Sökning: "Infrastructure funds"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 48 uppsatser innehållade orden Infrastructure funds.
1. ESG and Fund Performance Comparing Funds with Different Strategic Benchmarks
Kandidat-uppsats,Sammanfattning : This thesis aims to identify if there is a positive relationship between ESG and fund performance, and if this relationship is different depending on the strategic benchmark of the funds and how they differ between the given strategic benchmark. Four groups of funds connected to a specific strategic benchmark are divided based on their ESG score into a high ESG score group and low ESG score group. LÄS MER
2. Anatomy of corruption in humanitarian assistance: a retrospective analysis of emergency response operations of the Liberia Red Cross Society (LRCS) to the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in Liberia (2014 – 2016)
Magister-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionenSammanfattning : This study critically explores the pervasive issue of corruption in humanitarian assistance, focusing on the Liberia Red Cross Society (LRCS) during the Ebola outbreak in Liberia from 2014-2016. For a country grappling with broken infrastructure and fragile healthcare systems due to a 14-year-long civil war, the Ebola crisis in Liberia was an unprecedented disaster as evidenced by 10,672 recorded cases and 4,808 reported fatalities between 2014 and 2016. LÄS MER
3. Navigating Impact: A Qualitative Study on Impact Investing in Kenya's Venture Capital Landscape
D-uppsats, Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomiSammanfattning : Impact investing has the potential to allocate capital and innovation to address some of the most urgent and complex problems facing humanity and the planet. The purpose of this thesis is to study how impact investing is practiced and perceived in Kenya, mainly from a venture capital professional's perspective. LÄS MER
4. World Bank Group Engagement in Public-Private Partnerships : Strengthening Sustainable Finance in International Investment Standards
Magister-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Juridiska institutionenSammanfattning : The prioritisation of private funds in financing public infrastructures due to limited financial resources available through the public sector has raised concerns about the protection of human rights and environment considering that the main goal of corporations is to generate as much profit as possible. The presence of the World Bank Group in the mix is to strike a balance between these competing needs by introducing the concept of sustainable finance through technical assistance and the adoption of standards that are integrated with the concept to influence the behaviour of state and non-state actors in their investment practices, especially in the developing world. LÄS MER
5. Enhancing SMEs to Become More Sustainable
Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutetSammanfattning : Small, and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have recently been identified as high contributors to social and environmental issues globally. Due to this, there has been a high demand for SMEs to become more sustainable, and as such many studies have researched the benefits that accrue to SMEs that implement sustainable practices: serving as a motivation for most SMEs. LÄS MER
