Essays about: "ETHIOPIA"

Showing result 26 - 30 of 379 essays containing the word ETHIOPIA.

1. 26. Exploring land grabbing in Ethiopia - narratives & livelihood implications.

   University essay from Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för naturvetenskap, miljö och teknik

   Author : Aylin Nguyen; Linnea Widholm Ivarsson; [2022]
   Keywords : Smallholders; Agriculture development; Agriculture commercialization; local livelihoods; Growth and Transformation Plan; land relations;

   Abstract : The land grabbing phenomena grew in both reported cases and in scholarly interest after the 2008 financial crisis. The concept of land grabbing has been greatly debated and some have chosen the term large scale land acquisition instead, focusing on win-win outcomes while the land grabbing term rather focuses on the unequal power relations involved. READ MORE

3. 27. Policies of Yesterday Cultivating the Fields of Tomorrow : Changes and Continuities in the Ethiopian State’s Conceptualisations of LargeScale Farms, Smallholder Farmers, and the Role of the State within National Development Plans from 1950s to 2010s

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för ekonomisk historia och internationella relationer

   Author : Jim Hagström; [2022]
   Keywords : Long-Term Agricultural Development; Food Regimes; Discourse Analysis; Multiple Temporalities; Ethiopia;

   Abstract : This thesis historicizes the conceptualisations of large-scale farms, smallholder farmers, and the role of the state in the Ethiopian national development plans from 1957 to 2015. It engages with the food regime framework in discussing the role of the state in contemporary agrarian change and places itself within the debate of the corporate food regime. READ MORE

4. 28. “We are dealing here with a hydroelectric dam, we are not building a nuclear plant” : A case study of securitization processes in water cooperation contexts

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Frida Müntzing; [2022]
   Keywords : Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam GERD ; Securitization theory; Water security; Human Security; Hydro hegemony; Water cooperation; Blue Nile; Ethiopia; Sudan; Egypt; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : In 2011, Ethiopia began the construction of the “Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam” (GERD) in the Blue Nile and in 2020 the first filling took place which escalated tensions in the shared waters and provoked concerns from Egypt and Sudan. The aim of the thesis is to broaden the understanding of water sharing issues by conducting a case study of the GERD developments between 2011 and the beginning of 2022 with a focus on securitization processes. READ MORE

5. 29. Tensions Between Development and Exploitation Through a World-Systems Theoretical Perspective : Comparative Analysis On Land Grabbing in Brazil and Ethiopia

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

   Author : Linnea Karlsson; [2022]
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   Abstract : Within International Relations, the phenomenon of land grabbing has become a key developmental issue. After reading the existing literature and research on land grabbing, the lack of empirical examples through case selection is clearly noticed. READ MORE

6. 30. Natural Resources and Civil War : A Comparative Research Understanding the Impacts of Natural Resources on Civil Conflict

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Mohamed-Zaki Hared; [2022]
   Keywords : Natural Resources; Conflict; Gambella; South Sudan; Civil War; State Capacity;

   Abstract : The essay uses secondary research, and comparative methodology. The aim of the essay is to establish if natural resources plays any role in the conflicts experienced by regions which have continuously seen civil wars, and if so, to what degree. The two cases examined in this thesis are of South Sudan and Gambella in Ethiopia. READ MORE