Essays about: "domestic constraints"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 39 essays containing the words domestic constraints.

  1. 16. The Cost and Benefits of a Swedish EMU Membership : An analysis of the consequences for Sweden to had opted out of the European Monetary Union

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Nationalekonomi

    Author : Rafael Foscarini; [2018]
    Keywords : Sweden; Finland; EMU; Monetary Policy; OCA;

    Abstract : The 2008/2009 world financial crisis, as well as the 2010 onwards European sovereign debt crisis, retriggered the debate on costs and benefits of a European Monetary Union membership. This thesis examines whether Sweden experienced net costs or benefits in opting out the EMU, especially in comparison to Finland due to the close link between both economies, as well as cultural and geographical similarities. READ MORE

  3. 17. Establishing a Culture of Migration : The Spatial, Economic, and Social Planning of Philippine-Korean Labour Migration

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

    Author : Lars Jesper Alkarp; [2018]
    Keywords : labour migration; the Philippines; Korea; globalisation; transnationalism; transnational families; ethnic enclaves; remittances;

    Abstract : Since the second half of the 20th century the Philippines have supplied the world with migrant workers. Today, almost one tenth of the population is residing abroad. READ MORE

  4. 18. The Contractualization of Human Rights - State-Investor Contracts in the Agri-Business Sector

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Lotte Carlijn van der Vaart; [2017]
    Keywords : State-Investor Contracts; Contractualization of Human Rights; Corporate Social Responsibilities; Principles for Responsible Contracts; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : An increase in large-scale agricultural investment in land has been going on since the global food crisis in 2008. Import-dependent countries have acquired large plots of land to secure food supplies. The investments had disastrous impacts on the local communities living on the land before the investment took place. READ MORE

  5. 19. Income diversification, market participation and urban proximity as determinants of exit from rural poverty: Evidence from Ethiopia and Tanzania

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Tillmann von Carnap-Bornheim; [2017]
    Keywords : Market Participation; Household enterprises; Structural transformation; Economic geography; Ethiopia and Tanzania;

    Abstract : It seems unlikely that Sub-Saharan Africa can follow the Asian experience of structural transformation through export-led growth. Rather, it has to rely on domestic sources to achieve substantial reductions in poverty. One such driver could be growing urban populations with increasing demand for rural products and services. READ MORE

  6. 20. Good Cynicism : The Civic Potentials of Political Comedy and The Reasons for Its Absence on Colombian Television

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kommunikation och medier

    Author : Esteban Rahal; [2016]
    Keywords : media; media power; media ownership; censorship; Colombia; political comedy; satire; humor; television; radio; TV genre; telenovela; cynicism; politics; good cynicism; cultural citizenship; monitorial citizenship; civic culture; leveling; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This research addresses the potential of political comedy and satire as television genres in the construction of democracy and civic culture in Colombia. Through a set of elite interviews with representative individuals in the media, political humor and media scholarship circles of the country; and through genre-based and political, economical and cultural analyses, this research underscores the real reasons for the absence of domestic political comedy on Colombian television. READ MORE