Sökning: "the Bottom Billion"

Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 18 uppsatser innehållade orden the Bottom Billion.

  1. 11. The Aid Trap - A theory developing study of foreign aid in post-conflictual Cambodia

    Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Författare :Isabelle Rothstein; [2014]
    Nyckelord :Cambodia; aid dependence; post-conflictual; aid trap; foreign aid; bottom billion; theory development; Law and Political Science;

    Sammanfattning : The purpose of this theory developing study is to develop Paul Collier’s (2007) theory of development traps by considering the possibility of adding a fifth trap, the aid trap. This will be conducted through in depth analyses of the impact of foreign aid in post-conflictual Cambodia. LÄS MER

  3. 12. Organizing for value creation : a corporate perspective on urban farming

    Magister-uppsats, SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Författare :Sofie Engberg; [2012]
    Nyckelord :hybrid organisations; local food production; Plantagon; sustainable city development; the triple bottom line; urban agriculture; urban farming; value creation;

    Sammanfattning : In the year 1800, about 5 % of the world population lived in cities (World Wide Fund for Nature, 2012, 3). Today that number is about 70 % in Europe and North America, and in 2050 it is expected to be 86 % in the developed world and 67 % in the developing world (www, UN, 2009). In addition, the global population is expected to increase with 2. LÄS MER

  4. 13. Landfill Mining: Prospecting metal in Gärstad landfill

    Master-uppsats, Industriell miljöteknik; Tekniska högskolan

    Författare :Ariana Tanha; Daniel Zarate; [2012]
    Nyckelord :waste;  landfill;  landfill mining;  material flow analysis;  metals;  metal stocks;  ashes. ;

    Sammanfattning : All processes in society produce waste. In nature, the waste is normally used as a resource for another process, but in human societies waste is often discarded. These discarded materials end up in places for depositing waste known as landfills. LÄS MER

  5. 14. Unseen and unheard : how Dalits are represented in three Indian newspapers

    Kandidat-uppsats, Institutionen för kommunikation, medier och it

    Författare :Joanna Wåhlstedt; [2012]
    Nyckelord :caste system; Dalits; development; India; media; minorities;

    Sammanfattning : India has a population of 1, 2 billion people, and the country also has a great poor populationwhere 70 % still live in rural areas. The poorest are often Dalits, once called the untouchablesand they constitute one sixth, 167 million people, of India’s inhabitants. LÄS MER

  7. 15. Do We Really Know Why the Poorest Countries are Failing? : A Study of Collier’s The Bottom Billion – Why the Poorest Countries Are Failing and What Can Be Done About it

    Kandidat-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsvetenskaper, SV

    Författare :Malin Bohlers; [2012]
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    Sammanfattning : In this deductive study, Paul Collier’s claims regarding poverty are tested. Collier claims in The Bottom Billion – Why the Poorest Countries Are Failing and What Can Be Done About it (2008) that the poorest 58 countries today are poor because they are stuck in one or several traps. LÄS MER