Essays about: "student finance funds"

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  1. 6. Assessing the development and climate finance for renewable energy: An application of effectiveness framework for the case of Mongolia

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

    Author : Delgermaa Begz; [2020]
    Keywords : development finance; climate finance; renewable energy; Mongolia; effectiveness principles; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : To accelerate sustainable development and mitigate climate change, an increasing amount of finance is being mobilized for the deployment of renewable energy (RE) in developing countries from bilateral and multilateral donors and climate funds. Even though this trend is present in Mongolia, there is still a lack of knowledge about how effective these efforts have been for renewable energy development in the country. READ MORE

  3. 7. Venturing into Heavy Industry

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

    Author : Jonathan Dennis; [2019]
    Keywords : Venture capital; cleantech; innovation; finance; investment; sustainability; Nordic region; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Venture capital (VC) plays a vital role in supporting the development of emerging startup innovation, including cleaner technologies better known as cleantech. The application of VC is, however, distributed unevenly across sectors of the economy, often overlooking difficult to innovate areas such as the industrial sectors. READ MORE

  4. 8. Utilizing Machine Learning for Trading Algorithms Exploiting the Time Series Momentum Anomaly

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Matematisk statistik

    Author : Martin Odenbrand; Sebastian Svensson Bromert; [2019]
    Keywords : Machine learning; time series momentum; moving average crossover; MACD; Hodrick-Prescott filter; random forest; pricing anomaly; computational finance; Mathematics and Statistics;

    Abstract : Momentum or trend following investing refers to trading strategies constructed around the idea that in financial markets, the current trend will, more often then not, prevail. In the context of asset prices, this means that previous returns or the price development of an asset is indicative of similar future returns and price development. READ MORE

  5. 9. Cash greens everything around me? Identifying key barriers and drivers for advancing low-carbon investments in Denmark’s finance industry and evaluating the transition efforts of the industry

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Rasmus Bjerring Larsen; [2019]
    Keywords : Sustainability Science; Sustainable Finance; Climate Investing; Institutional Investors; Corporate Organisational Change.; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Meeting international climate goals require a major reallocation of global investment portfolios. However, in 2016, 74%. of all assets under management were still socially and environmentally unchecked. READ MORE

  6. 10. Bankrolling Adverse Human Rights Impact in Development Projects - A study of the role and responsibilities of international financial institutions with respect to human rights in the development finance context and the implications of using intermediary commercial banks

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Paulina Wästerlund; [2019]
    Keywords : public international law; international human rights law; international financial institutions; commercial banks; development finance; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Den ökade andelen kapital som riktas mot hållbar utveckling genom att med offentliga medel frigöra privata investeringar i utvecklingsprojekt genomförda av privata aktörer kan, vid en första anblick, verka som ett framgångsrikt resultat av mobiliseringen av nödvändiga finansiella medel för att uppnå Agenda 2030 och de globala hållbarhetsmålen. Inkluderingen av den privata sektorn att bidra till, och lösa, samhällsutvecklingsfrågor med offentliga medel har emellertid haft uppenbara konsekvenser i form av en ökad risk för skadlig inverkan på mänskliga rättigheter, och har tydliggjort ett hålrum i möjligheterna till ansvarsutkrävande, eftersom privata institutioner är verksamma inom andra operativa och rättsliga system än offentliga internationella institutioner. READ MORE