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  1. 6. Social Digital Currency and Basic Income – the Development Strategy of the Future? : A case study of social currency, basic income and local business in Maricá, Rio de Janeiro

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Izabella Martins Grapengiesser; [2021]
    Keywords : social currency; community banks; the Palmas model; basic income; solidarity economy; Maricá; Rio de Janeiro; oil revenues; local development; Mumbuca;

    Abstract : This study is based on interviews with local business owners in the Brazilian municipality of Maricá, Rio deJaneiro, conducted in November 2021. The municipality receives royalties from the rich oil reserves that werefound in the bottom of the pre-salt area of the Atlantic Ocean, and has implemented a basic income programcalled Renda Básica de Cidadania (RBC). READ MORE

  3. 7. Optimal Time-Varying Cash Allocation

    University essay from KTH/Matematisk statistik

    Author : David Olanders; [2020]
    Keywords : Statistics; Applied Mathematics; Optimization; Cash Allocation; Network Theory; Mixed Integer Linear Program; Transaction Costs; Branch-and-Cut; Statistik; tillämpad matematik; optimering; kapitalallokering; nätverksteori; Mixed Integer Linear Program; transaktionskostnader; Branch-and-Cut;

    Abstract : A payment is the most fundamental aspect of a trade that involves funds. In recent years, the development of new payment services has accelerated significantly as the world has moved further into the digital era. This transition has led to an increased demand of digital payment solutions that can handle trades across the world. READ MORE

  4. 8. Between control and care : UNHCR and the use of biometrics

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Marie Smit; [2020]
    Keywords : biometrics; refugee management; cash transfer programmes; humanitarian innovation; accountability; experimentation; public-private partnerships; UNHCR;

    Abstract : In recent years, humanitarian organisations increasingly embraced biometric technologies to respond to refugee crises. Therefore, this thesis studied the features and effects of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees’ (UNHCR) biometric cash transfer programme in Jordan. READ MORE

  5. 9. Poverty and Inequality Reduction in the Case of Bolivia: What Has Impacted the Reduction during Evo Morales's Administration Period?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Alisa Buchstab; [2020]
    Keywords : Pro-poor growth; poverty; inequality; social spending; Bolivia; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Bolivia has experienced a drastic decline in inequality and poverty since 2000. It coincided with the administrative period of Evo Morales between 2006 and 2019. Hence, it is debated whether poverty reduction was mainly driven by economic growth alongside the commodity boom in the 2000s or by policy implementations during Morales’s presidency. READ MORE

  6. 10. Cash Transfers in Emergencies : The Lost Money of Turkana

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Jonas Andersson; [2019]
    Keywords : Cash transfers in emergencies; Kenya; Hunger Safety Net Program; Money disappearing;

    Abstract : Today, millions of people are living in poverty and in emergency situations with lack of basic needs. This thesis will look into cash transfers in emergencies in Kenya and Kenya’s cash transfer program; Hunger Safety Net Program. READ MORE