Essays about: "the World Bank"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 410 essays containing the words the World Bank.

  1. 11. Improving land tenure security by increasing access?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Freeman Gunnell; [2023]
    Keywords : land tenure security; international institutions; World Bank; legal tenure systems; customary tenure; exclusion; access; policy discourse.; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Securing access to land around the world is an issue that pervades many development agendas. Often promoted through legal and administrative systems, secure land tenure is used in the battle against poverty and to reduce land based conflict. Conceptualizations of secure tenure tend to differ between international institutions and academia. READ MORE

  3. 12. Mind the Gap - From Divide to Prosperity

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Sonja Langert; [2023]
    Keywords : Economic Growth; Income Inequality; European Union; Eastern Europe; EU Membership; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the relationship between economic growth and income inequality in the European Union from 1991 to 2019, alongside examining the impact of EU membership on income inequality in Eastern European nations. The theoretical basis of the research is the Kuznets theory, and the study will utilise data from the World Bank’s World Development Indicators and employ a graphical method alongside a regression analysis. READ MORE

  4. 13. An empirical study of the impact of data dimensionality on the performance of change point detection algorithms

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : Léo Noharet; [2023]
    Keywords : Time series segmentation; Change point detection; Multivariate time series; Data dimensionality; Tidsserie-segmentering; Förändringspunkts detektering; Mulitvariabla tidsserier; Data dimentionalitet;

    Abstract : When a system is monitored over time, changes can be discovered in the time series of monitored variables. Change Point Detection (CPD) aims at finding the time point where a change occurs in the monitored system. READ MORE

  5. 14. The Effect of Economic Policy Uncertainty on Swedish Exports during the 2008 Financial Crisis

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Andrea Wigert; [2023]
    Keywords : Financial Crisis; Economic Policy Uncertainty; Sweden; Germany; the UK; the Netherlands; Exports; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The thesis aims to answer the research question: To what extent was the increased Economic Policy Uncertainty during the Financial Crisis associated with the decline in Swedish exports from January 2007 to January 2010? During the 2008 Financial Crisis, Swedish trade fell by ten percentage points, slightly more than the world average. The thesis aims to investigate whether the increased EPU at the time affected the decreased exports. READ MORE

  6. 15. Environmental performance and sovereign bond yields: Evidence from emerging markets

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Kristin Unga; [2023]
    Keywords : sovereign yields; environmental performance; principal component analysis; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This thesis analyses if investors price a country’s environmental (E) performance into sovereign bond yields. The sample consists of 17 emerging countries from 2011 to 2020. READ MORE