Essays about: "world bank aid"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 29 essays containing the words world bank aid.

  1. 1. A qualitative study of foreign aid and China’s role in economic and human development in Zambia

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Sue-Ellen Njekwa Ryberg; [2024-01-26]
    Keywords : Zambia; foreign aid; development; dependency; debt trap; Chinese loans;

    Abstract : The precedent of unrivaled lending in Zambia, to a great degree, and courtesy to the World Bank, has generated a normative and financial frame that puts forward economic prosperity as only being made manifest through lending in perpetuality. Zambia has in recent decades found itself in between both West and East spheres of power in terms of foreign aid and this has had an impact on its development. READ MORE

  3. 2. 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

  4. 3. The Governance of Personal Data Sovereignty in the Banking Sector

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för data- och systemvetenskap

    Author : Christine Otieno; [2022]
    Keywords : data governance; personal data sovereignty; Swedish banks;

    Abstract : Concerns related to the control of personal “digital data” have resulted in initiatives being taken globally to safeguard the individuals’ control over their own data. The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) being a significant example in this connection. READ MORE

  5. 4. Swedish Foreign Aid Engagement in Georgia : Through Neoclassical Realist Incentives

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

    Author : Anton Schyllander; [2022]
    Keywords : Foreign Policy; Neoclassical Realism; Official Development Assistance; Foreign Aid;

    Abstract : In the wake of World War II, development aid became an important staple in alleviating impacted areas through external economic assistance by supporting infrastructure, income distribution, and inequality, and has become a global channel for less developed countries in an attempt to secure sustained development through the possibility of external inflows of resources. A rather crude measure of global foreign aid net flow for 2020 is around $194. READ MORE

  6. 5. Mining for the low-carbon transition : Conflicting discourses of sacrifice zones and win-win narratives

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Isabella Andersson; [2021]
    Keywords : Climate-smart mining; low-carbon transition; discourse analysis; discourse coalitions; storylines; sacrifice zones; World Bank;

    Abstract : To support the transition towards a low-carbon economy, mining companies, international financial institutions and governments are preparing to drastically scale up mineral extraction of energy transition minerals such as cobalt and lithium. Mineral extraction, however, has far-reaching impacts on the biophysical environment and mining-affected communities that may become more severe under a changing climate. READ MORE