Essays about: "Hedvig Lagercrantz"

Found 3 essays containing the words Hedvig Lagercrantz.

  1. 1. Agricultural Labor Structures: Interlinking Agricultural Transformation with Local Agricultural Labor Structures in Ghana

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Hedvig Lagercrantz; [2022]
    Keywords : Ghana; Agricultural labor; Agricultural Transformation; Casual labor; Cassava; Migration; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Agricultural transformation is regarded as a prerequisite for economic growth and development to be sustainable in the long run. However, agricultural workers are among the most disadvantaged workers as well as they are a distinct occupational group that forms an important part of sustainable agricultural development in terms of skills, knowledge, and experience. READ MORE

  3. 2. Resource Abundance and Material Wellbeing in Africa — an investigation of the Resource Curse

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Hedvig Lagercrantz; [2021]
    Keywords : Natural resource curse; Resource abundance; Material wellbeing; Taxation; Africa; Institutions; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Natural resources and their impact on growth has received significant academic attention through the theory of the resource curse. Most literature has studied the relationship between natural resource abundance and economic growth. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Platinum Boom in Rustenburg and the Bust of the Community : A case study of the Natural Resource Curse in South Africa

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Hedvig Lagercrantz; Shima Khabbaz; [2019]
    Keywords : Boomtown; platinum; mining; social disruption; place attachment; social impacts; Rustenburg; South Africa;

    Abstract : The dependence on natural resources is not a new phenomenon and it has posed issues in undiversified economies. The social impact that the booming of the mining industry has on the local level is still an area in need of investigation. READ MORE