Essays about: "Burkina Faso"

Showing result 26 - 30 of 58 essays containing the words Burkina Faso.

  1. 26. The Relationship between Gold Mining and the Local Economy: A Case Study from Burkina Faso

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : Sean Kaminski; [2015]
    Keywords : world-systems theory; Burkina Faso; gold mining; NDVI; remote sensing; nighttime lights; unequal exchange; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This study looks at the effect international mining corporations have on local economic activity around gold mines in Burkina Faso. It also asks whether the mines have any additional effects, such as changes in poverty or inequality. READ MORE

  3. 27. Using soil properties to indicate regulating ecosystem services in a Sudano-Sahelian agro-ecological landscape

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Stockholm Resilience Centre

    Author : Elinor Holén; [2015]
    Keywords : Burkina Faso; ecoystem services; ecotopes; landscape approach; soil properties;

    Abstract : In semi-arid low yielding agro-ecological landscapes such as the Sahel both water and soil nutrients are limiting factors for crop growth. In addition to this there is a distinct difference in how well different land cover/land use types, so called ecotopes, perform in producing ecosystem services (ES) related to small-scale agriculture. READ MORE

  4. 28. Identifying ecotopes on a regionalscale in Burkina Faso

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Stockholm Resilience Centre

    Author : Katja Malmborg; [2015]
    Keywords : Burkina Faso; ecosystem services; ecotopes; landscape approach; remote sensing;

    Abstract : Sudano-Sahelian West Africa is expected to undergo major changes to its biophysical systems asa result of climate and land use change. A majority of the population in Sudano-Sahelian BurkinaFaso is directly dependent on the land for their livelihoods. READ MORE

  5. 29. “At least I’m useful to the refugees…” - An analysis of workplace motivation among national humanitarian aid workers in northern Burkina Faso

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

    Author : Florence Allard-Buffoni; [2015]
    Keywords : International humanitarian workers; National humanitarian workers; Herzberg; Motivation-Hygiene Theory; Job satisfaction; Workplace motivation; Humanitarian assistance; Burkina Faso; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The purpose of this qualitative case study was to add to the understanding of how national humanitarian workers in northern Burkina Faso experience workplace motivation. The study followed an abductive logic in which the national workers’ perceptions served as the empirical grounding of a reflection on workplace motivation and its impacts through Herzberg’s Motivation-Hygiene Theory. READ MORE

  6. 30. Mobile Payments in Burkina Faso : - A Quantitative Study of University Students’ Attitudes and Perceptions towards Mobile Payments in Burkina Faso

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Christoffer Karlberg; Jennie Persson; [2015]
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