Essays about: "Impact on Cambodia"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 26 essays containing the words Impact on Cambodia.

1. 16. At the expense of children : A study of how orphanage tourism drives child trafficking and how it affects the children.

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Author : Josefin E. Ljungblom; [2015]
   Keywords : Child trafficking; Voluntourism; Orphanage tourism; Structural violence; Cambodia; psychological stress;

   Abstract : This study raises the issue of the trafficking of children in favor of voluntourism and orphanage tourism. The phenomenon of tourists who engage in volunteer work during a holiday has increased into a considerable form of tourism and turned in to a profitable business. READ MORE

3. 17. The Aid Trap - A theory developing study of foreign aid in post-conflictual Cambodia

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Isabelle Rothstein; [2014]
   Keywords : Cambodia; aid dependence; post-conflictual; aid trap; foreign aid; bottom billion; theory development; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The purpose of this theory developing study is to develop Paul Collier’s (2007) theory of development traps by considering the possibility of adding a fifth trap, the aid trap. This will be conducted through in depth analyses of the impact of foreign aid in post-conflictual Cambodia. READ MORE

4. 18. The Cambodian Curse : A field study on the role of journalists in modern Cambodia

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för mediestudier

   Author : Therese Bengtner; [2014]
   Keywords : Cambodia; field study; transitional democracy; normative media theory; role of journalists; social media; semi structured qualitative research interviews; observation methods.;

   Abstract : The title enlightens the difficulties of democratic transition that Cambodia experiences post Khmer Rouge. Media in transitional democracies is often described as a forced compromise between what is ideal and what is actually possible. READ MORE

5. 19. Market integration for local farmers : case study of vegetable trade in Sourt Nikom District, Siem Reap Province, Cambodia

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

   Author : Phanith Chou; [2011]
   Keywords : market integration; rural markets; vegetable trade; Cambodia;

   Abstract : This study analyses farmers’ adjustments of vegetable production and trading decisions in relation to a number of market- as well as non-market related factors. Fluctuations in the price of vegetables, degree of specialization in vegetable production and the choice of vegetable crop portfolio, as well as the impact of external actors such as GOs and NGOs are examples of factors influencing farmers’ decisions and actions. READ MORE

6. 20. Impacts of dams on lowland agriculture in the Mekong River catchment

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

   Author : Fredrik Fredén; [2011]
   Keywords : physical geography; Mekong River catchment; dam building; floodplain agriculture; sediment delivery; floods; naturgeografi; Mekongflodens avrinningsområde; dammbygge; flodslättsjordbruk; sediment; översvämningar; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : The Mekong River catchment on the Indochinese peninsula in Southeast Asia is currently one of the world’s most active regions in terms of hydropower planning and development. In recent decades China has launched a hydropower plan comprising eight large dams on the main stream river in the upper part of the catchment. READ MORE