Sökning: "state capacity in Africa"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 16 uppsatser innehållade orden state capacity in Africa.

  1. 1. Foreign Direct Investment, a blessing, or a burden for African states in terms of corruption?

    Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Författare :Kajsa Nebrelius; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Foreign direct investment; corruption; state fragility; Africa; Botswana; Zambia; Law and Political Science;

    Sammanfattning : The development in Africa has for a long time been harmed because of its high corruption levels. During the last decades, Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) have increasingly flown into African states as an attempt to strengthen the societies. LÄS MER

  3. 2. The Effects of Aid on Fiscal Capacity: An econometric analysis on African countries (1960-2015)

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Författare :Noora Kovalainen; [2023]
    Nyckelord :State Capacity; Fiscal capacity; Aid; Africa; Business and Economics;

    Sammanfattning : Low tax revenues in many African countries are hindering sustained economic development and aid could have an inhibiting effect on the development of fiscal capacity. This paper will use newly published high-quality data on tax revenues to dive deeper into the effects of aid on hard-to-collect taxes in Africa between 1960-2015. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Maktens närvaro i biståndsarbete : En kvalitativ fallstudie av anställdas maktposition vid Act Svenska kyrkan

    Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Författare :Max Nordgren; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Aid; Partnership; power; critical discourse analysis; Act Church of Sweden; colonialism; postcolonialism.; Bistånd; partnerskap; makt; kritisk diskursanalys; Act Svenska kyrkan; kolonialism; postkolonialism.;

    Sammanfattning : Exercising power is unavoidable in aid work because donors convey money to grant recipients. Exercising power is therefore part of aid work and something donors and recipients must relateto. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Decentralized renewable energy - an enabler for development in the agriculture sector in rural areas of Sub-Saharan Africa?

    Kandidat-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik

    Författare :Alva Ohlsson; Ellen Weckström; [2022-07-07]
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    Sammanfattning : The majority of the globally poor population, characterized by agricultural dependency as well as energy poverty, is located in Sub-Saharan Africa. Previous research states that energy benefits agriculture sectors. One reason why the agrarian society lacks access to electricity is because of the insufficient infrastructure in the remote areas. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Socio-Technical Analysis for the Off-Grid PV System at Mavuno Girls’ Secondary School in Tanzania

    Master-uppsats, Högskolan Dalarna/Energiteknik

    Författare :Karim Elbana; [2018]
    Nyckelord :Socio-technical; Off-grid; PV system; Women empowerment; Rural electrification; Load profile; Solar energy; Multi-disciplinary; Africa; Developing; countries; Tanzania; Electricity;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this study is to investigate, analyse and evaluate the installed off-grid PV system in Mavuno girls’ secondary school that is located in a rural area in northwest Tanzania. The original motivation behind this study was the rapid degradation of the installed battery bank within less than 3 years. LÄS MER