Essays about: "thailand essay"
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1. Is 300 Baht minimum wage in Thailand a good policy tool to reduce poverty, measured by the impacts on employment and average wage?
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi och statistik (NS)Abstract : Minimum wage is a topic that has been of particular interest for policymakers and economists in Thailand since it has been one policy instrument aiming at reducing poverty. In , 2013, minimum wage was increased from 239 Baht to 300 Baht per day, an increase by 26 percent. READ MORE
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2. Trouble in paradise? : An ethnographic study of the relationship between tourists and local residents in a developing country
University essay from Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för naturvetenskap, miljö och teknikAbstract : Tourism is today the world’s largest industry and an important economic development tool in many developing countries. However tourism sometimes causes social complications, often due to social- and economic gaps that lead to tensions between tourists and local residents. READ MORE
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3. Why people with HIV are let to die - Analysing medical ethics, drug patents and activism
University essay from Lunds universitet/Mänskliga rättigheterAbstract : In this essay it will be analysed why people in need of HIV-medicine do not get access to them, which has so far resulted in millions of seemingly unnecessary deaths. It will be discussed what responsibilities scientists have and what people can or should do to claim rights to medicine. READ MORE
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4. Child Prostitution in Thailand : A Supply Side Analysis from an Economic Perspective
University essay from IHH, NationalekonomiAbstract : The purpose of this essay is to analyze the economic factors behind the supply of children engaged in child prostitution in Thailand. Children are recruited to the sex industry either by parents, adults in their immediacy or choose it themselves. There are several factors that contribute to pushing children towards prostitution. READ MORE
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5. Waves of change : traditional religion among the Urak Lawoi, sea nomads of Ko Lanta, Thailand
University essay from Ämnesavdelningen för kultur- och religionsvetenskapAbstract : This essay is the result of a field study in Ko Lanta in Thailand, during October-December 2009. The purpose of the study was to document the traditional religion of Urak Lawoi and to analyze in what way their life and beliefs have changed during the last 20 years. READ MORE