Essays about: "Africa"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 1946 essays containing the word Africa.

  1. 1. Corporate impunity and the ‘accountability gap’ in Sub-Saharan Africa: is the successful prosecution of corporate involvement in atrocity crimes within reach?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten; Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Joseph Keogh; [2022]
    Keywords : International criminal law; corporate criminal liability; transnational corporations; atrocity crime; corporate impunity; Africa; Global North; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Although transnational corporations (hereinafter TNCs) often far outmatch States in terms of resources and influence over the direction of the world economy, they are generally unaccounted for when operating outside the territories in which they are incorporated (hereinafter ‘home States’). This thesis will look specifically at those TNCs that rely on natural resource extraction as their main source of profit. READ MORE

  3. 2. Enforced Kumbaya

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Zakarias Dahlberg; [2022]
    Keywords : United Nations; peacekeeping; local; peace agreements; panel data regressions; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This paper looks at whether an implementation of a UN operation in a civil conflict effects the signing of local peace agreements. It is limited to the Africa and Middle East regions. The theory applied, and tested, is the Liberal Peace Theory. To test the question a new dataset is constructed by merging disparate datasets and data into one. READ MORE

  4. 3. Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Challenges for AI Startups Internationalization : Evidence from Emerging Markets Case Studies

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för marknadsföring (MF)

    Author : Hansika Dahanayake; Claudia Bih Muna; [2022]
    Keywords : Internationalization Process; AI Startups; Startups; Entrepreneurial Ecosystem; Social Entrepreneurial Ecosystem; Material Entrepreneurial Ecosystem; Cultural Entrepreneurial Ecosystem; Africa; South Africa; Nigeria;

    Abstract : The process of internationalization may be more difficult for emerging markets' artificial intelligence startups (AI startups) due to several challenges. These challenges include weak institutions, limited financial support, political instability, lack of adequate local infrastructure. READ MORE

  5. 4. Development as more than economic growth : A qualitative analysis on development in the African Union’s migration policy

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för ekonomisk historia och internationella relationer

    Author : Ayaat Abdelaziz; [2022]
    Keywords : migration policy; African Union; migration-development nexus; postcolonialism; critical development;

    Abstract : An increased global attention has been placed on the effects of migration on development, particularly in Africa, due to the increase in remittances to the continent. The African Union (AU) has negotiated multiple migration frameworks and conventions to promote development in this arena. READ MORE

  6. 5. Normative Power Europe - Nonsense? A Role Theoretical Approach to EU-Africa Relations

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Paul Dybjer; [2022]
    Keywords : EU; EU-Africa relations; role theory; EU role conceptions; normative power; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The European Union is often characterised as a normative power; an actor that is driven by values and principles such as democracy, liberty, peace and the rule of law. This thesis investigates whether the European Union perceives itself as such through a qualitative case study of how the EU perceives its role in Africa. READ MORE