Essays about: "consumption-based policy"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words consumption-based policy.
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1. Don’t go nuts over nuts : an analysis of policy to reduce water scarcity caused by nuts
University essay from SLU/Dept. of EconomicsAbstract : The aim of this paper is to investigate the potential possibilities of reducing water scarcity, by targeting the water intensive consumption of nuts. Therefore, the research question is if consumption-based policies can decrease the consumption of nuts in Sweden, in order to reduce water scarcity in sensitive areas. READ MORE
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2. Targeting the Poor Secondary Students for Stipend: Identifying the Gap between Policy and Implementation
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : Well-designed and efficient poverty-based targeting methods are necessary for effectively identifying the poor households in poverty eradicating programs. This study investigates the ex-post implementation process and performance of two common targeting approaches - Proxy Means Test (PMT) and Community-Based Targeting (CBT)- to target the poor beneficiaries in a conditional cash transfer program in Bangladesh. READ MORE
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3. The Debate of Decent Work in Emerging Economies: Minimum Wage Policy in South Africa.
University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionenAbstract : There exists considerable debate on the utility of ILO’s decent work agenda and its four pillars of full employment, rights at work, social dialogue, and social protection in the context of emerging economies. Whether these pillars be achieved in unison or if there a need to prioritize a pillar over another and whether the notion as a whole is complementary with other development objectives like economic growth is dependant on how an emerging economy understand the issue at hand, which is itself a function of the historical and socioeconomic context in which the labor markets exists within. READ MORE
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4. Can directed policy increase plant-based consumption in place of meat, to reduce GHG releases? : the case of minced products in Sweden
University essay from SLU/Dept. of EconomicsAbstract : A dietary transition from meat to predominantly plant-based diets is a desirable target with regards to climate change mitigation efforts. Therefore, this study aims at analysing the question if taxes and subsidies across differentiated minced products could increase people’s plant-based consumption in place of meat, to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. READ MORE
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5. Consuming Agenda-Setting : A qualitative study of the driving factors behind the emergence of consumption-based emissions on the agenda in Umeå municipality
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : This study sets out to examine the factors driving consumption-based emission on the political agenda of Umeå municipality in northern Sweden. The paper attempts to contribute to the understanding of how climate change related issues can be given a more salient role on the political agenda of municipalities. READ MORE
