Department of Health. Recommendations were thus given based on the discussed and derived themes to ensure that there is an appropriate budgeting system to ensure efficient and effective provision of health care services in the Eastern Cape Department of Health.

Doctorat en sciences sociales, politiques et économiques / info:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublished

Thesis (M.Sc. (Agricultural Economics)) -- University of Limpopo, 2022 / Agricultural production measures the performance and efficiency of a country’s agricultural sector. The state of agricultural production can be assessed through the value of agricultural production, which is a product of agricultural gross production and output prices in monetary terms. The study examines the relationship between the value of agricultural production, government spending on agriculture, and other selected variables. Annual data for the value of agricultural production, government expenditure in agriculture, consumer price index, average annual rainfall, food import value, and population from 1983 to 2019 were collected from different sources and were used in the analysis for this study. The Johansen cointegration test was used to determine the existence of a long-run relationship between the value of agricultural production and selected variables by using both the trace and eigenvalue tests. The results indicated that there is a long run relationship among the variables. The study further used the Granger causality test to check the causality between the value of agricultural production and government expenditure in agriculture. The results show that there is no causal effect between the two variables. Lastly, the study used a Vector autoregressive (VAR) model to determine the relationship between the value of agricultural production and selected variables. The results of the VAR model indicated that government expenditure on agriculture, average annual rainfall, food import value, and population positively affect the value of agricultural production. The study also found that the consumer price index negatively affects the value of agricultural production. The study recommends that the government increase its spending on the agricultural sector, which could be in the form of research investment in technologies such as climate-smart agricultural technologies. Additionally, the study recommends that policymakers should review the monetary policy of South Africa to ensure price stability and prevent inflation. Lastly, the study recommends that the South African government should discourage imports and encourage South African agricultural producers to produce more major imported food products.

This dissertation consists of three papers at the intersection of social policy and immigration. The first paper analyzes the impact of immigrant welfare exclusion on government social spending at both an aggregate and specific social program level, using cross-national social expenditure panel data from 21 Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries between 1990 and 2015 and taking advantage of the significant variation in welfare exclusivity across OECD countries by year. The second paper utilizes the variation in states’ response to the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion to investigate its effects on low-income immigrants’ inter-state mobility, specifically in-migration, and out-migration. Finally, the third paper utilizes data from the National Survey of Children’s Health to examine the effect of the announcement of the Trump administration’s revised Public Charge rule on insurance coverage and other health outcomes for children of immigrant parents.

Thesis (MBA.) -- University of Limpopo, 2022 / This research aimed to find out if there is a link between government financial assistance to small-scale hotels and their financial performance in Limpopo province, South Africa. The objectives of the study is to examine the impact of government financial assistance on three financial performance measures, namely, sales turnover, net profits and net asset growth of the small scale-hotels. The research used a quantitative approach. Secondary panel data was collected from the financial statements of six small-scale hotels from 2015 to 2018. Data were analyzed using multiple regression model to arrive at the conclusion. The findings from the data analysis reveal that government financial assistance positively and significantly impact the growth in sales turnover and net profits of the small-scale hotels. Furthermore, the findings show that there is no significant relationship between government financial assistance and net asset growth of small scale hotels. The findings of this research have practical implications for the companies operating in the small-scale hotel sector. In addition, the findings of this study is important for the policy makers, as it highlights the policy gaps existing in the sector. The study recommends further research to examine the relationship between government financial assistance to small-scale hotels and their financial performance.

This research project examines Presidential and Congressional attempts to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the United States government. It describes prior reform efforts and then focuses on President George W. Bush's management agenda.