Essays about: "ACP"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 25 essays containing the word ACP.

  1. 16. EPA and Fiscal Transition in ECOWAS Countries

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Maria Persson; [2009]
    Keywords : ECOWAS; EPA; fiscal system; trade agreement; Economics; econometrics; economic theory; economic systems; economic policy; Nationalekonomi; ekonometri; ekonomisk teori; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk politik; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Negotiations between the European Union (EU) and the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) states on the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) began in 2002. The EPAs are intended to replace the most recent form of partnership framed by the Lomé convention, as it was seen to infringe the rules of the WTO. READ MORE

  3. 17. Sugar Subsidies in the European Union - Mechanisms and Effects

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Anders Littorin; [2009]
    Keywords : EU; subsidies; CAP; sugar; ACP; sugar reform; CMO; Economics; econometrics; economic theory; economic systems; economic policy; Nationalekonomi; ekonometri; ekonomisk teori; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk politik; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : For various political and economic reasons European sugar farmers and producers have received large subsidies from the EU. The goal of this thesis is to analyze these sugar subsidies and their effect on world market prices and production level in the EU, using statistical data from the mid 1980’s and onward. READ MORE

  4. 18. EPA and Fisheries - Focus on West Africa

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Helena Lundstedt; [2009]
    Keywords : ECOWAS; EPA; fisheries; Economics; econometrics; economic theory; economic systems; economic policy; Nationalekonomi; ekonometri; ekonomisk teori; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk politik; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Fishing is important to the countries in West Africa since it provides food, work opportunities and foreign exchange for the countries. Fishing agreements have granted access to their fishing waters to the EU, which needs this access to meet the increasing demand of fish from its inhabitants. READ MORE

  5. 19. EPA’s & Problematizing Development: Discourse, Design, Values

    University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Justine Olausson; [2009]
    Keywords : EPAs; EU; ACP; Development; Trade Agreement; Kenya; Political Science; International Economics; EU as a Global Actor;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates and problematizes the notion of development in the context of the EU-ACP EPA agreements with a particular focus on Kenya. Official statements, documents, empirical observation and qualitative interviews conducted in Nairobi and Kagwe, Kenya in April of 2009 provide empirical data. READ MORE

  6. 20. An Investigation of the Nano-Organization of Glucose Transporters, Glut1 and Glut3, in the Mammalian Plasma Membrane

    University essay from Institutionen för vård och natur

    Author : Dommaraju Sireesha; [2008]
    Keywords : Sireesha; Dommaraju; Gluts; Sweden; Denmark; skovde; Odense; skovde University; SDU university;

    Abstract : Glucose is a monosaccharide and fuel for body, it cannot pass through membrane by simple diffusion so, integral transmembrane proteins named glucose transporters (Gluts) are involved in the regulation of the movement of glucose between the extracellular and intracellular spaces within the body. GLUT1 and GLUT3 have previously been shown by cold detergent extraction methods to reside in distinct plasma membrane domains in non-polarized mammalian cells, with GLUT1, but not GLUT3, residing  in detergent-resistant membrane (DRM) domains. READ MORE