Essays about: "Asian Development Bank"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 18 essays containing the words Asian Development Bank.

  1. 1. Disaster Risk Reduction and Management in Metro Manila, Philippines : Case Study of the 2020 Typhoons: Quinta, Rolly and Ulysses

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Author : Sara Ellinor Granström; [2022]
    Keywords : Disaster risk reduction and management; Philippines; Metro Manila; typhoons; tropical cyclones; loss and damage; transformation as liberation; Reducering och hantering av katastrofrisker; Filippinerna; Metro Manila; tyfoner; tropiska cykloner; förlust och skada; förändring som befrielse;

    Abstract : The Philippines is considered one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to climate disasters due to a combination of its geospatial, political, economic, and social attributes. The nation gets hit with an average of 20 annual tropical cyclones, also known as typhoons, and through the process of climate change, these events are only growing in both frequency and magnitude. READ MORE

  3. 2. Bound to Benefit: Exploring How Gender Roles and Relations Shape Women’s Access to Economic Growth from Connectivity: One Case of the Road Corridor in Armenia

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

    Author : Emelie Staffas; [2021]
    Keywords : inclusive growth; gender inequalities; transport infrastructure; road corridors; Armenia; Asian Development Bank; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The study takes off from gender studies, aiming to identify and explore the relations and roles that people share in society that shape their daily lives. Road corridor investments and how they affect women are argued to be in the middle of a development dilemma where three global agendas that appear incompatible are yet promoted simultaneously. READ MORE

  4. 3. Turning a threat of climate migration into an opportunity for development? The gendered logics of the Asian Development Bank’s climate migration discourses

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

    Author : Dayoon Kim; [2021]
    Keywords : climate migration; mobility; gender; Asian Development Bank; poststructuralism; the Logics approach; global economy; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Climate migration is an emerging topic of research and policymaking in the region of Asia and the Pacific. Migration in the context of climate change is mediated by social, political, and historical factors not solely dependent on the impacts of climate change. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Legal Empowerment Paradoxy? : A Critical Exploration of Power Imbalances in the Legal Empowerment Discourse from a Global North/South Perspective

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Anna Wifvesson; [2020]
    Keywords : Legal Empowerment; North-South; South-South; Development Aid; Postcolonialism;

    Abstract : Legal empowerment as a theoretical and practical concept has gained increasing attention in international development. Due to the shifting aid paradigm, caused by the rising of South-South cooperation, legal empowerment’s proposed bottom-up character has challenged the larger conventional top-down approaches to development that traditionally have dominated the development agenda. READ MORE

  6. 5. Determinants of Financial Inclusion: A Case Study of Remittance Recipients in Vietnam

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Hong Dao; [2020]
    Keywords : financial inclusion; financial literacy; financial development; remittance; Vietnam; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The topic of financial inclusion has attracted attention from several researchers and policymakers in the recent years. However, there has been limited number of studies in the context of Vietnam, especially to explore the factors driving financial inclusion in the country. READ MORE