Health financing is one of the important goals of any government. In Kenya, the government is exerting all effort to ensure its citizens’ health care needs are safeguarded through increased budgeting and putting in place requisite legislative measures. However, like any other developing nation, the dream of equity in accessing health care is not satisfactorily realized due to many challenges. For pastoralist/nomadic communities in the country, who are deemed marginalized in a considerable number of spheres relative to communities subscribing to other subsistence strategies, the solution is far from being hoped for. This research asks the question “how can national health financing be transfigured to suit the need of pastoral-nomadic communities?”. The research adopted descriptive research design to survey household in the four constituencies of Marsabit County. Respondents were selected using random sampling. Structured questionnaire and focused group discussion was used to gather data and using logistic regression. Many of them do not have a formal education and hence formal employment to enable them have consistent income to pay for their health cover forcing them depend on donors. It was recommended that education should be enhanced so as to upscale the enrolment to health insurance. Further, they should be encouraged to join to a welfare group so as to access finances for payment of insurance subscription. The government should diversify mode of payment and also mobilize resources that will be used to help the poor pay for their health financing need.

Self-Assessment System will run effectively if the law implementation such as auditing the taxpayers and enforcing the tax sanction are done optimally. This study aims to examine the impact of tax audit and tax sanctions on corporate taxpayer’s compliance and its implication to Self-Assessment System implementation in Tax Officer Bandung Karees. The technique of data collection and sampling was done purposively by using questionnaires on Google Form and 110 respondents were obtained. The analysis method used was path analysis. The result showed that both tax audit and tax sanction had a significant effect on corporate taxpayer’s compliance by 60.10% and the remaining 39.90% was influenced by other variables. Tax audition had a direct relationship with Self-Assessment System implementation, while tax sanction has an indirect relationship with the implementation of Self-Assessment System, with corporate taxpayer’s compliance variable as an intervening variable. If both independent variables are consistently conducted, there will be a significant impact to Corporate Taxpayer Compliance, so that the tax revenue target can be achieved as soon as possible.

This study aimed to investigate the effect of socio-demographic factors, including gender, work experience, age, and GPA (Grade Point Average) on the students’ level of financial literacy within some universities in Pekanbaru. This study conducted in two state universities (Riau University and UIN Sultan Syarif Kasim) as well as in four private universities (Caltex Polytechnic University, Muhamadiyah University of Riau, Lancang Kuning University, and STIE Pelita Indonesia). The universities were the object of this study since they had collaborated with the Riau Representative Indonesia Stock Exchange in establishing a financial education in the purpose to develop students’ knowledge on investment products and personal financial management. The population in this research was 78.540 active students and based on Slovin formula this study used 348 students as sample. Sampling technique used was simple random sampling. In addition, this study applied descriptive analysis and Binary Logistic Regression test as the data analysis technique. As the results, this research indicated that two factors, i.e. work experience and GPA significantly affected the students’ level of financial literacy. In contrast, other factors, i.e. gender and age did not affect the level of financial literacy of university students in Pekanbaru City.

Small and Medium Industries (SMIs) is a sector that is quite important in playing a variety of economic interests in national development, especially for the creation of new businesses and jobs. This study aims to analyze the effect of entrepreneurial marketing on the performance of food and non-food SMIs as well as analyze the driving factors and inhibitors of SME performance through a balanced scorecard approach. A sample of 200 registered food and non-food SMIs recorded. The method used a survey method, descriptive, and verification research from—data collection through interviews and distributing questionnaires to business actors. The instrument test conducted through validity, reliability, and ordinal scales raised to interval scale using the method of successive interval for path analysis. The results of the study note that all indicators are valid and reliable together (simultaneously) entrepreneurial marketing has a significant and positive effect on the performance of food and non-food SMIs balanced scorecard approach. Partially (concepts, strategies, methods and market intelligence) significantly and positively influences the production of food and non-food SMIs in the balanced scorecard approach, so that the factors driving performance of food and non-food SMIs in the balanced scorecard approach are concepts, strategies, methods and market intelligence, market methods and intelligence. market methods and intelligence.