Essays about: "why is africa so poor"

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1. 1. Ecological and Edaphic Correlations of Soil Invertebrate Community Structure in Dry Upland Forests of Eastern Africa

   University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för biovetenskap

   Author : Karl Mauritsson; [2018]
   Keywords : Natural forests; plantation forests; Brachylaena-Croton forest; Cupressus lusitanica; Eucalyptus paniculata; exotic species; biodiversity; soil invertebrates; Berlese-Tullgren funnel; vertical structure; vegetation cover; vegetation density; litter quality; edaphic factors; soil pH; soil temperature; soil moisture; ANOVA; Multiple Linear Regression; Akaike’s Information Criterion;

   Abstract : Natural forests are characterised by great vegetation diversity and create habitats for a major part of Earth’s terrestrial organisms. Plantation forests, which are mainly composed of a few genera of fast-growing trees, constitute an increasing fraction of global forests, but they only partly compensate for loss of area, habitat and ecological functions in natural forests. READ MORE

3. 2. Tidernas största ebolautbrott : varför blev det så stort?

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health

   Author : Johanna Holm; [2016]
   Keywords : ebolavirus; Afrika; ebola patogenes; ebola kulturella aspekter; ebola reservoarer; Ebola virus; Africa; Ebola pathogenesis; Ebola cultural aspects; Ebola reservoirs;

   Abstract : I december 2013 insjuknade en två år gammal pojke i feber, diarré och kräkningar. Att det här skulle bli starten på den värsta humana epidemi i vår historia, orsakat av ebola, var det ingen som anade. Länderna som drabbades värst var Guinea, Liberia och Sierra Leone i Västafrika. Totalt insjuknade 28 639 människor varav 11 316 dog. READ MORE

4. 3. AFRICA’S LOW ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE: An Analysis of the Potential Causes of Africa’s Low Economic Performance

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Che Nche; [2012-01-05]
   Keywords : malaria; instiution; foreign aid; GDP per capita; economic growth; economic development; poverty; economic performance;

   Abstract : Many development specialists, policy makers, aid donors and recipient institutions have tried, with little or no success, to curb poverty in Africa. Though the continent is the poorest on the globe (more than half of its population still live below the poverty line of 1. READ MORE

5. 4. Why are there few Clean Development Mechanism Investments in Africa? : A study of private actor's involvement in global climate governance

   University essay from Tema vatten i natur och samhälle

   Author : Gerald Esambe Njume; [2011]
   Keywords : Clean Development Mechanism; Climate Change; Global Governance; Private Investors; Sub Saharan Africa;

   Abstract : The study is set to assess private actors participation in the global climate governance through the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) adopted during the Kyoto Climate Conference of 1997 in Japan. The general aim of this thesis is to understand why there are so few CDM projects in Sub Saharan Africa (SSA). READ MORE

6. 5. European Engagement with Africa : Problems, Potentials and the Way Forward

   University essay from IHH, Statsvetenskap

   Author : Gadinga Amstrong Dopgima; [2010]
   Keywords : Europe; Africa; Underdevelopment; Historical paradox; Colonialization; Globalization; Hegemonism;

   Abstract : This research seeks to evaluate European engagement with Africa looking at the problems, pontentials and way forward. The continent’s treasure chest of varied natural resource endowments, have made it the source of historic, economic and political competition from especially western interests, a trend that has combined dangerously with the region’s poor leadership and democratic profile in impoverishing its masses, escalating lethal conflicts, while upsetting hard earned developments gains, that have been made. READ MORE