Essays about: "External Assistance"

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  1. 36. Pre-seed funding for technology start-ups : The process of acquiring funding

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Joonas Sipari; Victor Mundbjerg; [2017]
    Keywords : pre-seed funding; tech start-ups;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the pre-seed funding process for technology start-ups. Furthermore, it aims to investigate, how the process of acquiring pre-seed funding is, and which challenges entrepreneurs are facing during this process. READ MORE

  3. 37. Implications of encampment for the potential of Cash Based Transfer assistance

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Nephele de Bruin; [2017]
    Keywords : Cash Based Transfer assistance; encampment policy; refugee camps; Tanzania; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This study explores the implications of an encampment policy - criminalising refugees’ mobility beyond the borders of a camp - for the potential of Cash Based Transfer assistance in protracted refugee situations. As the success of Cash Based Transfer assistance implies market availability and access to commodities, and certain interaction between the host community and refugee population, it is argued to be in conflict with what an encampment policy entails. READ MORE

  4. 38. Social Protection in Kenya: The Use of Cash Transfer Programmes in Progressively Addressing Poverty and Vulnerability

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Krystle Kabare; [2015]
    Keywords : Social Protection; Social Transfer Programmes; Cash Transfer; Human Rights Principles; Progressive Realisation; Capability Approach; Kenya;

    Abstract : This research study focuses on the social protection sector in Kenya, with a special emphasis on social assistance programmes. Although Kenya has made strides in terms of economic development and the improvement of access to education and healthcare, 45.9% of the population continues to survive on less than $1.25 a day. READ MORE

  5. 39. “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. 40. Brazil and India - Exploring Motivations of 'New' Humanitarian Donors

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Naomi Seel; [2015]
    Keywords : Humanitarian Assistance; Brazil; India; New Donors; Emerging Donors; Motivations; Thematic Analysis;

    Abstract : This study explores motivations of two ‘new’ humanitarian donors, Brazil and India, byanalysing debates from two of the agents in each country involved in the processesregarding humanitarian assistance - the Brazilian Federal Senate and the BrazilianMinistry of Foreign Affairs, as well as the Indian Ministry of External Affairs andCouncil of States - by means of a thematic analysis. This resulted in the identification ofmotivating factors for humanitarian spending in the form of themes. READ MORE