Essays about: "Community bank"
Showing result 16 - 20 of 53 essays containing the words Community bank.
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16. On the Reliability of Small-scale Solar system: Design of a stand-alonesystem in rural countries
University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)Abstract : Over one billion people in the world do not have any sort of access to electricity service and suffer fromenergy poverty. A large share of people who don’t have access to electricity live in the Sub-Saharan, African region, and are spread in rural and remote locations. READ MORE
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17. The impact of rural electrification and institutional quality on agricultural output : a case of Sub-Saharan Africa
University essay from SLU/Dept. of EconomicsAbstract : Agriculture is the means of livelihood for most rural communities in Sub-Saharan Africa. In order for small-scale farmers to meet the basic needs of their families and semi-large-scale farming for trading purposes, rural farmers seek to expand their output. To this end, the kind of input employed in the crop production process is very important. READ MORE
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18. Local identity and place branding use as a corporate branding strategy. The case of Länsförsäkringar
University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)Abstract : This master thesis aims to contribute to the available literature on how place branding can be used for enhancing local identity and how this affects audience participation, in particular: engagement on social media. The case of two campaigns of the Swedish cooperative bank Länsförsäkringar are used to demonstrate the initial hypothesis: local identity and place branding use in campaigns as part of a corporate branding strategy increases followers’ engagement and participation on social media. READ MORE
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19. Environmentalism of the occupied: A slow violence perspective on the West Bank’s deteriorating agricultural sector, and an overview of Palestinian agro-resistance in the struggle towards food sovereignty
University essay from Lunds universitet/HumanekologiAbstract : This thesis explores what it means to struggle for food sovereignty under belligerent occupation. It makes the argument that the deliberate suppression of agriculture in the West Bank (occupied Palestinian territories) and ensuing deterioration of food sovereignty can be understood as an example of “slow violence,” further entrenching the settler-colonial occupation of Palestine. READ MORE
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20. An Alternative Currency for Education : A Comparative Case Study of Learning Practices within Time Banks
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och didaktikAbstract : This study aims to investigate learning practices within Time Banks in Spain. Time Banking is a community currency concerned with the exchange of services between members using time as the currency. READ MORE