Essays about: "NGOs of india"

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  1. 11. One man’s medicine, another man’s poison : Environmental pollution from pharmaceutical manufacturing in Andhra Pradesh, potential sustainability measures and the role of Swedish actors.

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema vatten i natur och samhälle; Linköpings universitet/Filosofiska fakulteten

    Author : Markus Forster; [2014]
    Keywords : Institutions; Manufacture; Outsourcing; Pharmaceuticals; Pollution; India;

    Abstract : Outsourcing of pharmaceutical manufacturing processes from developed countries to emerging economies such as India and China, has become increasingly frequent during the last decade. Simultaneously, impacts and risks associated with pharmaceuticals in the environment, particularly from manufacturing of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs), have gained recognition as major threats to sustainable development, locally (due to pollution of ground- and surface water) as well as globally (due to risks with antibiotic resistance development). READ MORE

  3. 12. The impacts on Indian farmers when converting to organic cotton production : an organisation theory perspective

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Malena Hedin ; Mastaneh Mashouri; [2013]
    Keywords : India; cotton; organisational change; organic cotton; conventional cotton; agricultural; Maslow s need of hierarchy; Principal-agent; NGO;

    Abstract : Changes in the environment are affecting the world market, and pressures from several stakeholders’ are forcing different enterprises to adjust to the current situation. Farmers’ difficult working conditions and environmental impacts of the conventional cotton production in India have been highlighted. READ MORE

  4. 13. Gendered spaces : a socio-spatial study in the informal settlement Dharavi in Mumbai

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Sektionen för planering och mediedesign

    Author : Helena Ohlsson; [2013]
    Keywords : Slum; informal settlements; urban planning; use of space; gender; urban form; hierarchy of spaces; gender-sensitive urban design; India; Dharavi.;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the relation between built form and sociocultural relationships with Dharavi in Mumbai as a case. The study explores gender segregation and the relation between use of space and urban form and in what way the built structure and its functions influence the everyday life. READ MORE

  5. 14. "Empowerment is to do things without having to ask for permission" - A study of self-help groups' role in empowering women in the slums of Mumbai

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialhögskolan

    Author : Josefine Lennartson; Felicia Svensson; [2012]
    Keywords : Empowerment; India; SHGs; NGOs; women; Mumbai; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Creating Non-governmental Self-help groups (SHGs) has been a common thing in India since the early 1990’s. Studies show that the SHGs usually empower their members in different ways. READ MORE

  6. 15. The Interface Between Social Entrepreneurship and Governance : A qualitative case study including eight social entrepreneurs operating within regions of India

    University essay from Fakulteten för samhälls- och livsvetenskaper

    Author : Frida Johnsson; [2012]
    Keywords : Action; Governance; India; Private-Public; Rationalities; Regions; Social Entrepreneurship; Spheres; Handling; Indien; Interaktiv samhällsstyrning; Privat-Offentligt; Rationaliteter; Regioner; Sfärer; Socialt entreprenörskap;

    Abstract : Instead of asking why governments in developing countries are not doing what (Western) governments can (or at least in the past could) be expected to do we may need to ask the questions of how governance empirically is provided and by whom. While the involvement of non-public actors within processes of governance is far from new, the increased interest in social entrepreneurship, both as a practice and scholarly, is. READ MORE