Essays about: "funding cuts"

Found 4 essays containing the words funding 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. A Green New Deal from the City Up

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

    Author : Lauren Brianna Sellers; [2022]
    Keywords : Green New Deal; Institutional Capacity Building; Community Wealth Building; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : The Green New Deal (GND) is an idea that has mobilised civil society in the United Kingdom (UK), leading to calls for a publicly led transformation of society away from fossil fuels. Despite the widespread support for a GND in the UK, government action at the national level remains stagnant. READ MORE

  4. 3. “The War for the Imagination” : Author Representations of the UK Public Library Service in an Age of Austerity

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för ABM, digitala kulturer samt förlags- och bokmarknadskunskap

    Author : Anna Karlsson; [2018]
    Keywords : Public library; librarians; public library development; public debate; United Kingdom; authors; austerity; Big Society; public library closures; funding cuts; field theory; four-space model; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This study explores author texts on public libraries in the United Kingdom between the years 2010 and 2018. The texts appear in a national public debate about the value, purpose and direction of the library service following a significant number of library closures and funding cuts. READ MORE

  5. 4. Neglecting the public and focusing on the private: "The situation of education in Nigeria"

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Meshiack Uche Akuaka; [2012-05-10]
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    Abstract : This research looks into the problem of public education funding in Nigeria. Immediately after independence, great strides were made in the area of mass education. The government’s efforts towards education recorded huge successes across the country. READ MORE