Sökning: "Latin America"

Visar resultat 36 - 40 av 337 uppsatser innehållade orden Latin America.

1. 36. Are Ecuador’s social capabilities progressing and developing resilience to shrinking? A regional comparative study, 1970-2020

   Magister-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Författare :Rebeca Anahí Sánchez Enríquez; [2022]
   Nyckelord :Shrinking; resilience; catch-up; social capability; social capabilities; Ecuador; Latin America; South America; economic development; Business and Economics;

   Sammanfattning : New research suggests that the key to explaining the development gap might be resilience to shrinking instead of increasing growth rates. Latin America is considered an improving region from the growth rate point of view in development, but not so much from the shrinking perspective. LÄS MER

3. 37. Innovation for Climate Change Adaptation in Costa Rican Coffee Production: A comparative analysis of cooperatives in the coffee regions Guanacaste & Tarrazú

   Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Författare :Isabella Oline Rugholm Jensen; [2022]
   Nyckelord :Costa Rica; coffee; sustainability transitions; climate change adaptation; cooperatives innovations; Social Sciences;

   Sammanfattning : Latin America is predicted to experience losses of almost 90% of land suitable for coffee production due to climate change by 2050. Simultaneously, worldwide coffee demand is increasing steadily and is expected to grow continuously due to new emerging niche markets. LÄS MER

4. 38. The Effect of Foreign Aid on Income Inequality in Latin America

   Master-uppsats, Södertörns högskola/Nationalekonomi

   Författare :Isabella Frisk; [2022]
   Nyckelord :Foreign Aid; Income Inequality; Latin America;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis investigates the effect of foreign aid on income inequality, and studies the impact in Latin America during the time period from 1960 to 2020. The method employed is a pooled ordinary least squares (OLS) model, using fixed effects. The results imply that foreign aid increases income inequality. LÄS MER

5. 39. Sweet and Salty: Colonial and Modern Corporate Commodity Exploitation in Northeastern Brazil

   Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Mänskliga rättigheter

   Författare :Flavia Copia Sperandio; [2022]
   Nyckelord :modern corporation; sugar cane monoculture; coloniality; rock salt mines; extractivism; Brazil; decolonial theory; business human rights.; History and Archaeology;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis is a historical comparative analysis of the social and environmental impacts of past colonial exploitation and the modern corporate extraction and exploitation of natural resources and commodities. The thesis examines these issues through the case studies of sugar monoculture in the Northeast region of colonial Brazil (16th and 17th Century) and the sinking of Maceió (also in Northeastern Brazil) due to the corporate exploitation of rock salt mines (1976-2019). LÄS MER

7. 40. Indigenous Urbanization in Bolivia: A Logit Analysis of Between-Group Differences in Migration Drivers

   Magister-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Författare :Louisa Valentin; [2022]
   Nyckelord :Indigenous; Urbanization; Rural-Urban Migration; Spatial Inequality; Bolivia; Social Sciences;

   Sammanfattning : Bolivia's urbanization rates have accelerated through the latter half of the 20th century, with over 70 percent of the country's population living in urban centers today. Despite having the highest share of indigenous people in Latin America, Bolivia's indigenous population is often wrongfully excluded from popular discourse on the rural-urban migration trend. LÄS MER