Essays about: "budget cuts"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 essays containing the words budget cuts.

  1. 1. New ideal types of development? The case of the United Nations Association of Sweden and the information and communication strategy

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Hanne Andersson; [2023-11-08]
    Keywords : Foreign aid policy; Strategy for information and communication; Civil society organisation; Development; Agenda 2030; Internationalism; Isolationism; Protectionism.;

    Abstract : This qualitative case study examines how varying perspectives on development shape foreign aid budgets and how this leads to consequences for civil society organisations and society as a whole. Since Sweden´s new government took office, substantial cuts have been made to the foreign aid budget, notably reducing funding for the information and communication strategy. READ MORE

  3. 2. Donors’ priorities when reducing HMA allocation : Are the needs of people the criteria of decision-making when it comes to budget cuts in Humanitarian Mine Action?

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

    Author : Michael Frei; [2023]
    Keywords : Humanitarian Mine Action; Official Development Assistance; Humanitarian Assistance; aid allocation; budget cuts; needs of people; Australia; Germany;

    Abstract : There is always competition between regions when it comes to their needs after facing a conflict, disaster, or long-term crisis. Donors allocating ODA or Humanitarian Assistance must decide to whom they want to allocate their support. READ MORE

  4. 3. A Curse and a Blessing: A study of the role of financial control in a growing public sector organization

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansiering

    Author : Gustav Möller; Christoffer Begander; [2022]
    Keywords : Public Sector Accounting Research; NPM; Capability Growth; Financial Control;

    Abstract : This qualitative paper examines the role of financial control in the Swedish Armed Forces in relation to the recently initiated growth journey. The core aim is to explore how financial control shapes the ability to grow in order to yield understanding of the challenges that organizational actors in the public sector face after decades characterized by budget cuts, reduced public expenditure and economic austerity. READ MORE

  5. 4. AUSTERITY AND THE SWEDISH POLITICAL ECONOMY: A Case Study on the Rise of the Swedish Consolidation State

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Max Popovski; [2021-06-29]
    Keywords : democracy; neoliberalism; Sweden; austerity; consolidation state; fiscal consolidation; fiscal framework; globalisation;

    Abstract : Following the 1990-1994 crisis, the Swedish government embarked on an ambitious austerity programme that transformed the Swedish polity beyond recognition. This has given rise to a ‘consolidation state’ that operates based on a strict austerity regime combined with a sacrosanct commitment to attain budget surpluses and never default on its creditors. READ MORE

  6. 5. Innovate the Innovation : An exploratory study about why digital innovation units are being closed and have to constantly reinvent themselves

    University essay from Jönköping University/IHH, Företagsekonomi

    Author : Lea Sophie Lindemann; Marcel Wiegand; [2021]
    Keywords : Digital Innovation; Corporate Innovation; Ambidexterity; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Digital Innovation Units; Organizational Failure;

    Abstract : Background: The advancement of digital technologies and hence the emergence of new opportunities but also changing customer needs force incumbent firms to increase their innovation capacities. Therefore, they must find ways to explore the opportunities of digital innovation, while simultaneously exploiting their core business and ensuring a secured revenue stream. READ MORE