Essays about: "privatisation in transition"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the words privatisation in transition.

  1. 1. Leveraging digital technologies for transitions to clean and safe water : a case study of Kibera informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenya

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

    Author : Diane Mumbi Mungai; [2020]
    Keywords : Water; Kibera; access; transitions; sociotechnical systems; malfunction and disrepair; governance failure; coexistence; mediating technologies; privatisation; archipelagos; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Inadequate water infrastructural development and high costs of water are few of the many challenges that affect water access in Kibera. Consequently, many alternatives to piped water grew out of necessity to meet the needs of residents. READ MORE

  3. 2. Depoliticising Energy : A Review of Energy Security in Swedish Policy-Making

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Author : Erik Melin; [2018]
    Keywords : Content Analysis; Deregulation; Depoliticisation; Electricity; Energy; Energy Policy; Energy Security; Energy System; Energy Transition; EU ETS; Green Certificates; Hydropower; Liberalism; Neoliberalism; Nuclear Power; Oil Crisis; Politicisation; Rapid Transitions; Re-politicisation;

    Abstract : In order to cope with the changing climate, there will be a need for mitigating transformations of a scope, speed and magnitude that are unprecedented in human history, but the consensus- and market-driven approach is inhibiting this transformation. This thesis reviews how various discourses and debates on energy policy within Swedish governments have changed between 1974 and 2017, through the lenses of energy security and depoliticisation, and how a better understanding of these debates and discourses may inform the impending large-scale transformation required to meet the challenge of climate change. READ MORE

  4. 3. The unfinished convergence between East and West Germany: Patterns of Scale and Agglomeration Effects in East Germany

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Tim Leister; [2017]
    Keywords : scale effects; agglomeration effects; economic convergence; East Germany; economic integration; new economic geography; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Since the economic convergence between East and West Germany has come to a halt, the lack of scale and agglomeration effects is assumed to be contributing to this trend of stagnation. This paper studies the development of patterns of these effects in East Germany with an emphasis on the German reunification and economic integration process while accounting for asymmetries between East and West. READ MORE

  5. 4. Between green consumerism and civic action – A case study of the solutions to environmental problems brought up in Swedish upper secondary education

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : Andrea Söderblom Tay; [2014]
    Keywords : education for sustainable development; environmental education; ESD; green consumerism; sustainable consumption; citizenship; privatisation of responsibility; eco-anxiety; anger; hope; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Education is considered to be one of the most important tools for enabling the transition to a sustainable society, and it is commonly agreed that education for sustainable development (ESD) should be pluralistic, democratic and promote critical thinking. However, there are indications that education might be dominated by green consumerist approaches to solving environmental problems. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Transition in Kazakhstan - From Command to Market Economy

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Johan Fredborn Larsson; [2010]
    Keywords : Kazakhstan; Transition Economy; command economy; former Soviet Union; J-curve; privatisation; shock therapy; Economics; econometrics; economic theory; economic systems; economic policy; Nationalekonomi; ekonometri; ekonomisk teori; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk politik; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : In the wake of the dissolution of the Soviet Union the newly independent state of Kazakhstan launched reforms aiming at dismantling the command economy and developing a market economy integrated into the world economy. The reform programme was relatively rapid and comprehensive and inspired by the ‘shock therapy’ philosophy that dominated in the early 1990s. READ MORE