Essays about: "Benin"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 20 essays containing the word Benin.

  1. 11. “Women, you know that women they are very easy to deceive … ” : understandings of women's role in witchcraft-related violence among community groups and social workers in southern Nigeria and handling of such violence.

    University essay from Institutionen för socialvetenskap

    Author : Faith Mark; [2017]
    Keywords : Social workers; Community groups; Women; Witchcraft; Violence; Understanding; Containment strategies;

    Abstract : This study aims to explore how social workers and community groups in southern Nigeria understand and interpret women's roles in witchcraft related violence and the implications those views have on the handling of such violence. This topic is of relevance for social work since knowledge about this problem can increase the awareness of violence and its implications when meeting clients that are exposed to it. READ MORE

  3. 12. Democracy's venality : A case study of corruptions impacts on democracy in Sub-Saharan Africa

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Signe Wolf; [2017]
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    Abstract : This study examines the impacts of political corruption to democracy within the six democratic domains pointed out by Mark E. Warren: executive functions, judicial functions, legislative functions, public sphere, civil society, and market. READ MORE

  4. 13. Cashew for Food

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

    Author : Lisa Hartmann; [2016]
    Keywords : Livelihoods; Benin; Cashew; Food Security; Availability; Stability; Financial Capital; Natural Capital; Physical Capital; Human Capital; Rural Development; Farmers Organization; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Cashew is a trending cash crop among many West African smallholders. The aim of my research was to investigate how the livelihoods of cashew farmers in central Benin are impacted by cashew production. I have selected a case study research strategy, using a mixed methods approach. READ MORE

  5. 14. The Cotton Dilemma A case study on what proceedings less powerful Members use in order to carry out challenges and discuss their economic interests within the configuration of WTO

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Ida Wertsén; [2014-07-01]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Cotton has great importance to the global trade market, and could be a solution of economic improvement in developing countries. Although, African cotton is generally cheaper to produce, Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, and Mali have experienced difficulties to maintain competitiveness on the market. READ MORE

  6. 15. Giving and receiving, or denying knowledge? Aspects of knowledge production in development studies seen through a perspective of decoloniality.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

    Author : Lauri Jokinen; [2014]
    Keywords : Knowledge production; Development studies; Coloniality; Decoloniality; Benin; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This essay is a critique of modern/colonial knowledge production, with particular reference to development studies, based on thinking about decoloniality, and illustrated by experiences from a bachelor's programme in development studies at Lund university and a field study done in South- Western Benin as a part of those studies. The purpose of this essay is more to discuss issues that I have come to see as problems with knowledge production in development studies, through the experience of doing the field study and reading on decoloniality. READ MORE