Essays about: "German development cooperation"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 15 essays containing the words German development cooperation.
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1. Colonial Tendencies of Voluntourism: A Postcolonial Analysis of Weltwärts Testimonials
University essay from Lunds universitet/SociologiAbstract : Voluntourism is often described as a sustainable development strategy facilitating Global Learning and cross-cultural exchange. Initiated by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the voluntourism program Weltwärts strives to create stronger international partnerships, development engagement, and equitable encounters. READ MORE
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2. The Capability Approach through the lenses of German development NGOs - A case study of NGOs in the German development cooperation sector
University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : The Capability Approach (CA) has been increasingly gaining popularity amongst scholars and policy-makers, offering an alternative to the so far predominant position of the GDP as the primary measure of human development. The CA is a normative framework which can be used as a basis to conceptualize and evaluate socio-economic and political phenomena such as inequality and human well-being. READ MORE
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3. Where is Gender in Conflict-Related Gender-Based Violence? An analysis of gendered governance and resistance through problematisations of conflictrelated gender-based violence in German development policy
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and ManagementAbstract : Both development practice and research have paid attention to the issue of sexual and gender-based violence in armed conflict in recent years. However, feminist scholars criticise policies on the issue for reproducing the gendered power relations which are at the root of violence. READ MORE
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4. Partnership of convenience or opportunity for growth? : investigating the role of retailers in expanding local food schemes in the case study of EDEKA branches in northern Germany
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentAbstract : In the past years growing interest in alternative forms of food supply chains has incentivised researchers to investigate the role of retailers in Short Food Supply Chains (SFSC) mainly in the United States, Canada and the EU, with little attention paid to SFSC retailer interaction in the German context specifically. The aim of this thesis to contribute to the existing literature by investigating how the country’s presumed institutional conditions affect the viability of selling via retailers for a certain type of SFSC producer. READ MORE
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5. Open Innovation Strategies : A new pivot for OEM and Start-up Coopetition
University essay from Umeå universitet/FöretagsekonomiAbstract : “[A]s much as any other product, the car has shaped not only the global economy but how billions of people live”1,whilethe digital area is nowshapingthe car.Coopetition, a strategy presenting firms with the opportunity to collaborate and compete at the same time,is becoming a prevalent phenomenonamong large OEMs and start-ups in the automotive industry. READ MORE
