Sökning: "World Bank aid"

Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 32 uppsatser innehållade orden World Bank aid.

1. 11. Peace-, State- and Trust Building in Practice : The implementation of the New Deal TRUST principles and international peacebuilding engagements in the Somali Region

   Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Författare :Rebecca Lindqvist; [2018]
   Nyckelord :Peacebuilding; Statebuilding; Trust Building; the Somali region; The New Deal; International Engagements;

   Sammanfattning : Referred to as a graveyard for foreign aid and simultaneously a great example for progress in terms of implementing the New Deal for Engagements in Fragile States, Somalia is recovering from a protracted war, multi-dimensional fragility and deep mistrust. This research analyses how international actors contribute to peace, state and trust building in the Somali region by implementing the New Deal TRUST principles on a national level and by engaging in the peacebuilding process in Galkacyo, Central Somalia on a local level. LÄS MER

3. 12. Remittances as a Social Contract : An Interview Study on Remittance Behaviour among Swedish Immigrants

   Kandidat-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Författare :Sara Karlsson; [2018]
   Nyckelord :Remittances; migration; motivations; gender; conjugal contract; social norms; altruism;

   Sammanfattning : In what has been described as “the age of migration” by Castles et al. (2014) the international transfers of remittances is an ever-growing phenomenon, which has generated an increased interest among both scholars and policy-makers. LÄS MER

4. 13. A Sea Change : Unpacking the different conceptualisations of fisheries development in Eastern Africa

   Master-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Stockholm Resilience Centre

   Författare :Abigayil Blandon; [2018]
   Nyckelord :fisheries development; institutional paradigm; conceptual model; World Bank; East Africa; complexity thinking;

   Sammanfattning : The global narratives behind development aid are constantly changing, but aid is still criticized for being ineffective. The most recent trend within development thinking is the push for complexity science concepts to be incorporated, in order to better capture the uncertainties and dynamics of the real world. LÄS MER

5. 14. The World Bank and Public-Private Partnerships in Education: Framing, problem representation and the construction of gender equality

   Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Författare :Emma Stenholm; [2017]
   Nyckelord :discourse analysis; gender equality; problem representation; the World Bank; Public-Private Partnerships in education; Social Sciences;

   Sammanfattning : Education is commonly agreed upon as being one of the main drivers of national economic development which has led to a greater incorporation of education policies in development projects. Internationally, the World Bank is the single largest provider of expertise knowledge and financial aid to education development and as such they can play a key role in shaping policies and how problems are understood and thought of. LÄS MER

7. 15. Aid and Capital Investment - Effects of sector allocated aid on firm-level investment in the Least Developed Countries

   Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Författare :Kristoffer Johansson; [2016]
   Nyckelord :Foreign aid; Official Development Assistance; Firm capital investment; Constraints to private sector; Least Developed Countries; Business and Economics;

   Sammanfattning : This paper explores the impact of foreign aid on firm investment in physical capital using a dataset of 10 783 firms in 21 of the least developed countries. Using data from the World Bank Enterprise Surveys combined with sector allocated Official Development Assistance obtained from OECD CRS, no significant effect of aid was found. LÄS MER