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From Terence Wood on Why are two in five Australian aid investments rated unsatisfactory on completion?
Thanks Jo, Just on the technical point, at some point I will re-run the regressions as ordered logistic regressions (separating effectiveness and efficiency), as part of robustness tests. But in our case I think we are already pretty safe taking averages. The scale is numeric (1 to 6) in AQCs/IMRs, which means the gap between ratings is likely to be perceived by those filling them out as more or less equal. Ordinal scales become more problematic when they are based on questions where the response scale is in words, and the gap less clearly equal, such as: how much do you like..."a little bit" "quite a lot" "a lot". Also worth noting is that we are averaging across two variables (not taking the mean of one variable) and using the resulting variable, which is much closer to being continuous. Thanks again Terence
From Karen Downing on Pacific Labour Scheme: beefing up Australia’s meat industry
Hi Maguli For further information on Australia's seasonal work and labour mobility schemes, please go to the Australian government website: https://www.palmscheme.gov.au/
From Maguli veali on Pacific Labour Scheme: beefing up Australia’s meat industry
I'm interested
From Toleafoa Alfred Schuster on New Zealand’s Recognised Seasonal Employer scheme: 38,000 workers by 2028?
Faafetai Richard - it was Oikoumene’s brilliant analysis and presentation at the 2022 DevNet conference that has prompted my question. What was striking from her research was the overwhelming imbalance in the gains from official revenue streams for NZ ie: income tax, employer registration fees, etc, compared to Samoa (the one Pacific country her research focused on). I wonder if the same research scope and analysis was applied to other Pacific sending countries whether it tells a similar tale of two systems.
From Dwayne on Women weaving baskets at Lorengau market, Manus Island (Credit: Michelle N Rooney)
What are the bilums made of?
From Sadhana Sen on New Zealand’s Recognised Seasonal Employer scheme: 38,000 workers by 2028?
Be great to read an article on this graduate research project Mr Bedford and Charlotte?
From Val Pearson on Education is my only beacon of hope
Congratulations on your persistence despite the many challenges. Jeremiah 29:11
From Richard Bedford on New Zealand’s Recognised Seasonal Employer scheme: 38,000 workers by 2028?
Malo le soifua Toleafoa, thank you for this comment on the debate about numbers of seasonal workers. I agree with your concern that a more relevant focus for debate is the balance of economic and social costs and returns for New Zealand compared to the Pacific countries in the RSE scheme. This is a matter that was raised in our study of the impact of the RSE scheme in New Zealand and Australia in 2019 (reports available on the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment's website (https://www.immigration.govt.nz/about-us/research-and-statistics/research-reports/recognised-seasonal-employer-rse-scheme). One thing we did not explore in that study was the comparative financial costs and returns to the New Zealand Government and the Samoan Government. An interesting graduate research project on this topic has recently been by Oikoumene Maualaivao-Chan Tung entitled: "Who is developing who? An analysis of the financial contribution of the RSE Scheme to the New Zealand and Samoan governments through a Fa'afaletui Pacific lens" (Massey University, Palmerston North).
From Lazarus agege on It’s time for a minimum earning guarantee for Pacific workers
God bless the merciful
From Toleafoa Alfred Schuster on New Zealand’s Recognised Seasonal Employer scheme: 38,000 workers by 2028?
I wonder if the continued debate on what are the right numbers of RSE workers, suitable for NZ, is diverting the focus on another set of potentially important numbers, the balance of revenue and economic returns for NZ compared to the Pacific countries in the RSE Scheme.
From Gemma Anderson on Education is my only beacon of hope
What an amazing personal story and it goes to show that if anyone or anybody really have a dream to become what they want to be, it come to sheer determination and the results are great accomplishment 👍🙏😀
From Wilson on Education is my only beacon of hope
TO GOD BE THE GLORY IN EVERYTHING AMEN🙏🙏🙏
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