https://dzarc.com/social <p><strong>Journal of Social Review and Development</strong> is an international, open-access journal with rapid peer review, which publishes works from a wide range of fields, including anthropology, criminology, economics, education, geography, history, law, linguistics, political science, psychology, social policy, social work, sociology, humanities, social science, philosophy, international relations, public administration, social welfare, religious studies, visual arts, women studies, development studies, library and information science, linguistics, and so on.</p> Dzarc Publications en-US Journal of Social Review and Development 2583-2816 https://dzarc.com/social/article/view/677 <p>In the context of fundamental and comprehensive innovation of general education according to the 2018 General Education Program, experiential activities and career guidance are identified as one of the important components to develop students' capacity comprehensively. This article focuses on examining the current situation and proposing solutions for managing experiential activities and career guidance based on a competency-based approach in high schools in Ho Chi Minh City. A mixed research method was used, combining a quantitative survey of 121 subjects, including teachers, managers and parents, with semi-structured interviews with 10 individuals representing schools, businesses and education management agencies. The research results show that, although the majority of the surveyed subjects acknowledge the important role of career guidance activities, the organization is still formal, lacking clear capacity orientation and lacking effective coordination among stakeholders. The main barriers identified include: inadequate awareness, lack of specialized human resources, activity content not linked to practice, lack of assessment tools and unsustainable inter-sectoral linkage mechanisms. On that basis, the article proposes 05 groups of solutions, including: raising awareness, establishing a specialized department, innovating activity content, building a career guidance capacity framework, and promoting a multi-sectoral linkage model. The article not only has practical significance in educational innovation in Ho Chi Minh City but also contributes theoretically to competency-oriented educational management in the context of digital transformation and integration.</p> Bui Minh Tam Copyright (c) 2025 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 2025-07-02 2025-07-02 4 3 01 09 10.64171/JSRD.4.3.1-9 https://dzarc.com/social/article/view/682 <p>The study examined foreign capital inflows and misery index in Nigeria from 1981 to 2022. The objectives of the study are to; examine the impact of foreign direct investment inflow (FDI), foreign portfolio investment (FPI), diaspora remittance (DRM) and multilateral debt (MLD) on, misery index (MSI) in Nigeria. Secondary data were sourced from World Development Indicators and Central Bank of Nigeria Statistical Bulletin and the technique of Auto Regressive Distributed Lag modelling was used. The results showed that, while FDI, FPI and DRM reduces MSI, MLD increases MSI in Nigeria during the period of study. The policy implication is that foreign capital inflows to some extent attracted appreciable level of economic prosperity in Nigeria. Based on the findings it was recommended that, government should encourage friendly investment condition and trade policies to boost inflow of capital such as foreign portfolio investment into Nigeria. Also, the study recommends that fiscal planning should take an account of the inflow of remittances when curbing unemployment and inflation rates.</p> Briggs David Theophilus Copyright (c) 2025 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 2025-07-07 2025-07-07 4 3 10 15 10.64171/JSRD.4.3.10-15