Essays about: "Informal Market."

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1. 21. Exploring the factors affecting just sustainability transitions in the agri-food sector in developing countries : The case of Peruvian blueberries

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Industriell teknik

   Author : Cesar La Torre Ramirez; [2021]
   Keywords : Sustainability Transitions; Agri-food system; developing country; blueberries;

   Abstract : The agri-food sector is responsible for 26% of the total global carbon emissions. This puts the sector under the critical eye of the world, which demands radical solutions to this. For this, alternatives to unsustainable practices have already been implemented and have led to the transformation of the systems into more sustainable ones. READ MORE

3. 22. Drivers of Sustainability in the Swedish Financial Market: A Qualitative Study on the Swedish National Pension Funds

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning

   Author : Peggy Jägfeldt; Erik Olivecrona; [2021]
   Keywords : Active Ownership; Corporate Dialogues; Institutional Entrepreneurship; Institutional Owners; Socially Responsible Investing;

   Abstract : Over the past few decades, the world has seen the continuation and rise in the severity of issues facing the long-term wellbeing of people and the environment. To surmount these pressing challenges, society is aiming to change the standard profit-maximizing models of corporations to ones that include considerations for sustainability issues. READ MORE

4. 23. Implications of COVID-19 Lockdowns on Household Hunger and Food Insecurity in South Africa's Formal and Informal Sector: Evidence from Recent Survey Data

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Laura Ionut; [2021]
   Keywords : Keywords: Formal Informal sector; Hunger; Food insecurity; COVID-19 lockdown; South Africa; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : During the strict COVID-19 lockdowns imposed by many countries around the world, most of the vital economic activities were stopped, causing severe socio-economic disruptions worldwide. Likewise, South Africa went into a strict lockdown on the 27th of March, triggering massive loss of earnings and jobs for numerous workers. READ MORE

5. 24. Quests for knowledge and social mobility : Vocational and on-the-job-training as navigational tactics in the urban labour market of Sierra Leone

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

   Author : Bim Kilje; [2021]
   Keywords : On-The-Job training; OTJ; apprenticeship; Technical and Vocational Education and Training; TVET; Sierra Leone; urban; labour market; tailoring; trading; practice theory; social mobility; moral education; youth; unemployment; livelihood; informal sector;

   Abstract : This ethnographic study investigates the experiences of those learning tailoring and trading in Freetown, Sierra Leone via apprenticeships, other on-the-job training or Technical and Vocational Education and Training programs (TVET). I examine these forms of occupational training by investigating the practices underway, how knowledge transmission occurs, as well as why learners engage with and what they get out of these activities. READ MORE

6. 25. Investigating the Gap between Informal Urbanization and Formal Planning and Governance Practices in Metro Manila, Philippines

   University essay from KTH/Urbana och regionala studier

   Author : Aura Keziah Soriano; [2021]
   Keywords : urban planning; informality; informal settlements; global South; Metropolitan Manila;

   Abstract : Metro Manila, Philippines is one of the densest and fastest growing metropolitan regions in the world, of which informal urbanization is a significant contributor. This rapid informal urbanization is a dynamic yet uncoordinated force shaping the city-region, in conflict with the vision of a modern, globally-competitive city-region painted in formal planning instruments. READ MORE