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- Conclusões do 14º Congresso Nacional BADPublication . 14º Congresso BAD, Comissão Científica; Alvim, Luísa; Sanches, Tatiana; Andrade, Isabel; Lopes, Susana; Bettencourt Da Silva, Sofia; Marques, Carla
- Information Literacy in Portuguese University Context: a Necessary InterventionPublication . Lopes, Carlos; Sanches, Tatiana; Antunes, Maria da Luz; Andrade, Isabel; Alonso Arevalo, JulioDue to the Bologna process, but also in light of technological and communication changes, the current context of higher education requires a reconfiguration of the way we learn (ACRL, 2012). Driven to deal with new learning environments, students must handle information, know how to choose it, interpret it, evaluate it, and use it (ACRL, 2000, 2015). It is therefore necessary to value information (in itself and for what it represents in terms of rights and the exercise of citizenship), and understand that its domain, that is, its literacy, is an essential investment in the context of higher education (Allan, 2010). A group of authors from various quarters came together in a research group – Grupo de Investigação em Psicopatologia, Emoções, Cognição e Documentação, Information Literacy in the University Context, based in ISPA, Instituto Universitário – in an attempt to respond to a gap that exists in Portugal: the lack of a book in Portuguese to meet the needs of professionals working on this theme (Horton, 2016). Based on national and international contributions, with the newest developments in this field, this open access e-book (Lopes, Sanches, Andrade, Antunes, & Alonso-Arévalo, 2016) seeks to anchor information literacy in theoretical research to sustain practices, but also to present exemplary cases for inspiration and replication in different educational contexts (Sayers, 2006). It presents ideas and shares experiences, broadens horizons and sheds some light on the national panorama as regards information literacy, barely visible before this initiative. Different formulations, perspectives and approaches seek to provide diverse, extensive input and to respond to the challenge laid down by professionals of this area (especially those intervening in higher education libraries) who have interacted with the authors over the past few years. The purpose of this paper is to describe the challenge which motivated this research work, explaining and encouraging improved learning and academic achievement, through awareness of concrete action by the professionals who develop their action with and for information literacy, in the higher education context.
- Literacia da Informação em Contexto UniversitárioPublication . Lopes, Carlos Alberto; Sanches, Tatiana; Andrade, Isabel; Antunes, Maria da Luz; Alonso-Arévalo, Júlio
- Modelos empíricos para estimativa da área foliar da videira na casta JaenPublication . Lopes, C.M.; Andrade, Isabel; Pedroso, Vanda; Martins, Sérgio
- Monetary poverty, material deprivation and consistent poverty in PortugalPublication . Rodrigues, Carlos Farinha; Andrade, IsabelIn this paper we use the Portuguese component of the European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions {EU-SILC) to develop a measure of consistent poverty in Portugal. It is widely agreed that being poor does not simply mean not having enough monetary resources. It also reflects a lack of access to the resources required to enjoy a minimum standard of living and participation in the society one belor]gs to. The coexistence of material deprivation and monetary poverty leads to the con'cept of consistent poverty. The assessment of material deprivation and the identification of the households and individuals living in consistent poverty could become essential parts of the national anti-poverty strategy and crucial instruments in the definition of the target groups in social policy.
- Redistribution policy and inequality in Portugal (2008-2017)Publication . Rodrigues, Carlos Farinha; Andrade, IsabelThe aim of this paper is to analyse in detail the redistributive effects of pensions, other social benefits, and taxes in Portugal during the 2008‑‑17 period, which includes the economic crisis of 2010‑‑13 and the recovery starting in 2014. It examines the successive income distributions and their transitions from Market to Disposable income. Pensions are analysed individually because of their growing importance, but they also make the highest contribution to the decrease in income inequality. The rise in the dimension, efficacy, and progressivity of taxes explains the relative stability of the Gini coefficient during the crisis. After 2014, Disposable income inequality decreased significantly, helped by the economic recovery, falling unemployment, and improving income policies.
- Robin Hood versus 'piggy bank' : income redistribution in Portugal 2006-10Publication . Rodrigues, Carlos Farinha; Andrade, IsabelThe redistributive effect of the Portuguese welfare state through pensions, benefits and taxes is investigated in detail over the 2006-10 period using disposable income as benchmark. All social and fiscal policy instruments analysed contribute significantly to the reduction in inequality and poverty, with benefits other than pensions being the most cost-efficient. However, the impact of the economic crisis and austerity policies implemented from 2010 has reversed the previous trends and affected negatively the efficacy and efficiency of all instruments.
- The age-old problem of old age poverty in PortugalPublication . Rodrigues, Carlos Farinha; Andrade, IsabelThe Portuguese elderly poverty rate has decreased significantly in recent years as elderly incomes have increased, and inequality and material deprivation levels have converged to their national levels. This paper investigates whether this improved situation is widespread across the elderly, but concludes that it is heterogeneous with poverty pockets subsisting. In particular, the elderly aged 75+ and living alone record a poverty rate above 30% in 2010, implying that this group remains one of great economic and social vulnerability. An important feature of this heterogeneity is the difference between the higher average income of the younger elderly generations versus the older ones, with more than 16% of the elderly in the two highest deciles of the income distribution in 2010. The evolution of both contributive and means-tested pensions is a key element in the reduction in elderly poverty and in the improvement in their living standards. However, the austerity policies implemented post-2010 have made a strong impact on pensions and can reverse this recent evolution.
- The age-old problem of old age poverty in Portugal, 2006 - 14Publication . Rodrigues, Carlos Farinha; Andrade, IsabelThe elderly poverty rate has decreased significantly in Portugal in recent years with rising elderly incomes and inequality and material deprivation levels converging to national levels. There is also growing evidence of heterogeneity amongst the elderly poor, with marked differences between the higher average incomes of the younger elderly generations versus the older ones. For example, the poverty rate of the elderly aged 75+ and living alone was equal to 27% in 2014, identifying this group as one of great economic and social vulnerability. These results are even more significant when the ageing of the population is taken into account: the ageing index rose from 45% in 1980 to over 90% in late 1990s and 141.3% in 2014, implying that the decreasing elderly poverty has an increasing effect on the national poverty levels. The aim of this paper in to investigate whether the austerity policies implemented in the post-2010 period had a strong impact on the monetary resources and what was their effect on the elderly using the most recent available EU-SILC data. It concludes that the decrease in the ‘official’ elderly poverty indicators in 2009-14 is connected with the drop in the poverty threshold caused by the decrease in the average median income of the whole population, and that if its effect is removed from the analysis through the usage of the anchored poverty line, the elderly poverty indicators actually increased, rather than decreased, during the economic crisis.
- Trend and cycle in the portuguese outputPublication . Andrade, Isabel