Essays about: "state and development africa"
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16. Framing Development in a New Global Order: A critical discourse analysis of British media’s portrayal of Chinese developmental involvement in Africa
University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : This thesis purpose is to look at British media’s coverage of Chinese developmental involvement in Africa, particularly at how the most-read newspapers in the UK have written about the situation, and how they have used media framing when reporting on it. As media can have an enormous impact on people’s perception of certain situations, this paper’s aim is to analyse the media discourse and offer an explanation for why it might look as it does, what the causes are and what effects could be. READ MORE
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17. A Panel Study of Social Capabilities and their effect on economic performance in Sub-Saharan Africa
University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionenAbstract : Sub-Saharan Africa is an area of contradictions as it sits on heaps of natural resources and at the same time the highest number of people ever living in poverty. They are in dire need of an economic catch up, however it is unclear if they have what it takes to manage this type of sustained economic growth. READ MORE
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18. A History of Rule by Divine Law among Semitic Cultures
University essay from Lunds universitet/HistoriaAbstract : This is a comparative study of several widespread and canonical texts from the lowlands of the Middle East and North Africa, with regard to historically reoccurring interconnected traits of ideal state structure among cultures, where Semitic languages have been main languages of communication from the 18th century BC to the modern day. The study is of reoccurring ideals of state structure with defined limits and causes for its existence across several Semitic speaking cultures. READ MORE
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19. The right to the city in post-apartheid South Africa: Abahlali baseMjondolo’s struggle for land, housing and dignity
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studierAbstract : Fifty percent of the world’s population live in cities today, but predictions of the sustained urbanization trend estimates that this number will increase to seventy percent by 2050. Meanwhile, the consequences of the urban divide and the demarcations between people in the increasingly fragmented societies could be demonstrated in the case of South Africa. READ MORE
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20. THE CRITICAL ROLE OF A NON-HEALTHCARE APPROACH TO MATERNAL MORTALITY REDUCTION Qualitative insights from Rwanda’s success
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : Maternal mortality is one of the most critical contemporary development challenges as it accounts for a substantial number of deaths every year, despite the fact that we today have the medical knowledge to prevent it. Sub-Saharan Africa is the most affected region, accounting for more than half of the world’s maternal deaths. READ MORE
