Essays about: "informal social networks"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 82 essays containing the words informal social networks.
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1. Gender dimension in the informal trade networks in the ECOWAS region: the case of the Nana Benz
University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionenAbstract : This research focuses on the determinants of participation in informal trade and firms for women in West Africa using the example of the Nana Benz in Togo as a case study. Women have been involved in informal trade for centuries, yet their role tends to be overlooked due to gender inequalities. READ MORE
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2. The Sounds of Our World: Navigating Live Music and Artist Growth in Harare
University essay from Lunds universitet/SociologiAbstract : Increasingly connected to urban development and vitality in modern discourses of urban sociology, live music is a social and cultural phenomenon with great potential for improving people’s, including artists, well-being. Still, the systems and networks which shape live music are specific to their local social, cultural and institutional contexts, leading to a range of perceptions. READ MORE
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3. Exploring learning processes and social capital in community urban agriculture projects in Bogotá, Colombia
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biosystems and Technology (from 130101)Abstract : As the world’s population becomes increasingly urban, the social, economic and environmental living conditions of city-dwellers are under pressure. High levels of pollution, lack of transport links, informal housing, unemployment rates and increasing inequalities are just some of the challenges that rapidly urbanising cities face. READ MORE
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4. Barriers to and Facilitators of Applying Communication and Resolution Programs in Health Care
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och SamhällssäkerhetAbstract : This thesis investigated why U.S. hospitals that had committed to implementing communication and resolution programs (CRPs) did not consistently apply their programs when patient harm events occurred. READ MORE
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5. Sorry, can I take this call? Ethnography of an Integrated Development Plan in South Africa
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and ManagementAbstract : The South African government has since its democratisation launched Integrated Development Plans (IDPs) to engage institutions and communities in shaping local development. These IDPs have yielded mixed results, especially in relation to participation and institutional integration. READ MORE